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June Rosemary Whitfield, CBE (born 11 November 1925) is an English actress who has been well known in the United Kingdom since the 1950s for her roles in radio and television comedy series. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Her first big break was a lead role in the radio comedy Take It From Here, and television roles soon followed, including appearances with Tony Hancock throughout his television career. Radio comedy, or comedic Radio programming, is a radio broadcast that may involve Sitcom elements sketches, and many other forms of comedy found Take It From Here (often referred to as TIFH, pronounced &mdash and sometimes humorously spelt &mdash "TIFE" was a British Anthony John "Tony" Hancock (born 12 May 1924 &ndash 24 June 1968) was a popular British Actor and In 1966, Whitfield played her first television sitcom role, in Beggar My Neighbour and this ran for two years. Beggar My Neighbour was a Black-and-white British sitcom starring Peter Jones, June Whitfield and Desmond Walter-Ellis She also starred in several Carry On films. The Carry On films were a long-running series of low-budget British comedy films directed by Gerald Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers.
In 1968 June Whitfield and Terry Scott begun their long television partnership which peaked with their roles as husband and wife in Happy Ever After and Terry and June. Terry Scott ( 4 May 1927 &ndash 26 July 1994) was an English Actor and Comedian who appeared in seven Happy Ever After was a British sitcom starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield. Terry and June is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1979 to 1987 From 1992 to 2005 Whitfield appeared in Jennifer Saunders's sitcom Absolutely Fabulous and has since played a regular character in Last of the Summer Wine. Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958 is a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning English Comedian, Screenwriter and actress Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One.
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Early life
June Rosemary Whitfield was born in Streatham, London in 1925. Streatham is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth in the United Kingdom. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. [1] She made her first stage appearance aged three after her mother had enrolled her at a local dance school. A dance studio is a space in which Dancers learn or rehearse The term is typically used to describe a space that has either been built or equipped for the purpose [2] Whitfield attended Streatham High School and in 1944 Whitfield graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with a diploma. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ( RADA) in Bloomsbury, London, is generally regarded as one of the most prestigious Drama schools in the world [1] In 1955, June Whitfield married Tim Aitchison and they had one daughter, Suzy, who later became an actress. Suzy Aitchison (born 4 June 1960 in London, England) is a British television actress and the daughter of famed actress June Whitfield. [1]
Early career
In 1951, June Whitfield had her first credited television role in The Passing Show, and she joined the London cast of South Pacific. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. South Pacific is a musical, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and book by both Hammerstein and Joshua Her big break came in 1953, when she replaced the emigrating Joy Nichols on the hit Muir and Norden radio comedy Take It From Here, co-starring Jimmy Edwards and Dick Bentley. Joy Nichols ( 17 February 1925 &ndash 23 June 1992) born in Sydney, Australia was a Comedienne and Actress Frank Herbert Muir (5 February 1920 - 2 January 1998 was an English Comedy writer radio and television personality and raconteur Denis Mostyn Norden (born 6th February 1922 in Hackney, London) is an English Comedy writer and Television presenter. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Take It From Here (often referred to as TIFH, pronounced &mdash and sometimes humorously spelt &mdash "TIFE" was a British Jimmy Edwards DFC ( 23 March 1920 &ndash 7 July 1988) was an English comedic script writer and comedy actor on both Charles Walter (Dick Bentley (14 May 1907 – 27 August 1995 born in Melbourne, Australia was a Comedian and Actor. She played 'Eth', fiancee of the terminally dim Ron Glum (played by Bentley) in the portion of the show known as "The Glums". Take It From Here (often referred to as TIFH, pronounced &mdash and sometimes humorously spelt &mdash "TIFE" was a British [1] During the next 15 years Whitfield had many small roles on television, including appearances in The Tony Hancock Show, Hancock's Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Arthur's Treasured Volumes, The Arthur Askey Show, Faces of Jim, Hancock, The Benny Hill Show, Steptoe and Son and Frankie Howerd. The Tony Hancock Show was a Black-and-white British sketch show starring Tony Hancock that was broadcast for two series from Hancock's Half Hour was a ground-breaking and influential BBC Radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock, with Sid James Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series, which ran from 1955 to 1976 and later a radio series Arthur's Treasured Volumes was a Black-and-white British television series that aired on ITV in 1960 The Arthur Askey Show was a short-lived Black-and-white British sitcom starring Arthur Askey that ran for six episodes in 1961 Faces of Jim was a Black-and-white British Comedy television series starring Jimmy Edwards, June Whitfield Hancock's Half Hour was a ground-breaking and influential BBC Radio comedy series of the 1950s starring Tony Hancock, with Sid James The Benny Hill Show is a British Comedy television show starring Benny Hill and various comedy character actors Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about two rag and bone men living in Oil Drum Lane a fictional street Her best remembered work with Tony Hancock is as the nurse in the opening scene of "The Blood Donor" (Hancock 1961). Anthony John "Tony" Hancock (born 12 May 1924 &ndash 24 June 1968) was a popular British Actor and "The Blood Donor" is an episode from the final series of the BBC Television Comedy series Hancock (formerly Hancock's Half In 1959 Whitfield appeared in Carry On Nurse, the first of her three appearances in the main run of that film series. Carry On Nurse is the second ''Carry On'' film, released in 1959. [1]
Television fame
In 1966, Whitfield gained her first starring role, in the sitcom Beggar My Neighbour[1] playing Rose Garvey. Beggar My Neighbour was a Black-and-white British sitcom starring Peter Jones, June Whitfield and Desmond Walter-Ellis The year after Beggar My Neighbour finished in 1968, Whitfield then appeared on Scott On. . . for six years until 1974. [3] This started a working relationship with Terry Scott that would last until 1987. Terry Scott ( 4 May 1927 &ndash 26 July 1994) was an English Actor and Comedian who appeared in seven During Scott On. . . she had also appeared in The Best Things In Life, The Goodies, The Dick Emery Show, Bless This House and The Pallisers. This article discusses The Goodies comedy television series For information about the formation of The Goodies group and for information Richard Gilbert "Dick" Emery (19 February 1915 &ndash 2 January 1983 was an English Comedian and Actor whose career began on radio during the Bless This House is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1971 to 1976 The Pallisers is a 1974 BBC Television adaptation of Anthony Trollope 's Palliser novels. In 1972 she appeared in the Bless This House film, with Terry Scott as her husband, and Carry On Abroad, followed by an appearance in 1973 in Carry On Girls. Carry On Abroad is the twenty fourth Carry On film, released in 1972. Carry On Girls is the twenty-fifth Carry On film released in Britain in 1973. [1]
In 1974, Whitfield starred in a Comedy Playhouse sitcom pilot called Happy Ever After alongside Terry Scott. Comedy Playhouse was a long running British series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1974 A British sitcom is a Situation comedy (sitcom produced in the United Kingdom. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. Happy Ever After was a British sitcom starring Terry Scott and June Whitfield. Later that year a first series of this was made, and it continued for five series until 1979. That year they appeared together in the first series of Terry and June. Terry and June is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1979 to 1987 Happy Ever After and Terry and June were very similar programmes, with only a change of surname, from Fletcher to Medford, and a new house and family. [4] Both sitcoms had Scott and Whitfield as a suburban middle-class married couple. Terry and June ran for 65 episodes until 1987. The following is a list of episodes for the British sitcom Terry and June, that first aired on BBC1 from 24 October 1979 Five years later in 1992, Julian Clary created Terry and Julian, a Channel 4 sitcom which spoofed the title of Terry and June, and Whitfield made an appearance in one episode. Julian Clary (born 25 May 1959 is an English Comedian and Writer, known for his playing-on-stereotypes camp style with a heavy reliance on Terry and Julian is a British sitcom that aired on Channel 4 in 1992 Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began [5] During the eight-year run of Terry and June, Whitfield also appeared in It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Minder. It Ain't Half Hot Mum was a British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast between 1974 and 1981 and written Minder was a British Comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld.
During the 1980s, June Whitfield went back to working on radio. From 1984 she appeared with Roy Hudd on the satire programme The News Huddlines,[1] which finished in 2001. Roy Hudd, OBE (born 16 May 1936 in Croydon) is an English radio and television actor Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human The News Huddlines was a long-running BBC Radio 2 topical comedy Sketch show starring Roy Hudd that ran for fifty one series from On The News Huddlines she often impersonated people, and was well known for her impersonation of the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 [1] During the 1980s and 1990s, June Whitfield made several stage appearances, including roles in a revival of An Ideal Husband and the pantomime Babes in the Wood. An Ideal Husband is an 1895 comedic stage play by Oscar Wilde which revolves around Blackmail and political corruption and touches on the themes Traditional tale The traditional children's tale is of two children abandoned in a wood who die and are covered with leaves by robins. [1] In 1982, Whitfield was made a Freeman of the City of London and was made an OBE in 1985. Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by some municipalities in Australia, Canada, Ireland, France, Italy, New Zealand For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. [1][2]
Recent years
Having appeared in an episode of French & Saunders in 1988, from 1992 June Whitfield played Mother/Gran in Jennifer Saunders's sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, a role she continued until the show ended in 2003. French & Saunders is a British Sketch comedy Television show written by and staring BAFTA Award -nominee Dawn French Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring Jennifer Jane Saunders (born 6 July 1958 is a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning English Comedian, Screenwriter and actress Absolutely Fabulous (also known as Ab Fab) was a BAFTA and Emmy Award -winning British sitcom written by and starring In 2000, she starred with the rest of the Absolutely Fabulous cast in the pilot Mirrorball. Mirrorball was a Sitcom pilot in the United Kingdom directed by Adrian Edmondson and written by Jennifer Saunders. From 1993 to 2001, June Whitfield played Miss Marple in twelve radio adaptations of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple books. Jane Marple, usually known as Miss Marple, is a Fictional character appearing in twelve of Agatha Christie Agatha Mary Clarissa Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15 September 1890 &ndash 12 January 1976 commonly known as Agatha Christie, was an English [5] In recent years, she has appeared in films such as Carry On Columbus, Jude and Faeries, as the voice of Mrs. Carry On Columbus was a 1992 film and the most recent in the Carry On films series Jude is a 1996 English film based on the novel Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy and directed by Michael Winterbottom Faeries is a 1999 British Animated film directed by Gary Hurst and featuring the voices of Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott Combs. In 1998, Whitfield played the housekeeper in the London-set episode of Friends "The One with Ross's Wedding, Part Two"[6] and voiced a character in an episode of the animated comedy series Rex the Runt. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Friends was an " The One with Ross's Wedding " is the fourth Season finale of the American television Situation comedy Friends, which aired on Rex the Runt is an animated ( Claymation) Television show produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with
In 1994 June Whitfield was given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the British Comedy Awards,[1] and in 1998 she was upgraded to a CBE. The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year [6] In 2000 she published her autobiography And June Whitfield (ISBN 0593045823). Whitfield's husband Tim Aitchison died in 2001. [5] Since 2000, Whitfield has appeared in The Royal, Midsomer Murders, Marple, New Tricks and Last of the Summer Wine, which she joined in 2005. The Royal is a British Medical drama. The serial television show features one hour episodes aired by ITV. Midsomer Murders is a British television Drama that has aired on ITV1 since 1997 Marple is a British Television series based on the Miss Marple murder mystery novels by Agatha Christie. New Tricks is a BBC television drama series which follows the work of the Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS Last of the Summer Wine is a British sitcom written by Roy Clarke that is broadcast on BBC One. Whitfield had an episode of The South Bank Show devoted to her on 29 July 2007 and in the same year appeared in the ENO's production of On the Town in London's West End. The South Bank Show is an award-winning Television arts magazine show made by London Weekend Television, presented by Melvyn Bragg, broadcast Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. English National Opera (ENO is the national opera company of England, and one of two opera companies in London, along with the Royal Opera at Covent On the Town is a musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, based West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London 's "Theatreland" In November 2007 she appeared in the Only Fools and Horses spin off The Green Green Grass as the mother of Marlene. Only Fools and Horses is a British Television sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan, and made and broadcast by the BBC The Green Green Grass is a British sitcom created and initially written by John Sullivan, and a spin-off of Only Fools and Horses This is a list of characters from the BBC Situation comedy, Only Fools and Horses The Trotter family For more details [7]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Whitfield, June - British Comedy Actor", The Museum of Broadcast Communications.
- ^ a b "Glorious June", Daily Express, 28 July 2007. The Daily Express is a conservative Middle-market British Tabloid Newspaper. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- ^ "BBC Comedy Guide", BBC, 2003.
- ^ Lewisohn, Mark. "Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy", BBC Worldwide Ltd, 2003.
- ^ a b c "June Whitfield", Comedy Zone, 1999-2006.
- ^ a b "Whitfield, June (1925-)", Screen Online, 2003-06.
- ^ "Episode Dated 7 November 2007". The Paul O'Grady Show. The Paul O'Grady Show is a popular British Comedy Chat show broadcast every weekday at 500pm on Channel 4 (formerly aired in the Channel 4. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began Channel 4. Channel 4 is a public-service Television and Radio broadcaster in the United Kingdom centred around a television channel of the same name which began 2007-11-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat
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