Cheryl_Hall

Cheryl Hall

Cheryl Hall

British actress (born 1950)


Cheryl Hall (born 23 July 1950) is a British retired actress.[1] She is best known for playing Shirley Johnson in the British sitcom Citizen Smith (1977–1979) and had a recurring role as Sadie in The Bill (1984–1988).

Quick Facts Born, Occupation ...

Biography

One of her first television appearances was in 1971 when she played Eileen, a clippie in the On the Buses episode "The Epidemic".

Hall has also appeared in Dear Mother...Love Albert playing Rodney Bewes' screen girlfriend. She appeared in the Doctor Who story Carnival of Monsters (1973) as Shirna.[2] Two years previously, Hall had been in the final shortlist of three actresses for the part of the Doctor's companion Jo Grant, alongside Katy Manning and Gabrielle Drake, with Jenny McCracken fourth in the list. Manning won the part. Producer Barry Letts remembered Hall and McCracken and cast them both in Carnival of Monsters, which Letts also directed. Hall also played Linda, Sid Abbott's secretary in Bless This House starring Sid James. Hall appeared in an episode of Sykes (1972) and also played an inmate in one episode of Within These Walls (1974) and was David Jason's love interest in the ITV sitcom Lucky Feller (1976). She was Robert Lindsay's girlfriend in the show Citizen Smith (1977). She also had a small role in EastEnders. Film appearances included the Avarice segment of The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins and the all-star pop comedy Three for All (1975).[1]

Hall was the unsuccessful Labour Party parliamentary candidate for Canterbury at the 1997 general election.[3] She also served as a member of Kent County Council, holding the position of Leader of the Labour group for a period.

Personal life

Hall was in a relationship with Robin Askwith from 1970 to 1973.[4] She married actor Robert Lindsay in 1974 but they divorced in 1980.

Filmography

Film

More information Year, Title ...

Television


References

  1. "Cheryl Hall". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012.
  2. Robin Askwith The Confessions of Robin Askwith (Ebury Press) 1999 (ISBN 0091869714)

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Cheryl_Hall, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.