tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988186646617921332.post4122871285065946577..comments2023-10-07T11:34:40.214+00:00Comments on familiar unknown: Helen FraserUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988186646617921332.post-12516803121133059532013-05-29T08:51:47.053+00:002013-05-29T08:51:47.053+00:00Another Billy Liar obsessive here, I loved the boo...Another Billy Liar obsessive here, I loved the book and then the film as a teenager, and its now out on BluRay for 50th anniversary ... it was marvellous seeing Helen and Tom Courtenay together again on a Royle Family christmas special as the parents of Denise's husband, Tom was hilarious with his Ford Mondeo ! Helen also cropped up on Coronation Street as the vicious wife of Timothy West who popped his clogs in The Rovers, leaving Gloria (Sue Johnston) high and dry ... ! Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988186646617921332.post-36910227499216225832012-11-28T22:20:12.767+00:002012-11-28T22:20:12.767+00:00p.s. Are you interested in 'steam' albums?...p.s. Are you interested in 'steam' albums? I've seen a few in these parts. Probably in the region of £4 each. Can procure if ye wish.<br />Vic Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303501455230613601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988186646617921332.post-58831779853166985862012-11-02T19:19:21.711+00:002012-11-02T19:19:21.711+00:00Maybe she should be the poster girl for Familiar U...Maybe she should be the poster girl for Familiar Unknown. How can I feel so fond of these faces and the characters they've played, but mostly without being able to remember their names? Never more so than with Helen Fraser. <br /><br />Congratulations on the 100th post, it's a particularly fine one.Xtina Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04998750510826286940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988186646617921332.post-43580095643637517202012-11-02T19:00:48.316+00:002012-11-02T19:00:48.316+00:00As you well know, being a Billy Liar obsessive, He...As you well know, being a Billy Liar obsessive, Helen could have picked few worse tea rooms to pop into than the Peter Jones' restaurant at a time when I held its reins in the late 1990s. Flouting the rule that forbids staff from pretending to recognise whoever it is they are serving, I had to let Helen know that she was my favourite actress. She visited on several occasions and was never less than polite, friendly and charming.<br />I also fondly recall her in Jumbo Spencer (though I'd forgotten the name - had to look it up).<br />The paths I crossed at that establishment read like a who's who of familiar (un)knowns - Stephen Lewis, Lance Perceval and Anita Harris were the creme de la creme, with affectionate nods to Isla St Clair, Dame Maggie Smith, Mike 'Supersonic' Mansfield and Jack Dee.<br />Those were the days, my friend.Vic Templarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303501455230613601noreply@blogger.com