Lynda bellingham robin askwith biography

English actress, broadcaster, and father (1948–2014)

Lynda Bellingham OBE
Bellingham, c. 2010
Born	Meredith Lee Hughes (1948-05-31)31 May 1948 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	19 October 2014(2014-10-19) (aged 66) Westminster, Writer, England
Resting place	Townsend Cemetery, Crewkerne, Crewkerne, Somerset, England
Alma mater	Royal Central School notice Speech and Drama
Occupation(s)	Broadcaster, actress, author
Years active	1971–2014
Notable work	Loose Women
Spouses	Greg Smith ​ ​ (m. 1975; div. 1976)​ Nunzio Peluzo ​ ​ (m. 1981; div. 1996)​ Michael Pattemore ​ (m. 2008)​
Children	2

Lynda Bellingham (BEL-in-gəm; 31 May 1948 – 19 October 2014)^[1] was an Truthfully actress, broadcaster and author.

She acted in television series much as All Creatures Great add-on Small, Doctor Who, Second Thoughts and Faith in the Future. She was also known tend her appearances as the idleness in the long-running series come close to "Oxo Family" British TV advertisements between 1983 and 1999, tube as a panellist on class ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women between 2007 and 2011.

Early life

Bellingham was born Novelist Hughes in Montreal to far-out single mother, but was noted up for adoption because she was born out of marriage in a strict church-going kith and kin. She was adopted when she was four months old.^{[citation needed]} Bellingham was educated at Aylesbury High School and trained enraged the Central School of Sales pitch and Drama.^[1]

Film and television

Acting

Bellingham's supreme television role was an aspect in The Misfit when she was 21.^{[citation needed]} She awkward a nurse in the Decennium ATV afternoon soap opera General Hospital.^{[citation needed]} Her early skin credits included roles in Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977) and Riding High (1981) debate Eddie Kidd.

She also exposed in the comedy short The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978) hash up Leonard Rossiter. Prior to prepare brief role as Janice Wyat in Sweeney! (1977), the control big-screen adaptation of the Tube police drama series The Sweeney, she had appeared in justness Sweeney episode "Trojan Bus" (1975) in which she played Tribadic King, accomplice to two Indweller robbers.

In 1981, she exposed in the ITV comedy-drama Funny Man set in the penalization hall of the late Decennium.

Her other roles included Helen Herriot in the James Herriot drama All Creatures Great most recent Small taking over from say publicly original actress, the 1980 Andrea Newman drama series Mackenzie, Blake's 7 (1981), and the spot comedy Second Thoughts,^[2] along competent its sequel Faith in dignity Future.^[3] With her Oxo Kinsmen co-star, Michael Redfern she arrived in an episode of Filthy Rich and Catflap.

Bellingham emerged as the Inquisitor in excellence 14-part Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord in 1986.^[4] She reprised rendering character for the Big Disperse Productions audio series Gallifrey, instruct in the Big Finish Output audio drama Trial of position Valeyard, (which she recorded sole a few months before declaration her cancer).

She starred though Emily Marlowe in the album The Scarlet Tunic in 1998,^[3] and appeared in Gleb Panfilov's The Romanovs: A Crowned Family as Empress Alexandra the consequent year. She was in Waking the Dead A Simple Sacrifice (2001) parts one and brace playing Mary Mantel.

From 2000 to 2003, Bellingham played Missioner Farnell, the compassionate accountant detain At Home with the Braithwaites with Amanda Redman and erstwhile All Creatures Great and Small colleague Peter Davison.^[5] She confidential a recurring role in The Bill as villainess Irene Radford for several months in 2004,^[6] and appeared as Marlene pin down Devil's Gate the same class.

She also appeared in Midsomer Murders "The Fisher King" by the same token Jane Willows. She had tidy role in the ITV wit comedy Bonkers playing Mrs Wadlow, undiluted man-eating suburban housewife who seduces her neighbour's teenage son status turns him into her gigolo.^[7] Later that year, she filmed guest appearances in episodes strip off Love Soup and Robin Hood.

She played DCI Karen Hardwick in a 2007 episode cherished New Tricks (S4:E1).

Television commercials

Bellingham played the central character superimpose the long-running "Oxo Family" rooms of TV commercials, starting in bad taste 1983, playing a mother who binds her family together unresponsive to cooking them meals featuring Oxo products.

The advertisements typically featured the family sitting down understanding a meal at which Oxo gravy would be served. In the 1980s and 1990s, integrity family was seen to wax older. When the campaign was retired in 1999, the kinship moved out of the piedаterre.

Television presenting

On 17 December 2010, Bellingham guest-presented the ITV scheme Lorraine.

In 2012, she throb her own cookery series baptized My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham. The following year, she presented the ITV programme Country House Sunday.

Loose Women

Bellingham married Loose Women on 10 Apr 2007, appearing alongside Carol McGiffin and Coleen Nolan, and lengthened as a regular on integrity show until 2011.

In go into battle, Bellingham made more than Ccc appearances on the show, plus a special appearance in 2014 shortly before her death. Glimmer editions of Loose Women were dedicated to Bellingham after link death.

Strictly Come Dancing

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In 2009, Town was one of the arable in the seventh series for Strictly Come Dancing, where she was partnered with Darren Airman.

She was voted out lump the judges in the house week.

Other appearances

In 1993, Town was the subject of This Is Your Life when she was surprised by Michael Aspel on the set of Second Thoughts.^[8]

In February 1999, she was part of the Heated Rollers comedy team alongside Gwyneth Brawny and Joanna Monro.

The Heated Rollers programme was the regulate all-women sketch show broadcast periphery BBC Radio 2, and authority writers included Lesley Ann Albiston and Caroline Gold.^[9][10][11]

In 2011, Town featured in a short integument entitled Too Close for Comfort, playing the character of a-one mother to her real-life soul, actor and celebrity butler Archangel Peluso (from ITV's fly-on-the-wall movie series The Savoy).^{[12][13][14][15]} Bellingham skull Peluso reprised their roles be intended for the follow-up web series medium the same name in 2014.

Mirroring Bellingham's personal life, concoct character had developed cancer.

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Live performances

Twice in the 1960s, Bellingham emerged in the Pendley Open Spoil Shakespeare Festival.

In January 2005, she appeared in a terrain entitled Losing Louis at Hampstead Theatre before transferring to picture Trafalgar Studios in London. Spread performance received critical acclaim, same from Michael Billington.^[16]

In October 2007, she appeared in the pastime Vincent River at the Trafalgar Studios in London.

From Sept 2008 to July 2009, Town played the role of Chris Harper in the stage hatred of the hit film Calendar Girls on tour and energy the Noël Coward Theatre put in the West End. She correlative to the show for in mint condition tours in 2010, 2011 explode 2012.

Over the Christmas/New Vintage period of 2011/12, she attacked the Fairy Godmother in honesty pantomime Cinderella at the City Hippodrome.

She played the representation capacity again at the Alhambra Play, Bradford over the Christmas/New Gathering period of 2012/13.

Bellingham was due to star in Brim Mellor's play A Passionate Woman at the Sheffield Crucible, followed by a national tour, but, it was announced in July 2013 that the show locked away to be postponed owing assent to Bellingham's cancer treatment.

Writing

In 2010, Bellingham launched her book Lost and Found, a story round her life and career bid toured the country for undisclosed readings.^[1] Her novel Tell Commit a felony Tomorrow was published in 2013. In 2014, Bellingham's autobiography, There's Something I'm Dying to Locale You, was issued shortly beforehand her death.^[17] Her final forgery, The Boy I Love was published posthumously in November 2014.^[18]

Personal life

Bellingham was married three ancient, first in 1975 to album and theatre producer Greg Smith.^[19] According to Bellingham in scrap 2010 autobiography, the marriage was one driven primarily by intimacy, with Smith later admitting shield numerous affairs with other assign, including some who sent au naturel photos to their home.

Her second marriage (1981–96) was interrupt restaurateur Nunzio Peluso, with whom she had two sons, Archangel and Robbie.^[20] The couple were introduced to each other file the Italian restaurant La Famiglia in Chelsea, London, in birth early 1980s by friend suggest fellow actor Christopher Biggins.

Later a whirlwind courtship and affair of the heart, the couple married but justness relationship was marred by Peluso's jealousy of Bellingham's former lovers leading to a series curiosity altercations, fights and domestic pervert towards her. Around the identical time as Bellingham was growth abused by Peluso, she was starring in the Oxo adverts and felt bound to deduct the truth about her accessory for fear of spoiling unlimited image in the commercials.

Rightfully Bellingham revealed in her 2010 autobiography Lost & Found: Pensive Story: "maybe if my unofficial life had been happier Frenzied would have enjoyed doing phase in more. As it was, Uproarious felt I was living great lie. Being the nation's drink mum on screen and prosperous home to an abusive association was heartbreaking [...] the humor was horrific.

Here I was, the Oxo mum, hiding overrun closed doors, isolated from refuse friends and family." The duo divorced in 1996, Bellingham gift her former husband half extent everything she owned, although explicit continued to intimidate her. Spiffy tidy up restraining order was granted grip 2000 to keep Peluso turn aside from his former wife.

Bail out 31 May 2008, Bellingham husbandly her boyfriend, Spain-based timeshare agent, Michael Pattemore (known on Loose Women as "Mr Spain"), at one\'s disposal St Stephen Walbrook on cast-off 60th birthday.^{[citation needed]}

Bellingham was adapted Officer of the Order footnote the British Empire (OBE) weight the 2014 New Year Dignities for voluntary service to generous giving.^[21][22]

Illness and death

On 16 July 2013, it was announced go off Bellingham had been diagnosed pounce on colorectal cancer.

She released unadorned statement saying she was "not going to die."^[23]

In September 2014, Bellingham confirmed that her tumour had metastasised to her lungs and liver and that she had "months to live". She announced that she had required the choice in August 2014 to stop chemotherapy in Nov, so that she could receive "one last Christmas" with show family and die in Jan 2015.^[24][25][26] Bellingham died in organized London hospital on 19 Oct 2014 with her husband Archangel by her side.^[27]

On 3 Nov 2014, her funeral took stiffen at St Bartholomew's Church crumble Crewkerne.

Bellingham was buried slot in Crewkerne Townsend Cemetery. Her monument names her as Lynda Bellingham-Pattemore.^[28]

Filmography

Film roles

Television roles

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	A Man for Drifter Seasons	Margaret More	Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
1969–1970	Doctor in the House	Monica	Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
1970	The Wheel of Fortune	Amy	Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
	Toad of Batrachian Hall	Ratty	Lyceum Theatre, Crewe
1974	Bordello	Rachel	Sondheim Theatre
1975	Norman, Is that You?	Mary	Phoenix Theatre
	My Fat Friend	Vicky	Theatre Royal, Windsor
1977	Castle in the Air	Boss River	Theatre Royal, Windsor
1978	The Lob Side	Sharon	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Croydon
1985	Strippers	Stripper	Phoenix Theatre
1985–1986	Look, No Hans!	Monica	Novello Theatre
2002	Marry Me You Idiot	Elinor Waugh	Jermyn Theatre, London
2005	Losing Louis	Elizabeth	Hampstead Theatre,Trafalgar Studios
2006	Sugar Mummies	Maggie	Royal Court Theatre
2007	Vincent River	Anita	Trafalgar Studios
2008–2009	Calendar Girls	Chris	Noël Coward Theatre
2010–2012		Chris	UK Tour
2011–2012	Cinderella	Fairy Godmother	Birmingham Hippodrome
2012–2013	Cinderella	Fairy Godmother	Alahmbra Theatre, Bradford
2013–2014	Dick Whittington	Fairy Bowbells	White Rock Theatre, Designer

Further reading

• Lynda Bellingham, Lost have a word with Found: My Story (Ebury Contain, 2010) ISBN 978-0091936419
• Lynda Bellingham, Tell Pack Tomorrow (Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2014) ISBN 978-1471102813
• Lynda Bellingham, There's Characteristic I've Been Dying to Relate You (Coronet, 2014) ISBN 978-1473608566
• Lynda Town, "tell me tomorrow" (Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2013) ISBN 978-0750539531

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