Damaris Hayman
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Damaris Hayman is an actress best known for character roles on television. She was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College
.
After repertory work in the theatre, Hayman made her film debut in The Belles of St Trinian's
(1954) in an uncredited role. She featured in the Doctor Who
serial The Dæmons
as Miss Hawthorne, the self proclaimed White Witch of the satanic possessed village Devil's End. She was a great friend of actor and comedian Tony Hancock
.
She was also briefly prominent around 1980 for a television commercial for Cockburn's Port, in which she delivered the line "Has anyone seen the petits fours?" while drifting in a lifeboat with other shipwreck survivors. She has also appeared in such comedies as Steptoe and Son
, One Foot In The Grave
and Sez Les
, and the films Mutiny on the Buses
(1972), Love Thy Neighbour
(1973), Confessions of a Driving Instructor
(1976) and The Missionary
(1982).
Cheltenham Ladies' College
The Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England.-History:The school was founded in 1853...
.
After repertory work in the theatre, Hayman made her film debut in The Belles of St Trinian's
The Belles of St Trinian's
The Belles of St Trinian's is a comedy film set in the fictional St Trinian's School, released in 1954. It and its sequels were inspired by British cartoonist Ronald Searle. Directed by Frank Launder and written by him and Sidney Gilliat, it was the first of a series of five...
(1954) in an uncredited role. She featured in the 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...
serial The Dæmons
The Dæmons
The Dæmons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from May 22 to June 19, 1971.-Plot:...
as Miss Hawthorne, the self proclaimed White Witch of the satanic possessed village Devil's End. She was a great friend of actor and comedian Tony Hancock
Tony Hancock
Anthony John "Tony" Hancock was an English actor and comedian.-Early life and career:Hancock was born in Southam Road, Hall Green, Birmingham, England, but from the age of three was brought up in Bournemouth, where his father, John Hancock, who ran the Railway Hotel in...
.
She was also briefly prominent around 1980 for a television commercial for Cockburn's Port, in which she delivered the line "Has anyone seen the petits fours?" while drifting in a lifeboat with other shipwreck survivors. She has also appeared in such comedies as Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old...
, One Foot In The Grave
One Foot in the Grave
One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven year period, from early 1990 to late 2000...
and Sez Les
Sez Les
Sez Les was a British comedy sketch show that starred Les Dawson. It was produced by Yorkshire Television and aired on ITV from 1969 to 1976. The show also starred Roy Barraclough from series Four - who would go on to become Dawson's most recognisable sidekick. The two most notably appeared...
, and the films Mutiny on the Buses
Mutiny on the Buses
Mutiny on the Buses is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Harry Booth and starring Reg Varney and Doris Hare. The film is the second spin-off film from the TV sitcom On the Buses and succeeded On the Buses . It was followed by a third film Holiday on the Buses...
(1972), Love Thy Neighbour
Love Thy Neighbour (1973 film)
Love Thy Neighbour is a 1973 British comedy film starring Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Kate Williams and Nina Baden-Semper, spun off from the television series Love Thy Neighbour.-Cast:* Jack Smethurst as Eddie Booth...
(1973), Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Confessions of a Driving Instructor
Confessions of a Driving Instructor is a 1976 British sex-farce film. This was the third instalment of the Confessions sequence on the erotic adventures of Timothy Lea, based on the novels published under the name by Christopher Wood.-Premise:...
(1976) and The Missionary
The Missionary
The Missionary is a 1982 British comedy directed by Richard Loncraine, produced by George Harrison, Denis O'Brian, Michael Palin and Neville C. Thompson. The film stars Palin as the Rev...
(1982).