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15 Facts About Natasha Pyne

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Natasha Pyne was born on 9 July 1946 and is an English actress who starred in The Taming of the Shrew, The Breaking of Bumbo and Father, Dear Father.

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Natasha Pyne is descended from a sister of Empress Eugenie, the wife of French emperor Napoleon III.

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Natasha Pyne's father was a military attache to the British embassy in Rome and she attended a private school in London.

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Natasha Pyne went to a comprehensive school in Fulham, Hurlingham School, for the latter part of her education.

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Pyne began her stage acting career at the Royal Court in a production of John Osborne's Inadmissible Evidence in 1964 Pyne played Ophelia in a Charles Marowitz's adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' at the Open Space Theatre at Tottenham Court Road in July 1969.

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Natasha Pyne starred in the Denise Coffey directed production of Brandon Thomas's Charley's Aunt and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of being Earnest at the Young Vic in 1977.

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Natasha Pyne returned to the Royal Court in 1990 in Robert Holman's Rafts and Dreams.

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In early 1963, Natasha Pyne had a leading role in the BBC Saturday early evening children's drama serial The Chem.

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Natasha Pyne appeared as Bianca in the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton film The Taming of the Shrew in 1967, alongside Michael York.

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Natasha Pyne appeared in an episode of Jason King and The Adventurer with Gene Barry.

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Natasha Pyne is best known for her role as Anna Glover in the British television sitcom Father, Dear Father, which ran from 1968 to 1973.

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Natasha Pyne married the actor Paul Copley in 1972, having performed with him in a 1971 production in Leeds of Frank Wedekind's Lulu, directed by Peter Barnes.

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Natasha Pyne was in BBC's Radio Drama Company in the mid-1980s and appeared in numerous Radio 4 plays and readings.

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Natasha Pyne appeared in Drama on 3 and Children's BBC Radio 5.

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Natasha Pyne was in Van der Valk when it was revived towards the end of Thames' life as a part of the ITV network, with four two-hour episodes of the fourth series in January and February 1991, and the fifth series three two-hour episodes in February 1992.