Madeline Smith (born 2 August 1949 in Hartfield, Sussex) is a diminutive English actress-comedian. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hartfield is a Civil parish in East Sussex, England. Settlements within the parish include the village of Hartfield Coleman's Hatch Hammerwood and Holtye Sussex is a historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. 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 She was a model in the 1960s, and appeared in many comedy films (e. g. Carry On Matron), television series, and Hammer horror films during the 1960s and the 1970s. Carry On Matron is the twenty-third Carry On film It was released in 1972. Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom.

Her father owned an antiques shop in Kew Gardens, while she had a temporary job working at Biba's Boutique, in the sixties. This was a fashion house in High Street, Kensington, London.

Smith was considered by many to be very photogenic in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She was also frequently the subject of cartoons by J Edward Oliver, which made constant admiring reference to her disproportionately large bust. Jack Edward Oliver ( 19 June 1942 &ndash 26 May 2007) was a British Cartoonist.

Her television acting credits included The Two Ronnies, Clochemerle, Doctor at Large (TV series- series one, 5 eps), The Steam Video Company, and in 1970 His and Hers with Tim Brooke-Taylor. The Two Ronnies was a British Sketch show that aired on BBC 1 from 1971 to 1987 Clochemerle is a 1934 French satirical novel by Gabriel Chevallier. The Steam Video Company was a 1984 comedy series produced by Thames Television for ITV written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor (born 17 July 1940) is an English comic Actor known in Britain and Australia as a member of The Goodies She was a member of the regular cast for the BBC2 series The End of the Pier Show (1974) and In The Looking Glass (1978), along with John Wells, John Fortune, and Carl Davis. In the Looking Glass is a surreal television series broadcast on BBC2 in 1978 John Wells may refer to John Wells (architect (Bank of Montréal John Wells (artist (1907–2000 Cornish John Fortune (born John Wood; 30 June 1939) is a British Satirist, Comedian Writer and Actor, best Carl Davis CBE (born October 28, 1936, New York City, United States is an American conductor and Composer who has

Though credited as 'Maddy Smith', Madeline Smith first worked for Hammer films in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), as an East End prostitute, a non-speaking role. Taste the Blood of Dracula is a British Horror film produced by Hammer Film Productions and released in 1970. Her Hammer Heroine cult status derives primarily from The Vampire Lovers (1970) and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974). The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell is a 1974 British Horror film from

Her notable films include:

• The Vampire Lovers
• The Mini Mob
• Tam Lin
• Up Pompeii!
• Up the Front
• The Amazing Mr Blunden
• Live and Let Die, Roger Moore's first James Bond film (as Miss Caruso). The Vampire Lovers is a 1970 British Hammer Horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Peter Cushing, Polish actress Tamas " Tam " Lin (also called Tamlane, Tamlin, Tam Lien, Tam-a-Line, Tam Lane, or True Thomas Up Pompeii! was a British Television comedy series of the 1970s starring Frankie Howerd. Up the Front is a 1972 British comedy film It is the third film spin-off from the hit TV series Up Pompeii! (the previous film being Up the The Amazing Mr Blunden is a 1972 British film based on the novel The Ghosts by Antonia Barber. Live and Let Die is the eighth Spy film of the British James Bond series and the first to star Roger Moore as the fictional Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English Actor. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story
• Theatre of Blood

Madeline made her last film in 1984 when she gave birth to a daughter and stopped accepting work. Theatre of Blood is a 1973 Horror film starring Vincent Price as vengeful actor Edward Lionheart and Diana Rigg as his daughter Edwina Madeline has now left show business altogether, although she is beginning to work the celebrity circuit. She auctioned on eBay a dinner party with herself as guest host and speaker.

External links

• Madeline Smith at the Internet Movie Database
• Madeline Smith article from Bite Me horror magazine
• Madeline Smith biography
• Madeline Smith page on the SCIFIpedia
• Madeline Smith Retrospective at Den Of Geek

Bibliography

• Paul, Louis (2008). "Madeline Smith", Tales From the Cult Film Trenches; Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, p. 214-220. ISBN 978-0-7864-2994-3.