Myra Frances
Encyclopedia
Myra Frances is a British
actress.
In the 1974 Second City Firsts episode "Girl", Frances performed, with Alison Steadman
, the first lesbian kiss on British television.
She is best known for her recurring role as Anne Tranter in the 1970s television
drama series Survivors
and for her appearance in the 1979 Doctor Who
serial The Creature from the Pit
, in which she played the villainous Lady Adrasta. She also appeared in several comedy films of the 1970s including Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
(1973)
She also played James Hadleigh's love interest, Stella Clisby, in the fourth series of Hadleigh
, as well as playing a barrister, Valerie Scott, in several episodes of Crown Court
in 1976.
United Kingdom
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actress.
In the 1974 Second City Firsts episode "Girl", Frances performed, with Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman
Alison Steadman OBE is an English actress. She established her career with roles such as Beverley in Abigail's Party and Candice Marie in Nuts in May for the director Mike Leigh, to whom she was once married. In addition to her stage and radio work, she has had lead roles in The Singing Detective,...
, the first lesbian kiss on British television.
She is best known for her recurring role as Anne Tranter in the 1970s television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
drama series Survivors
Survivors
Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and produced by Terence Dudley at the BBC from 1975 to 1977...
and for her appearance in the 1979 Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
serial The Creature from the Pit
The Creature from the Pit
The Creature from the Pit is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 27 October to 17 November 1979.-Synopsis:On the planet Chloris, metal is scarce....
, in which she played the villainous Lady Adrasta. She also appeared in several comedy films of the 1970s including Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!
Don't Just Lie There, Say Something! is a 1973 British film based on the popular "Whitehall Farce" written by Michael Pertwee, who also wrote the screenplay.-Plot summary:...
(1973)
She also played James Hadleigh's love interest, Stella Clisby, in the fourth series of Hadleigh
Hadleigh (TV series)
Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from 1969 to 1976. Developed by Robert Barr, it was a sequel to the writer's earlier Gazette for the same company...
, as well as playing a barrister, Valerie Scott, in several episodes of Crown Court
Crown Court (TV series)
Crown Court was an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984....
in 1976.