Hilary Tindall was an English stage and television actress. She is best remembered for the role of Ann Hammond in the BBC television

BBC Television

BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...

 series The Brothers.

Tindall trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

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 and during her career appeared in such television programmes as The Champions

The Champions

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, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

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, Emergency - Ward 10, The Brothers, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

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, The Cuckoo Waltz

The Cuckoo Waltz

The Cuckoo Waltz was a British television sitcom made by Granada Television for the ITV network between 1975 and 1977 and in 1980.The series which was set in 1970s and Manchester, written by Geoffrey Lancashire, produced and directed by Bill Gilmour, dealt with the comic complications that ensue...

, Z-Cars

Z-Cars

Z-Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby in the outskirts of Liverpool in Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.-Origins:The series was developed by...

, and Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

20 Minutes into the Future

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by Chrysalis Films for Channel 4, Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)

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for Anglia

Anglia Television

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 and A Kind of Loving

A Kind of Loving

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for Granada

Granada Television

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.

She starred in Derek Nimmo

Derek Nimmo

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's Far East tour of The Man Most Likely To with Leslie Phillips

Leslie Phillips

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 and a young Elizabeth Hurley

Elizabeth Hurley

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.

Personal life

Hilary Tindall died at her home in Selborne, Hampshire, in 1992, aged 54, after losing a 6 year battle against bowel cancer. She was survived by her husband, Robin Lowe, the son of actor John Loder

John Loder (actor)

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, and her two children, Kate Lowe and Julian Lowe.

External links

• Biography by Colin Baker
• http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-hilary-tindall-1480859.html Hilary Tindall's obituary by her agent, Barry Burnett