Colette O'Neil

This article is about the Scottish television actress. For the English silent-film actress, see Colette O'Niel.

Colette O'Neil
Born	Colette McCrossan Glasgow, Scotland

Colette O'Neil is a Glasgow-born actress noted for her various roles on British television.

She was a semi-regular cast member of Coronation Street in the mid-1960s as Ruth Winter, and also made frequent guest appearances in series such as Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Adam Adamant Lives!, No Hiding Place and Softly, Softly. She was also a leading cast member in the drama series The Standard and The Spoils of War. In 1983 she appeared in Doctor Who in the role of Tanha in the serial Snakedance.

More recently, she has appeared in Taggart, Lovejoy, Hamish Macbeth, Heartbeat, Peak Practice, Holby City, Monarch of the Glen and Bad Girls.

Her film appearances were few, but included roles in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969), Dreams Lost, Dreams Found (1987), Wild Flowers (1989), and Mortdecai (2015).

Radio

Date	Title	Role	Director	Station
2 June 2004	Visiting Time	Sarah	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
11 June 2004	Soft Fall the Sounds of Eden	Janet	Gaynor Macfarlane	BBC Radio 4 Friday Play
28 January 2005	Folie à Trois	Colleen	Gaynor Macfarlane	BBC Radio 4 Friday Play
14 July 2005	The Best Snow for Skiing	Valda	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
11 August 2008 – 15 August 2008	The Pillow Book	Tozammi	Lu Kemp	BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
26 November 2012	McLevy: A Dangerous Remedy	Hannah	Bruce Young	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama
3 December 2012	McLevy: No Looking Back	Hannah	Bruce Young	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama
28 October 2016	Blood Sex and Money by Emile Zola: 3.7. Fate	Ancient Woman	Kirsty Williams	BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play

External links

• Colette O'Neil at IMDb
• Colette O'Neil radio