Colette Hiller
OccupationActress
Years active1979–1994

Colette Hiller is an American film, theatre and television actress. She attended the Performing Arts Academy in New York as a teenager, and appeared in the original musical play of Annie, and in other films and plays such as The Lonely Lady, Ragtime, Strong Medicine, and Birth of the Beatles. She played Corporal Ferro in the 1986 film Aliens. Hiller has also worked for the BBC, creating documentaries such as Too Clever by Half and the children's music cassette Applehead.

As its Creative Director, Hiller was instrumental in setting up SingLondon in 2007.[1] In 2009, in addition to various song related events, Hiller drove the Street Pianos project which saw pianos placed in London's public spaces, and freely available for people to play.[2][3][4] The SingLondon project went on to spawn PingLondon, a project which in 2010 placed ping pong tables around London [5][6][7][8] and, in 2011, the major cities of the UK.[9][10] Also in 2011, SingLondon produced Search Party[11] which took the form of a treasure hunt across London culminating in a party and which was part of the Cultural Olympiad in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. 2011 also saw SingLondon and Hiller's involvement with Keep Britain Tidy in the form of the singing bins initiative.[12][13]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979Birth of the BeatlesReporter
1980OppenheimerBarbara ChevalierEpisode: Part 2
1981RagtimeLawyer's Female Companion No. 1
1983The Lonely LadyActress in Restaurant
1986AliensCorporal Ferro
1986Strong MedicineAmyTV movie
1990Perfect ScoundrelsHoneyEpisode: Blue Kisses
1991Paul Merton: The SeriesEpisode 3
1994Space PrecinctOfficer Aurelia Took2 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Sulcas, Roslyn (September 9, 2014). "They're a Bit Stiff, but Very Talkative". The New York Times. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  2. ↑ Nicholas, Dean (May 2005). "Pianos In Public: "Anytime you're Lambeth way...."". Londonist. Gothamist. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Art project puts pianos on street". BBC News. June 23, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  4. ↑ "In London Anyone Can Be a Street Musician". CBS News. July 11, 2009. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ Nicholas, Dean (May 2010). "Ping Pong London: Whiff Whaff's Coming Home". Londonist. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  6. ↑ Dutta, Kunal (May 10, 2010). "Capital's open air ping-pong festival". The Independent. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Best of the year 2010: London attractions | 4/10 | Ping!". Time Out. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Boris Johnson plays table tennis in Bermondsey Square". london-se1.co.uk. June 25, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ping Pong fever hits Birmingham" (Press release). Birmingham City Council. June 27, 2011. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ping! launches at St Pancras International". Sport England. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010.
  11. ↑ Monk, Dave (June 27, 2011). "Search Party to see thousands take part in free east London treasure hunt". Metro. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022.
  12. ↑ Mills, Rhiannon (September 25, 2011). "Talking Rubbish: New Weapon In War On Litter". Sky News. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011.
  13. ↑ "Talking bins trial set up in London and Liverpool". BBC News. September 26, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2023.


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