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| Katy Manning | |
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 Katy Manning at The Television & Movie Store, Norwich, England, on 17 January 2009. |
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| Born | Catherine Ann Manning 15 October 1946 Guildford, Surrey, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress/Director |
| Known for | Doctor Who |
| Partner | Barry Crocker (1990–present) |
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| http://www.katy-manning.co.uk/ | |
Katy Manning (born 15 October 1946, Guildford, Surrey, England[1][2]) is an English actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.[3] She has also made many theatre appearances, and is now a citizen of Australia.[4] In 2009 Manning moved back to the UK to pursue new acting work and currently lives in London.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Manning's father was sports columnist J. L. Manning OBE. As the result of a car accident she spent a year in hospital at sixteen. At eighteen she went to America where she was offered a five-year contract with MGM. Returning to Great Britain, Manning trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art,[5] then joined a Wolverhampton repertory company and made her debut in Man At The Top (1970). She is myopic.[6]
[edit] Doctor Who
She played the part of Jo Grant 1971–73 alongside Jon Pertwee's incarnation of the Doctor. Manning struck up an immediate rapport with her co-stars, Pertwee, Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier), John Levene (Sergeant Benton), Richard Franklin (Captain Mike Yates), and Roger Delgado (the Master). Fans of Doctor Who often refer to these characters as the UNIT family — UNIT, the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, being the fictional United Nations organisation that the Doctor worked for. Manning moved to Australia and was also seen in a famous Ruby Wax television segment with childhood friend Liza Minnelli.[7]
Manning's connection with "Doctor Who" continues: she voices Jo Grant in the Companion Chronicles Audio Adventures, and she is also the voice of the Time Lady Iris Wildthyme in several of the Big Finish Productions audio plays. In 2005 Manning also appeared in Doctor Who — Inside The TARDIS with two of the doctors, Sylvester McCoy and Colin Baker, who spoke of their experiences with the long-running show.[8]
In October 2010 Manning appeared in the fourth series of Doctor Who spin-off The Sarah Jane Adventures's with Matt Smith as the eleventh doctor. The two-part story, entitled 'Death of the Doctor', was written by former executive producer of the programme Russell T Davies.[9]
[edit] Later career
Katy Manning wrote the TV series Private Wives[citation needed] and has been involved in other writing and directing projects.[7][10] In 1980, she toured in Peter Terson's 'VE Night' alongside Ian Cullen and Jane Goddard. In Australia she appeared in the play Run for Your Wife (1987–1988), and the production toured the country. Other members of the cast in the production were Jack Smethurst, David McCallum, and Eric Sykes. She has also appeared in the low budget film noir When Darkness Falls.[11]
In June and July 2007, she appeared as Yvette in the stage show 'Allo 'Allo alongside Gorden Kaye as Rene Artois at Twelfth Night Theatre in Brisbane. Guy Siner and Sue Hodge also reprised their original roles from the television series, and the other characters were portrayed by famous Australian television actors including Steven Tandy and Jason Gann.[12] She appeared in 2 episodes of the new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures (Series 4), as Jo Jones (Grant). She meets the doctor again, and stars with her grandchild (1 of 12, soon to be 13) Santiago Jones.
In 2011, she appeared as Blodwyn Morgan, a Welsh busybody and clairvoyant, in the stage play 'Death by Fatal Murder'. This was a Peter Gordon play, and part of the 'Inspector Pratt' trilogy, currently on its Summer 2011 UK tour.
[edit] Me and Jezebel at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe
In 2009 Katy returned to the UK as part of her one-woman show Me and Jezebel. The play is based on a true 1985 story about Bette Davis inviting herself to a fan's house for a night and staying for a month, with Manning playing all the parts.[13] It toured through March and April in England and also played at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe at the Gilded Balloon Wine Bar in August. The show received a five-star review in the Edinburgh Evening News, which described Manning as "one of Britain's best actresses". Manning also received two other four-star reviews and appeared on STV news promoting the show. The posters of Me and Jezebel proved so popular due to the cartoon drawing of Bette Davis that most of them went missing during the run of the Fringe.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ , 5g, Surrey: GRO Birth Indices, p. 1388, "Birth: 1946, Dec Qtr, Catherine A Manning, mother's maiden surname Jenkins"
- ^ "Katy Manning". Tv.com. 1949-10-14. http://www.tv.com/katy-manning/person/4182/summary.html. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Doctor Who: Classic Series". UK: BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/companions/page17.shtml. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Who's Who of Katy Manning". Tasmania, AU: ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/tasmania/stories/s1206140.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Katy Manning Biography". TV.com. 1949-10-14. http://www.tv.com/katy-manning/person/4182/biography.html. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Katy Manning Exposed", CulTV, UK, http://www.cultv.co.uk/katymanning.htm.
- ^ a b "Actress Katy Manning". Queensland, AU: ABC. http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1487759.htm. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "The Doctor is in", The Sydney Morning Herald (article), 29 July 2005, http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/the-doctor-is-in/2005/07/28/1122143952406.html, retrieved 29 July 2005.
- ^ "The Doctor Who News Page". Gallifrey News Base. 2010-09-17. http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/09/sarah-jane-death-of-doctor-preview.html. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "Katy Manning". Profiles. Cult TV. http://www.cult.tv/index.php?cm_id=116&cm_type=article. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ "MUFF Neu". The 7th Melbourne Underground Film Festival. http://www.muff.com.au/2006/muff_neu.htm. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
- ^ "Theatre: ’Allo ’Allo — What Went Wrong Here, Then?". Media Culture. AU. 2007-07-08. http://reviews.media-culture.org.au/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2094. Retrieved 2011-07-19.
- ^ Rudden, Liam (7 August 2009), "Who did Katy Manning do next? — Bette Davis", Edinbugh Festival fringe, The Scotsman, http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/edinburghfestivalfringe/-Who-did-Katy-Manning.5534845.jp.
[edit] External links
- Katy Manning (official website), UK, http://www.katy-manning.co.uk/.
- Katy Manning at the Internet Movie Database
