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Charmian Abrahams
Charmian Blanche Abrahams (22 February 1927 – 15 January 2024), also known professionally as Charmian Eyre, was a British television actress. She was best known for playing Mavis Hooper in the British television series ''Crossroads (British TV series), Crossroads'' on ITV (TV network), ITV. She was born and died in Birmingham, England. Life and career Abrahams was born in Birmingham to a doctor and a nurse. As a child, she attended Edgbaston High School for Girls, before moving to London to forge her acting career. Abrahams was best known for playing recurring regular Mavis Hooper in the British TV soap opera ''Crossroads (British TV series), Crossroads''. The series drew in large viewing figures of up to 15 million on ITV (TV network), ITV from 1964 to 1981. The character was also used alongside Mike Yarwood in his ITV sketch show in 1983 where he played Sid and Mavis as well as several other motel regulars from the soap. Abrahams made her film debut in 1949 and later sever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
