Elizabeth Joan Winch, known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles.
17 Facts About Liz Fraser
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Liz Fraser's father was a travelling salesman for a brewery and her mother owned a corner shop just off the New Kent Road.
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Liz Fraser's father died in May 1942, aged 40, when she was 11.
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Liz Fraser then attended evening courses at Goldsmiths College, where she joined a drama group, and the City of London College for Commerce, Book-Keeping, Shorthand and Typing, and won an evening scholarship to the London School of Dramatic Art.
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Liz Fraser was in several of the early Carry On films: Carry On Regardless, Carry On Cruising, and Carry On Cabby, but was sacked by producer Peter Rogers after casually saying the series could be better marketed.
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Liz Fraser re-appeared in the series in Carry On Behind, her salary apparently half of what it had been before.
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Liz Fraser was known for her many appearances in British television series, including Hancock's Half Hour, and the Avengers episode "The Girl from Auntie" where she guest starred opposite Carry On regular Bernard Cribbins.
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Liz Fraser appeared on Benny Hill's late-1950s TV shows, and in a single sketch in the 23 December 1970 episode of his Thames TV series.
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Liz Fraser starred as Gloria Simpkins in the radio sitcom Parsley Sidings alongside Arthur Lowe and Kenneth Connor from 1971 to 1973.
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Liz Fraser played Mrs Brent, the mother of a missing girl, in the television production of Agatha Christie's Nemesis, starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple, in 1987.
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Liz Fraser married Peter Yonwin, a travelling salesman, in November 1958, but the marriage soon broke down and they were divorced.
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Liz Fraser married her second husband, Bill Hitchcock, a TV director, in January 1965 at Harrow Register Office.
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Liz Fraser was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1978 and 1979, undergoing a lumpectomy the first time and having reconstructive surgery at the Marsden in 1979.
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Liz Fraser had a half-brother, Philip, 11 years older, the son of her mother from a previous marriage.
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Liz Fraser supported various charities and was a patron of the London Repertory Company.
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Liz Fraser was an enthusiastic and talented poker and bridge player.
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Liz Fraser died on 6 September 2018 at Royal Brompton Hospital as a result of complications following an operation.