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- | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Brian Mills (television director)|Brian Mills]]|1975|2006|end=d.}}<ref>Anthony Hayward [https://www '''Brigit Forsyth''' (born 28 July 1940 in [[Edinburgh|Edinburgh]]) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Thelma Ferris in the [[BBC|BBC]] comed5 KB (765 words) - 23:57, 12 February 2023
- {{Short description|Scottish actress}} ...lingford in the television series ''[[Catweazle]]'' and Mrs. Palmer in the television series ''[[Solo (TV series)|Solo]]'', alongside [[Felicity Kendal]].7 KB (1,066 words) - 18:00, 3 January 2023
- {{Short description|Scottish actress and dancer}} .... She is best known for her role as ''"The Lovely" Aimi MacDonald'' in the television [[sketch comedy show]] ''[[At Last the 1948 Show]]'' ([[Associated-Rediffus8 KB (1,270 words) - 00:00, 27 January 2023
- {{Short description|Scottish actress (1910–2004)}} ...arch 1910 – 28 November 2004), known as '''Molly Weir''', was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] actress.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b99 KB (1,227 words) - 17:19, 19 December 2022
- ...ssa Stribling''' (7 November 1926 – 22 March 1992) was a Scottish film and television actress, who began her acting career as part of a professional group who pr [[Category:Scottish film actresses]]7 KB (1,030 words) - 17:51, 25 February 2023
- ...anet McLuckie Brown''' (14 December 1923{{spaced ndash}}27 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, [[comedian|comedian]] and [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressi ...Be Wise|Folly to Be Wise]]'' (1952), and then appeared in several British television series, such as ''The [[Eric Barker]] Half-Hour'' (1952), ''[[How Do You Vi8 KB (1,164 words) - 18:21, 12 February 2023
- ...a Goddard]] in [[w:London Weekend Television|London Weekend Television]]'s television comedy ''Pig in the Middle'' as Susan Wade, the controlling wife of the pri [[Category:English television actresses]]4 KB (671 words) - 13:05, 28 December 2022
- ...is a Scottish [[Actor|actress]], known for her numerous roles in film and television. ...Their daughters, [[Emma Thompson|Emma]] and [[Sophie Thompson]], are both actresses.13 KB (1,840 words) - 13:09, 15 February 2023
- ...own admission, a "character bag"; that is, a face recognisable to regular television viewers, but not a household name.<ref name=Times>[http://www.timesonline.c In the 1960s, Kettlewell's television career unfolded and she worked alongside the likes of [[Harry Worth]], [[Jo6 KB (892 words) - 16:21, 11 April 2023
- ...formance]] for ''[[Born in the Gardens]]'', and the 1982 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actress|BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress]] for ''[[Smiley's P ...rieved 27 September 2020.</ref> Reid was the daughter of [[Scottish people|Scottish]] parents and grew up in [[Manchester]], where she attended [[Withington]]10 KB (1,393 words) - 14:51, 15 January 2023
- After training at the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama|Glasgow College of Dramatic Art]] (now the Royal Television audiences first became acquainted with her as the sole female in the late 17 KB (1,040 words) - 12:19, 15 January 2023
- ...ttle-axe [[w:Ena Sharples|Ena Sharples]] in the [[w:ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television soap opera ''[[w:Coronation Street|Coronation Street]]''. ...s]], [[w:Manchester|Manchester]]. Her father William Brown Carson, who was Scottish, ran a flour mill and her mother, Mary Clarke (Tordoff) was an amateur sing10 KB (1,464 words) - 13:10, 5 December 2022
- | nationality = Scottish ...tish people|Scottish]] comedy actress and [[revue]] artist who appeared in television and film roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/11 KB (1,676 words) - 08:57, 13 January 2023
- Her television credits have included ''[[Gideon's Way]]'', ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|Th In 1988, Douglas met Scottish playwright and director [[Bill Bryden]] at a dinner party arranged by mutua7 KB (987 words) - 13:29, 25 August 2024
- ...ne-corri-obituary |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 March 2016}}</ref> was a Scottish actress.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news |title=Adrienne Corri |url=https: ...1). Corri, not originally cast in the film, was offered the role after two actresses had already withdrawn from the production, one of them, according to [[Malc19 KB (2,742 words) - 10:23, 25 August 2024
- {{Short description|Scottish comedian and writer (1930–2016)}} ...an and writer. He had a long association with [[Ronnie Barker]] in the BBC television comedy sketch show ''[[The Two Ronnies]]''. He achieved prominence in [[Dav30 KB (4,195 words) - 15:14, 23 December 2022
- Aherne narrated the [[Channel 4]] reality television series ''[[Gogglebox]]'' from its inception in 2013 until 8 April 2016. Ahe ...tp://www.manchester2002-uk.com/celebs/broadcasters1.html |title=Manchester Television Broadcasters and Film Actors including Caroline Aherne... |publisher=Manche30 KB (4,150 words) - 15:07, 18 January 2023
- ...er of the singer and actress [[Cicely Nott]] and the sister of three other actresses, including [[Ada Blanche]], a well-known [[pantomime]] star.<ref name=dnb>P ...our serviettes."<ref name=Spooner/> Courtneidge reprised the sketch on BBC television in the series ''[[Before the Fringe]]'' a few years before the recording's30 KB (4,466 words) - 07:51, 16 March 2023
- ...ng]] government official Podsnap ([[Ken Parry]]), the pair escape to the [[Scottish Highlands]] and, posing as musicians, hide out at Bovington Manor, a [[hote ...nd Suzy Mandel from ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''. Lower down the cast list, actresses like Lisa Taylor, Sonia Svenburger and Suzette Sangalo Bond all had blue-mo17 KB (2,693 words) - 11:31, 11 January 2023
- ...nian's]] series (from 1954). She was a well-known broadcaster on radio and television. As a writer, she was the first radio critic for ''[[The Observer|The Obser ...e shrinking but eager girl at the local palais, the incompetent but ardent Scottish dancer, the modern miss, and the Swedish visitor at a cocktail party.<ref n26 KB (3,874 words) - 00:07, 12 February 2023
