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Denise Coffey is a Actor British born on 12 december 1936 at Aldershot (United-kingdom)
Denise Coffey (born 12 December 1936, Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English actress, director and playwright.
After training at the Glasgow College of Dramatic Art, Coffey began a career in repertory at the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh, then moved to the Palladium Theatre there. She later worked for the BBC as a radio interviewer, before appearing in London's West End. In the 1970s she was a member of director Frank Dunlop's repertory company in London's Young Vic Theatre, appearing in several productions and beginning her career as a playwright with some children's shows.
Coffey has had a few supporting film roles. These have included Sidonia in Waltz of the Toreadors (1962), Peg in Georgy Girl (1966), Soberness in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), and Mrs. E in Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980). Her television appearances include Do Not Adjust Your Set, the Stanley Baxter series (1968, 1971), Girls About Town (1970–71), Hold the Front Page (1974; which she also created), and End of Part One (1979).
She always refused to appear in commercials declaring that it was reprehensible to try to persuade people to buy things they didn't need.
On radio, Coffey featured in The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere, in the first series of The Burkiss Way and in The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately and has made guest appearances on several programmes, including I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Just a Minute. She starred with Miriam Margolyes in two series of Alison and Maud.(2002-4).
She has also enjoyed success as a theatre director, including several notable productions at the Shaw Festival in Canada,
such as Noël Coward's Private Lives and Shaw's Androcles and the Lion and Pygmalion.
She lives in Devon where she has a successful career as an artist.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 december 1936 at Aldershot (United-kingdom)
Death 24 march 2022 (at 85 years)
Birth 12 december 1936 at Aldershot (United-kingdom)
Death 24 march 2022 (at 85 years)
Denise Coffey (born 12 December 1936, Aldershot, Hampshire) is an English actress, director and playwright.
After training at the Glasgow College of Dramatic Art, Coffey began a career in repertory at the Gateway Theatre in Edinburgh, then moved to the Palladium Theatre there. She later worked for the BBC as a radio interviewer, before appearing in London's West End. In the 1970s she was a member of director Frank Dunlop's repertory company in London's Young Vic Theatre, appearing in several productions and beginning her career as a playwright with some children's shows.
Coffey has had a few supporting film roles. These have included Sidonia in Waltz of the Toreadors (1962), Peg in Georgy Girl (1966), Soberness in Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), and Mrs. E in Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980). Her television appearances include Do Not Adjust Your Set, the Stanley Baxter series (1968, 1971), Girls About Town (1970–71), Hold the Front Page (1974; which she also created), and End of Part One (1979).
She always refused to appear in commercials declaring that it was reprehensible to try to persuade people to buy things they didn't need.
On radio, Coffey featured in The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere, in the first series of The Burkiss Way and in The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately and has made guest appearances on several programmes, including I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Just a Minute. She starred with Miriam Margolyes in two series of Alison and Maud.(2002-4).
She has also enjoyed success as a theatre director, including several notable productions at the Shaw Festival in Canada,
such as Noël Coward's Private Lives and Shaw's Androcles and the Lion and Pygmalion.
She lives in Devon where she has a successful career as an artist.
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Filmography of Denise Coffey (11 films)
| Year | Name | Job | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Saving Grace | Actress | Mrs. Hopkins |
| 1983 | Another Time, Another Place | Actress | Meg |
| 1980 | Sir Henry at Rawlinson End | Actress | Mrs E |
| 1971 | Percy | Actress | Operator |
| 1970 | Start the Revolution Without Me | Actress | Anne Duval |
| 1966 | Georgy Girl | Actress | Peg |
| 1963 | Doctor in Distress | Actress | Food Seller at Railway Station (uncredited) |
| 1963 | What a Crazy World | Actress | Horror |
| 1963 | Farewell Performance | Actress | |
| 1962 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Actress | Sidonia Fitzjohn |
| 1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Actress |