Damaris Hayman:
† June 16 1929 – June 3 2021
The epitome of the eminently respectable horsey lady, Ms Hayman was cast strictly to type, having been born in Kensington and educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College. She was memorably eccentric in the classic Pertwee-era 'Doctor Who' story The Daemons, and had a number of appearances on TV, in 'The Sweeney', 'The Double Deckers', 'Wodehouse Playhouse' and, perhaps less predictably, 'The Young Ones' and 'Filthy Rich & Catflap'.
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Damaris maintaining her dignity in 'On The Buses' |
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About to come a cropper during a seance in ''Full Circle' (aka 'The Hunting of Julia') (1977) |
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'Smokescreen' (1964) |
About to be run over by a piano in the Children's Film Foundation classic, 'The Magnificent Six and a Half' (1968) |
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In Only Two Can Play she featured as one of the interviewers. Terrific, actually
ReplyDeleteHas the great line "Excuse me, do you dig graves? " in The Young Ones
ReplyDeleteJust watching Damaris on a Margaret Rutherford biography. A lovely, well spoken lady who had great tales to tell about MR and I’d love to hear about HER careeer
ReplyDeleteAbout thirty years ago l lived next door to Damaris Hayman in Cheltenham. Unfortunately l had no idea that she knew so many wonderful actors.
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