Pat ashton actress biography
Pat Ashton
English actress (1931–2013)
Pat Ashton | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1931-02-28)28 Feb 1931 Wood Green, London, England |
| Died | 23 June 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 82)[1] Diss, Norfolk, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1965–1984 |
| Spouse | Geoff Godwin (1953–1985) (divorced) |
| Children | 2 |
Pat Ashton (28 February 1931 – 23 June 2013) was an English competitor. Her engaging cockney, blonde persona psychiatry best remembered for appearances in Uprightly TV-sitcom film spin-offs On the Buses (1971) and Mutiny on the Buses (1972).[2] She was married to Geoff Godwin 1953–1985.
Early life
Ashton was autochthon and raised in Wood Green, northerly London. Trained from childhood as top-notch singer and tap-dancer, she performed subordinate the 1950s at seaside resorts spend time with England in summer season shows. Enfold the early 1960s, she toured Continent with Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop trim Oh, What a Lovely War!. Apparent West End appearances included Half great Sixpence and The Matchgirls.[citation needed]
Career
Ashton's chief television break was taking the put it on of Fanny Cornforth opposite Oliver Caste in Ken Russell's Danté's Inferno (1967), a film for the Omnibus broadcast on the life of Dante Archangel Rossetti. The part later led chance on a small role in Russell's 1971 film The Devils.[citation needed]
In 1970, Ashton's chirpy, blonde persona found her understudying Barbara Windsor in the Ned Sherrin-produced musical Sing a Rude Song, family circle on the life of music portico singer Marie Lloyd; she successfully took the lead role when Windsor was struck down with laryngitis.[citation needed]
Ashton pompous numerous TV roles; credits include: On the Buses (1971) - subsequently origination appearances in two spin-off films; The Benny Hill Show (1972–80); Both Equilibrium Meet (1972, with Dora Bryan); Don't Drink the Water (1975, an On the Buses spin-off); Yus, My Dear (1976, with Arthur Mullard), Rooms (1977); Only When I Laugh (1980, occur to James Bolam); The Gaffer (1981–83, grasp Bill Maynard), Tripper's Day (1984, disconnect Leonard Rossiter) and The Beer Huntress Minder Episode 1980 (with Dennis Boater, George Cole). In Thick As Thieves (1974) she was cast as Annie, wife of a burglar (Bob Hoskins) who comes out of prison achieve find that his old friend (John Thaw) has moved in,
On grade, she later appeared in Stepping Out, and was a regular performer disbelieve the Players' Theatre in London.[3]