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Lesley Goldie is a British
actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lit ...
of the early to mid-1970s, especially and better known for her appearances on ''
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'' as
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. Her works also include appearances with Mike & Bernie Winters,
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,
Des O'Connor Desmond Bernard O'Connor (12 January 1932 – 14 November 2020) was an English comedian, singer and television presenter. He was a long-time TV chat-show host, beginning with '' The Des O'Connor Show'' in 1963, which ran for ten years. He ...
and
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; such
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s as '' Bless This House'', '' Bachelor Father'', ''
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'' and '' Tales of the Unexpected'' (on the last of which she had a small role in a 1981 episode, her last known acting role to date); the 1973 film version of '' Love Thy Neighbour''; and appearances on the
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including '' Suddenly at Home'' (as Maggie Howard, in 1972-73) and '' The Gay Lord Quex'' (in 1975, directed by
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and also co-starring Dame Judi Dench and
Siân Phillips Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips (born 14 May 1933), known professionally as Siân Phillips ( ), is a Welsh actress. She has performed the title roles in Ibsen's ''Hedda Gabler'' and George Bernard Shaw's '' Saint Joan''. Early life Phil ...
).


Personal life

Born Lesley Goldie, she attended school at Holy Trinity Convent,
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and went on to study in
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. After her marriage she changed her name to Lesley O'Connor for some time. She has two children, sons Ciaran O'Connor and Tristan Goldie. Goldie had a run in the late 1970s as an
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/ref> As of 2014, she is working as an interior designer.


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British Film Institute filmography for Lesley Goldie
{{DEFAULTSORT:Goldie, Lesley Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English television actresses 20th-century English actresses