Maria Recamier
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Maria Recamier is a fictional character
in the BBC
sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
, which ran from 1982 to 1992. She was played by the actress Francesca Gonshaw
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Maria was in love with cafe owner René Artois and she had to stand on a small chair in order to be able to reach him so that they could kiss. She sold her body to men for paraffin, gasoline, sugar and butter. She often wore the disguise of a schoolboy (although she still wore stockings and suspenders, as well as make up). She disappeared at the end of the third season of 'Allo 'Allo, after disguising herself as a Red Cross parcel, however she didn't put enough postage on the outside and so she was sent back to Switzerland
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She pronounced the letter "r" very loudly and often spat when she did so.
Fictional character
A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...
in the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
'Allo 'Allo!
'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama Secret Army, and was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first 6...
, which ran from 1982 to 1992. She was played by the actress Francesca Gonshaw
Francesca Gonshaw
Francesca R. Gonshaw is an artist, writer and actress currently living and working in London.- Acting :She studied dramatic art at A.L.R.A and achieved early recognition whilst working for the BBC...
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Maria was in love with cafe owner René Artois and she had to stand on a small chair in order to be able to reach him so that they could kiss. She sold her body to men for paraffin, gasoline, sugar and butter. She often wore the disguise of a schoolboy (although she still wore stockings and suspenders, as well as make up). She disappeared at the end of the third season of 'Allo 'Allo, after disguising herself as a Red Cross parcel, however she didn't put enough postage on the outside and so she was sent back to Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
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She pronounced the letter "r" very loudly and often spat when she did so.