Gillian Bailey (born 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, London), also known as Gilli Bush-Bailey, is a British actress and professor.
Gillian Bailey | |
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| Born | 14 June 1955 Wimbledon, London, England |
| Alma mater | Kingston University |
| Occupations | Actress, 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), Laurine in Bel Ami (1971), 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, Maureen Galbraith in the BBC TV series County Hall (1982) and Olive Calvert in Strangers and Brothers (1984).[2] 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[3] she is now Professor of Women's Performance Histories at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.[4]
Family
editBailey married Richard Everett in 1974, and the couple have a daughter.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Follyfoot Gallery Archived 11 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "C. P. Snow's Strangers and Brothers". BBC Genome Project. 11 January 1984. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ her staff page Archived 16 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Royal Holloway College
- ↑ "Prof. Gilli Bush-Bailey, BA, M.Res, PHD".
- ↑ interview with photos Archived 15 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Double Deckers website
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