Fiona Fullerton
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Fiona Elizabeth Fullerton (born 10 October 1956) is a Nigeria
n-born British
actress.
She is perhaps best known for her role as KGB
spy Pola Ivanova in the 1985 James Bond
film
A View to a Kill
and as Alice
in the 1972 film Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
.
Fullerton made her film debut in 1969 with a role in Run Wild, Run Free
. Subsequent credits include: Nicholas and Alexandra
(as Anastasia
), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
(as Alice
) and The Human Factor
.
On television
, she was an original cast member on the BBC
hospital drama Angels
before moving on to appear in serials such as The Charmer
, Hold the Dream
and To Be the Best. In 1982, she starred on the West End stage as Guinevere in the musical Camelot
, alongside Richard Harris
.
in 1976 at the age of nineteen, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1981. She then spent thirteen years having "fun", but grew unhappy with her life. She met Neil Shackell, a computer marketing executive, through her cousin, Nigel Fullerton. The couple married shortly after meeting in 1994, and now live in the Cotswolds
with son James and their daughter Lucy.
Fullerton found that she had a "knack" for buying, doing up and then selling houses. She now has her own property company which buys and manages flats, mainly in London
, and writes a series of columns on property investing.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
n-born British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
actress.
She is perhaps best known for her role as KGB
KGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
spy Pola Ivanova in the 1985 James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film is the fourth Bond film after The Spy Who Loved...
and as Alice
Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
Alice is a fictional character in the literary classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There. She is a young girl from Victorian-era Britain.-Development:...
in the 1972 film Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a 1972 British musical film based on the Lewis Carroll novel of the same name. It had an all star cast, and John Barry composed the score....
.
Fullerton made her film debut in 1969 with a role in Run Wild, Run Free
Run Wild, Run Free
Run Wild, Run Free is a 1969 film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. The film was written by David Rook, based on his novel The White Colt. The film was shot on location in Dartmoor, Devon, England.-Plot:...
. Subsequent credits include: Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of the last Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra....
(as Anastasia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna....
), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a 1972 British musical film based on the Lewis Carroll novel of the same name. It had an all star cast, and John Barry composed the score....
(as Alice
Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
Alice is a fictional character in the literary classic, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, And What Alice Found There. She is a young girl from Victorian-era Britain.-Development:...
) and The Human Factor
The Human Factor
The Human Factor is an espionage novel by Graham Greene, first published in 1978 and adapted into a 1979 film, directed by Otto Preminger using a screenplay by Tom Stoppard.-Plot summary:...
.
On television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
, she was an original cast member on 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...
hospital drama Angels
Angels (TV series)
Angels was originally a British television seasonal drama series dealing with the subject of student nurses and was broadcast by the BBC between 1975 and 1978. The show's format then switched to a twice weekly soap opera format from 1979 to 1983. The show's title derived from the name of the...
before moving on to appear in serials such as The Charmer
The Charmer (TV series)
The Charmer was a 1987 British television serial set in the 1930s, and starring Nigel Havers as Ralph Ernest Gorse, a seducing conman and murderer, Rosemary Leach as Joan Plumleigh-Bruce, the smitten victim widow and Bernard Hepton as Donald Stimpson, Plumleigh-Bruce's would-be beau, who vengefully...
, Hold the Dream
Hold the Dream
Hold the Dream is a British two-part miniseries made in 1986, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Taylor Bradford. It is the second book in the Emma Harte series, following A Woman of Substance...
and To Be the Best. In 1982, she starred on the West End stage as Guinevere in the musical Camelot
Camelot (musical)
Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King....
, alongside Richard Harris
Richard Harris
Richard St John Harris was an Irish actor, singer-songwriter, theatrical producer, film director and writer....
.
Personal life
She is the daughter of Bernard and Pamela (born Crook) Fullerton and she was married to actor Simon MacCorkindaleSimon MacCorkindale
Simon Charles Pendered MacCorkindale was a British actor, film director, writer and producer. MacCorkindale spent much of his childhood moving around due to his father's commission with the Royal Air Force. Poor eyesight prevented him from following a similar career in the RAF, so he instead...
in 1976 at the age of nineteen, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1981. She then spent thirteen years having "fun", but grew unhappy with her life. She met Neil Shackell, a computer marketing executive, through her cousin, Nigel Fullerton. The couple married shortly after meeting in 1994, and now live in the Cotswolds
Cotswolds
The Cotswolds are a range of hills in west-central England, sometimes called the Heart of England, an area across and long. The area has been designated as the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty...
with son James and their daughter Lucy.
Fullerton found that she had a "knack" for buying, doing up and then selling houses. She now has her own property company which buys and manages flats, mainly in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, and writes a series of columns on property investing.
Filmography
- Run Wild, Run FreeRun Wild, Run FreeRun Wild, Run Free is a 1969 film directed by Richard C. Sarafian. The film was written by David Rook, based on his novel The White Colt. The film was shot on location in Dartmoor, Devon, England.-Plot:...
(1969) as Diana - Nicholas and AlexandraNicholas and AlexandraNicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of the last Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra....
(1971) as Anastasia - Alice's Adventures in WonderlandAlice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a 1972 British musical film based on the Lewis Carroll novel of the same name. It had an all star cast, and John Barry composed the score....
(1972) as Alice - AngelsAngels (TV series)Angels was originally a British television seasonal drama series dealing with the subject of student nurses and was broadcast by the BBC between 1975 and 1978. The show's format then switched to a twice weekly soap opera format from 1979 to 1983. The show's title derived from the name of the...
as Patricia Rutherford (TV) (13 episodes, 1975–1976) - Dick Barton: Special Agent as Virginia Marley (TV) (1 episode, 1979)
- The Human FactorThe Human Factor (1979 film)The Human Factor is a 1979 British thriller film starring Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi and John Gielgud. It is based on the novel of the same name by Graham Greene, with the screenplay written by Tom Stoppard...
(1979) as Elizabeth - A Question of Faith (1979)
- Gauguin the Savage (1980) (TV) as Rachel
- The Ibiza Connection (1984) (V) as Jane Veradi
- A View to a KillA View to a KillA View to a Kill is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series, and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Although the title is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film is the fourth Bond film after The Spy Who Loved...
(1985) as Pola Ivanova - Shaka Zulu (1986) TV mini-series as Elizabeth Farewell
- Hold the DreamHold the DreamHold the Dream is a British two-part miniseries made in 1986, based on the novel of the same name by Barbara Taylor Bradford. It is the second book in the Emma Harte series, following A Woman of Substance...
(1986) (TV) as Sky Smith - A Hazard of HeartsA Hazard of HeartsA Hazard of Hearts is a romantic film starring Helena Bonham Carter in one of her first major roles. It is based on a novel by Barbara Cartland and was released in 1987.- Plot :...
(1987) (TV) as Lady Isabel Gillingham - The Charmer (TV series)The Charmer (TV series)The Charmer was a 1987 British television serial set in the 1930s, and starring Nigel Havers as Ralph Ernest Gorse, a seducing conman and murderer, Rosemary Leach as Joan Plumleigh-Bruce, the smitten victim widow and Bernard Hepton as Donald Stimpson, Plumleigh-Bruce's would-be beau, who vengefully...
(1987) TV mini-series as Clarice Mannors (6 episodes) - Shaka Zulu (1987) as Elizabeth Farewell
- A Taste for Death as Lady Barbara Berowne (5 episodes, 1988)
- HemingwayHemingwayErnest Hemingway was an American writer and journalist.Hemingway may also refer to:*Hemingway , a surname and list of people with that name*Hemingway , a Marvel Comics character*Hemingway, South Carolina...
(1988) TV mini-series as Lady Duff TwysdenDuff TwysdenMary Duff Stirling, Lady Twysden was a British socialite most famous for being the model for Brett Ashley in Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises.... - Eine Frau namens Harry (1990) as Catherine
- A Ghost in Monte CarloA Ghost in Monte CarloA Ghost in Monte Carlo is a 1951 novel by Barbara Cartland, later adapted as a 1990 film starring Sarah Miles and Lysette Anthony....
(1990) (TV) as Lady Violet - The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (1990) (TV) as Lady Caroline
- The Bogie ManThe Bogie ManThe Bogie Man is a comic book series created by writers John Wagner and Alan Grant and artist Robin Smith. The main character is Francis Forbes Clunie, a Scottish mental patient who suffers from the unusual delusion that he is Humphrey Bogart, or rather a composite of the characters he played in...
(1992) (TV) - Sweating Bullets as Claire (1 episode, 1992)
- To Be the Best (1992) (TV) as Madelena
- Diggity: A Home at Last (2001) as Felicia