Jacqueline Hill
Jacqueline Hill | |
|---|---|
| Born | Grace Jacqueline Hill 17 December 1929 |
| Died | 18 February 1993 (aged 63) |
| Cause of death | Bone cancer |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | Alvin Rakoff (1958–1993, her death) |
| Children | Dr. Sasha Rakoff John D. Rakoff |
Jacqueline Hill (17 December 1929 – 18 February 1993) was an English actress. She was best known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. Hill returned for an appearance in the 1980 Doctor Who story Meglos, as the priestess Lexa.
Career
[change | change source]Hill trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She was first on stage in London's West End in The Shrike. Many more roles followed, including, on television, Shop Window, Fabian of the Yard and An Enemy of the People.
Personal life
[change | change source]In 1958 she married the director Alvin Rakoff. The previous year she was in his BBC adaptation of Rod Serling's American television play Requiem for a Heavyweight.[1]
After leaving Doctor Who in 1965, she gave up acting to raise a family. She had a daughter Sasha and son John.[2] Hill began acting again in 1979. She gained further TV credits in, amongst other programmes, Tales of the Unexpected and as Lady Capulet in the BBC Television Shakespeare version of Romeo and Juliet in 1978.
Jacqueline Hill died of bone cancer in 1993.
Selected works
[change | change source]- The Blue Parrot (1953)
- The Comedy Man (1964)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Lloyd, Spencer. "Requiem for Two Heavyweights". RodSerling.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
- ↑ Alvin Rakoff Biography (1927-)