Hilary Pritchard
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Hilary Pritchard | |
|---|---|
 in The Avengers episode Take-Over (1969) | |
| Born | 16 April 1942 |
| Died | 29 July 1996 (aged 54) Isle of Man |
| Occupation | Film actor |
| Years active | 1967–1979 |
Hilary Pritchard (1942–1996) was a Manx stage, film and television actress,[1] who, according to her obituary in The Stage, was "at one time known as the British Goldie Hawn."[2]
Career
[edit]She was educated at St Ninian's High School, Douglas and trained as a dancer with Monica Mudie, founder of the Manx Ballet Club. Having completed three years with the Ballet Rambert, she began her acting career in regional rep at Windsor in 1960, followed by similar engagements at Scarborough, Carlisle and York, several of which involved being a choreographer.[3]
On television she became very popular as a performer in the comic mini-sketches included in the BBC consumer programme Braden's Week (1970-72), as well as appearing in such shows as The Avengers (1969), Doctor at Large (1971),[4] Whoops Baghdad (1973), Are You Being Served? (three episodes, 1973-76)[5] and Tropic (six episodes, 1979). She also played Daphne Bentwater from the typing pool and Sir Gregory Pitkin's paramour in the BBC Radio comedy The Men from the Ministry (1973-77).
On stage, she made her West End debut in 1974, playing Frances Hunter in the long-running farce No Sex Please, We're British.[6] Subsequently she appeared in several regional tours, playing opposite Leslie Phillips in To Dorothy, a Son (1976), Trevor Bannister in The Mating Game (1977), Kenneth Connor in Sextet (1978) and Patrick Macnee in The Grass is Greener (1979).[7]
Her film credits included the Ronnie Barker vehicle Futtocks End (1970) and sex comedies like She'll Follow You Anywhere (1971) and Under the Doctor (1976). She was also hired to provide the voice of Princess Yum-Yum in The Thief and the Cobbler, though the decades-long gestation of that project involved her eventually being replaced by Sara Crowe.
She died in 1996, aged 54.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Futtocks End | The Bird | |
| 1971 | She'll Follow You Anywhere | Diane Simpson | AKA, Passion Potion |
| 1974 | The Over-Amorous Artist | Bev | AKA, Just One More Time |
| 1974 | All I Want Is You... and You... and You... | Freda Donohue | |
| 1976 | Under the Doctor | Lady Victoria Stockbridge | |
| 1977 | Adventures of a Private Eye | Sally | |
| 1979 | A Touch of the Sun | Miss Funnypenny | AKA, No Secrets! |
Television
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Crossroads | Zelda Haye | TV series |
| 1968 | The Jazz Age | Mazie | "Broadway" |
| 1968 | B and B | Tara Gordon | "Anniversary Schmaltz" |
| 1968 | The Old Campaigner | Nanni | "Man of Letters" |
| 1969 | The Avengers | Circe | "Take-Over" |
| 1969 | As Good Cooks Go | Susan | "A Good Pull Up for Bentleys" |
| 1969 | The Very Merry Widow and How | Karen Bergmann | "How to Lose Friends and Not Influence People" |
| 1970 | Comedy Playhouse | Ruxton | "Meter Maids" |
| 1970 | Department S | Lydia | "Spencer Bodily Is Sixty Years Old" |
| 1970 | Fraud Squad | Liz Simms | "Whizz Kid" |
| 1970 | Dixon of Dock Green | Cordelia | "Shadows" |
| 1971 | Comedy Playhouse | Mary | "Equal Partners" |
| 1971 | Doctor at Large | Tanya | "Saturday Matinee" |
| 1971 | From a Bird's Eye View | Yvonne | "I Too Was a Novice" |
| 1971 | Bachelor Father | Barbara | "Woman About the House" |
| 1972 | The Dave Cash Radio Show | Cunitia | "The Dave Cash Comedy Hour", "1.6" |
| 1973 | Whoops Baghdad! | Saccharine | TV series |
| 1973 | Are You Being Served? | Wealthy Client | "Diamonds Are a Man's Best Friend" |
| 1974 | Men of Affairs | Chris | "Silver Threads" |
| 1975 | Are You Being Served? | Newlywed Female Customer | "Shoulder to Shoulder" |
| 1976 | Are You Being Served? | The Wedding Hat | "No Sale" |
| 1976 | Big Boy Now! | Mavis | "Staff Relations" |
| 1979 | Tropic | Polly Blossom-Smith | TV series |
| 1981 | The Dick Emery Show | "19.6" |
References
[edit]- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | PRITCHARD, Hilary". Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
- ^ Peter Hepple, 'Obituaries: Hilary Pritchard', The Stage, 19 December 1996, p. 33.
- ^ 'News of Island's Ballet Pupils', Isle of Man Daily Times, 7 November 1961, p. 12.
- ^ "Saturday Matinee (1971)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Hilary Pritchard". BFI. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019.
- ^ 'Chit Chat', The Stage, 20 June 1974, p. 19.
- ^ https://theatricalia.com/person/nse/hilary-pritchard
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