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词条 Polly James
释义

  1. Biography

  2. Television roles

      Comedy    Children's  

  3. References

  4. External links

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Polly James (born 1941) is an English actress with a career in theatre, film, television and radio.

Biography

She was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, under the name Pauline Devaney.[1] After graduating from RADA, James's TV career began in BBC2's Thirty-Minute Theatre, followed by the role of a drug addict in Z-Cars in 1967.{{cn|date=December 2017}} She played Audrey Hargreaves in Coronation Street in 1967.{{cn|date=December 2017}}

She is best known for her role as Beryl Hennessey in the first four series of the British sitcom The Liver Birds (1969–74), mostly alongside Nerys Hughes. She played Cicely Courtneidge in the biographical musical of the actress Once More with Music in 1976, appeared as a soubrette in Alan Clarke's 1982 production of Baal, and in Doctor Who in 1984. She appeared, too, in the West End musicals I and Albert and Anne of Green Gables. In 1971, James appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in The Merchant of Venice with Judi Dench.{{cn|date=December 2017}}

She was particularly praised for her performance as Jenny Wren in the 1976 BBC adaptation of Dickens's Our Mutual Friend.[2]

She is divorced[3] and has one child.

Television roles

Comedy

Year Title Role
1969 to 1974 The Liver Birds Beryl Hennessey
1996 The Liver Birds Beryl Fenning, née Hennessey

Children's

Year Title Role
2000 to 2001 The Worst Witch Miss Lavinia Crotchet

References

1. ^{{cite book|author=Adrian Room|title=Naming Names: Stories of Pseudonyms and Name Changes, with a Who's Who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=55IsAAAAYAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|isbn=978-0-7100-0920-3}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=Sean Grass|title=Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend: A Publishing History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mUdnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA152|date=15 May 2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-317-16822-5|pages=152–}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/how-we-met-5613591.html|title=How We Met|date=2 June 1996|author=Isobel Wolff|access-date=1 November 2018}}

External links

  • {{imdb name|0416842|Polly James}}
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