Delena Kidd
{{Short description|English actress (born 1935)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Delena Kidd
| birth_name = Delena Violet Kidd
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|02|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Gary Raymond (m. 1961)
| children = 3
| occupation = Stage, film and TV actress
| alma_mater = Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
}}
Delena Kidd (born 11 February 1935) is an English actress who has appeared in numerous British television productions since the late 1950s. In recent years she is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Queen Adelaide in Victoria & Albert.
Biography
Her father was a doctor and her mother the actress Violet Ormonde. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College, followed by the Central School of Speech and Drama where she won the Sybil Thorndike Prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.cherishedtelevision.co.uk/delenakidd.html|title=A profile of the actor Delena Kidd|publisher=Cherished Television |accessdate=7 June 2014}} She then appeared in repertory theatre in Britain.
Career
Her television appearances include; The Four Just Men, Family Affairs, Time Trumpet, The Sweeney, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles and most recently Holby City in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s7699|title=Holby City Cast|publisher=BBC Television|accessdate=8 June 2014}}
Her films include Room at the Top.{{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Fifty Classic British Films, 1932-1982: A Pictorial Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zu1zw2ugvTsC&q=Delena+Kidd+Room+at+the+Top&pg=PA94|year=1985|publisher=Constable|page=94|isbn=9780486148519 }}
Personal life
She is married to the actor Gary Raymond.{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-196296319.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011093256/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-196296319.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 October 2014|title=Theatre gurus just doing the best they can|last=Henry|first=Zane|date=24 March 2009|work=The Star |via=HighBeam Research|accessdate=7 June 2014}} The couple met on a production at the Oxford Playhouse and 56 years later they again appeared on stage together in Oxford at the Burton Taylor Studio.. They have three children.[http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/10701983.Back_on_stage_where_love_blossomed/ 'Back on Stage Where love blossomed' at The Oxford Times]. Retrieved 26 June 2014
Filmography
= Film =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1959
|Eva | |
| 2019
|Old woman | |
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1955
|{{sortname|The|Browning Version|nolink=1}} |Mrs. Gilbert |TV film |
| 1958
|ITV Television Playhouse |Sally Rhodes |"A Sense of Justice" |
| 1958
|Sheila Ray / Lady Caroline Dester |"Mary Broome", "The Enchanted April" |
| 1959
|{{sortname|The|Third Man|The Third Man (TV series)}} |Yvonne Chanteau |"Dinner in Paris" |
| 1960
|{{sortname|The|Four Just Men|The Four Just Men (TV series)}} |Ingrid Brandt |"Crack-Up" |
| 1960
|Lorraine Sheldon |"The Man Who Came to Dinner" |
| 1960
|Kate Lehmann |"The Man with a Feather in His Hat" |
| 1960
|Pat |"The Song of a March Hare" |
| 1960
|Margaret Winsor |"Loyalties" |
| 1960
|{{sortname|The|Citadel|The Citadel (1960 British miniseries)}} |Toppy Le Roy |"1.5" |
| 1960
|Gloria |"The Golden Clown" |
| 1961
|Franky |"Name, Date and Place" |
| 1961
|{{sortname|The|Avengers|The Avengers (TV series)}} |Vera Korsova |"Girl on the Trapeze" |
| 1961
|{{sortname|The|Probation Officer}} |Mrs. Cooper |"2.39" |
| 1961
|Echo Four Two |Effie Mead |"First Day Out" |
| 1961
|Jacquetta |"After the Fair" |
| 1961
|Nina |"Shadow Play" |
| 1963
|Secret Beneath the Sea |Dr. Ellen Carey |TV series |
| 1963
|Friday Night |Paddy Rogers |"The Stop-Out" |
| 1964
|Janet Nelson |"A Car Is Stolen" |
| 1965
|Fleure Pitt |"The Guilty World of Hosea Pitt" |
| 1965
|Nancy Long |"Puppets of Evil" |
| 1965
|{{sortname|The|Wednesday Play}} |Sonia |"The Seven O'clock Crunch" |
| 1965
|{{sortname|The|Man in Room 17}} |Pat Hardacre |"Black Anniversary" |
| 1965
|Dr. Laura Denville |"Some Lapse of Time" |
| 1965
|Olive Chadwick |"My Father's Keeper" |
| 1966
|Liz Lodge |"All the Black Dresses She Wants" |
| 1966
|{{sortname|The|Spies|The Spies (TV series)}} |Janet |"Full Pay and Funeral Expenses" |
| 1968
|Ruth Kinsale |"Murder: Killer's Odds" |
| 1968
|Detective |Patricia Leggatt |"The Unquiet Sleep" |
| 1973
|Jane Pardoe |"Conduct Prejudicial: Part 3" |
| 1974
|Centre Play |Jean |"Sweetheart" |
| 1975
|Paula |"Take No for an Answer" |
| 1978
|{{sortname|The|Sweeney}} |Mrs. Morris |"One of Your Own" |
| 1978
|Valjean's Sister |TV film |
| 1980–81
|Sarah Cunningham |Main role |
| 1981
|Maybury |Pat Hardacre |"Weekend" |
| 1987
|{{sortname|The|Two Mrs. Grenvilles}} |Tuchy Bainbridge |TV miniseries |
| 1987
|Strong Medicine |Flora Stedman |TV film |
| 1991
|Betty |"The Odds Couple" |
| 1994
|Lady Morland |TV miniseries |
| 1995
|Amy Gower |"Lost Boys" |
| 1997
|Elsa Gates |Recurring role |
| 1997
|{{sortname|The|Moth|nolink=1}} |Peggy Waters |TV film |
| 2001
|Gimmme 6 |Music Judge |"London Calling", "Where Is Never, Never Land?" |
| 2001
|TV miniseries |
| 2002
|Judith Gordon |"Cast the First Stone" |
| 2004
|Lily |"Home Truths" |
| 2006
|Various |3 episodes |
| 2011
|Hilda |"The Gran Master" |
| 2013
|Sally Walken |"Time Has Told Me" |
| 2017
|Joan Compton |"Past Imperfect" |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0452237|name=Delena Kidd}}
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Category:English film actresses
Category:English television actresses
Category:Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama