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Post by yorkshirebilly on Jan 10, 2024 13:39:12 GMT
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/10/georgina-hale-obituary I remember her as the switchboard girl in Sweeney 2 (the second feature film from The Sweeney) who borrowed Jack Regan's front door key and replaced it by slipping it down the front of his trousers while he was asleep. Also memorable for cooking breakfast in McVicar wearing an apron and nothing else, and as Harry Crawford's mutton-dressed-as-lamb ex-wife in an episode of Boon.
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Post by ltd on Jan 10, 2024 13:58:21 GMT
www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/10/georgina-hale-obituary I remember her as the switchboard girl in Sweeney 2 (the second feature film from The Sweeney) who borrowed Jack Regan's front door key and replaced it by slipping it down the front of his trousers while he was asleep. Also memorable for cooking breakfast in McVicar wearing an apron and nothing else, and as Harry Crawford's mutton-dressed-as-lamb ex-wife in an episode of Boon. Also Yorkie's "acquaintance" in The Beer Hunter episode of Minder, playing a similar sort of role as she did in McVicar arguably. |
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Post by spacecadet on Jan 10, 2024 14:40:40 GMT
More sad news. I also remember her from "The Protectors" episode "Shabolt" which was one of the better episodes of that series. Plus in the "Mark of Satan" episode of "Hammer House of Horror" which was one of my least favourite episodes. She was very good in Sweeney 2 and Minder.
RIP Georgina
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Post by jjmolloy on Jan 10, 2024 15:36:15 GMT
Wow. I had no idea she had such a varied career, I hadn't known she was in a lot of Ken Russell's work. I like to think I'm familiar with the UK's TV and movie 'faces'. She even won a BAFTA! Let's be honest, she was doing Euston a favour by appearing in Minder. One of my favourite guest stars, as Renee the ''mod-ell'' RIP Georgina.
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Post by McCann on Jan 10, 2024 17:44:21 GMT
Rest in Peace. A similar age to John Thaw
Was married to John Forgeham quite young too. Another distinctive Sweeney and Minder face.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jan 10, 2024 18:29:54 GMT
She was in tons of good stuff.
Always a welcome presence, popping up in random places.
I liked her best in that Hammer House of Horror episode. Probably.
RIP Georgina.
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Post by metro1962 on Jan 10, 2024 18:36:06 GMT
Always had that very posh accent in most of her roles and yet she was born in Ilford in Essex.
RIP Georgina.
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Post by ontheslate on Jan 10, 2024 18:49:52 GMT
A face you always recognised in her appearances , didn’t realise how many roles she had I probably remember her best as T- bag .
RIP
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Post by felixdeburgh on Jan 10, 2024 19:16:49 GMT
She was great in One Foot In The Grave too.
RIP.
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Post by AlanH on Jan 11, 2024 0:59:46 GMT
Always interesting, eccentric and leftfield, and therefore always a treat to find her figuring in a cast. RIP.
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Post by Arch Stanton on Jan 11, 2024 9:07:20 GMT
A face you always recognised in her appearances , didn’t realise how many roles she had I probably remember her best as T- bag . RIP Never saw that. |
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Post by ontheslate on Jan 11, 2024 10:38:56 GMT
A face you always recognised in her appearances , didn’t realise how many roles she had I probably remember her best as T- bag . RIP Never saw that. It was a kids programme my sister used to watch it started in the eighties until early nineties on citv think she was the second T-bag. |
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Jan 11, 2024 15:08:17 GMT
Sad to read, she was always well worth watching in everything she appeared in (particularly as Budgie's wife)
Dunno whether or not it was true but i once read she was dyslexic and that her very individual style of acting was down to that? Either way she'll be missed.
RIP Dear lady
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Post by ltd on Jan 11, 2024 16:12:17 GMT
Sad to read, she was always well worth watching in everything she appeared in (particularly as Budgie's wife) Dunno whether or not it was true but i once read she was dyslexic and that her very individual style of acting was down to that? Either way she'll be missed. The way she described her school days certainly suggests she had dyslexia. |
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Post by jno on Jan 12, 2024 5:48:15 GMT
Sad to read, she was always well worth watching in everything she appeared in (particularly as Budgie's wife) RIP Dear lady Agree 2000% with everything here. Great in Minder and Sweeney 2. RIP Georgina. |
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Post by daz on Jan 13, 2024 0:57:58 GMT
I only found out about her passing after coming on here.
A very good actress. Always played her parts with both distiction and originality.
RIP
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Post by Albert Wendell on Jan 15, 2024 1:34:30 GMT
Sad to read this and didn't realise she was 80. I loved her appearance in Minder (one of my favorite one off characters) and as the old friend and guest house owner in One Foot In The Grave, her voice and mannerisms perfect to wind Victor up. For a long time I assumed that she put on that slightly drawn out South East (London/Essex) accent however I once late at night saw the film 'Castaway' and she turned up in a serious role as a nurse (perhaps a Red Cross or similar member) and she spoke like that so I realised it must be her real voice.
I remember reading that she said in later life she struggled to get parts (something that effects actresses once they get older) she said it was as if everything she'd done before and the parts she played hadn't happened. It's the producers/casters and writers loss then as Georgina Hale at any age would brighten up a script and give a memorable performance.
RIP
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Post by Portland Road on Jan 16, 2024 8:55:16 GMT
A great cult actress who often seemed younger than she was. I seemed to notice her in The Protectors 'Shadbolt' episode mentioned above by spacecadet, then, as so often with cult-type actors and actresses, you then spot them in many other productions, and begin an appreciation for their breadth of work. I did have the good fortune to meet her at an event arranged on another forum, and she was very genial  . R.I.P. Georgina Hale. |
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Post by 615 on Jan 20, 2024 13:16:42 GMT
She was in an episode of Upstairs Downstairs where James Bellamy takes Diana Newbury on a dirty weekend with her as DN's maid, Violet, and Christopher Beeny as Edward looking after JB. Edward rather rashly describes her to his wife (Daisy) not very politely and, of course gets caught out when Violet takes some things round to Eaton Place. The scene is ended by Daisy's ominous words ''I'll see you later, Eddie'' said in the tones of a wife scenting blood.
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