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| name = Carole Boyd |
| name = Carole Boyd |
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| birth_date = 16 February 1947 |
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| birth_place = [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire]], [[England]] |
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| occupation = Actress |
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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Married to Patrick Harrison, Boyd has acted as part-time carer for her husband at their home in [[Shepperton]] since he suffered a stroke in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |first=Surrey |last=Matters |date=June 2015 |url=http://new.surreycc.gov.uk/news-and-events/surrey-matters/surrey-matters-features/surrey-matters-features-june-2015/time-to-be-me |title=Time to be Me |work=[[Surrey County Council]] |access-date=25 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626135130/http://new.surreycc.gov.uk/news-and-events/surrey-matters/surrey-matters-features/surrey-matters-features-june-2015/time-to-be-me |archive-date=26 June 2015 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=De Thame |first=Rachel |date=17 July 2005 |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/article140867.ece |title=Gardening: A very private affair |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]] |access-date=25 June 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235105/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/article140867.ece |archive-date=3 March 2016 |publisher=[[Times Newspapers Ltd]] |dead-url=no }}</ref> |
Born in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire]] and Married to Patrick Harrison, Boyd has acted as part-time carer for her husband at their home in [[Shepperton]] since he suffered a stroke in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |first=Surrey |last=Matters |date=June 2015 |url=http://new.surreycc.gov.uk/news-and-events/surrey-matters/surrey-matters-features/surrey-matters-features-june-2015/time-to-be-me |title=Time to be Me |work=[[Surrey County Council]] |access-date=25 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626135130/http://new.surreycc.gov.uk/news-and-events/surrey-matters/surrey-matters-features/surrey-matters-features-june-2015/time-to-be-me |archive-date=26 June 2015 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=De Thame |first=Rachel |date=17 July 2005 |url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/article140867.ece |title=Gardening: A very private affair |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]] |access-date=25 June 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235105/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/article140867.ece |archive-date=3 March 2016 |publisher=[[Times Newspapers Ltd]] |dead-url=no }}</ref> |
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==References== |
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Carole Boyd | |
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| Born | 16 February 1947 |
| Occupation | Actress |
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Patrick Harrison (m. 1993) |
Carole Boyd is a British actress. She has had a career in theatre, television, and radio, and plays Lynda Snell in BBC Radio 4's The Archers.
Career
Boyd trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, where she won the principal national prize for voice[1] and in 1966 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary.[2] She is primarily recognised for her work in television, with her portrayals of Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Virtual Murder and Mrs Melly in Bodger and Badger among her most notable appearances. Boyd has also performed multiple vocal roles for the popular children's programme Postman Pat. Since 1991, she has voiced every woman and child in the franchise - including Sara Clifton, Dr Gilbertson, Mrs Goggins, Miss Hubbard, Mrs Pottage, Dorothy Thompson, Lucy Selby, Tom and Katy Pottage, Charlie Pringle, and Julian Clifton, among others (with the exception of Granny Dryden, who continued to be voiced by Ken Barrie prior to his death in 2016). In 2006, she played Esther Hartlieb in the film The Thief Lord.[3]
Personal life
Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and Married to Patrick Harrison, Boyd has acted as part-time carer for her husband at their home in Shepperton since he suffered a stroke in 2003.[4][5]
References
- ^ Sale, Jonathan (3 June 1999). "Passed/Failed; Carole Boyd". The Independent. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ "Carlton Hobbs Bursary Award winners". BBC Radio Drama Company. BBC.co.uk. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Film review: The Thief Lord". CBBC Newsround. BBC News. 19 June 2006. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ Matters, Surrey (June 2015). "Time to be Me". Surrey County Council. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ De Thame, Rachel (17 July 2005). "Gardening: A very private affair". The Sunday Times. Times Newspapers Ltd. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2005.
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External links
- Carole Boyd at IMDb
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