Gillian Bailey
Gillian Bailey | |
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| Born | 14 June 1955 Wimbledon, London, England |
| Alma mater | Kingston University |
| Occupations | Actress, professor |
Gillian Bailey (born 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, London), also known as Gilli Bush-Bailey, is a British actress and professor.
She was a child actress and appeared as Billie in Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970–71). Other roles included Phyllis in a television version of The Railway Children (1968), Janey in The Witch's Daughter (1971), Lavinia in Thursday's Child (1972–73) and Callie in Follyfoot (1971–73).[1]
As an adult actress she played Jinny Carter in series 1 of Poldark (1975), Ravella in the first episode of Blake's 7 "The Way Back" (1978), Southern TV Live: (1980)‘Together’ Julie Dunn and Maureen Galbraith in the BBC TV series County Hall (1982). In the 1990s she found that work dried up and began working as a script reader.
In 1992, she returned to complete her education at Kingston University.
After a period at the Drama and Theatre department at the Royal Holloway, University of London[2] she is now Professor of Women's Performance Histories at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.[3]
Family
[edit | edit source]Bailey married Richard Everett in 1974, and the couple have a daughter.[4]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Follyfoot Gallery Archived 11 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ her staff page Archived 16 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Holloway College
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- ^ interview with photos Archived 15 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Double Deckers website
External links
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- British child actresses
- English television actresses
- Actors from the London Borough of Merton
- Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London
- Academics of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Actresses from London
- People from Wimbledon, London
- British television actor, 1950s birth stubs