Elizabeth Joan Winch (14 August 1930 – 6 September 2018), known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles.

Early life

Fraser was born in

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, London. Her year of birth was usually cited as 1933, which she gave when auditioning for her role in ''

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'', because the

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wanted someone younger for the part. In fact she was three years older, as she confirmed in her autobiography, ''Liz Fraser ... and Other Characters'', published by Signum Books in 2012. Her father was a travelling salesman for a brewery and her mother owned a

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just off the

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. Their family life was disrupted by the

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, when she was evacuated, initially to

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and then, when that was deemed still too vulnerable to bombing, to Chudleigh, a village in

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. Her father died in May 1942, aged 40, when she was 11. She went to St Saviour's and St Olave's Grammar School for Girls between the ages of 13 and 17. She then attended evening courses at

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, where she joined a drama group, and the City of London College for Commerce, Book-Keeping, Shorthand and Typing, and won an evening scholarship to the

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Career

Her first film appearance was in '' Touch and Go'' (1955), using her birth name, and ''

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'' (1957) in which she worked with

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for the first time. Fraser also appeared in commercial television's first live play ''The Geranium'' for

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. She made an uncredited appearance as June in ''Alive and Kicking'' (1959), Her breakthrough role was as the daughter of Sellers' character in ''

'' (1959), for which she received a BAFTA nomination as Most Promising Newcomer. She was in several of the early ''Carry On'' films: ''

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'' (1961), '' Carry On Cruising'' (1962), and ''

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'' (1963), but was sacked by producer

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after casually saying the series could be better marketed. She re-appeared in the series in ''

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'' (1975), her salary apparently half of what it had been before. Her other film appearances include ''

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'' (1959), ''

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'' (1960), again with Sellers, ''

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'' (1960), ''

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'' (1961) '' Raising the Wind'' (1961), ''

On the Fiddle ''On the Fiddle'' (released as ''Operation Snafu'' and ''Operation War Head'' in the United States) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sean Connery, Alfred Lynch, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Eric Barker, Mi ...

'' (1961), '' The Painted Smile'' (1962), ''

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'' (1964), ''

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'' (1966), ''

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'' (1968), ''

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'' (1971), and a string of sex comedies: ''

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'' (1976), ''

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'' (1976), ''

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'' (1977), ''

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'' (1977) and '' Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse'' (1978). Fraser was also known for her many appearances in British television series, including ''

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'', and the ''

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'' episode "The Girl from Auntie" where she guest starred opposite ''Carry On'' regular

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. As Elizabeth Fraser, over a period of nearly six months, she appeared in numerous editions of the

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'' Sixpenny Corner'' (1955–56). She appeared on

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's late-1950s TV shows, and in a single sketch in the 23 December 1970 episode of his

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series. This episode was in black and white (owing to the "

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" by

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technicians, who wanted to be paid extra for working with the then-new colour TV technology), and hence the sketch was not included in any of the half-hour syndicated episodes of ''

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''. However, it is included in the Volume 1 box set of the complete ''Benny Hill Show'', issued by A&E and Fremantle. Fraser also starred as Gloria Simpkins in the radio sitcom ''

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'' alongside Arthur Lowe and

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from 1971 to 1973. She played Mrs Brent, the mother of a missing girl, in the television production of

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's ''Nemesis'', starring

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as Miss Marple, in 1987. Another role was in the "Backtrack" episode of the British police series '' The Professionals'', as Margery Harper, a glamorous woman who fenced stolen property in her shop. Her other television work included ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Robin's Nest'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Birds of a Feather'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Personal life and death

Fraser married Peter Yonwin, a travelling salesman, in November 1958, but the marriage soon broke down and they were divorced. She married her second husband, Bill Hitchcock, a TV director, in January 1965 at Harrow Register Office. They agreed not to work together, but this changed in 1972 when she appeared in the

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sitcom ''

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!'', which Hitchcock co-directed, and again later in the same year, when she acted in ''Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour'', a comedy series starring Michael Bates and produced by Hitchcock. Hitchcock died from a

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in February 1974, at the age of 45. Fraser was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1978 and 1979, undergoing a lumpectomy the first time and having reconstructive surgery at the Marsden in 1979. Fraser had a half-brother, Philip, 11 years older, the son of her mother from a previous marriage. She supported various

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and was a patron of the London Repertory Company. She was also an enthusiastic and talented poker and bridge player. She died on 6 September 2018 at

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as a result of complications following an operation.

Filmography

Television appearances

* '' Sixpenny Corner'' (1955) – Julie Perkins * ''

'' (1956-1960) – Various characters * ''

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'' (1956) * ''ITV Television Playhouse'': "Two Ducks on a Pond" (1957) - Beryl * ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...

'' (1957) - Jeannie Richards * ''

Shadow Squad ''Shadow Squad'' is a British TV series that ran from 1957-59 starring Peter Williams and George Moon. 179 episodes were made, of which only four survive. Network released the surviving episodes on DVD in 2011, along with the sole surviving episo ...

'' (1957) - Gilda * ''

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'' (1957) * ''

Whack-O! ''Whack-O!'' is a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and broadcast from 1956 to 1960 and 1971 to 1972. The series (in black and white) ran on the BBC from 1956 to 1960 and (in colour) from 19 ...

'' (1957) - Matron * '' Educated Evans'' (1957) – W.R.A.C. Clerk * ''

'' (1958) - Maisie Perkins * ''Hotel Imperial'' (1958) * ''The Sky Larks'' (1958) - Rose * ''

Educating Archie ''Educating Archie'' was a BBC Light Programme comedy show which was broadcast for nearly ten years between June 1950 and February 1960, mostly at lunchtime on Sundays. The programme featured ventriloquist Peter Brough and his doll Archie Andr ...

'' (1958) * ''Murder Bag'' (1958) * ''

'' (1958) - Lena * ''

No Hiding Place ''No Hiding Place'' is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series ''Murder Bag'' (1957–1958) ...

'' (1959) - Rose Glorie * '' Boyd Q.C.'' (1959) * ''

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'' (1959) - Dora * ''

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'' (1959) - Betsy Linton * ''ITV Television Playhouse'': "Incident" (1960) - Mavis * ''Knight Errant Limited'' (1960) - Gloria MacLean * ''

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'' (1960) - Riggie * ''

'' (1960–1962) – Liz * ''

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'' (1962) - Lorna * ''

'' (1963) - Sheba * '' Harry's Girls'' (1963) - Sally Witherspoon * '' Fire Crackers'' (1964) - Mary Medway * ''

'' (1965) - Phyllis Nolan * ''It's Not Me: It's Them!'' (1965) - Mrs. Ember * '' The Avengers'': "The Girl from AUNTIE" (1966) – Georgie Price-Jones * ''Seven Deadly Virtues'' (1967) - Agnes * ''Mickey Dunne'' (1967) – Maisie * ''

'' (1969): " It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water" – Fay Crackan * ''

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'' (1970) - Zizi Bagor * ''

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'': "Caught in the Act" (1970) - Miss Heffer * ''

'' (1970) - Various Roles * ''BBC The World About Us - Under London Expedition'' (1971) - Herself * ''

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'' (1972) - Countess Antonescu * '' Jason King'' (1972) - Claire * ''Crime of Passion'' (1972) - Denise * '' Dear Mother...Love Albert'' (1972) - Ann * ''Turnbull's Finest Half-Hour'' (1972) – Faye Bush * ''

'' (1973) - Lady Esham ('Murder Most Foul', episode) * ''Seven Faces of Woman'' (1977) - Delilah Brown * ''

'' (1978): "Rumpole and the Alternative Society" - Bobby Dogherty * '' Robin's Nest'' (1978): "The Happy Hen" - Vera * '' The Professionals'': "Backtrack" (1979) – Margery Harper * ''

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'' (1984) – Sister Mavis Gearing * ''

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'' (1984–1986) – Doris Entwhistle * ''

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'': "Nemesis" (1987) – Mrs. Brent * ''

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'' (1987) - Agnes * ''Rude Health'' (1988) - Mrs. Joy * ''

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'' (1988) - Mrs. Dewey * '' The Lady and the Highwayman'' (1988) - Flossie * '' Capstick's Law'' (1989) - Florence Smith * '' Birds of a Feather'': "Just Family" (1991) – Olive Stubbs * ''

'': "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Retiring" (1993) – Delilah * '' Demob'' (1993) - Edith * ''

'' (1994) - Grace Walsh * ''

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'' (1996) - Nel * ''Drover's Gold'' (1997) - Ma Whistler * ''Hold to Zero'' (2000) - Grace * ''

'' (2000) – Reggie Unsworth * ''Pickles: The Dog Who Won the World Cup'' (2006) - Ada * ''

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'' (2006) – Beryl Gifford * ''

'' (2007) – Mollie Summersgill * ''

'' (2007) – Tabitha Blackstock * ''

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'': "Till Death Do Us Part" (2018) – Marcia Jackson

References

Sources

* Simon Sheridan ''Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema'', Titan Books (2011, 4th edition);

External links

Liz Fraser
at the

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*
Official website of the Carry On films
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