Liz Fraser

This article is about the English actress. For the Scottish vocalist of Cocteau Twins, see Elizabeth Fraser.

Liz Fraser
Born	Elizabeth J. Winch 14 August 1930 (1930-08-14) London, England
Other names	Elizabeth Fraser, Liz Fraser
Years active	1955 - present

Liz Fraser (born Elizabeth Winch, 14 August 1930, London) is an English actress, mainly in comedy roles.

Life and career

Her birthdate is usually attributed as 1933, the year she gave when auditioning for her role in I'm All Right Jack, as the Boulting Brothers wanted someone younger for the part. She is three years older.

She attended grammar school and the London School of Dramatic Art,

Fraser is known for her many appearances in British films and television series, including Hancock's Half Hour, Citizen James, Last of the Summer Wine and The Avengers episode "The Girl from Auntie". She has to date never appeared as a regular on any television programme (making her most frequent appearances in Hancock's Half Hour). She played Mrs Brent, a dead/missing girl's mother, in Nemesis - one of the Joan Hickson Miss Marple episodes for the BBC in 1987. This brief cameo role showed what a powerful dramatic actress she is.

Her film appearances include I'm All Right, Jack (1959), Two-Way Stretch (1960), the sex comedies Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1975), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977) and Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978), and four of the Carry On films: Carry On Regardless (1961), Carry On Cruising (1962), Carry On Cabby (1963) and Carry On Behind (1975). Her other television work has included Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Crown Court, The Bill, The Professionals, Foyle's War, Birds of a Feather and Holby City.

Filmography

• Touch and Go (1955)
• The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
• Dunkirk (1957)
• Davy (1958)
• Wonderful Things! (1958)
• Alive and Kicking (1959)
• Top Floor Girl (1959)
• I'm All Right Jack (1959)
• Desert Mice (1959)
• The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)
• Two-Way Stretch (1960)
• Doctor in Love (1960)
• The Bulldog Breed (1960)
• The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960)
• The Night We Got the Bird (1961)
• The Rebel (1961)
• Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
• Carry On Regardless (1961)
• Double Bunk (1961)
• Raising the Wind (1961)
• On the Fiddle (1961)
• Watch it, Sailor! (1961)
• A Pair of Briefs (1962)
• The Painted Smile (1962)
• Live Now - Pay Later (1962)
• Carry On Cruising (1962)
• The Amorous Prawn (1962)
• Carry On Cabby (1963)
• The Americanization of Emily (1964)
• Every Day's a Holiday (1965)
• The Family Way (1966)
• Up the Junction (1968)
• Dad's Army (1971)
• Hide and Seek (1972)
• Three for All (1975)
• Carry On Behind (1975)
• Under the Doctor (1976)
• Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976)
• Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976)
• Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977)
• Adventures of a Private Eye (1977)
• Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978)
• The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)

Television appearances

• Miss Marple: Nemesis (1987)
• Birds of a Feather: Just Family (1991)
• Last of the Summer Wine (2000)

References

• Simon Sheridan Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema, Reynolds & Hearn Books, 2007, third edition

External links

• Liz Fraser at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website of the Carry On films