Philippa Gail | |
|---|---|
 in This Is My Street (1964) | |
| Born | 16 August 1942 Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 26 July 1999 (aged 56) Dorset, England |
| Other names | Philippa J. Gordge |
| Occupation(s) | Theatre actress film actress television actress |
| Years active | 1963–1992 |
Philippa Gail (16 August 1942 – 26 July 1999) was a British theatre, film and television actress.[1] The Guardian called her "An actress of power and passion who mingled sex appeal with forthright emotion."[2]
She trained at Webber-Douglas, where she won the award for best actress. There followed stage work including Shakespeare, Shaw and Ostrovsky. In the West End she was Maria in Twelfth Night, and the General's daughter in Anouilh's The Fighting Cock at the Duke of York's. At the Assembly Rooms in York, her performance in Ibsen's Little Eyolf was described by critics as "genuinely revelatory."[2]
In 1970 she married David Conville, director of the Open Air Theatre, Regents Park, where she made many of her later stage appearances.[3][4]
Interspersed amongst her stage work were film and TV parts, including starring as the seductive Jane in The Troubleshooters, This Is My Street, Man in a Suitcase, the title role in William Douglas Home's The Reluctant Debutante (ITV Play of the Week), Giants On Saturday, Triangle, Brett, Coronation Street, The Sweeney and the Ruth Rendell thriller A Fatal Inversion.[5][6][1]
Gail also taught drama at the Eugene O'Neill Centre and South Florida University, and continued to appear on stage before retiring in 1996.[2]
She died of cancer in 1999, and was survived by her husband David and their son.[7]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | This Is My Street | Maureen | |
| 1969 | Ring of Bright Water | Pet stall girl | |
| 1971 | She'll Follow You Anywhere | June Carter | AKA, Passion Potion |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 24-Hour Call | Eileen Healey | "Never Leave Me" |
| 1963 | Jezebel ex UK | Eileen | "Sister Ship", "The Long Cool Drop" |
| 1963 | Maupassant | Jeannie | "Bachelors" |
| 1965 | The Villains | Sylvia Greenwood | "Sonny" |
| 1965 | Riviera Police | Helen | "But the Company She Keeps/Death on a Fine Day" |
| 1965 | ITV Play of the Week | Trudie / Lyn | "Giants on Saturday", "Four of Hearts #4: Summertime Ends Tonight" |
| 1965–1971 | The Troubleshooters | Jane Webb | Regular role |
| 1966 | ITV Play of the Week | Jane Broadbent | "The Reluctant Debutante" |
| 1966 | The Fighting Cock | Sophie | TV film |
| 1967 | Trapped | Nina | "Victor Victor" |
| 1967 | Sexton Blake | Carole Vane | "Knave of Diamonds: Parts 1–5" |
| 1968 | Man in a Suitcase | Patricia Baldwin | "No Friend of Mine" |
| 1968 | Love Story | Charlotte | "A Man Alone" |
| 1968 | The Jazz Age | Cherry Buck | "Thark" |
| 1968 | Coronation Street | Jo Hepworth | "1.831" |
| 1969 | Dixon of Dock Green | Penny | "The Brimstone Man" |
| 1969 | ITV Sunday Night Theatre | Maggie | "It Calls for a Great Deal of Love" |
| 1971 | Brett | Maria | "The Saxby Route" |
| 1978 | The Sweeney | D.C.I. Barton | "Feet of Clay" |
| 1990 | The Bill | Mrs. Smith | "Breaking Point" |
| 1991 | Screen Two | Rose Alderney | "Do Not Disturb" |
| 1992 | A Fatal Inversion | Beryl Verne-Smith | "1.1" |
References
- 1 2 "Philippa Gail". Archived from the original on 19 January 2009.
- 1 2 3 Shorter, Eric (5 August 1999). "Philippa Gail - An actress of power and passion who mingled sex appeal with forthright emotion". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- ↑ "Philippa Gail". Independent.co.uk. 5 September 1999. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
- ↑ "Philippa Gail - Theatricalia".
- ↑ TV.com. "Philippa Gail".
- ↑ III, Harris M. Lentz (1 July 2000). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 1999: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786409198 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Midsummer Park Dream". 20 June 2012.
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