Gillian Raine
Acting
Biography
Gillian Mary Lorraine, known professionally as Gillian Raine, was a British actress and singer. She was married to actor Leonard Rossiter from 1972 until his death in 1984; they had one daughter, Camilla (b. 1972).
Born: December 28, 1926
Place of Birth: Ceylon
Known For
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
A Very Peculiar Practice
A young and idealistic Doctor Stephen Daker arrives at Lowlands University to work at the Health Centre, but has to cope with an eccentric set of colleagues.
The Main Chance
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
New Tricks
New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on all the cases the police deem too minor.
Heartbeat
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Playhouse
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Playhouse
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.
Wish Me Luck
A secret organisation called The Outfit recruits and trains civilians, sending them undercover to aid in the war effort, or placing them in administrative tasks to aid the group. Each person arrives at The Outfit by a different route: Mathilde ('Matty') escaped to London from France and wants desperately to contribute to the war effort; Liz, whose husband is serving overseas and whose brother has just died in the war, stumbles into the group almost by accident. Former actor Colin Beale also trains for undercover work. Vivien's husband was executed when his work with The Outfit was uncovered. But they all come together against the common enemy.
Suddenly, Last Summer
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
Filmography
as Woman With Sweet
as Violet Ward
as Miss Tidy
as Miss Foxhill
as Marjorie Mottram
as Miss Foxhill
as Hilda Pybus
as Mrs Bligh
as Mims
as Isobel
as Marie Ferrier
as Mrs Sedley
as Matron
as Mrs Kramer
as Mrs Moult
as Drip
as Mrs Allgood
as Miss Crighton
as Katherine
as Joyce
as Mrs. Vane
as Mrs. Wart-hog
as Katherine
as Miss Crighton
as Agnes Courtney
as Miss Bennett
as Miss Foxhill
as Denise Clegg
as Mrs. Vane
as Mrs. Castor