Fleur Alison Bennett is a British

United Kingdom

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 television

Television

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 actress.

Education

Born in St. Ives, Cornwall, Fleur was affectionately called 'flower' or 'Fleurpops' when she was a child. She attended St. Ives High School (now known as St. Ives Comprehensive School) and went on to study at Camborne College.

Career

Her first theatrical training came from the Mountview Theatre School, Crouch Hill, Crouch End

Crouch End

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, London

London

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. She also attended the Guildhall Drama School

Guildhall School of Music and Drama

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 in London, where one of her proudest achievements was receiving the 'Verse Speaking Certificate.'

Bennett debuted in the Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served?

Are You Being Served? is a British sitcom broadcast from 1972 to 1985. It was set in the ladies' and gentlemen's clothing departments of Grace Brothers, a large, fictional London department store. It was written mainly by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft, with contributions by Michael Knowles and John...

spin-off Grace & Favour

Grace & Favour

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(1992–1993). She played the part of Mavis Moulterd, for which she is most likely best-known. After the show ended, she made guest appearances on
Nelson's Column

Nelson's Column

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(1994) and Cracker

Cracker (UK TV series)

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(1995). In 1997 she played Laura Forester in the mini-series Rag Nymph. Between 1997 and 1999 she played Belinda Rhodes in the TV-series Family Affairs

Family Affairs

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, making a guest appearance in Heartbeat (1998).

Her television career in recent years has consisted mainly of guest appearances in Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders is a British television detective drama that has aired on ITV since 1997. The show is based on the books by Caroline Graham, as originally adapted by Anthony Horowitz. The lead character is DCI Tom Barnaby who works for Causton CID. When Nettles left the show in 2011 he was...

(2001), Casualty (2002) and Down to Earth

Down to Earth (UK TV series)

Down to Earth was a BBC One television series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new life on a Devon farm. The early episodes of the series were based on a series of books written by Faith Addis about their real-life move from London to Devon.The music in the series was composed by...

(2005).