Ingrid Hafner was a British

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 actress. Her father was Raoul Hafner

Raoul Hafner

Raoul Hafner, , was an Austrian-born British helicopter pioneer and engineer.Raoul Hafner, FEng, FRAes, a pioneer of rotating wing aircraft design, died as a result of a yachting accident, was an Austrian who made a distinctive contribution to the British aerospace industry, particularly the...

, an Austria

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n helicopter pioneer, and her mother Eileen Myra McAdam was a descendant of John Loudon McAdam

John Loudon McAdam

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, the road builder.

She is best remembered for her role as Carol Wilson in the first season of the television

Television

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 series The Avengers

The Avengers (TV series)

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. She had previously played Amanda Gibbs opposite Ian Hendry

Ian Hendry

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 in the series Police Surgeon.

Hafner studied at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

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 and subsequently joined the Old Vic under Michael Benthall, where she played ‘Sylvia’in The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

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; ‘Lavina’ in Titus Andronicus

Titus Andronicus

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, ‘Iris’ in Anthony and Cleopatra and ‘Lady Anne’ in Richard III

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.

Her other theatre work included repertory at Windsor, Colchester, Glasgow Citizens, Richmond Theatre (15 plays), From the French at the Strand Theatre in the West End

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, Jungle in the Cities at Stratford East and numerous productions at the Bristol Old Vic

Bristol Old Vic

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, including her first appearance there in Cyrano

Cyrano

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, in which she played Roxanne.

She died in 1994 from motor neurone disease

Motor neurone disease

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, leaving husband Richard Clothier and two sons, Ben and William.

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