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We here at the fan club offer our condolences and are saddened by the loss ... I would like
to send my condolences to Pat's family & friends
It is with sadness that ON THE BUSES fan club has to reportthe death of Pat Ashton who played Nymphy
Nora in ON THE BUSES
For Pat Ashton obituary click link below
PAT ASHTON R.I.P.
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PAT ASHTON career details
1972 MUTINY ON THE BUSES 'Nymphy Norra' and Sally the clippie in the ON THE BUSES series
"Tripper's Day" (1984) TV series .... Hilda Rimmer (unknown episodes) Bloodbath
at the House of Death (1984) .... Barmaid
"The Gaffer" .... Betty (19 episodes, 1981-1983)
- Goodbye (1983) TV episode .... Betty
- Full of Eastern Promise (1983) TV episode .... Betty
- There Goes the Bride (1983) TV episode .... Betty
- Council of War (1983) TV episode .... Betty
- Moonlight and Ruses (1983) TV episode .... Betty
(14 more)
Party Party (1983) .... Johnny's Mum
The Best of the Benny Hill Show: Vol. 1 (1981) (V)
... aka Benny Hill's
Video Revue (USA)
"Minder" .... Dora (1 episode, 1980)
- The Beer Hunter (1980) TV
episode .... Dora
"Metal Mickey" .... Mrs. Barraclough (1 episode, 1980)
- Hiccy Mickey
(1980) TV episode .... Mrs. Barraclough
"Only When I Laugh" .... Peg (1 episode, 1980)
- The Visitors (1980) TV episode .... Peg
"The Benny Hill Show" .... Various Roles / ... (5 episodes, 1972-1980)
- Name That Tune (1980) TV episode .... Various Roles
- Butch Cafferty and the
Fundance Kid (1980) TV episode .... Various Characters
- Women's Lib Television (1980) TV episode
.... Various Roles
- Jackie Wright's Holiday (1973) TV episode .... Various Roles
- The Common Market Square Dance (1972) TV episode .... Various Roles
"ITV Playhouse"
.... Sheila (1 episode, 1979)
- Where the Heart Is (1979) TV episode .... Sheila
"Bernie"
(1 episode, 1978)
- Episode #1.7 (1978) TV episode
"Born and Bred" .... Sandra Duffy
(1 episode, 1978)
- S.W.A.L.K. (1978) TV episode .... Sandra Duffy
"Z Cars" .... Mrs.
Hooper (1 episode, 1977)
- Juvenile (1977) TV episode .... Mrs. Hooper
"The Fosters"
.... Mildred (1 episode, 1977)
- That Lovely Weekend (1977) TV episode .... Mildred
"Yus
My Dear" .... Phyllis (2 episodes, 1976)
- The Handy Man (1976) TV episode .... Phyllis
- The Set Up (1976) TV episode .... Phyllis
"Angels" (1 episode, 1976)
- Babes in
the Wood (1976) TV episode
"Dixon of Dock Green" .... June Randall / ... (2 episodes, 1975-1976)
- Jackpot (1976) TV episode .... Margaret Tovey
- Conspiracy (1975) TV episode .... June Randall
"Don't Drink the Water" .... Hazel (1 episode, 1975)
- A Helping Hand (1975) TV episode
.... Hazel
"Crown Court" .... Eileen Roberts (1 episode, 1974)
- The Messenger Boy
(1974) TV episode .... Eileen Roberts
"Thick as Thieves" .... Annie / ... (4 episodes, 1974)
- Good Conduct (1974) TV episode .... Annie
- The Homecoming (1974) TV episode .... Annie Dobbs
- Happy Release (????) TV episode .... Annie
- Two Men in My Life (????) TV episode
.... Annie
The Optimists (1973) .... Mrs. Bonini
... aka The Optimists of Nine Elms
"Romany Jones"
.... Mavis Bailey (1 episode, 1973)
- For Better or Worse (1973) TV episode .... Mavis Bailey
Career details continued
Mutiny on the Buses (1972) .... Norah
"Both Ends Meet" .... Glad (1 episode, 1972)
... aka Dora (UK:
second season title)
- Firm Foundations (1972) TV episode .... Glad
Nearest and Dearest (1972) .... Freda
"On the Buses" .... Doreen (2 episodes, 1971)
- The Strain (1971) TV episode .... Doreen
- Stan's
Room (1971) TV episode .... Doreen
On the Buses (1971) .... Sally "The Jazz Age" ....
Peggy (1 episode, 1968)
- Tip-Toes (1968) TV episode .... Peggy
Half a Sixpence (1967) .... Pub Character
"The
Benny Hill Show" .... Various Roles (1 episode, 1965)
- Episode #6.4 (1965) TV episode .... Various Roles Soundtrack:
"The Benny Hill Show" (2 episodes, 1973-1980)
- Name That Tune (1980) TV episode
(performer: "The Wonderful Meaning of Love")
- Jackie Wright's Holiday (1973) TV episode (performer: "Lover,
Come Back to Me") Self:
"Omnibus" .... Fanny Conforth (1
episode, 1967)
- Dante's Inferno (1967) TV episode .... Fanny Conforth
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Gwendolyn Watts (1932-2000)
. Gwendolyn made her name on television, and was first seen in 1958 in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She went on to become a familiar face in many different series, including
The Rag Trade, The Avengers, The Plane Makers, Maigret, Steptoe and Son, The Benny Hill Show,
Softly, Softly, Adam
Adamant Lives!, Z Cars, On the Buses, Coronation Street and Love Thy Neighbour. Watts’ film appearances include Sons
and Lovers (1960), So Evil, So Young (1961), Billy Liar (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), Fanatic (1965), The Wrong Box(1966) and All Neat in Black
Stockings (1968).
She appeared in three Carry On films - Carry On Doctor (1967), Carry On Again Doctor (1969) and Carry On
Matron (1972). Her career lost steam in the 1970s when she temporarily retired from show business to raise her
children. She died in 2000 of a heart attack.
GwendolynWatts made her name on television, and was first seen in 1958
in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She went on to become
a familiar face in many different series, including The Rag Trade, The Avengers,
The Plane Makers, Maigret,
Steptoe and Son, The
Benny Hill Show, Softly, Softly, Adam Adamant Lives!, Z Cars, On the Buses, Coronation
Street and Love Thy Neighbour. Watts’ film appearances include Sons and Lovers (1960), So Evil, So Young
(1961), Billy Liar
(1963), My Fair Lady (1964), Fanatic (1965), The Wrong Box(1966) and All Neat in Black Stockings (1968).
She appeared in three Carry On films - Carry On Doctor
(1967), Carry On Again Doctor (1969) and Carry On Matron (1972). Her career lost steam in the 1970s when she temporarily retired
from show business to raise her children. She died in 2000 of a heart attack.
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Born as Jytte Stensgaard, she moved to the United
Kingdom to improve her English in 1963, she worked as an Au Pair, studied stenography and became a model for a time. She started
her acting career in 1968 in the film La Ragazza con la pistola (English: Girl with a Pistol). She then played parts in such
diverse UK TV-series as The Saint episode "The Desperate Diplomat" (1968), Broaden Your Mind (1969), Doctor in the
House (1969/70), in which she played the recurring role of Helga, Dave Briddock's girlfriend, On the Buses (1970) in the
episode "The New Uniforms" as Ingrid a swedish tourist, Special Branch" episode "Miss International"
(1970) as Nina Sareth, sci-fi comedy series "The Adventures of Don Quick" in one episode as Flosshilda in (1970),
and the part of Arlene in the Jason King episode "As Easy as A.B.C." (1971), as well as a larger part in The Persuaders!
episode "The Morning After" (1971), playing Bibi a Judo instructress who assists Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), "The
Marty Feldman Comedy Machine" (1972), and anthology series "Dead of Night" (1972) as Gertrude Wickett in the
episode "Bedtime". Her film parts include the Bulldog Drummond film "Some Girls Do" (1969) as Robot One,
as well as small parts in such films as "If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium" (1969), "Scream and Scream
Again" (1970) and "Doctor In Trouble" (1970). As well as appearing in the low-budget sci-fi sex comedy Zeta
One (1969). Her most famous role is that of
the vampire Carmilla/Mircalla in Hammer's Lust for a Vampire. The film was the sequel to The Vampire Lovers which had
starred Ingrid Pitt as Mircalla. The original film was an adaptation of Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, however Lust
for a Vampire shared little with the novel and only used the vampire characters, and was thus a completely new story. In the
film the bisexual Carmilla infiltrates an all-girl boarding school while falling in love with a novelist. Stensgaard auditioned for the part of Doctor Who companion (Jo
Grant), alongside third Doctor Jon Pertwee in 1970. Towards the end of her career she appeared in Pantomime and the stage
farce "Boeing
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