Gillian Raine

{{Short description|British actress and singer (1926–2016)}}

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{{Infobox person

|name = Gillian Raine

|image = Gillian_Raine.jpg

|birth_name = Gillian Mary Lorraine

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|12|28|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Colombo, Ceylon

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|06|19|1926|12|28|df=yes}}
London, England

|occupation = Actress, singer

|years_active = 1946–2012

|spouse = {{marriage|Leonard Rossiter|1972|1984|end=died}}

|children = 1

}}

Gillian Mary Lorraine (28 December 1926{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/aA_Az0hgNCYNc_e0qLMj66ZACvo/appointments|title=Gillian Mary Lorraine ROSSITER - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)|website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk}}Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - entry for Rossiter - accessed 4 July 2011 – 19 June 2018),{{Cite web|url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=Rossiter&SurnameGrants=Rossiter&YearOfDeath=2018&YearOfDeathGrants=2018&IsGrantSearch=True&IsCalendarSearch=False&page=2#wills|title=Find a will | GOV.UK|website=probatesearch.service.gov.uk}} known professionally as Gillian Raine, was a British actress and singer. She was married to actor Leonard Rossiter from 1972 until his death in 1984; they had one daughter, Camilla (b. 1972).{{cite web|title = Personal Remembrances, includes many pictures with Raine and his daughter|url =http://www.leonardrossiter.com/Personal.html|accessdate = 2009-02-04}}

Raine appeared in repertory theatre, TV drama and film productions. Her theatre works included Hedda Gabler (as Juliana Tesman), 2005, at The Duke of York's Theatre, Richard Eyre's production of La Grande Magia for the National Theatre, Mike Bradwell's Mackerel Sky at the Bush Theatre and Bill Bryden’s production of A Month in the Country at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and in the West End at the Albery Theatre.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/r3e/gillian-raine|title=Gillian Raine | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}} Film work included Darling and A Night to Remember and on television Kiss Me Kate, Vanity Fair, A Very Peculiar Practice and Under the Hammer.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1e4bb9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317101636/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f1e4bb9|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 March 2019|title=Gillian Raine|website=BFI}} She met Rossiter when they were both appearing in the play Semi-Detached in 1962 at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry.{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/4gy/semi-detached/production/mr7|title=Production of Semi-Detached | Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}

Leonard's marriage to Josephine Tewson had ended in 1961.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/whats-on/news/keeping-up-a-solo-appearance-33233/|title=Still keeping up appearances|date=11 March 2015}} During the play's second run at the Belgrade, in September 1963, Leonard and Gillian fell in love and started to live together, although they did not marry until 1972.{{cite web|title = Personal Remembrances, includes picture with Raine in the play 'Semi-Detached'|url =http://www.leonardrossiter.com/SemiDetached.html|accessdate = 2009-02-04}} Semi-Detached subsequently played briefly on Broadway in October 1963.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/semi-detached-3025#OpeningNightCast|title=Semi-Detached – Broadway Play – 1963 Revival | IBDB|website=ibdb.com}} She played the part of Phyllis Bennett in the 1987 TV Series, The Charmer starring Nigel Havers, and appeared as Harriet Longthorn in New Tricks (S5:E3, "A Face for Radio," 2008).{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/masterpiece/episode-23-season-18/the-charmer/191638|title=Masterpiece | TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/hpdg/new-tricks--s5-e3-a-face-for-radio/|title=New Tricks - S5 - Episode 3: A Face for Radio|website=Radio Times}} She died in 2018 at the age of 91.{{Cite web|url=https://www.equity.org.uk/news/2018/november/equity-council-digest-november-2018/|title=Equity - Equity Council digest: November 2018|website=equity.org.uk}}