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Julia Hills (born 3 April 1957) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Rona in all eight series of the

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''. She also portrayed various roles in

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's first late night satirical sketch show ''

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'', Beryl in two series of the sitcom '' Dad'' and Caroline Joyner in ''

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Early life and career

Hills was born in

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and is a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company where she played many leading roles including Sally Forth in the premiere of Peter Nichols' musical ''

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''. Perdita in ''

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'' and Diana in '' All's Well That Ends Well'' directed by

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. She also played Edwin Drood in the New York Shakespeare Theatre production of ''

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'' at the

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in 1987 working with

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and

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. She went to Walton high school, Stafford, Staffordshire.

Theatre work

Hills was nominated for an

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(Actress of the Year in a Musical) in 1984 for her performance as Emily Tallentire in Howard Goodall and Melvyn Bragg's musical ''

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''. Other theatre credits include Eve in ''Flying Under Bridges'' by

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adapted by Sarah Daniels (Watford Palace Theatre), Betty in ''Larkin with Women'' ( Coventry Belgrade), Vera in '' Stepping Out'' (New Vic Theatre Stoke), ''The Hired Man'' (Leicester Haymarket and West End), '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (RSC Stratford and Barbican) Rusty in ''Our Friends in the North'' by

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(RSC Newcastle and Barbican), ''The Witch of Edmonton'' (RSC Stratford), ''Beside Herself'' by Sarah Daniels (Royal Court), ''We The Undersigned'', ''Dealing With Clair'' by

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(Orange Tree Richmond), Toine in ''Piaf'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', ''Guys and Dolls'', '' The Tempest'', Sylvia Raven in Shaw's'' The Philanderer'', ''Beside The Sea'', Susannah in Alan Ayckbourn's '' Bedroom Farce'', ''A Mad World my Masters'', Dorcas Frey in David Hare's '' Plenty'' (

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), '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (Bristol Old Vic and London Old Vic),

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's ''

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'', ''Does This Train Stop at Southend?'' (Stratford East), Bunty Mainwaring in

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'', ''Shore Saints and Sea Devils'' (Library Theatre Manchester), ''Fertility Dance'' (Nuffield Southampton), ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' (York Theatre Royal) and two national tours of ''Who Dares Wins – Sex and Drugs and Sausage Roll''. From February 2009 she took part in a nationwide tour of ''

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'' before it moved to the Noël Coward Theatre from 3 April 2009. In recent years, she has appeared as Mrs Eynsford-Hill in '' Pygmalion'' at Manchester's Royal Exchange theatre and rejoined the tour of ''Calendar Girls'' to play the role of Annie. She played Amy Ruskin in ''Special Occasions'' at The Mill Theatre Sonning playing opposite her husband

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and then played Homily Clock in ''

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'' at The Nuffield Theatre Southampton. She completed sell out seasons at

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in Bristol garnering five star reviews for her performances as Goneril in ''

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'' and Madame Ranevskaya in ''

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'' both directed by Andrew Hilton and then moved to the

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where she performed in

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'' playing Amanda Wingfield. She has played the part of Kath in ''

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'' by Joe Orton at Curve Leicester and Toine in '' Piaf'' directed by Paul Kerryson. She has played Margaret in ''Springs Eternal'' by Susan Glaspell at The

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Richmond directed by Sam Walters and ''Worst Wedding Ever'' by

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at the

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. In 2019, she created the role of Dolly Bantry for the first-ever English stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's ''

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'' for

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directed by Melly Still which toured in the UK and Ireland.

Television work

Hills has appeared in many TV shows, such as in ''

'' in which she played Rona for the show's 8 series run on BBC1 (1991–1999). She also starred as all of the women and even some of the male characters in the

comedy series ''

'' (1984–88). She has appeared as Caroline Joyner in hospital drama ''

'' (2004–2005), and previously in the series as Carol Simpson for one 1993 episode. She also starred in ''Ladies in Charge'' for 6 episodes in 1986 and shared a leading role with

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in BBC sitcom '' Dad'' as Beryl Hook for 13 episodes (1997–1999) over 2 series. '' Dad'' was written by Andrew Marshall who also created ''

''. She has also appeared as herself on ''

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'' in 1993 and ''

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'' in 2009. Hills is also known for playing Annabelle Shrivener in ''

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'' as well as appearing in numerous other radio series and plays. Her films include ''Homeground'' (1982). In February 2022, she portrayed the role of Susan Rutherford in the BBC soap opera '' Doctors''.

Personal life

Hills is married to actor and director

, who played John Tallentire in ''The Hired Man''. The couple have three children; including actor Stewart Clarke and comedian Abi Clarke.

Filmography

Television

*''The Lost Tribe'' (1980) *''Goodbye Days'' (1984) *''

'' (1984–1988) *'' Storyboard'' (1985) *''

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'' (1985) *'' Ladies in Charge'' (1986) *''The Refuge'' (1987) *''The Bretts'' (1988) *''

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'' (1990) *''

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'' (1991) *'' Haggard'' (1992) *''

(1991–1999)'' *'' Dad'' (1997–1999) *''

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'' (2000) *'' Doctors'' (2002) *'' Murphy's Law'' (2003) *'' Trevor's World of Sport'' (2003) *''Star'' (2003) *''

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'' (2004) *''Wipe Out'' (2004) *''

'' (1993, 2004–5) *''All in the Game'' (2006) *''Doctors'' (2010) *'' Outnumbered'' (2010) *'' Boomers'' (2016) *'' EastEnders'' (2018) *''Doctors'' (2022)

Radio

*''Falco'' *''Revolting People'' *''Julie and the Prince'' *''Earth Song'' *''It Started With a Click'' *''Dealing With Clair'' *''The Culper Tapes'' *''Saturday Night Fry'' *''The Rainbow Bridge'' *''Gilbert Without Sullivan'' *''The Lost Child'' *''The Walsall Boys'' *''Book at Bedtime'' *''Our Man in Havana'' *''Life Death and Sex with Sue and Mike'' *''

The Long Hot Satsuma ''The Long Hot Satsuma'' is a radio comedy sketch show from 1989 featuring Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Alison Steadman, Paul B. Davies and Julia Hills. The show was produced by Dirk Maggs. Some episodes were repeated on BBC Radio 7 BB ...

References

External links

*
Julia Hills' website
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