Liz Fraser
Liz Fraser | |
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Goldsmiths College London School of Dramatic Art | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1952–2018 |
Spouses | Peter Yonwin
(m. 1958; div. 1960)Bill Hitchcock
(m. 1965; died 1974) |
Elizabeth Joan Winch (14 August 1930 – 6 September 2018),[1][2] known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles.
Early life
Fraser was born in
She went to
Career
Her first film appearance was in
Her other film appearances include Desert Mice (1959), Two-Way Stretch (1960), again with Sellers,[9] The Bulldog Breed (1960),[10] Double Bunk (1961),[11] Fury at Smugglers Bay (1961) starring Peter Cushing, Raising the Wind (1961), On the Fiddle (1961), The Painted Smile (1962),[12] The Americanization of Emily (1964),[13] The Family Way (1966),[14] Up the Junction (1968),[15] Dad's Army (1971),[16] and a string of sex comedies: Adventures of a Taxi Driver[17] (1976), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) and Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse[18] (1978).
Fraser was also known for her many appearances in British television series, including
Fraser also starred as Gloria Simpkins in the radio sitcom Parsley Sidings alongside Arthur Lowe and Kenneth Connor from 1971 to 1973.[21]
She played Mrs Brent, the mother of a missing girl, in the television production of Agatha Christie's Nemesis, starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple, in 1987.[22] Another role was in the "Backtrack" episode of the British police series The Professionals, as Margery Harper, a glamorous woman who fenced stolen property in her shop.[23]
Her other television work included Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Crown Court, Citizen James, Robin's Nest, Rumpole of the Bailey, Last of the Summer Wine,[24] The Bill, Foyle's War, Birds of a Feather, Minder[25] and Holby City.[26]
Personal life and death
Fraser married Peter Yonwin, a travelling salesman, in November 1958, but the marriage soon broke down and they were divorced. She married her second husband, Bill Hitchcock, a TV director, in January 1965 at Harrow Register Office. They agreed not to work together, but this changed in 1972 when she appeared in the Rodney Bewes sitcom Albert!, which Hitchcock co-directed,[27] and again later in the same year, when she acted in Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour, a comedy series starring Michael Bates and produced by Hitchcock.[28] Hitchcock died from a pulmonary embolism in February 1974, at the age of 45. Fraser was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1978 and 1979, undergoing a lumpectomy the first time and having reconstructive surgery at the Marsden in 1979.[29]
Fraser had a half-brother, Philip, 11 years older, the son of her mother from a previous marriage. She supported various
She died on 6 September 2018 at Royal Brompton Hospital as a result of complications following an operation.[9]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1955 | Touch and Go | Girl on the Bridge | (As Elizabeth Winch) |
1957 | The Smallest Show on Earth | Girl in Cinema | (uncredited) |
The Shiralee | Chambermaid | (uncredited) | |
1958 | Davy | Waitress | |
Dunkirk | Worker in Holden's Factory | (uncredited) | |
Wonderful Things! | Hot Dog Seller | (uncredited) | |
Alive & Kicking | June | (as Elizabeth Winch) | |
1959 | I'm All Right Jack | Cynthia Kite | |
Top Floor Girl | Mabel | ||
The Night We Dropped a Clanger | Lulu | ||
Desert Mice | Edie | ||
1960 | Two-Way Stretch | Ethel | |
Doctor in Love | Leonora | ||
The Bulldog Breed | NAAFI Girl | ||
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's | Constable Susan Partridge | ||
1961 | The Night We Got the Bird | Fay Sellars | |
The Rebel | Waitress | ||
Carry On Regardless | Delia King | ||
Fury at Smugglers' Bay | Betty | ||
Double Bunk | Sandra | ||
Watch it, Sailor! |
Daphne Pink | ||
Raising the Wind | Miranda Kennaway | ||
On the Fiddle | Girl with Daisies | (uncredited) | |
1962 | A Pair of Briefs | Gloria Hoskins | |
Carry On Cruising | Gladys Trimble | ||
The Painted Smile | Jo Lake | ||
Live Now, Pay Later | Joyce Corby | ||
The Amorous Prawn | Pvt. Suzie Tidmarsh | ||
1963 | Carry On Cabby | Sally | |
1964 | Every Day's a Holiday | Miss Slightly | |
1965 | The Americanization of Emily | Sheila | |
1966 | The Family Way | Molly Thompson | |
1968 | Up the Junction | Mrs. McCarthy | |
1971 | Dad's Army | Mrs. Pike | |
1972 | Hide and Seek | Audrey Lawson | |
1975 | Three for All | Airport Passenger | |
Carry On Behind | Sylvia Ramsden | ||
1976 | Adventures of a Taxi Driver | Maisie | |
Confessions of a Driving Instructor | Mrs. Chalmers | ||
Under the Doctor | Sandra | ||
1977 | Adventures of a Private Eye | Violet | |
Confessions from a Holiday Camp | Mrs. Whitemonk | ||
1978 | Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse | Mrs. Dixon | |
1980 | The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle | Woman in Cinema | |
1990 | Chicago Joe and the Showgirl | Mrs. Evans |
Television appearances
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1955 | The Geranium | Maid | TV film |
1955 | Sixpenny Corner | Julie Perkins | Unknown episodes |
1956–1960 | Hancock's Half Hour | Various characters | 8 episodes |
1956 | The Grove Family | Julie Perkins | Episode: "Sour Grapes" |
1957 | ITV Television Playhouse | Beryl | Episode: "Two Ducks on a Pond"" |
1957 | Dixon of Dock Green | Jeannie Richards | Episode: "False Alarm" |
1957 | Shadow Squad | Gilda | 2 episodes |
1957 | The Army Game | Unknown | Episode: "The Misguided Missiles" |
1957 | Whack-O! | Matron | 10 episodes |
1958 | Hotel Imperial | Unknown | Episode: "The Star in the Penthouse Suite" |
1958 | Educated Evans | W.R.A.C. Clerk | Episode: "All Change" |
1958 | Dixon of Dock Green | Maisie Perkins | Episode: "They Don't Like Policemen" |
1958 | The Sky Larks | Rose | Episode: "Free Beer" |
1958 | Educating Archie | Unknown | Episode: #1.1 |
1958 | Murder Bag | Unknown | Episode: "Lockhart Probes the Past" |
1958 | Dixon of Dock Green | Lena | Episode: "Strangers at the Same Table" |
1959 | No Hiding Place | Rose Glorie | Episode: "Murder with Witnesses" |
1959 | Boyd Q.C. (1959) | Unknown | Episode: "In a Manner Dangerous" |
1959 | ITV Play of the Week |
Dora | Episode: "Deep and Crisp and Even" |
1959 | The Vise | Betsy Linton | Episode: "Murder for Revenge" |
1960 | ITV Television Playhouse | Mavis | Episode: "Incident" |
1960 | Knight Errant Limited | Gloria MacLean | Episode: "Beauty and the Feast" |
1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play | Riggie | Episode: "Doctor in the House" |
1960–1962 | Citizen James | Liz | 7 episodes |
1962 | Probation Officer | Lorna | Episode: #4.14 |
1963 | No Hiding Place | Sheba | Episode: "Solomon Dancey's Luck" |
1963 | Harry's Girls | Sally Witherspoon | Episode: "Made in Heaven" |
1964 | Fire Crackers | Mary Medway | Episode: "Fire Belle for Five" |
1965 | No Hiding Place | Phyllis Nolan | Episode: "The Grass" |
1965 | It's Not Me: It's Them! | Mrs. Ember | Episode: #1.2 |
1966 | The Avengers | Georgie Price-Jones | Episode: "The Girl from AUNTIE" |
1967 | Seven Deadly Virtues | Agnes | Episode: "A Pain in the Neck" |
1967 | Mickey Dunne | Maisie | Episode: "Big Fleas, Little Fleas" |
1970 | Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) | Fay Crackan | Episode: "It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water" |
1970 | Here Come the Double Deckers! | Zizi Bagor | Episode: "Starstruck" |
1970 | The Goodies | Miss Heffer | Episode: "Caught in the Act" |
1970 | The Benny Hill Show | Various Roles | 2 episodes |
1971 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Countess Antonescu | Episode: "Man and Boy" |
1972 | Jason King | Claire Brown | Episode: "An Author in Search of Two Characters" |
1972 | Crime of Passion | Denise | Episode: "Lina" |
1972 | Dear Mother...Love Albert | Ann | Episode: "If He'd Meant Us to Fly" |
1972 | Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour | Faye Bush | 5 episodes |
1972 | These Two Fellas | Various | TV film |
1973 | The Tarbuck Follies | Various | TV film |
1973 | Crown Court | Lady Esham | Episode: "Murder Most Foul" |
1977 | Seven Faces of Woman | Delilah Brown | Episode: "She: Sight Unseen" |
1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Bobby Dogherty | Episode: "Rumpole and the Alternative Society" |
1978 | Robin's Nest | Vera | Episode: "The Happy Hen" |
1979 | The Professionals | Margery Harper | Episode: "Backtrack" |
1984 | Shroud for a Nightingale | Sister Mavis Gearing | All 5 episodes |
1984–1986 | Fairly Secret Army | Doris Entwhistle | 11 episodes |
1987 | Miss Marple | Mrs. Brent | Episode: "Nemesis" |
1987 | Hardwicke House | Agnes | 4 episodes |
1988 | Rude Health | Mrs. Joy | 4 episodes |
1988 | ScreenPlay | Mrs. Dewey | Episode: "Eskimos Do It" |
1988 | The Lady and the Highwayman | Flossie | TV film |
1989 | Capstick's Law | Florence Smith | |
1991 | Birds of a Feather | Olive Stubbs | |
1993 | Minder | Delilah | |
1993 | Demob | Edith | |
1994 | The Bill | Grace Walsh | |
1996 | Wales Playhouse | Nel | |
1997 | Drover's Gold | Ma Whistler | |
2000 | Hold to Zero | Grace | |
2000 | Last of the Summer Wine | Reggie Unsworth | |
2006 | Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup | Ada | |
2006 | Doctors | Beryl Gifford | |
2007 | Foyle's War | Mollie Summersgill | |
2007 | Holby City | Tabitha Blackstock | |
2018 | Midsomer Murders | Marcia Jackson |
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Sources
- Simon Sheridan Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema, Titan Books (2011, 4th edition); ISBN 9780857682796