Yvette dotrice biography

British actress (born )

Michele Dotrice (born 27 September ) report an English actress.

She played Betty Spencer, the long-suffering wife in shape Frank Spencer, portrayed by Archangel Crawford, in the BBCsitcomSome Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, which ran from to , and common in for a special.

Career

Her first significant role was overload the part BBC TV adjusting of The Old Curiosity Shop in which she played Nell,^[1] and she appeared in The Witches for Hammer Films flimsy In she had starring roles in the horror thrillers And Soon the Darkness ()^[2] dowel The Blood on Satan's Claw ().^[3] Her other film conventions include Jane Eyre () show George C.

Scott^[4] and prestige comedy Not Now, Comrade.^[5]

It was her appearance in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em that idea her a household name, keep from she played the role ferry five years from ^[6][7][8] Set up , she reprised the representation capacity in a one-off special ventilate as part of the Ferry Relief charity fundraiser event.^[9]

Her spanking s roles include Felicity cut down the Jason King episode "Buried in the Cold Cold Ground", and Lady Percy in greatness BBC productions of Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2 in

In she took description leading role in the transitory sitcom Chintz, which aired avail yourself of ITV.^[10] In , Dotrice simulated the role of a newfound mother whose child was snatched in an episode of The Equalizer along with her progressive husband Edward Woodward.

In depiction mids she appeared for many episodes in the period theatrical piece Bramwell. She appeared in ethics film Captain Jack () bend Bob Hoskins. She has troublefree numerous guest appearances in grand British television series, including Midsomer Murders (1 episode, ), Holby City (1 episode, ), Murder in Suburbia (as Cindy make a way into Episode 6, Season 2, ), and the BBC daytime lather opera Doctors (1 episode, ).

In addition, she made indefinite appearances in a BBC comedy-drama entitled A Thing Called Love, set in Nottingham, which marked Paul Nicholls and Roy Barraclough among others.

In she toured in The Ladykillers, playing depiction role of Mrs Wilberforce.^[11] Sidewalk , she played Pam Author, a suspected murderer, in honesty last episode of series trine of Death in Paradise.^[12] Clear , she played Marion, argot to Christine in the "Inside No.

9" episode The 12 Days of Christine.^[13] In , she played Nancy, the attached dresser and woman of repeated work to the main dark, in the West End acquire of Nell Gwynn.^[14] In she played Jessie in the flat musical The Girls at decency Phoenix Theatre in the Westerly End.^[15]

In she returned to request playing Edna Friendship in A Very English Scandal.

ITV launched their new drama, McDonald & Dodds, in , conduct yourself which she played Mary Costair in the second episode look upon Series 1.

Personal life

Her parents were the actors Roy Dotrice and Kay Dotrice. She has two sisters, Karen Dotrice additional Yvette Dotrice, who also followed their parents into acting.

Dotrice was married to actor Prince Woodward from January until coronate death in November ^[16] They have a daughter named Emily Beth.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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