Carol Royle
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Carol Royle is an English television actress.
Royle was born in Blackpool
and studied drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama
. She is probably best known for her leading role as Jenny Russell alongside Simon Cadell
in the BBC sitcom Life Without George
which ran for three series from 1987 to 1989. She may also be recognisable from her supporting role in ITV1's 1960s drama Heartbeat, in which she plays Patricia Brewster, the sister of Lord Ashfordly.
Other credits include: Blake's 7
, The Professionals
, Bergerac
, Cribb
, Crossroads, The Outsider, Casualty
, Ladies in Charge, Blackeyes
, Crime Traveller
, The Bill
, Heartbeat and Doctors.
Her father, Derek Royle
, played the part of the eponymous corpse in the Fawlty Towers
episode "The Kipper and the Corpse
". Her sister Amanda Royle
is also an actress.
Royle was born in Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
and studied drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama
Central School of Speech and Drama
The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in London in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students...
. She is probably best known for her leading role as Jenny Russell alongside Simon Cadell
Simon Cadell
Simon John Cadell was an English actor.Born in London, he was the grandson of the Scottish character actor Jean Cadell, the brother of the actress Selina Cadell, and the cousin of the actor Guy Siner. He was educated at Bedales School at Petersfield where his close friends included Gyles...
in the BBC sitcom Life Without George
Life Without George
Life Without George was a BBC comedy series written by Penny Croft & Val Hudson and starring Simon Cadell and Carol Royle. The series ran from 1987 to 1989.-Cast:*Larry Wade- Simon Cadell *Jenny Russell - Carol Royle...
which ran for three series from 1987 to 1989. She may also be recognisable from her supporting role in ITV1's 1960s drama Heartbeat, in which she plays Patricia Brewster, the sister of Lord Ashfordly.
Other credits include: Blake's 7
Blake's 7
Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...
, The Professionals
The Professionals (TV series)
The Professionals was a British crime-action television drama series produced by Avengers Mk1 Productions and London Weekend Television that aired on the ITV network from 1977 to 1983. In all, 57 episodes were produced, filmed between 1977 and 1981. It starred Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins and Gordon...
, Bergerac
Bergerac (TV series)
Bergerac was a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and screened on BBC1, it starred John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in "Le Bureau des Étrangers" Bergerac was a British television show...
, Cribb
Cribb
Cribb is a television police drama which debuted in 1979 as a 90-minute TV film from Granada Television in the UK...
, Crossroads, The Outsider, Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, Ladies in Charge, Blackeyes
Blackeyes
Blackeyes is a multi-layered novel which was later adapted as a TV drama by British playwright Dennis Potter. The TV version was highly controversial at the time....
, Crime Traveller
Crime Traveller
Crime Traveller is a 1997 science fiction detective television series produced by Carnival Films for the BBC based on the premise of using time travel for the purpose of solving crimes....
, The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, Heartbeat and Doctors.
Her father, Derek Royle
Derek Royle
Derek Royle was a British actor born in London, United Kingdom. His face was probably better known than his name to British viewers, but he acted in films and TV from the mid-sixties until his death...
, played the part of the eponymous corpse in the Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Twelve television program episodes were produced . The show was written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth, both of whom played major characters...
episode "The Kipper and the Corpse
The Kipper and the Corpse
"The Kipper and the Corpse" is the fourth episode of the second series of the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. It first aired on BBC2 on 12 March 1979. Distinguishing it from other episodes is its heavy use of Black comedy.-Background:...
". Her sister Amanda Royle
Amanda Royle
Amanda Royle is a British actress who has appeared in a variety of British television shows including Agatha Christie's Poirot, Campion and Rosemary & Thyme...
is also an actress.