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13 Facts About Louise English

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Louise English was born on 27 April 1962 and is a British actress.

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Louise English was a regular performer on The Benny Hill Show from 1978 to 1986, as an actress and in dance group Hill's Angels and has performed in West End plays and nationally touring musical-theatre productions.

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Louise English was selected as the 1977 Butlin's Holiday Princess.

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Louise English was chosen by Benny Hill to be one of the original members of Hill's Angels on The Benny Hill Show and earned a role as a featured performer.

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Louise English spent eight years on The Benny Hill Show, dancing with Hill's Angels and occasionally performing supporting roles in sketches with the show's titular writer and host.

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Louise English appeared on other television shows, including playing the role of Lucia Morella in five episodes of the popular BBC series Brush Strokes and filming the pilot for the BBC game show Full Swing.

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Louise English was a featured guest on the Central TV entertainment specials Elkie and Our Gang with Elkie Brooks and Gemma Craven, Saturday Royal, and Entertainment Express, Dream Alley, and Starburst.

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Louise English starred in cabaret in England, the Channel Islands, and Bangkok, performed Shakespeare, and appeared in minor parts in feature films, including The Wicked Lady with Faye Dunaway, Denholm Elliott, and John Gielgud, and House of the Long Shadows with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, John Carradine, and Peter Cushing.

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Louise English has starred as leading lady in many comedies and dramas, including Absent Friends, Suddenly at Home, Tommy Boy, Don't Dress For Dinner, Bedside Manners, and Shadow of Doubt.

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Louise English is a veteran of several national tours, including nine months as the lead in Mike Harding's comedy Fur Coat and No Knickers, Ted Willis' play Tommy Boy, Tom Lehrer's Tom Foolery, Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, and Russ Abbot's Madhouse.

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Louise English travelled to Stockholm to perform a role in Neil Simon's I Ought To Be In Pictures.

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Louise English appeared in the national tour of My Dearest Ivor, an original musical that honoured Ivor Novello.

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Louise English performed dramatic roles as Bella Manningham in the Victorian thriller Gaslight, as Sybil Chase in Private Lives, and as Liz in Shadow of Doubt.