Carole Ann Ford
Encyclopedia
Carole Ann Ford is a British
actress best known for her role as Susan Foreman
in the BBC
science fiction
television series Doctor Who
. She also appeared in the 1962 film version of The Day of the Triffids
.
Ford has had a long and varied acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as The Jungle Book
, Stranger in the House, Bakerloo to Paradise, The Owl and the Pussycat
, The Rumpus, Pride and Prejudice
, Inadmissible Evidence, Enrico, Expresso Bongo, Sleeping Beauty
, You Never Can Tell, Ned Kelly, Mother, MacBett, The Boy Friend
, Have You Seen Manchester, and Private Lives
.
Her films include Sarah (about the life of Sarah Bernhardt
), Hiding Place, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
, Mix Me a Person and the part of the blind French girl Bettina in the science fiction film The Day of the Triffids
. She also worked as a glamour model in the late 1950s.
In addition to Doctor Who
, her television appearances include Suspense (in the play Man on a Bicycle), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
, Public Eye
, Emergency Ward 10
, Attorney General, Moonstrike
, Compact, Probation Officer, and Dial M for Murder
. According to the documentary Doctor Who: Origins, it was an appearance on Z-Cars
that led to Ford being tested for her role in Doctor Who.
Playing the granddaughter of the Doctor
, she was one of the original companions
to appear in the show in 1963. She left the series in an emotional farewell scene in 1964 at the conclusion of The Dalek Invasion of Earth
, but briefly returned for the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors
in 1983 and also appeared in the 30th anniversary charity special Dimensions in Time
and (as a different character) the independent Doctor Who spin-off film Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
. She has also appeared on Juke Box Jury
, numerous quiz shows, and done a multitude of voiceovers, dubbing, post synching and audio tapes.
Ford is married with two daughters. She is currently teaching voice and presentation skills and dialogue coaching to politicians, businessmen, after dinner speakers and actors. She has also reprised the role of Susan in four Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish Productions
; two Doctor Who Unbound stories, Auld Mortality
and A Storm of Angels
, two Companion Chronicles stories, Here There Be Monsters
and Quinnis, and a special release An Earthly Child
, where her character is reunited with the Doctor (Played by Paul McGann
).
United Kingdom
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actress best known for her role as Susan Foreman
Susan Foreman
Susan Foreman is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964, in the show's first season and the first two stories of the second season...
in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
television series Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
. She also appeared in the 1962 film version of The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids (1962 film)
The Day of the Triffids is a 1962 British film adaptation of the science fiction novel of the same name by John Wyndham. It was directed by Steve Sekely, and Howard Keel played the central character, Bill Masen. The movie was filmed in colour with monaural sound and ran for 93...
.
Ford has had a long and varied acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is a collection of stories by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–4. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six...
, Stranger in the House, Bakerloo to Paradise, The Owl and the Pussycat
The Owl and the Pussycat
"The Owl and the Pussycat" is a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, first published in 1871.- Background :Lear wrote the poem for a three-year-old girl, Janet Symonds, the daughter of Lear's friend poet John Addington Symonds and his wife Catherine Symonds...
, The Rumpus, Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England...
, Inadmissible Evidence, Enrico, Expresso Bongo, Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault or Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairytale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment, and a handsome prince...
, You Never Can Tell, Ned Kelly, Mother, MacBett, The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend
The Boy Friend is a musical by Sandy Wilson. The musical's original 1954 London production ran for 2,078 performances, making it briefly the third-longest running musical in West End or Broadway history until it was surpassed by Salad Days...
, Have You Seen Manchester, and Private Lives
Private Lives
Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It focuses on a divorced couple who discover that they are honeymooning with their new spouses in neighbouring rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetually stormy relationship, they realise that they still have feelings for...
.
Her films include Sarah (about the life of Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage and early film actress, and has been referred to as "the most famous actress the world has ever known". Bernhardt made her fame on the stages of France in the 1870s, and was soon in demand in Europe and the Americas...
), Hiding Place, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery is a British comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School, released in 1966, three years after the Great Train Robbery had taken place...
, Mix Me a Person and the part of the blind French girl Bettina in the science fiction film The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids (1962 film)
The Day of the Triffids is a 1962 British film adaptation of the science fiction novel of the same name by John Wyndham. It was directed by Steve Sekely, and Howard Keel played the central character, Bill Masen. The movie was filmed in colour with monaural sound and ran for 93...
. She also worked as a glamour model in the late 1950s.
In addition to Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
, her television appearances include Suspense (in the play Man on a Bicycle), Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a 1970s British sitcom broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It is the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais...
, Public Eye
Public Eye
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975 . It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series...
, Emergency Ward 10
Emergency Ward 10
Emergency – Ward 10 is a British television series shown on ITV between 1957 and 1967. Like The Grove Family, a series shown by the BBC between 1954 and 1957, Emergency – Ward 10 is considered to be one of British television's first major soap operas.-Overview:The series was made by the ITV...
, Attorney General, Moonstrike
Moonstrike
Moonstrike is a British television series produced by the BBC in 1963.The series was an anthology programme: a collection of self-contained stories about acts of resistance in occupied Europe during the Second World War...
, Compact, Probation Officer, and Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder
Dial M for Murder is a 1954 American thriller film adapted from a successful stage play by Frederick Knott, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, and Robert Cummings. The movie was released by the Warner Bros...
. According to the documentary Doctor Who: Origins, it was an appearance on 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...
that led to Ford being tested for her role in Doctor Who.
Playing the granddaughter of the Doctor
Doctor (Doctor Who)
The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who, and has also featured in two cinema feature films, a vast range of spin-off novels, audio dramas and comic strips connected to the series....
, she was one of the original companions
Companion (Doctor Who)
In the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, the term "companion" refers to a character who travels with, and shares the adventures of the Doctor. In most Doctor Who stories, the primary companion acts as both deuteragonist and audience surrogate...
to appear in the show in 1963. She left the series in an emotional farewell scene in 1964 at the conclusion of The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Dalek Invasion of Earth is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which originally aired in six weekly parts from November 21 to December 26, 1964....
, but briefly returned for the 20th anniversary special The Five Doctors
The Five Doctors
The Five Doctors is a special feature-length episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, produced in celebration of the programme's twentieth anniversary. It had its world premiere in the United States, on the Chicago PBS station WTTW and various other PBS member stations...
in 1983 and also appeared in the 30th anniversary charity special Dimensions in Time
Dimensions in Time
Dimensions in Time is a charity special crossover between the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and the soap opera EastEnders that ran in two parts on 26 and 27 November 1993. It was filmed on the EastEnders Albert Square set, and features several of the stars of that programme...
and (as a different character) the independent Doctor Who spin-off film Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans
Shakedown: Return of the Sontarans is a film spin-off of the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was released direct-to-video in 1995 and was produced by the independent production company Dreamwatch Media, a division of Dreamwatch magazine...
. She has also appeared on Juke Box Jury
Juke Box Jury
Juke Box Jury was a musical panel show which originally ran on BBC Television from 1 June 1959 until December 1967. The programme was based on the American show Jukebox Jury, itself an offshoot of a long-running radio series....
, numerous quiz shows, and done a multitude of voiceovers, dubbing, post synching and audio tapes.
Ford is married with two daughters. She is currently teaching voice and presentation skills and dialogue coaching to politicians, businessmen, after dinner speakers and actors. She has also reprised the role of Susan in four Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions
Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays based, primarily, on cult British science fiction properties...
; two Doctor Who Unbound stories, Auld Mortality
Auld Mortality
Auld Mortality is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions.-Plot:What if.....
and A Storm of Angels
A Storm of Angels
A Storm of Angels is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The Doctor Who Unbound dramas pose a series of "What if...?" questions. A Storm of Angels is the sequel to the earlier Unbound play Auld Mortality.-Plot:What if.....
, two Companion Chronicles stories, Here There Be Monsters
Here There Be Monsters (Doctor Who audio)
Here There Be Monsters is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who....
and Quinnis, and a special release An Earthly Child
An Earthly Child
An Earthly Child is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is free to those whose subscription includes Plague of the Daleks.-Plot:...
, where her character is reunited with the Doctor (Played by Paul McGann
Paul McGann
Paul McGann is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role...
).
Filmography
- The Last Load (1948)
- The Ghost Train Murder (1959)
- Mix Me a PersonMix Me a PersonMix Me a Person is a 1962 British crime drama film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Anne Baxter, Donald Sinden, Adam Faith, Walter Brown and Carole Ann Ford. A young London criminal is faced with a hanging for murdering a policeman...
(1962) - The Day of the TriffidsThe Day of the TriffidsThe Day of the Triffids is a post-apocalyptic novel published in 1951 by the English science fiction author John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, under the pen-name John Wyndham. Although Wyndham had already published other novels using other pen-name combinations drawn from his lengthy real...
(1962) - The Punch and Judy ManThe Punch and Judy ManThe Punch and Judy Man is a British comedy film from 1963 directed by Jeremy Summers. It was Tony Hancock's second film in a starring role, following The Rebel .-Plot:...
(1963) - The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery (1966)
- The Man Outside (1967)
- The Hiding PlaceThe Hiding Place (film)The Hiding Place is a 1975 film based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Corrie ten Boom recounting her and her family's experiences before and during their imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust in World War II.-Plot:...
(1975)