IN THE 1960s when a British film or television producer wanted a sexy, independent, modern young woman you could be pretty sure that Sue Lloyd would be pretty near the top of their wish list.
“The soap was renowned for its wobbly scenery, bizarre storylines and regular slaughtering by the critics.
Lloyd-Roberts died on 13 October 2015 at University College Hospital in London, aged 64. Both left Crossroads in 1985, three years before the axe fi nally fell. Since her height (5' 8") decreased her chances of a ballet career, the statuesque Sue instead became a chorus girl and showgirl. Lloyd went on to appear in dozens of films and televison shows, including Department S, Hadleigh, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), His and Hers, Percy, The Persuaders! and The Sweeney. She also starred in a number of movies, most notably appearing alongside Michael Caine in The Ipcress File, before joining Crossroads in 1979. Although she was restricted to a guest slot on the TV version of The Avengers, the show that redefined a woman’s role in saving the world from mad criminals, Lloyd did get a shot at the female lead in the short-lived theatre version, creating the character of Hannah Wild on the London stage in the early 1970s. ‘If they want you,’ advised my agent, ‘they’ll come back.’”, Sue Lloyd, Film and television actress, BORN: August 7, 1939.
She had no children. Hollyoaks spoilers FRIDAY FAVOURITES rewinds to 2006 and Amy Barnes is pregnant. “Why would I, just back from filming The Pink Panther [Revenge of the Pink Panther] with Peter Sellers in the south of France and about to embark on the comedy The Upchat Line with John Alderton, want to get involved in a project like that?”. After her husband’s death Lloyd spent more time painting than acting. In 1979 Lloyd became a reluctant regular on Crossroads. Lloyd was her friend Vanessa Grant. Lloyd was talked into it and she eventually appeared in more than 700 episodes. Lloyd-Roberts confirmed she would be keeping a video diary for the programme. ©JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. DIED: October 20, 2011, aged 72. The pair remained together long after the motel-set soap was axed in 1988, eventually tying the knot in 1991, but sadly Ronald died from lung cancer just a few months after their wedding.
Since her height (5' 8") decreased her chances of a ballet career, the statuesque Sue instead became a chorus girl and showgirl. Lloyd and Allen eventually married in 1991 shortly before his death from lung cancer. One year later that’s exactly what they did when Lloyd was offered the part of Barbara Hunter. She worked as a fashion model and took acting lessons. Obituary: Sue Lloyd - Glamorous actress who appeared in Crossroads, The Avengers and The Ipcress File. Although she was approaching 40, Lloyd was not ready to ditch the sexy image that had made her a star in the 1960s and she had a major role in The Stud and The Bitch, the controversial low-brow sex dramas that revived Joan Collins’s career. In the 1990s she made a guest appearance in Keeping Up Appearances and reprised her character from The Ipcress File in a belated installment in the Harry Palmer adventures Bullet to Beijing, alongside Michael Caine and Jason Connery. After Allen’s death, Lloyd acted less often and spent more time painting. Five years later she became one of the last two debutantes to be presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the fi nal such ceremony to be staged. ... (March 1991 - 18 June 1991) ( his death) Trivia (2) In 1958 she was one of the last two debutantes to be presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace in the final such … Born: 7 August, 1939, in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Previously Lloyd had had a brief fling with Sean Connery in the 1960s and she was also at one time involved with Peter Sellers. Cordelia was to The Baron, what Emma Peel was to John Steed. And it was as an actress that she was to enjoy her greatest success. She and Allen were written out of Crossroads in 1985, but they acted together again on The Comic Strip’s Eat the Rich and Bergerac. The cause of her death was not revealed, but her niece Joanna Mitchell told the Daily Telegraph that the actress had been in poor health for a number of years. After Lloyd’s death, Joan Collins tweeted: “Sad 2 hear of death of Sue Lloyd. The cause of her death has not been made public but her niece Joanna Mitchell revealed that the actress had been in poor health for a number of years. Born in Suffolk, Lloyd moved to Birmingham with her family when she was still young and then won a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School at Sadler’s Wells. Actress Sue Lloyd, who was best known for her role as Barbara Hunter in the ITV soap Crossroads as well as appearing in a host of other shows, has died aged 72. Beautiful, talented and gregarious there was a time when it looked like Lloyd was on the cusp on international stardom with roles in fi lms such as The Ipcress File, Revenge Of The Pink Panther and The Stud and The Bitch alongside her good friend Joan Collins. At much the same time Lloyd landed the role of Cordelia Winfield in The Baron. The films were both big hits. Why would I, just back from fi lming Revenge Of The Pink Panther with Peter Sellers in the south of France and about to embark on the comedy The Upchat Line with John Alderton, want to get involved in a project like that? Sue Lloyd, Film and television actress, 1939 - 2011. Personal life Besides, I was too busy. Coronation Street spoilers: Scott takes Jenny Connor hostage! order back issues and use the historic Daily Express In her 1998 autobiography It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time she made no bones about what she thought of the offer, writing: “My initial reaction was to be a bit sniffy about it. Sue Lloyd, Actress: The Ipcress File.
She described her aunt – who worked with stars including Michael Caine and Peter Sellers – as “gregarious” and added “she got on with everybody she met”. Her character Barbara Brady was supposedly a housekeeper (and suspected poisoner), but the housekeeper bit was just a front, as she was really a romantic novelist.
A doctor’s daughter, Susan Margery Jeaffreson Lloyd was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, but grew up largely in Birmingham, where she showed early promise as a ballet dancer. DIED: October 20, 2011, aged 72 One year later that’s exactly what they did when Lloyd was offered the part of Barbara Hunter. Actress Sue Lloyd, who was best known for her role as Barbara Hunter in the ITV soap Crossroads as well as appearing in a host of other shows, has died aged 72. Craig Revel Horwood – things you didn’t know about the Strictly Come Dancing judge, The Sister on ITV – Start date, cast plot and all you need to know about the spooky new thriller, Finding Alice starring Keeley Hawes – release date, cast, plot, trailer and more, Home and Away spoilers: Angelo Rosetta questions Ziggy Astoni, Emmerdale spoilers! So it’s perhaps not surprising that when Lloyd was invited to join the Midlands-based motel drama in 1978 she considered the move something of a come-down.
She won a scholarship to the Royal Ballet School at Sadler’s Wells and she was reputedly part of the last batch of debutants to be presented to the Queen at Buckingham Palace. Her profi le was given a further boost thanks to romances with Peter Sellers and Sean Connery, the details of which she later sold to a newspaper and which fi nanced the purchase of a London fl at. Her character, Barbara Brady, later became Barbara Hunter after she married David Hunter, played by actor Ronald Allen – and their romance spilled over into real life when they began dating.
Express. WATCH: Dramatic time-lapse video shows amazing transformation of Glasgow Queen Street Station, Post-Brexit trade deal 'likely', says key Europe minister. The glamorous, dark-haired actress, with the alluring eyes, long eyelashes and distinctive beauty spot on her cheek, turned up at some point on most of the shows that defined that decade and she was a regular on the ITC adventure series The Baron. By The Newsroom. She also wrote an autobiography It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time. Adapted from the best-sellers written by Joan’s sister Jackie Collins, they involved copious amounts of nudity, which was controversial, at least partly because of the age of the women and because Collins had come up through the Rank charm school and was regarded as “old school”. They remained together for 13 years and married six weeks before Allen’s death from lung cancer in 1991. Although she was briefl y a member of Lionel Blair’s dance troupe she grew too tall to make a career out of dancing and became a model and actress making her mark in The Saint, The Avengers, The Sweeney and a long-standing stint on The Baron. Had 2 get drunk to do nude pool scene in Stud – almost drowned laughing!”. Born in 1939, British actress Sue Lloyd trained in dance as a child, studying at the Sadler's Wells School at age 11. After his death Sue moved away from the limelight to focus on a career in painting, but continued to make the occasional TV appearance, most notably in the hit sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. Not only did her character marry the motel owner David Hunter, but off-screen Lloyd and Ronald Allen, the actor who played David, became a couple too. Worked with her on Stud and Bitch. Born in 1939, British actress Sue Lloyd trained in dance as a child, studying at the Sadler's Wells School at age 11. Collins played Fontaine Khaled, the bored wife of a wealthy businessman. Died: 20 October, 2011, aged 72. Her career took off in the mid-1960s when she was cast alongside Michael Caine’s famously downbeat everyman spy Harry Palmer in the film The Ipcress File. (In August 2015, Derbyshire was diagnosed with a different form of cancer, and also announced that she would keep a public vlog.) Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, Lloyd had no children. Her decision to accept the career-defi ning role changed her life in more ways than one when she fell in love with her co-star Ronald Allen, who played her husband and the Crossroads manager David Hunter.
She also worked regularly on The Two Ronnies. She never fully recovered from his death. But the producers were persistent. newspaper archive. The role had actually been intended for a man and Lloyd’s casting reflected changing social attitudes and the success of The Avengers (and pressure from the US buyers). Sue Lloyd, Film and television actress, BORN: August 7, 1939. Neighbours spoilers: Is Dipi Rebecchi and Pierce’s affair over… or just beginning? Lloyd may perhaps be best remembered for her work in the British TV series "The Baron" (1966 to 1967) and as Barbara Hunter in "Crossroads" (1975 to 1985), the latter which starred her future husband Ronald Allen, whom she married in 1991, but he would succumb from lung cancer a short time after. Pregnant Tracy hears worrying news from her sister Vanessa. She had a spell with Lionel Blair’s troupe, but she was tall for a dancer and was forced into thinking about alternatives. Broken-hearted since her husband, the dashing actor Ronald Allen, succumbed to cancer just weeks after their marriage, Sue Lloyd has died at the age of 72.
Her last acting role was in the 2001 fi lm Beginner’s Luck. BRIAN PENDREIGH, This website and its associated newspaper are members of Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). “The soap was renowned for its wobbly scenery, bizarre storylines and regular slaughtering by the critics,” she wrote in her memoirs. She played Jean Courtney, one of his colleagues with whom he becomes romantically involved.
Sue began her career as a dancer and model before turning to the small screen in the 1960s and 70s, appearing in some of the best known shows of the era including The Persuaders, The Two Ronnies, Jason King and The Saint.
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