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Heather Canning
Heather Joan Canning (5 January 1933 – 30 May 1996) was an English actress, who is best known for her television roles. She played Isabel Rockmetteller in " The Full House", the second episode of the third series of the 1990s British comedy television series ''Jeeves and Wooster''. Career Canning's stage work included appearances with the RSC, in the West End, and on Broadway. Her television roles included the soap opera '' Crossroads'' (1964), playing Shirley Coniston, and in ''Morning Story'' (1970). She was also known for '' Miss Julie'' (1972), ''Tis Pity She's a Whore'' (1980) and ''A Village Affair'' (1995). Personal life Canning was born in Epsom, Surrey. She was married to the Australian actor Leon Lissek Leon Lissek (19 January 1939 – 13 January 2022) was an Australian-born British actor. He appeared in over 80 films in his career, which started with ''Marat/Sade''. Lissek was well known for his television roles in ''The Sullivans'' and ''Eas .... She d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epsom
Epsom is the principal town of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell in Surrey, England, about south of central London. The town is first recorded as ''Ebesham'' in the 10th century and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the mid-Bronze Age, but the modern settlement probably grew up in the area surrounding St Martin's Church in the 6th or 7th centuries and the street pattern is thought to have become established in the Middle Ages. Today the High Street is dominated by the clock tower, which was erected in 1847–8. Like other nearby settlements, Epsom is located on the spring line where the permeable chalk of the North Downs meets the impermeable London Clay. Several tributaries of the Hogsmill River rise in the town and in the 17th and early 18th centuries, the spring on Epsom Common was believed to have healing qualities. The mineral waters were found to be rich in ''Epsom salts'', which were later identif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Lissek
Leon Lissek (19 January 1939 – 13 January 2022) was an Australian-born British actor. He appeared in over 80 films in his career, which started with ''Marat/Sade''. Lissek was well known for his television roles in ''The Sullivans'' and ''EastEnders'', and his film roles in ''Time Bandits'', ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'', ''Nicholas and Alexandra'', and '' The Horsemen''. Lissek was born in Australia on 19 January 1939. He started acting at the Kadimah in Melbourne, through his school-days and during his university year (he gave up the law course at Melbourne University about half-way through), when he was part of the Marlowe Society in late 1950s. He went to live in England in 1963. Lissek played Hans Kauffman on ''The Sullivans''. He also performed on stage. A review of ''Company'', which played in Exeter in 1980, said Lissek was "admirably cast". Lissek, who was Jewish, spoke in defence of performing ''The Merchant of Venice'', which is regarded by some as anti-Sem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Full House
"The Full House" is the second episode of the third series of the 1990s British comedy television series ''Jeeves and Wooster''. It is also called "Bertie Ensures Bicky Can Continue To Live In Manhattan". It first aired in the UK on on ITV. In the US, "The Full House" was one of five episodes that were not aired as part of the original broadcast of ''Jeeves and Wooster'' on ''Masterpiece Theatre'', though all episodes were made available on US home video releases. The episode "Honoria Glossop Turns Up" was aired as the second episode of the third series instead. Background Adapted from " Jeeves and the Hard-boiled Egg" (collected in ''Carry On, Jeeves'') and "The Aunt and the Sluggard" (collected in ''Carry On, Jeeves''). Cast * Jeeves – Stephen Fry * Bertie Wooster – Hugh Laurie * Francis "Bicky" Bickersteth – Julian Firth * Rockmetteller "Rocky" Todd – John Fitzgerald-Jay * Edgar Gascoyne Bickersteth, 8th Duke of Chiswick – John Savident * Isabel Rockmettelle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeeves And Wooster
''Jeeves and Wooster'' is a British comedy-drama television series adapted by Clive Exton from P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. Set in the UK and the US in an unspecified period between the late 1920s and the 1930s, the series starred Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, an affable young gentleman and member of the idle rich, and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his highly intelligent and competent valet. Bertie and his friends, who are mainly members of the Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable Jeeves. When Fry and Laurie began the series, they were already a popular comedic double act for their regular appearances on Channel 4's '' Saturday Live'' and their own show ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' (BBC, 1987–95). In the television documentary ''Fry and Laurie Reunited'' (2010), t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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