Yvonne Antrobus | |
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Born | Yvonne Daphne Antrobus 1 November 1940 Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom |
Occupation(s) | Novelist, abridger, radio dramatist, actress |
Years active | 1963-1996 |
Yvonne Daphne Antrobus (born 1 November 1940) is a British novelist, abridger, radio dramatist, and actress.
Writing
[edit]She has made over 100 abridgments and dramatisations for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and for independent audio publishers, including Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, The British Journalist by Andrew Marr and Days From A Different World by John Simpson. She was awarded the Abridgers’ Silver Award by the Audio Book Association in 2003 for Churchill by Roy Jenkins. In 2009 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her series Diary of an On-Call Girl, based on the blogs and book by 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the anonymous blogger who is also a serving British police officer.[1]
Antrobus has written two crime novels: True to Form (1998) and Cut in the Ground (1999).[2]
Acting
[edit]Among Antrobus' television appearances are Dixon of Dock Green (1963), Redcap (1965), Emergency Ward 10 (1967), The Benny Hill Show (1967), The First Churchills (1969), Z-Cars (1970), Steptoe and Son (1972), The Protectors (1973), Wessex Tales (1973), Within These Walls (1974), Thomas & Sarah (1979), The Bill (1989), The Chief (1990), and On Dangerous Ground (1996).[3]
Antrobus' other work includes appearances in London's West End (she was the winner of a London Theatre Critics’ Award for Best Supporting Actress[2]) and in the films Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), The Pleasure Girls (1965), Mister Quilp (1975), and was interviewed as herself in the 1995 Dalek-film documentary Dalekmania.[3] Antrobus was unavailable for post-synchronisation after the shooting of Dr. Who and the Daleks was complete. So, while she is seen on-screen as Dyoni, her voice is provided by another, unnamed actress.[4]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1965 | The First Churchills | Waitress | |
1965 | Dr. Who and the Daleks | Dyoni | |
1968 | Happy Deathday | Jetta Zoltan | |
1975 | Mister Quilp | Betsy Quilp |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Antrobus on the Internet Movie Database
- Antrobus on Hollywood.com at archive.today (archived 2013-01-25)