Vilma Hollingbery | |
Birth Name: | Vilma Jean Hollingbery |
Birth Date: | 1932 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | West Ham, Essex, England |
Death Place: | Hillingdon, London, England |
Nationality: | British |
Occupation: | Actress |
Children: | 1 |
Vilma Jean Napier Brown (21 July 1932 – 11 September 2021), known professionally as Vilma Hollingbery, was a British character actress. She appeared in various television programmes and films over a span of sixty years, and was known for her appearances as Claudia Wren in Psychoville, and also appeared in A Touch of Frost, the 1980 film Babylon, Doctor Who and The Bill, in which she appeared six times as different characters.[1] [2] [3] She also portrayed Barbara in Motherland.
Hollingbery was married to the actor and director Michael Napier Brown, the couple had a daughter together, who also became an actress. Michael Napier Brown died in August 2016.[4]
Hollingbery died in London, on 11 September 2021, at the age of 89.[5] [6] [7]
Television | ||||
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Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
1967 | Champion House | Mim Royston | Episode: "Sonata for a Solo Fiddle" | |
1976 | BBC2 Playhouse | Mrs Smith | Episode: "The Mind Beyond: Meriel, the Ghost Girl" | |
1977 | Secret Army | Neighbour | Episode: "Growing Up" | |
1978 | The Sweeney | Anne Monk | Episode: "Money, Money, Money" | |
1981 | When the Boat Comes In | Mrs Dawson | Episode: "Oh, My Charming Billy Boy" | |
1988 | The Management | Mrs Crusty | ||
1989 | The River | Aunt Betty | ||
1989 | The Bill | Hazel Davison | Episode: "Traffic" | |
1991 | The Bill | Dorothy Strong | Episode: "832 Receiving" | |
1992 | Maigret | Landlady | Episode: "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife" | |
1992 | Waiting for God | Esme Sutherland | Episode: "Harvey's Fiancee" | |
1992 | Sitting Pretty | Kitty | Unknown episodes | |
1995 | London Bridge | Winnie Brown | ||
1995 | A Touch of Frost | Jeanette Conrad | Episode: "Appropriate Adults" | |
2001 | Gimme Gimme Gimme | Sister Brian May | Episode: "Lollipop Man" | |
2003 | Grass | Rose | 5 episodes | |
2003 | The Bill | Louisa | Episode: #104 | |
2004 | Coupling | Mrs M | Episode: "The Naked Living Room" | |
2005 | Doctor Who | Mrs Harcourt | Episode: "The Doctor Dances" | |
2005 | The Bill | Mrs Coley | Episode: #320 | |
2006 | Doctors | Rose Connolly | Episode: "Dying Happy: Parts 1 & 2" | |
2007 | The Bill | Lena Jones | Episode: "Killer on the Run" | |
2009–2011 | Psychoville | Claudia Wren | Episodes: #6-#14 | |
2011, 2014 | Not Going Out | Betty | Episodes: "Fireworks" / "The Wedding" | |
2013–14 | Derek | Elsie | ||
2013 | Doc Martin | Mrs Eddy | Episode: "Nobody Likes Me" | |
2015 | Inside No. 9 | Caller | Episode: "Cold Comfort" | |
Film | ||||
Year | Film | Role | Notes | |
1980 | Babylon | Lady in street | ||
1995 | The Young Poisoner's Handbook | Aunty Panty |