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Cindy O'Callaghan

Born 1957

Cindy O'Callaghan (born c. 1957) is a British actress. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Her acting career began in 1971 (aged 13), when she was chosen to play the part of Carrie Rawlins in the Disney feature film, Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Bedknobs and Broomsticks is an Academy Award winning 1971 Musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions, which combines Live action She has appeared in a wide range of television programmes and films since, including BBC's EastEnders, where she played Andrea Price for several stints in the 1990s. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 Andrea Price was a Fictional character in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders. Her last credited role was in 2001, but she has since given up acting to become a child psychologist.

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Career

O'Callaghan is probably most famous for her childhood role of 'Carrie Rawlins' in the Disney classic movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), where she starred opposite Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson. Walt Disney Classics was a brand name used by Walt Disney Home Video on their American Japanese European and Australian home video releases of Disney animated features Bedknobs and Broomsticks is an Academy Award winning 1971 Musical film produced by Walt Disney Productions, which combines Live action Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000 was an English film Actor. She has commented "filming Bedknobs was an incredible adventure. There I was, a working-class girl from West London suddenly living on a film set in LA. My mum, who came with me, would race to the studio canteen every morning and then shake with excitement when celebrities like Rock Hudson came in to get their breakfast. Rock Hudson (November 17 1925 &ndash October 2 1985 was an American Film and Television Actor, recognised as a romantic leading man during I was just as star struck. I had to go to school for two hours every morning before filming, and would often be sitting in class next to Donny Osmond, whom I had a big crush on. Donald Clark "Donny" Osmond (born on December 9 1957 in Ogden Utah, USA) is an American Singer, Musician, Actor We lived in a council house in London, but in Hollywood we had a plush apartment with its own pool. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. I got the role after casting directors trawled schools looking for children with London accents. I was asked to attend an audition at Pinewood, where I had to stand up and tell a funny story. I talked about how horrible my older brothers were to me. I was a big fan of Mary Poppins and couldn't believe I was going to be in a Disney film. Mary Poppins is a series of children's books written by PL Travers and originally illustrated by Mary Shepard. When I returned to England, my school friends were massively jealous and stopped talking to me. It marred the premiere for me. After a few unhappy months, I decided to use my fee of [pounds sterling] £3,000 to attend a private school that specialised in drama. "[1]

O'Callaghan managed to maintain—in her own words—"an averagely successful career", doing lots of theatre as well as television work. [1] She has appeared in numerous television programmes throughout the 70s, 80s, 90s and early 00s, including ITV's The Bill, Casualty, Specials, Boon, Rumpole of the Bailey, Woof! and as Linda Kennedy in the BBC soap opera Triangle, among others. Independent Television (generally known as ITV) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters set up under the Independent The Bill is a long-running British Television Police procedural, named after a slang term for the police. Casualty is the longest running emergency medical Drama series in the world and the second-longest-running medical drama in the world behind America's General Specials was a 1991 BBC series about Special Constables in a fictional Midlands town Boon is a British television drama series starring Michael Elphick, David Daker and later on Neil Morrissey. Rumpole of the Bailey is a British Television series created and written by British writer and barrister Sir John Mortimer, Woof! is a Children's ITV television series produced by Central Independent Television about the adventures of a boy who turns into a dog. Triangle was a BBC television Soap opera in the early 1980s set aboard a North Sea Ferry which sailed a triangular route between She has also appeared in films, including Hanover Street and I.D.

More recently she is known for her role as Andrea Price—the "boozy" mother of Natalie Evans (Lucy Speed)—in the BBC soap opera EastEnders (1994-1995; 1999). There is also a street of the same name in Dominica 's capital Roseau. ID is a 1995 British Film about Football hooliganism, directed by Philip Davis and starring Reece Dinsdale Andrea Price was a Fictional character in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders. Natalie Evans (née Price) was a Fictional character in the popular BBC Soap opera EastEnders. Lucy Speed (born August 31, 1976, in Croydon, Surrey) is an English actress. A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. EastEnders is a most popular and award-winning Television Soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC1 on 19 February 1985 [2] This was O'Callaghan's second role in the soap, having previously played Stella — the mistress of Ashraf Karim — from 1989-1990. Ashraf Karim was a Fictional character in the BBC Soap opera EastEnders.

O'Callaghan attended University in 2000, and in 2004 it was reported that she had given up acting to become a child psychologist. She commented "Four years ago, I decided to go to university and am now training to be a child psychologist. I just wanted to do something that was more fulfilling. "[1] However, O'Callaghan has appeared on television since this time, in the 2005 documentry The 100 Greatest Family Films, where she discussed the movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks, along with co-stars Angela Lansbury and Ian Weighill. Angela Brigid Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is an English Golden Globe Award and Tony Award winning Actress Ian Weighill is an actor who played Charlie Rawlins in the 1971 film Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

Personal life

O'Callaghan grew up in West London. West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central London. She is separated from her husband and lives in Kingston, Surrey. Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. She has a son named Harry. [1]

Selected filmography

Film credits include
Television credits include

References

  1. ^ a b c d "a great future behind us! How Britain's most famous child stars finally found obscurity - and happiness", Daily Mail, 2003-03-27. The Daily Mail is a British newspaper currently published in a tabloid format Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Retrieved on 2007-08-20. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine  
  2. ^ Lock, Kate (2000). EastEnders Who's Who. This is a list of books about or relating to the British Soap opera EastEnders. BBC Books. ISBN 0-563-55178-X.  

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