Ina Clare | |
Birth Date: | 1932/33 |
Birth Place: | Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK |
Death Date: | (aged 77) |
Death Place: | Barnet, London, England |
Occupation: | Actress |
Yearsactive: | 1972–2010 |
Ina Clare (1932/33 - 30 October 2010) was a British television actress, best known for her role as the background character Ina Foot in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. Clare also had roles in French and Saunders, Blake's 7 and In Sickness and in Health.
She was born in Windsor, Berkshire, and got her first job as a dancer in a pantomime at the Theatre Royal in Windsor at the age of sixteen.[1] She suffered a cerebral haemorrhage and collapsed on the set of EastEnders on 28 October 2010 and died two days later, at the age of 77. The 1 November 2010 episode of EastEnders was dedicated to her.[2]