Annie Lambert (born 3 January 1946) is a British actress, best known to fans of the

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'' for her role as Enlightenment in the 1982 serial ''

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''. She grew up in

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and her first work in London was as a fashion assistant at ''

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'', but several of the photographers she worked with persuaded her to sit for them, and she soon moved into acting. She is the younger half-sister of

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, who was the manager of

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. Her other TV credits include: ''

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'', '' Space: 1999'', '' The New Avengers'', '' All Creatures Great and Small'', '' Bluebell'', ''

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Rockliffe's Babies ''Rockliffe'' is a British television police procedural drama series, produced by the BBC, which ran for three series between 9 January 1987 and 14 December 1988. ''Rockliffe'' was devised by Richard O'Keeffe, and produced by Leonard Lewis. The ...

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Howards' Way ''Howards' Way'' is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC1 between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the wealthy yachting and business comm ...

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Lovejoy ''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery series, based on the novels by John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six series, was originally broadcast on BBC1 between 10 January 19 ...

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The Old Boy Network ''The Old Boy Network'' is a British comedy television series which first aired on ITV in 1992.Newcomb p.1303 Created by the writing team of Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it is a parody of various spy films and series. Main cast * Tom Conti a ...

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Westbeach ''Westbeach'' is a British television series produced by Witzend Productions for the BBC in 1993. The series was set in the fictional seaside town of Westbeach (filmed on location in Eastbourne) and dealt with two rival families, the Cromers an ...

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* British television actresses 1946 births Living people {{UK-tv-actor-1940s-stub