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Lesley Dunlop (born 10 March 1956 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British actress.
Daughter of the television writer Pat Dunlop, she began as a child actress in the seventies featuring in a BBC version of the classic A Little Princess and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of South Riding.
Her transition to adult roles began by playing Lizzie Hexham in a BBC version of Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend in 1976 and featuring in the very first series of the long-running hospital drama Angels.
She was cast alongside Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor in the 1977 film version of Stephen... MORE
Lesley Dunlop (born 10 March 1956 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British actress.
Daughter of the television writer Pat Dunlop, she began as a child actress in the seventies featuring in a BBC version of the classic A Little Princess and as Lydia Holly in the ITV adaptation of South Riding.
Her transition to adult roles began by playing Lizzie Hexham in a BBC version of Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend in 1976 and featuring in the very first series of the long-running hospital drama Angels.
She was cast alongside Diana Rigg and Elizabeth Taylor in the 1977 film version of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music and appeared in Roman Polanski's Tess in 1979. In 1980, she played Nora, the nurse who is at first terrified by The Elephant Man and then befriends John Hurt's character in David Lynch's 1980 Oscar winning film.
Throughout this time and indeed throughout her career, she has regularly appeared on British TV including Murder Most English in 1977, and two guest appearances in Doctor Who - Frontios in 1984 and The Happiness Patrol in 1988. In the 1990s she starred in the long running BBC sitcom May to December as Zoe Callender alongside screen husband Anton Rodgers.
In 1995, she LESS
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