Beryl Nesbitt is an actress and model with numerous roles in major films, TV dramas and theatre productions spanning from the mid 50s to the present day.

She gained public recognition for her role as the housekeeper Annie Hughes in the 1983 TV Series The Citadel

The Citadel (TV series)

The Citadel is a 1983 BBC television adaptation written by Don Shaw from A. J. Cronin's novel The Citadel, which was originally published in 1937. It was produced by Ken Riddington. Other television versions include a British and two Italian adaptations.The BBC dramatisation stars Ben Cross as...

 and as Simone in the 1986 series Bluebell

Bluebell (TV series)

Bluebell is a British television drama series produced by the BBC in 1986.The series was set before and during the Second World War and was based around a dance troupe performing in Europe. The leading cast members were Carolyn Pickles, Philip Sayer, Carmel McSharry and Annie Lambert...

. She worked alongside the late Richard Beckinsale

Richard Beckinsale

Richard Arthur Beckinsale was an English actor, best known for his roles as Lennie Godber in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge and Alan Moore in the British sitcom Rising Damp....

 as part of the cast on the comedy series Bloomers

Bloomers (TV series)

Bloomers was a short-lived British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that was aired in 1979. It was in production in 1979 but only five episodes were made before Beckinsale died suddenly from a heart attack just before a planned rehearsal for the sixth and final episode of the first series...

, which was incomplete before he died. Of later years she has had a starring role in Notting Hill Anxiety Festival and appeared as Mikey's nan in Doghouse as well as being the prominent face on Amstell Lager posters.

FILM:
Crossroads 1955 Patrick Young Mary Freeman
Room With A View Merchant / Ivory Film Don Ivory Rose
The American Way 1986 Crash H Films Maurice Phillips Wife of war hero
Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

 Feature Film Christopher Columbus Witch
Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls

Calendar Girls is a 2003 comedy film directed by Nigel Cole. Produced by Buena Vista International and Touchstone Pictures, it features a screenplay by Tim Firth and Juliette Towhidi based on a true story of a group of Yorkshire women who produced a nude calendar to raise money for Leukaemia...

 Working Title Nigel Cole W.I. Lady
The Revenger’s Tragedy Video Chris D’Adda Gratiana
Dark Corners Matador Films Ray Gower
Negative 2000 Dolly
Demoniac 2003 Ruth Curtis
Notting Hill Anxiety Festival 2003 Mother
Covert Encounters 2005 Mrs McGee
Desire 2006 Switchboard operator
Rise of the Footsoldier 2007 Cleaner
Ducks 2008 Ruth
Doghouse 2009 Mikey’s Nan
Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane

Solomon Kane is a fictional character created by the pulp-era writer Robert E. Howard. A late 16th / early 17th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a sombre-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms...

 2009 Old Crone
The Kid 2010 Market Lady
Little Deaths 2010/11 M Goldberg

TELEVISION:
Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...

 BBC TV John McGrath / Terry Williams 1962 Waitress / Barmaid
Katy 1962 Nurse
Silent Evidence 1962 Joan Sharpe
Maigret 1962
Adam Adamant 1966 Waitress
Softly, Softly

Softly, Softly (TV series)

Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern - supposedly in the Bristol and Chepstow area of the UK...

 BBC TV Leonard Lewis / Vik Rittelis 1968 Ethel Norton
Some Mother’s do Ave em 1973 Office Worker
Shoulder To Shoulder BBC TV Moira Armstrong 1974 Dorothy
Microbes and Men 1974 Nurse
Churchills People 1975
Dixon of Dock Green 1975 Barmaid
Ten from the Twenties 1975 Thelma Duce
Warship BBC TV Cyril Coke 1976 Hotel Receptionist
When the Boat Comes In

When the Boat Comes In

When the Boat Comes In is a British television period-drama produced by the BBC between 1976 and 1981.The series stars James Bolam as Jack Ford, a First World War veteran who returns to his poverty-stricken town of Gallowshield in the North East of England in the 1920s.The memorable traditional...

 1977 BBC TV Michael Hayes Mrs Mather
Liverbirds BBC TV Roger Race 1977 Mrs. Murphy
Blake's 7 1978 Woman Prisoner
Sykes 1978
Bloomers

Bloomers (TV series)

Bloomers was a short-lived British sitcom starring Richard Beckinsale that was aired in 1979. It was in production in 1979 but only five episodes were made before Beckinsale died suddenly from a heart attack just before a planned rehearsal for the sixth and final episode of the first series...

 1979 Connie
Poldark BBC TV Kenneth Ives Cornish Prostitute
Testament Of Youth BBC TV Moira Armstrong Mrs. Evans
Perils Of Pendragon BBC TV Michael Ferguson Tarty Prothero
Bloomers BBC TV Roger Race 1979 Connie
MacKenzie 1980 Neighbour
The Day of the Triffids 1981 Tom’s Wife
Sink or Swim 1981 Woman at Door
The Citadel

The Citadel (TV series)

The Citadel is a 1983 BBC television adaptation written by Don Shaw from A. J. Cronin's novel The Citadel, which was originally published in 1937. It was produced by Ken Riddington. Other television versions include a British and two Italian adaptations.The BBC dramatisation stars Ben Cross as...

 1983 Annie Hughes
Bluebell 1986 Simone
Doctors At The Top BBC TV Susie Belbin 1991 Hospital Cleaner
Little White Lies 1998 Grandma
Blackpool BBC TV Julie Ann Evans Maureen
Hear No Evil 2002 Old Lady

THEATRE:
Dead Sex Granny Bateman Poor But Honest Prods Colin McFarlane
Les Liaisons Dangereuses Madame De Rosemonde 10th Planet Prods Alexander Holt
To Kill A Mocking Bird Mrs. Dubose No 1 Tour Geoff Bullen
Levitation Inga Torvaldsen H.P. Productions Eric Presland
Lloyd George Knew My Father Lady Boothroyd Red Dragon Theatre Co. E. Evans
True West MOM New End Theatre White Dog Prods
Corpsing Lily Hen & Chickens Pub Blue Bud Stage
Vendetta Bela Touring Edinburgh Fest. Library Prods Gillian Hiscott

Gillian Hiscott

Gillian Hiscott is an author and playwright, born in Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom, in 1959 whose plays have been performed both in London and at the Edinburgh Festival. Her work in the theatre has been largely to promote the work of British female writers and she is the only published adaptor...

Mansfield Park Mrs Norris Gatehouse Theatre Library Prods Gillian Hiscott

COMMERCIALS:
British Turkey Board
Danish Bacon
Midland Bank

Midland Bank

Midland Bank Plc was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century. It is now part of HSBC. The bank was founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Union Street, Birmingham, England in August 1836...

Daily Telegraph
Swiss Credit Bank (Zurich)
German Lottery (Munich)
British Telecom
Orange Mobile Phones (& voice over)
British Airways

British Airways

British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. British Airways is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations...

Ford Focus Cars
Norwegian Air-Lines (Oslo)
Bingo (Poster)
Amstell Lager (Poster)

Video

• The Revenger's Tragedy by Cyril Tourneur Gratiana Chris D'Adda
• Publicity Shot 'Mental Magic Week' E4 Channel

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