| Moyra Fraser | |
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| Born | 3 December 1923 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 13 December 2009 (aged 86) |
Moyra Fraser (3 December 1923 – 13 December 2009) was an Australian-born British actress who is best known for playing Penny in the long-running sitcom As Time Goes By. Her sister was the actress Shelagh Fraser.
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Early life
Moyra Fraser was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia[1] on 3 December 1923 and with her family emigrated to the United Kingdom in June 1924. Her father was a director of Mappin & Webb. She married author Douglas Sutherland, with whom she had a daughter and Old Etonian Roger Lubbock, by whom she had 2 sons.
She left school early to take up a scholarship with Sadlers Wells Ballet,[1] where she was befriended by fellow Australian, Robert Helpmann. Fraser joined the Sadlers Wells Ballet after training, and stayed with them until she left to play the principal role in Song of Norway at the Palace Theatre, London. [1] Following that Fraser starred in many plays and pantomimes. [1]
Fraser's first film role was in the 1948 musical The Dancing Years, and two years later she appeared in the David Lean film Madeleine. Fraser's television career started in the 1960s, and she appeared on The Benny Hill Show, ITV Playhouse and an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. In 1971 she starred in the film The Boy Friend. Between 1975 and 1977 she appeared in four episodes of the BBC Television series The Good Life as Felicity, the wife of Jerry's boss, Andrew.
Since 1980
From 1985 to 1986, Fraser played Annie Jolly in From the Top appearing in a total of 12 episodes.[2] She first played Penny, the sister of Jean's first husband, in 1993, on As Time Goes By. She continued with the part until the programme's final episode in 2005. During the show's run, Fraser appeared in other programmes including Rumpole of the Bailey and Jeeves and Wooster.
References
- ^ a b c d "Moyra Fraser". ATGB Central. http://atgbcentral.com/janmoyra.html.
- ^ British Actress Moyra Fraser Dies - EInsiders
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