Lorna Heilbron (born 8 June 1948) is a
Glasgow
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-born
Scottish
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actress.
She appeared in
television
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series such as ''
Ace of Wands'', ''
Van der Valk
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'', ''
Blake's 7
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'', ''
Taggart
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'', ''
Lovejoy
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'' and ''
Hazell''.
She also starred in the horror films ''
The Creeping Flesh
''The Creeping Flesh'' is a 1973 British horror film directed by Freddie Francis, written by Peter Spenceley, and starring Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, and Lorna Heilbron.
Plot
Prof. Emmanuel Hildern (Peter Cushing), a Victorian era scien ...
'' (1973) and ''
Symptoms
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'' (1974).
In the 1985 BBC TV play ''
Queen of Hearts
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Books
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'', she starred as a bored housewife who wore black underwear belonging to her teenaged daughter and then, fleetingly, experimented with prostitution. She also appeared in the 1988 supernatural thriller ''
The Girl in a Swing'', and the 1994 comedy drama ''
Don't Get Me Started''.
Personal life
In 1980 she married actor
Nicholas Clay
Nicholas Anthony Phillip Clay (18 September 1946 – 25 May 2000) was an English actor.
Early life
Clay was born in Streatham, London on 18 September 1946, the son of a professional soldier in the British Army's Royal Engineers. The famil ...
, remaining together until his death in 2000. They had two daughters in 1983 and 1986.
She is now a therapist under the name Lorna Clay. Her elder sister is actress
Vivien Heilbron
Vivien Heilbron (born 13 May 1944) is a Scottish actress.
Career
Heilbron, who was born in Glasgow, was a member of the company at Dundee Repertory Theatre in the mid-1960s. She achieved fame in her homeland when she appeared in the 1971 BBC ...
.
References
External links
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1948 births
Living people
Scottish stage actresses
Scottish film actresses
Scottish television actresses
20th-century Scottish actresses
Actresses from Glasgow
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