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	~~{{Short description\|English actress}}~~
	{{infobox person		{{infobox person
	\| name = Helen Fraser		\| name = Helen Fraser
	\| image = Helen Fraser in Cardiff.jpg		\| image = Helen Fraser in Cardiff.jpg

	\| caption = Fraser in 2011		\| caption = Fraser in 2011
	\| birth_name = Helen Margaret Stronach		\| birth_name = Helen Margaret Stronach
	\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=yes\|1942\|6\|15}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|df=yes\|1942\|06\|15}}
	\| birth_place = [[~~w:Oldham\|~~Oldham]], [[w:Lancashire\|Lancashire]], England		\| birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire\|Lancashire]], England
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	\| years_active = 1962–present		\| years_active = 1962–present
	\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[~~w:Peter Handford\|~~Peter Handford]]\|1964\|2007\|end=d.}}		\| spouse = {{Marriage\|[[Peter Handford]]\|1964\|2007\|end=d.}}
	}}		}}
	'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[w:Billy Liar (film)\|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[w:Repulsion (film)\|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850\|title=Helen Fraser \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[w:United Kingdom\|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[w:Sylvia Hollamby\|Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[w:Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>		'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[Billy Liar (film)\|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[Repulsion (film)\|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850\|title=Helen Fraser \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[United Kingdom\|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[Sylvia Hollamby\|Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>

	==Career==		==Career==
	She trained at the [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] alongside [[w:Tom Courtenay\|Tom Courtenay]] and [[w:John Thaw\|John Thaw]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/helen-fraser/\|title=Helen Fraser — RADA\|website=www.rada.ac.uk}}</ref> She gained her breakthrough role alongside Courtenay in ''Billy Liar'' (1963).<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&dq=helen+fraser+billy+liar+stage+2010&pg=RA3-PA1962\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first1=Brian\|last1=McFarlane\|first2=Anthony\|last2=Slide\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Manchester University Press\|isbn=9781526111968\|via=Google Books}}</ref> They later played the parents of character Dave Best in the Christmas special of ''[[The Royle Family]]'' (2008).<ref name="actress">{{cite web\| url=http://www.bslbt.co.uk/drama/coming_home/biographies/Helen_fraser\| title=Helen Fraser – Actress\| publisher=bslbt.co.uk\| accessdate=4 March 2011}}</ref>		She trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] alongside [[Tom Courtenay\|Tom Courtenay]] and [[John Thaw\|John Thaw]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/helen-fraser/\|title=Helen Fraser — RADA\|website=www.rada.ac.uk}}</ref> She gained her breakthrough role alongside Courtenay in ''Billy Liar'' (1963).<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&dq=helen+fraser+billy+liar+stage+2010&pg=RA3-PA1962\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first1=Brian\|last1=McFarlane\|first2=Anthony\|last2=Slide\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Manchester University Press\|isbn=9781526111968\|via=Google Books}}</ref> They later played the parents of character Dave Best in the Christmas special of ''[[The Royle Family]]'' (2008).<ref name="actress">{{cite web\| url=http://www.bslbt.co.uk/drama/coming_home/biographies/Helen_fraser\| title=Helen Fraser – Actress\| publisher=bslbt.co.uk\| accessdate=4 March 2011}}</ref>

	She is best known to television viewers for her long-running role in the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] women's prison drama ''[[w:Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]'' as unpleasant prison officer [[w:Sylvia Hollamby\|Sylvia Hollamby]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html \|title=Helen Fraser plays Sylvia Hollamby \|publisher=badgirls.co.uk \|accessdate=4 March 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101165806/http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html \|archivedate=1 November 2010 }}</ref> from the first episode in 1999 to the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/> She reprised the role in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] production of ''[[w:Bad Girls: The Musical\|Bad Girls: The Musical]]'' in 2007.<ref name="actress" />		She is best known to television viewers for her long-running role in the [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] women's prison drama ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]'' as unpleasant prison officer [[Sylvia Hollamby\|Sylvia Hollamby]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html \|title=Helen Fraser plays Sylvia Hollamby \|publisher=badgirls.co.uk \|accessdate=4 March 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101165806/http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html \|archivedate=1 November 2010 }}</ref> from the first episode in 1999 to the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/> She reprised the role in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] production of ''[[Bad Girls: The Musical\|Bad Girls: The Musical]]'' in 2007.<ref name="actress" />

	She made her TV debut in the early 1960s and her credits include ''[[w:Z-Cars\|Z-Cars]]'', ''[[w:Dixon of Dock Green\|Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[The Likely Lads]]'', ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)\|Doctor in the House]]'', ''[[The Dustbinmen]]'', ''[[On the Buses]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[w:Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)\|Tales of the Unexpected]]'', ''[[Duty Free (TV series)\|Duty Free]]'', ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' and ''[[w:Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=28014\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> She also worked on TV with comedians like [[Dick Emery]] and [[the Two Ronnies]] in the 1970s.<ref name="actress" />		She made her TV debut in the early 1960s and her credits include ''[[Z-Cars\|Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green\|Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[The Likely Lads]]'', ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)\|Doctor in the House]]'', ''[[The Dustbinmen]]'', ''[[On the Buses]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)\|Tales of the Unexpected]]'', ''[[Duty Free (TV series)\|Duty Free]]'', ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' and ''[[Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=28014\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> She also worked on TV with comedians like [[Dick Emery]] and [[the Two Ronnies]] in the 1970s.<ref name="actress" />

	She has also appeared on stage, including with the [[w:Royal National Theatre\|Royal National Theatre]], in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] and in regional theatres across the country.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2z7/helen-fraser\|title=Helen Fraser \| Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, she toured the UK as Mrs Fisher in a stage version of ''[[w:Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]]''.<ref name=walesonline>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/helen-fraser-life-billy-liar-2115192\|title=Helen Fraser on life with Billy Liar\|date=2 March 2009\|website=walesonline}}</ref> In 2011, she joined the tour of ''[[w:Calendar Girls (play)\|Calendar Girls]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2012-10-09/calendar-girls-open-in-carlisle/\|title=Calendar Girls open in Carlisle\|website=ITV News}}</ref>		She has also appeared on stage, including with the [[Royal National Theatre\|Royal National Theatre]], in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] and in regional theatres across the country.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2z7/helen-fraser\|title=Helen Fraser \| Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, she toured the UK as Mrs Fisher in a stage version of ''[[Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]]''.<ref name=walesonline>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/helen-fraser-life-billy-liar-2115192\|title=Helen Fraser on life with Billy Liar\|date=2 March 2009\|website=walesonline}}</ref> In 2011, she joined the tour of ''[[Calendar Girls (play)\|Calendar Girls]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2012-10-09/calendar-girls-open-in-carlisle/\|title=Calendar Girls open in Carlisle\|website=ITV News}}</ref>

	Fraser has appeared in the ITV soap ''[[w:Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' twice – in 1998 as Magenta Savannah and again in 2013 as Doris Babbage.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2013/02/helen-fraser-joins-coronation-street.html\|title=Coronation Street Blog: Helen Fraser joins Coronation Street\|first=Glenda\|last=Young\|date=19 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/05/10/actress-helen-fraser-picks-her-top-five-films-including-the-red-shoes-and-the-artist-3747911/\|title=Actress Helen Fraser's top five films\|date=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/actress-voices-race-row-fears-1-99718\|title=Actress voices race row fears\|website=Ipswich Star}}</ref>		Fraser has appeared in the ITV soap ''[[Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' twice – in 1998 as Magenta Savannah and again in 2013 as Doris Babbage.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2013/02/helen-fraser-joins-coronation-street.html\|title=Coronation Street Blog: Helen Fraser joins Coronation Street\|first=Glenda\|last=Young\|date=19 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/05/10/actress-helen-fraser-picks-her-top-five-films-including-the-red-shoes-and-the-artist-3747911/\|title=Actress Helen Fraser's top five films\|date=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/actress-voices-race-row-fears-1-99718\|title=Actress voices race row fears\|website=Ipswich Star}}</ref>

	In 2015, she appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap ''[[w:Doctors (2000 TV series)\|Doctors]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sq2zb\|title=BBC One - Doctors, Series 17, Pudding\|website=BBC}}</ref>		In 2015, she appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)\|Doctors]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sq2zb\|title=BBC One - Doctors, Series 17, Pudding\|website=BBC}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	In 1964, she married the recording engineer [[w:Peter Handford\|Peter Handford]], the couple had met on the set of ''Billy Liar''.<ref name=walesonline/> Handford died in 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/big-interview-helen-fraser-1-88007\|title=Big Interview - Helen Fraser\|website=www.lep.co.uk\|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> Fraser lives in [[w:Eye, Suffolk\|Eye]], Suffolk.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/bad-girl-helen-fraser-s-journey-back-to-the-beginning-of-a-dramatic-career-1-2213280\|title=Bad Girl Helen Fraser's journey back to the beginning of a dramatic career\|first=Andrew\|last=Clarke\|publisher=\|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>		In 1964, she married the recording engineer [[Peter Handford\|Peter Handford]], the couple had met on the set of ''Billy Liar''.<ref name=walesonline/> Handford died in 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/big-interview-helen-fraser-1-88007\|title=Big Interview - Helen Fraser\|website=www.lep.co.uk\|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> Fraser lives in [[Eye, Suffolk\|Eye]], Suffolk.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/bad-girl-helen-fraser-s-journey-back-to-the-beginning-of-a-dramatic-career-1-2213280\|title=Bad Girl Helen Fraser's journey back to the beginning of a dramatic career\|first=Andrew\|last=Clarke\|publisher=\|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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	'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[Billy Liar (film)\|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[Repulsion (film)\|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850\|title=Helen Fraser \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[United Kingdom\|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>		'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[w:Billy Liar (film)\|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[w:Repulsion (film)\|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850\|title=Helen Fraser \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[w:United Kingdom\|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[w:Sylvia Hollamby\|Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[w:Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>

	==Career==		==Career==
	She trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] alongside [[Tom Courtenay]] and [[John Thaw]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/helen-fraser/\|title=Helen Fraser — RADA\|website=www.rada.ac.uk}}</ref> She gained her breakthrough role alongside Courtenay in ''Billy Liar'' (1963).<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&dq=helen+fraser+billy+liar+stage+2010&pg=RA3-PA1962\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first1=Brian\|last1=McFarlane\|first2=Anthony\|last2=Slide\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Manchester University Press\|isbn=9781526111968\|via=Google Books}}</ref> They later played the parents of character Dave Best in the Christmas special of ''[[The Royle Family]]'' (2008).<ref name="actress">{{cite web\| url=http://www.bslbt.co.uk/drama/coming_home/biographies/Helen_fraser\| title=Helen Fraser – Actress\| publisher=bslbt.co.uk\| accessdate=4 March 2011}}</ref>		She trained at the [[w:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art\|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] alongside [[w:Tom Courtenay\|Tom Courtenay]] and [[w:John Thaw\|John Thaw]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/helen-fraser/\|title=Helen Fraser — RADA\|website=www.rada.ac.uk}}</ref> She gained her breakthrough role alongside Courtenay in ''Billy Liar'' (1963).<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&dq=helen+fraser+billy+liar+stage+2010&pg=RA3-PA1962\|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition\|first1=Brian\|last1=McFarlane\|first2=Anthony\|last2=Slide\|date=16 May 2016\|publisher=Manchester University Press\|isbn=9781526111968\|via=Google Books}}</ref> They later played the parents of character Dave Best in the Christmas special of ''[[The Royle Family]]'' (2008).<ref name="actress">{{cite web\| url=http://www.bslbt.co.uk/drama/coming_home/biographies/Helen_fraser\| title=Helen Fraser – Actress\| publisher=bslbt.co.uk\| accessdate=4 March 2011}}</ref>

	She is best known to television viewers for her long-running role in the [[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] women's prison drama ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]'' as unpleasant prison officer [[Sylvia Hollamby]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html \|title=Helen Fraser plays Sylvia Hollamby \|publisher=badgirls.co.uk \|accessdate=4 March 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101165806/http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html \|archivedate=1 November 2010 }}</ref> from the first episode in 1999 to the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/> She reprised the role in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] production of ''[[Bad Girls: The Musical]]'' in 2007.<ref name="actress" />		She is best known to television viewers for her long-running role in the [[w:ITV (TV network)\|ITV]] women's prison drama ''[[w:Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]'' as unpleasant prison officer [[w:Sylvia Hollamby\|Sylvia Hollamby]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html \|title=Helen Fraser plays Sylvia Hollamby \|publisher=badgirls.co.uk \|accessdate=4 March 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101165806/http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html \|archivedate=1 November 2010 }}</ref> from the first episode in 1999 to the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/> She reprised the role in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] production of ''[[w:Bad Girls: The Musical\|Bad Girls: The Musical]]'' in 2007.<ref name="actress" />

	She made her TV debut in the early 1960s and her credits include ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[The Likely Lads]]'', ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)\|Doctor in the House]]'', ''[[The Dustbinmen]]'', ''[[On the Buses]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)\|Tales of the Unexpected]]'', ''[[Duty Free (TV series)\|Duty Free]]'', ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' and ''[[Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=28014\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> She also worked on TV with comedians like [[Dick Emery]] and [[the Two Ronnies]] in the 1970s.<ref name="actress" />		She made her TV debut in the early 1960s and her credits include ''[[w:Z-Cars\|Z-Cars]]'', ''[[w:Dixon of Dock Green\|Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[The Likely Lads]]'', ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)\|Doctor in the House]]'', ''[[The Dustbinmen]]'', ''[[On the Buses]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[w:Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)\|Tales of the Unexpected]]'', ''[[Duty Free (TV series)\|Duty Free]]'', ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' and ''[[w:Casualty (TV series)\|Casualty]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=28014\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> She also worked on TV with comedians like [[Dick Emery]] and [[the Two Ronnies]] in the 1970s.<ref name="actress" />

	She has also appeared on stage, including with the [[Royal National Theatre]], in the [[West End theatre\|West End]] and in regional theatres across the country.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2z7/helen-fraser\|title=Helen Fraser \| Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, she toured the UK as Mrs Fisher in a stage version of ''[[Billy Liar]]''.<ref name=walesonline>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/helen-fraser-life-billy-liar-2115192\|title=Helen Fraser on life with Billy Liar\|date=2 March 2009\|website=walesonline}}</ref> In 2011, she joined the tour of ''[[Calendar Girls (play)\|Calendar Girls]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2012-10-09/calendar-girls-open-in-carlisle/\|title=Calendar Girls open in Carlisle\|website=ITV News}}</ref>		She has also appeared on stage, including with the [[w:Royal National Theatre\|Royal National Theatre]], in the [[w:West End theatre\|West End]] and in regional theatres across the country.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2z7/helen-fraser\|title=Helen Fraser \| Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, she toured the UK as Mrs Fisher in a stage version of ''[[w:Billy Liar\|Billy Liar]]''.<ref name=walesonline>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/helen-fraser-life-billy-liar-2115192\|title=Helen Fraser on life with Billy Liar\|date=2 March 2009\|website=walesonline}}</ref> In 2011, she joined the tour of ''[[w:Calendar Girls (play)\|Calendar Girls]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2012-10-09/calendar-girls-open-in-carlisle/\|title=Calendar Girls open in Carlisle\|website=ITV News}}</ref>

	Fraser has appeared in the ITV soap ''[[Coronation Street]]'' twice – in 1998 as Magenta Savannah and again in 2013 as Doris Babbage.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2013/02/helen-fraser-joins-coronation-street.html\|title=Coronation Street Blog: Helen Fraser joins Coronation Street\|first=Glenda\|last=Young\|date=19 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/05/10/actress-helen-fraser-picks-her-top-five-films-including-the-red-shoes-and-the-artist-3747911/\|title=Actress Helen Fraser's top five films\|date=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/actress-voices-race-row-fears-1-99718\|title=Actress voices race row fears\|website=Ipswich Star}}</ref>		Fraser has appeared in the ITV soap ''[[w:Coronation Street\|Coronation Street]]'' twice – in 1998 as Magenta Savannah and again in 2013 as Doris Babbage.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2013/02/helen-fraser-joins-coronation-street.html\|title=Coronation Street Blog: Helen Fraser joins Coronation Street\|first=Glenda\|last=Young\|date=19 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/05/10/actress-helen-fraser-picks-her-top-five-films-including-the-red-shoes-and-the-artist-3747911/\|title=Actress Helen Fraser's top five films\|date=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/actress-voices-race-row-fears-1-99718\|title=Actress voices race row fears\|website=Ipswich Star}}</ref>

	In 2015, she appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)\|Doctors]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sq2zb\|title=BBC One - Doctors, Series 17, Pudding\|website=BBC}}</ref>		In 2015, she appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap ''[[w:Doctors (2000 TV series)\|Doctors]]''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sq2zb\|title=BBC One - Doctors, Series 17, Pudding\|website=BBC}}</ref>

	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	In 1964, she married the recording engineer [[Peter Handford]], the couple had met on the set of ''Billy Liar''.<ref name=walesonline/> Handford died in 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/big-interview-helen-fraser-1-88007\|title=Big Interview - Helen Fraser\|website=www.lep.co.uk\|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> Fraser lives in [[Eye, Suffolk\|Eye]], Suffolk.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/bad-girl-helen-fraser-s-journey-back-to-the-beginning-of-a-dramatic-career-1-2213280\|title=Bad Girl Helen Fraser's journey back to the beginning of a dramatic career\|first=Andrew\|last=Clarke\|publisher=\|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>		In 1964, she married the recording engineer [[w:Peter Handford\|Peter Handford]], the couple had met on the set of ''Billy Liar''.<ref name=walesonline/> Handford died in 2007.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/big-interview-helen-fraser-1-88007\|title=Big Interview - Helen Fraser\|website=www.lep.co.uk\|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> Fraser lives in [[w:Eye, Suffolk\|Eye]], Suffolk.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/bad-girl-helen-fraser-s-journey-back-to-the-beginning-of-a-dramatic-career-1-2213280\|title=Bad Girl Helen Fraser's journey back to the beginning of a dramatic career\|first=Andrew\|last=Clarke\|publisher=\|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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	'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[Billy Liar (film)\|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[Repulsion (film)\|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850\|title=Helen Fraser \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[United Kingdom\|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>		'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[Billy Liar (film)\|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[Repulsion (film)\|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850\|title=Helen Fraser \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[United Kingdom\|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>

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	'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[Billy Liar (film)\|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[Repulsion (film)\|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850\|title=Helen Fraser \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[United Kingdom\|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>		'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6\|title=Helen Fraser\|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[Billy Liar (film)\|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[Repulsion (film)\|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850\|title=Helen Fraser \| Movies and Filmography\|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[United Kingdom\|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)\|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>

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{{infobox person
| name = Helen Fraser
| image = Helen Fraser in Cardiff.jpg
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| caption = Fraser in 2011
| birth_name = Helen Margaret Stronach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1942|6|15}}
| birth_place = [[Oldham]], [[Lancashire]], England
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1962–present
| spouse = [[Peter Handford]] (1964–2007, his death)
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'''Helen Fraser''' (born '''Helen Margaret Stronach'''; born 15 June 1942) is an English actress, who has appeared in many television series since the early 1960s.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2b8baa6|title=Helen Fraser|website=BFI}}</ref> For international audiences, she may be best known for her roles in ''[[Billy Liar (film)|Billy Liar]]'' (1963) and ''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]'' (1965).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/helen-fraser-p24850|title=Helen Fraser | Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She is also well known in [[United Kingdom|Britain]] for portraying the role of miserable warder [[Sylvia Hollamby]] in the prison drama series ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)|Bad Girls]]''.<ref name=walesonline/> She appeared in the series from the first episode in 1999 until the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/>

==Career==
She trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] alongside [[Tom Courtenay]] and [[John Thaw]], among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rada.ac.uk/profiles/helen-fraser/|title=Helen Fraser — RADA|website=www.rada.ac.uk}}</ref> She gained her breakthrough role alongside Courtenay in ''Billy Liar'' (1963).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&dq=helen+fraser+billy+liar+stage+2010&pg=RA3-PA1962|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref> They later played the parents of character Dave Best in the Christmas special of ''[[The Royle Family]]'' (2008).<ref name="actress">{{cite web| url=http://www.bslbt.co.uk/drama/coming_home/biographies/Helen_fraser| title=Helen Fraser – Actress| publisher=bslbt.co.uk| accessdate=4 March 2011}}</ref>

She is best known to television viewers for her long-running role in the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] women's prison drama ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)|Bad Girls]]'' as unpleasant prison officer [[Sylvia Hollamby]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html |title=Helen Fraser plays Sylvia Hollamby |publisher=badgirls.co.uk |accessdate=4 March 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101165806/http://www.badgirls.co.uk/library/int-s3-hf.html |archivedate=1 November 2010 }}</ref> from the first episode in 1999 to the last in 2006.<ref name=bfi/> She reprised the role in the [[West End theatre|West End]] production of ''[[Bad Girls: The Musical]]'' in 2007.<ref name="actress" />

She made her TV debut in the early 1960s and her credits include ''[[Z-Cars]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'', ''[[The Likely Lads]]'', ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the House]]'', ''[[The Dustbinmen]]'', ''[[On the Buses]]'', ''[[Rising Damp]]'', ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'', ''[[Duty Free (TV series)|Duty Free]]'', ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' and ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=28014|title=Helen Fraser|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> She also worked on TV with comedians like [[Dick Emery]] and [[the Two Ronnies]] in the 1970s.<ref name="actress" />

She has also appeared on stage, including with the [[Royal National Theatre]], in the [[West End theatre|West End]] and in regional theatres across the country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/2z7/helen-fraser|title=Helen Fraser | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> In 2009 and 2010, she toured the UK as Mrs Fisher in a stage version of ''[[Billy Liar]]''.<ref name=walesonline>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/helen-fraser-life-billy-liar-2115192|title=Helen Fraser on life with Billy Liar|date=2 March 2009|website=walesonline}}</ref> In 2011, she joined the tour of ''[[Calendar Girls (play)|Calendar Girls]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/border/update/2012-10-09/calendar-girls-open-in-carlisle/|title=Calendar Girls open in Carlisle|website=ITV News}}</ref>

Fraser has appeared in the ITV soap ''[[Coronation Street]]'' twice – in 1998 as Magenta Savannah and again in 2013 as Doris Babbage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2013/02/helen-fraser-joins-coronation-street.html|title=Coronation Street Blog: Helen Fraser joins Coronation Street|first=Glenda|last=Young|date=19 February 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/05/10/actress-helen-fraser-picks-her-top-five-films-including-the-red-shoes-and-the-artist-3747911/|title=Actress Helen Fraser's top five films|date=10 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/actress-voices-race-row-fears-1-99718|title=Actress voices race row fears|website=Ipswich Star}}</ref>

In 2015, she appeared in an episode of the BBC daytime soap ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06sq2zb|title=BBC One - Doctors, Series 17, Pudding|website=BBC}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1964, she married the recording engineer [[Peter Handford]], the couple had met on the set of ''Billy Liar''.<ref name=walesonline/> Handford died in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lep.co.uk/news/big-interview-helen-fraser-1-88007|title=Big Interview - Helen Fraser|website=www.lep.co.uk|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref> Fraser lives in [[Eye, Suffolk|Eye]], Suffolk.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/what-s-on/bad-girl-helen-fraser-s-journey-back-to-the-beginning-of-a-dramatic-career-1-2213280|title=Bad Girl Helen Fraser's journey back to the beginning of a dramatic career|first=Andrew|last=Clarke|publisher=|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;"
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1962 || ''[[A Kind of Loving (film)|A Kind of Loving]]'' || Ingrid's Friend || Uncredited
|-
| 1963 || ''[[Billy Liar (film)|Billy Liar]]'' || Barbara ||
|-
| 1965 || ''[[Repulsion (film)|Repulsion]]'' || Bridget ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[The Uncle]]'' || Mary Ream ||
|-
| 1968 || ''[[The Birthday Party (1968 film)|The Birthday Party]]'' || Lulu ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[Something to Hide]]'' || Miss Bunyan ||
|-
| 1970 || ''[[Start the Revolution Without Me]]'' || Mimi ||
|-
| 1974 || ''[[From Beyond the Grave]]'' || Guest || Segment 1: ''The Gate Crasher''; uncredited
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Joseph Andrews (film)|Joseph Andrews]]'' || Mrs. Adams ||
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Gorillas in the Mist]]'' || Mme. Van Vecten ||
|-
|-
! colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="3"|1962 || ''Silent Evidence'' || Tina || 1 episode: "Driven to the Brink"
|-
| ''[[Z-Cars]]'' || Hilda Stansfield/Vicky Bell || 1962–1963; 2 episodes: "Contraband", "The Bad Lad"
|-
| ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]'' || Ellen/Millie || 1962–1965; 2 episodes: ''The Door'', ''The Way of All Flesh''
|-
| 1963 || ''Friday Night'' || Betty/Sheila/Mavis/Brenda Holroyd || 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"|1964 || ''The Villains'' || Pat || 1 episode: "Amateurs"
|-
| ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' || Jill || 1 episode: "The Hoarders"
|-
| ''[[Thursday Theatre]]'' || Janey Jenkins || 1 episode: "The Cure for Love"
|-
| rowspan="9"|1965 || ''The Valiant Varneys'' || || 1 episode: season 2.3
|-
| ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' || Mousy Bird (Greta Spavin) || 1 episode: ''Here I Come Whoever I Am''
|-
| ''[[Pardon the Expression]]'' || Hilda Norton || 2 episodes: "The Trouble with Ada", "The Visitor"
|-
| ''Six of the Best'' || Vanessa || 1 episode: "Charlie's Place"
|-
| ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Gwen || 1 episode: "Castles in the Air"
|-
| ''[[Knock on Any Door (TV series)|Knock on Any Door]]'' || Madge || 1 episode: "A Paragraph of for Mr Blake"
|-
| ''[[Theatre 625]]'' || Mrs. Hampton || 1 episode: "Portraits from the North: The Nutter"
|-
| ''[[The Likely Lads]]'' || Helen || 1965–1966; 2 episodes: "Talk of the Town", "Love and Marriage"
|-
| ''Blackmail'' || Brenda/Daphne Appleton || 1965–1966; 2 episodes: ''First Offender'', ''Boys and Girls Commute to Play''
|-
| 1966 || ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' || Linda/Polly || 1966–1967; 2 episodes: ''Way off Beat'', ''The Fat of the Land''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1967 || ''[[Love Story (UK TV series)|Love Story]]'' || Sue || 1 episode: ''A Diamond is Forever''
|-
| ''The Gamblers'' || Joyce || 1 episode: "Oil and Water"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1969 || ''[[Doctor in the House (TV series)|Doctor in the House]]'' || Rigor Mortis || 1 episode: "Getting the Bird"
|-
| ''[[Dombey and Son (1969 miniseries)|Dombey and Son]]'' || Susan Nipper || TV serial; 9 episodes
|-
| 1970 || ''[[The Dustbinmen]]'' || The Goddess || 1 episode: season 2.4
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1971 || ''[[Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width]]'' || Doreen Lawton || 1 episode: "Mix Me a Marriage"
|-
| ''[[Now Look Here]]'' || Tracey || 1 episode: Season 1.2
|-
| ''[[On the Buses]]'' || Linda || 1 episode: "[[List of On the Buses episodes|Boxing Day Social]]"
|-
| ''[[The Dick Emery Show]]'' || Lampwick's Daughter || 12 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|1972 || ''A Day Out'' || Mrs. Ackroyd || Television film
|-
| ''[[Doctor in Charge]]'' || Dr. Mary Parsons/Dr. Mary Bingham || 1972–1973; 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"|1973 || ''The Upper Crusts'' || Mrs. Smith || 1 episode: "Sitting Pretty"
|-
| ''Hunter's Walk'' || Janet Kenwright || 1 episode: "Disturbance"
|-
| ''[[Man About the House]]'' || Gabrielle || 1 episode: "Three's a Crowd"
|-
| 1974 || ''Sporting Scenes'' || Helen || 1 episode: "The Needle Match"
|-
| rowspan="3"|1975 || ''Cilla's Comedy Six'' || Gloria || 1 episode: "Father's Doing Fine"
|-
| ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]'' || Miss Finch || 1 episode: "Legs Eleven"
|-
| ''[[Rising Damp]]'' || Gwen/Bride || 1975–1978; 2 episodes: "For the Man Who Has Everything", "Pink Carnations"
|-
| 1976 || ''Jumbo Spencer'' || Mrs. Spencer ||
|-
| 1978 || ''BBC2 Play of the Week'' || Polly Wright || 1 episode: ''Fairies''
|-
| 1980 || ''[[BBC2 Playhouse]]'' || Lou Parker || 1 episode: ''The Black Madonna''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1981 || ''Partners'' || Monica || 1 episode: "Fair Shares"
|-
| ''The Patricia Neal Story'' || 2nd Neighbour || Television film
|-
| rowspan="3"|1982 || ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'' || Beryl || 1 episode: ''[[List of Tales of the Unexpected episodes|Blue Marigold]]''
|-
| ''[[Sorry! (TV series)|Sorry!]]'' || Psychotherapist || 1 episode: "Perchance to Dream"
|-
| ''[[Play for Today]]'' || Joyce Midgley || 1 episode: "Intensive Care"
|-
| 1983 || ''[[Dramarama (TV series)|Dramarama]]'' || Joan Osgerby || 1 episode: "Rig It Up"
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1984 || ''[[Duty Free (TV series)|Duty Free]]'' || Emily || 1 episode: "Spanish Lace"
|-
| ''[[The Box of Delights (TV series)|The Box of Delights]]'' || Ellen || 4 episodes
|-
| 1986 || ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)|In Loving Memory]]'' || Enid Bracegirdle || 1 episode: "They Shoot Undertakers, Don't They"
|-
| 1987 || ''[[Screen Two]]'' || Mrs. Mortland || 1 episode: ''[[Northanger Abbey (1987 film)|Northanger Abbey]]''
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun]]'' || June Carberry || Television film
|-
| 1990 || ''[[One Foot in the Grave]]'' || Dr. Snellgrove || 1 episode: "[[List of One Foot in the Grave episodes|The Big Sleep]]"
|-
| 1995 || ''Under the Moon'' || Miss Prudhomme || Television film
|-
| 1997 || ''[[The Uninvited (TV series)|The Uninvited]]'' || Charge Nurse || Mini-series
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || Magenta Savannah || 2 episodes: episode #4394, episode #4397
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Bad Girls (TV series)|Bad Girls]]'' || [[Sylvia Hollamby]] || 1999–2006; [[List of Bad Girls episodes|92 episodes]], main role
|-
| 2003 || ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Joan Jowell || 3 episodes: "[[List of Casualty episodes|Flash in the Pan, Truth or Dare, In the Frame]]"
|-
| 2008 || ''[[The Royle Family]]'' || Jocelyn Best || 1 episode: "[[List of The Royle Family episodes|The New Sofa]]"
|-
| 2012 || ''[[The Unforgettable]]'' || Herself || 1 episode: The Unforgettable John Thaw
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || [[List of Coronation Street characters (2013)#Doris Babbage|Doris Babbage]] || Guest appearance
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Mary Star || 1 episode: "Pudding"
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0292136|Helen Fraser}}
*[http://www.sueterryvoices.com/profile/helen-fraser/ Image & voice sample]

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