Joanna Van Gyseghem (born 4 September 1941) is a British actress.
She was educated at
Malvern Girls' College
Malvern St James is an independent school for girls in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England. Founded in 1893 as Malvern Girls' College, it was renamed Malvern St James following a merger in 2006 with St James's School in West Malvern. It conti ...
and
Trinity College, Dublin
, name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin
, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
, motto_lang = la
, motto_English = It will last i ...
. Her father
André van Gyseghem
André van Gyseghem (18 August 1906 – 13 October 1979) was an English actor and theatre director who also appeared in many British television programmes.
Early life
Van Gyseghem was born on 18 August 1906 in Eltham, Kent, the son of Georges Em ...
was an actor and director, and her mother
Jean Forbes-Robertson
Jean Forbes-Robertson (16 March 1905 – 24 December 1962) was an English actress. A versatile Shakespearean actress, she was often cast in boys' roles because of her slim build, playing Jim Hawkins in a stage version of ''Treasure Island'', Pu ...
an actress. Her maternal grandparents were the actors
Gertrude Elliot and Sir
Johnston Forbes-Robertson
Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (16 January 1853 – 6 November 1937''Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson, Beauty And Grace in Acting'', Obituaries, ''The Times'', 8 November 1937.) was an English actor and theatre manager and husband of actress Gertru ...
and her great-aunt was American actress
Maxine Elliott
Maxine Elliott (February 5, 1868 – March 5, 1940) was an American actress and businesswoman.
Early life
Born Jessie Dermott on February 5, 1868, to Thomas Dermott, a sea captain and Adelaide Hill Dermott, she had a younger sister, actress G ...
.
Career
Van Gyseghem appeared in the TV series ''Fraud Squad'' as Detective Sergeant Hicks in 1969–70. In 1972, she played Olivia in ''
Twelfth Night
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''; ''
Punch
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* Punch (combat), a strike made using the hand closed into a fist
* Punch (drink), a wide assortment of drinks, non-alcoholic or alcoholic, generally containing fruit or fruit juice
Punch may also refer to:
Places
* Pun ...
'' commented on her performance "veering from intimations of imperiousness to anticipations of lechery with great charm and fine technical control". In 1977, she appeared in two episodes of the drama series ''
Secret Army'' in which she played Dorothy Neville. The episodes; "Lost Sheep" and "Guilt" were both written by
N.J. Crisp.
She also played Linda Cochran in the television sitcom ''
Duty Free
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'' and Marigold Featherstone, wife of Guthrie Featherstone, QC, MP, in ''
Rumpole of the Bailey
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''. She also co-starred with
Liza Goddard
Louise Elizabeth Goddard (born 20 January 1950) professionally known as Liza Goddard, is an English television and stage actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s.
Early life
Goddard was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire.Before 1 ...
in
London Weekend Television
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's television comedy ''Pig in the Middle'' as Susan Wade, the controlling wife of the principal character Barty Wade played by
Dinsdale Landen
Dinsdale James Landen (4 September 1932 – 29 December 2003) was an English actor. His television appearances included starring in the shows ''Devenish'' (1977) and ''Pig in the Middle'' (1980). ''The Independent'' named him an "outstanding ac ...
.
Van Gyseghem had a guest role in the British sitcom ''
Barbara''. She played the role of Yvonne, an ex-girlfriend of Barbara's (
Gwen Taylor
Gwen Taylor (born 19 February 1939) is an English actress who has appeared in many British television programmes. She is known for her roles as Amy Pearce in the sitcom ''Duty Free'' (1984–1986); Barbara Liversidge in the sitcom '' Barbara'' ...
) husband Ted, who visits from Miami to attend the wedding in the episode "Wedding". Yvonne takes a romantic interest in Ted; Van Gyseghem thus played Taylor's love rival, as she had done in ''Duty Free''.
She appeared in the series ''
The Darling Buds of May'' as Felicity Harran in 1993, in the TV series ''
Heartbeat
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Heartbeat, heart beat, heartbeats, and heart beats may refer to:
Computing
*Heartbeat (computing), a periodic signal to indicate normal operation or to synchronize parts of a system
*Heartbeat, clus ...
'' as Penelope Ealham in 2000, and played the role of
Camilla Greenwood
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in the BBC soap opera ''
EastEnders
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'' in 2008.
Personal life
She married actor
Ralph Bates
Ralph Bates (12 February 1940 – 27 March 1991) was an English film and television actor, known for his role in the British sitcom '' Dear John'' and the original ''Poldark''.
Biography
Bates was born in Bristol, England. His parents were bo ...
; the couple divorced in 1973. Her hobbies have included making jewellery.
Notes
External links
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1941 births
Living people
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
English television actresses
English people of Belgian descent
English people of Scottish descent
People from Royal Tunbridge Wells
People educated at Malvern St James
Actresses from Kent