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Eve Lucinda "Lucy" Fleming (born 15 May 1947) is a British actress.


Biography


Early life and ancestry

Fleming was born in Nettlebed, England. She is the second daughter of actress Celia Johnson and writer Peter Fleming (brother of
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). She is a granddaughter of
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who was killed during
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in May 1917, and of his widow, Evelyn. Amaryllis Fleming was her half-aunt, fathered by Welsh painter and Lucy's
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during his relationship with Evelyn. John's sister and fellow artist Gwen was Lucy's great-aunt. Fleming spent part of her childhood growing up in New Zealand: "My parents packed me off to some friends in New Zealand when I was 16, hoping I would grow up a little and perhaps change my mind about acting. I was quite a tomboy. I ended up at the Bay of Islands, which was just the most beautiful place in the world. I was meant to be looking after the friends' little boy, but I didn't have a clue, and I don't recall doing much of that at all. I loved the country, though."


Career

Fleming is perhaps best known for her role as Jenny Richards in the
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drama series '' Survivors'', which originally aired from 1975 to 1977. Jenny is the only character to appear in both the first and last episodes of the show. Her numerous credits in other British television series include '' The Avengers'', Lydia Bennet in BBC's 1967 Pride and Prejudice series, Maud Ruthyn on the Season 4 episode "Uncle Silas" of the anthology series ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', the regular role of Jo in ''
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''. More recently she has appeared on the long running radio soap opera ''
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'' as Miranda, the depressed wife of minor tycoon Justin Elliot, who is played by her real-life husband.


Personal life

Fleming has been married twice; first to Joseph William Peter Laycock (b. July 1938 – d. 14 December 1980) from 1971 to 1980, by whom she had a daughter Flora Laycock (b. 16 March 1972 – d. 14 December 1980), and two sons Robert Laycock (b. June 1973) and Diggory Laycock (b. December 1975). Her husband and her daughter, Flora, drowned on 14 December 1980 in a boating accident on the Thames. She married her second husband, the actor Simon Williams, in 1986. Her uncle Ian's literary estate passed to her father Peter after his death. Since Peter's death, Fleming and her sister Kate have controlled
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.


References


External links

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Lucy Fleming genealogy
Retrieved 21 September 2007.
Times article by Lucy Fleming on her childhood
31 August 2008

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