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'''Madeline Smith''' (born 2 August 1949) is an English actress. After working as a model in the late 1960s, she went on to appear in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s. '''Madeline Smith''' (born 2 August 1949) is an English actress. After working as a model in the late 1960s, she went on to appear in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s.


She is perhaps best known for playing ] Miss Caruso in '']'' (1973), but also had larger roles in the ] films '']'' (1970), '']'' (1970), '']'' (1970), '']'' (1973) and '']'' (1974) and comedy films including '']'' (1971), '']'' (1972) and '']'' (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films '']'' (1968), '']'' (1970), '']'' (1972) and the musical film '']'' (1973) with ].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA2011-IA59&lpg=PA2011-IA59&dq=david+buck+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film:+Fourth+edition#q=david+buck+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film:+Fourth+edition|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref> She is perhaps best known for playing ] Miss Caruso in '']'' (1973), but also had larger roles in the ] films '']'' (1970), '']'' (1970), '']'' (1970), '']'' (1973) and '']'' (1974) and comedy films including '']'' (1971), '']'' (1972) and '']'' (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films '']'' (1968), '']'' (1970), '']'' (1972) and the musical film '']'' (1973) with ].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=david+buck+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA2011-IA59|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref>


After leaving the acting profession in the late 1980s to bring up her family, she returned to acting in 2011.<ref name="express"/> After leaving the acting profession in the mid-1980s to raise her family, she returned to acting in 2011.<ref name="express"/>


==Early life== ==Early life, family and education==
Smith was born in ], ], the only child of Robert and Ursula Smith (née Boas).<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba414325b|title=Madeleine Smith}}</ref> Her father owned an antiques shop and painting restoration business near ], and her Swiss mother was a translator.<ref name="express">{{cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/976431/james-bond-girl-madeline-smith-live-and-let-die-where-are-they-now|title=Where are they now? Bond Girl Madeline Smith|first=VICKI|last=POWER|date=23 June 2018}}</ref> After a convent school education, in her late teens she had a temporary job at ], the famous boutique located on Kensington High Street, London.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/2018/james-bond-star-madeline-smith-father-bought-first-copy-stage-acting-interest/|title=James Bond star Madeline Smith - my first job - film acting|date=3 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://film-news.co.uk/review/UK/781/news|title=Madeline Smith interview|website=Film-News.co.uk}}</ref> It was at the instigation of ], founder of Biba, that she became a model.<ref name="express"/> In the late 1960s and early '70s, she was regularly featured in the work of '']'' cartoonist ], who on one occasion devoted an entire strip to her entitled 'The Life and Habits of the Madeline Smith'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hammerandbeyond.blogspot.com/2010/09/madeline-smith-august-2-1949.html|title=Hammer and Beyond: Madeline Smith (*August 2, 1949)|first=Holger|last=Haase|date=1 September 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeoliver.co.uk/recurringpeople.htm|title=recurring people|website=www.jeoliver.co.uk}}</ref> Smith was born in ], ], the only child of Robert and Ursula Smith (née Boas).<ref name= bfi>{{cite web|url= https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba414325b|title=Madeleine Smith | website= bfi.org.uk| publisher= ]| date=| accessdate= }}</ref> Her father owned an antiques shop and painting restoration business near ], and her Swiss mother was a translator.<ref name="express">{{cite web| website= express.co.uk| url= https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/style/976431/james-bond-girl-madeline-smith-live-and-let-die-where-are-they-now|title=Where are they now? Bond Girl Madeline Smith| first=Vicki |last=Power |date=23 June 2018}}</ref> Smith received a convent school education.
In her late teens, she held a temporary job at ], a boutique located on Kensington High Street, London.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.thestage.co.uk/advice/2018/james-bond-star-madeline-smith-father-bought-first-copy-stage-acting-interest/|title=James Bond star Madeline Smith - my first job - film acting| date=3 July 2018 | website= thestage.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://film-news.co.uk/review/UK/781/news|title=Madeline Smith interview| website=Film-News.co.uk}}</ref> At the instigation of ], founder of Biba, Smith became a model.<ref name= "express"/>
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she was regularly featured in the work of '']'' cartoonist , who on one occasion devoted an entire strip to her entitled 'The Life and Habits of the Madeline Smith'.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://hammerandbeyond.blogspot.com/2010/09/madeline-smith-august-2-1949.html|title= Madeline Smith (*August 2, 1949) |first= Holger| last= Haase|date=1 September 2010| work= Hammer and Beyond| publisher= | accessdate= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.jeoliver.co.uk/recurringpeople.htm| title=recurring people| website= jeoliver.co.uk}}</ref>


==Career== ==Career==
Smith's first screen role was a small part in the film '']'' (1968) following this with a role in '']'' (1967), although the latter was released first. Smith first worked for ] in '']'' (1969), billed as 'Maddy Smith' and playing an East End prostitute.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b7b88f0|title=Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)|website=BFI}}</ref> Among her other film appearances, she played opposite ] in '']'', ] in '']'' and '']'', ] in '']'', ] in '']'' and '']'', and ] in '']''.<ref name=bfi/> In 1972, Smith appeared in '']'' in a scene alongside ], ] and ].<ref name=bfi/> In 1973, she played the ] Miss Caruso, in the post-opening titles sequence of '']'', the first James Bond film starring ]. Smith's role is therefore significant as Miss Caruso is the first Bond girl of the Roger Moore era.<ref>Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn, ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: The Unofficial James Bond Film Companion'', BT Batsford, 1997</ref> She was recommended for the role by Moore himself, having previously appeared with him in an episode of '']'' on TV.<ref name=bbc/> Smith and Moore take part in an iconic and memorable scene in which he unzips her dress with a magnetic watch. Smith's first screen role was a small part in the film '']'' (1968) following this with a role in '']'' (1967), although the latter was released first. Smith first worked for ] in '']'' (1970), billed as 'Maddy Smith' and playing an East End prostitute.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b7b88f0|title=Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)|website= BFI.org.uk| publisher= British Film Institute| accessdate=}}</ref> Among her other film appearances, she played opposite ] in '']'', ] in '']'' and '']'', ] in '']'', ] in '']'' and '']'', and ] in '']''.<ref name=bfi/> In 1972, Smith appeared in '']'' in a scene alongside ], ] and ].<ref name=bfi/>
In 1973, she played the ] Miss Caruso in the post-opening titles sequence of '']'', the first James Bond film starring ]. Smith's role is therefore significant as Miss Caruso is the first Bond girl of the Roger Moore era.<ref>{{cite book| first1= Alan | last1= Barnes | first2= Marcus | last2= Hearn| title= Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: The Unofficial James Bond Film Companion| publisher= BT Batsford| year= 1997| isbn=}}</ref> Smith and Moore take part in a scene in which he unzips her dress with a magnetic wristwatch. She was recommended for the role by Moore himself, having previously appeared with him in an episode of the television series '']''.<ref name= bbc/>


Smith's numerous stage credits include working with US director ] on ''Blue Comedy'' (], Guildford) and ''The Snob'' (at Marowitz's Tottenham Court Road venue the ]). She also acted opposite ] in the original West End production of ]'s '']'' (playing Felicity Rumpers), supported Frankie Howerd again in the '']'' adaptation ''The Fly and the Fox'' (], Bromley), played Elma in a ] revival of ]'s '']'', and spent two years playing the female lead in ]'s '']'' at the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/143s/madeline-smith|title=Madeline Smith - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/bond-girl-madeline-smith-heads-to-buxton-1-9256620|title=Bond girl Madeline Smith heads to Buxton}}</ref> Smith's numerous stage credits include working with US director ] on ''Blue Comedy'' (], Guildford) and ''The Snob'' (at Marowitz's Tottenham Court Road venue the ]). She also acted opposite ] in the original West End production of ]'s '']'' (playing Felicity Rumpers), supported Frankie Howerd again in the '']'' adaptation ''The Fly and the Fox'' (], Bromley), played Elma in a ] revival of ]'s '']'', and spent two years playing the female lead in ]'s '']'' at the ].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://theatricalia.com/person/143s/madeline-smith|title=Madeline Smith |website= theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| website= buxtonadvertiser.co.uk| url= https://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/bond-girl-madeline-smith-heads-to-buxton-1-9256620| title=Bond girl Madeline Smith heads to Buxton}}</ref>


Her television credits include '']'' (1971), '']'' (appearing in the serial 'Hampton Wick', 1971), '']'' (1972), ''His and Hers'' (1970) with ], '']'' (1973) with ], '']'' (1974), '']'' (1976), '']'' (1980) and '']'' (1984). She also featured in two episodes of ], as two different characters (as Angela Farmer in ] (1978) and as Anne Grantley in the 1983 Christmas special). She was a member of the regular cast of the BBC2 series '']'' (1974) and '']'' (1978) alongside satirists ] and ] and composer ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/madeline-smith/|title=Madeline Smith|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}}</ref> Smith also starred in '']'' (1984) which turned out to be the final screen appearance of ].<ref>{{cite web| title = Eric Morecambe – The Passionate Pilgrim| work = The Moving Image Company| url = http://www.movingimageco.com/Eric%20Morecambe%20-%20The%20Passionate%20Pilgrim.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131126082857/http://movingimageco.com/Eric%20Morecambe%20-%20The%20Passionate%20Pilgrim.html| archive-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref> Her television credits include '']'' (1971), '']'' (appearing in the serial 'Hampton Wick', 1971), '']'' (1972), ''His and Hers'' (1970) with ], '']'' (1973) with ], '']'' (1974), '']'' (1976), '']'' (1980) and '']'' (1984). She also featured in two episodes of ], as two different characters (as Angela Farmer in ] (1978) and as Anne Grantley in the 1983 Christmas special). She was a member of the regular cast of the BBC2 series '']'' (1974) and '']'' (1978) alongside satirists ] and ] and composer ].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.tv.com/people/madeline-smith/|title=Madeline Smith| last= | first= |website=TV.com| publisher=| date=| accessdate= }}</ref> Smith also starred in '']'' (1984) which was the final screen appearance of ].<ref>{{cite web| title = Eric Morecambe – The Passionate Pilgrim| work = movingimageco.com| publisher= The Moving Image Company| url = http://www.movingimageco.com/Eric%20Morecambe%20-%20The%20Passionate%20Pilgrim.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131126082857/http://movingimageco.com/Eric%20Morecambe%20-%20The%20Passionate%20Pilgrim.html| archive-date = 26 November 2013}}</ref>


After the birth of her daughter in 1984, Smith gradually wound down her career to enable her time to bring her up. In 2009, Smith interviewed in, and was the cover star of, the coffee-table book ''Hammer Glamour''.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8332191.stm|title=Actress recalls glamour of Hammer|date=30 October 2009|publisher=BBC News}}</ref> She returned to acting in 2011 with an appearance in an episode of '']''. She then followed this with a role in a ] marking the one-hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the '']'' before starring in the mini-series '']'' (2013) and appearing in an episode of '']'' in 2014. In 2015 she appeared as a contestant on the red team in the BBC antiques gameshow '']''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/bond-girls-years-happened-next-007s-female-associates/madeline-smith-miss-carusoin-live-let-die-1973/|title=Bond girls through the years: what happened next to 007's 'female associates'|date=23 May 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> In December 2018 she appeared in episode 4 of the Christmas series of '']'' with The History of ] as her specialist subject.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008pc8h|title=BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind|website=BBC}}</ref> In 2019, Smith reunited with her ''Up Pompeii!'' co-star ] and actors including ] and ] in an recorded audio play of the same name to mark fifty years of the series. After the birth of her daughter in 1984, Smith gradually wound down her career to enable her time to raise her. In 2009, Smith interviewed in, and was the cover star of, the coffee-table book ''Hammer Glamour''.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web| url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8332191.stm| title=Actress recalls glamour of Hammer |date=30 October 2009|publisher=BBC News | website= bbc.co.uk| accessdate=}}</ref> She returned to acting in 2011 with an appearance in an episode of '']''. She then followed this with a role in a ] marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the '']'' before starring in the mini-series '']'' (2013) and appearing in an episode of '']'' in 2014. In 2015 she appeared as a contestant on the red team in the BBC antiques gameshow '']''.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/bond-girls-years-happened-next-007s-female-associates/madeline-smith-miss-carusoin-live-let-die-1973/| title=Bond girls through the years: what happened next to 007's 'female associates'|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=23 May 2018| accessdate= }}</ref> In December 2018, she appeared in episode 4 of the Christmas series of '']'' with The History of ] as her specialist subject.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008pc8h|title=BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind|website=BBC.co.uk | accessdate= }}</ref> In 2019, Smith reunited with her ''Up Pompeii!'' co-star ] and actors including ] and ] in a recorded audio play of the same name to mark 50 years of the series.{{fact|date=August 2022}}


==Personal life== ==Personal life==
Smith married actor ] in 1975, but he died from cancer in 1989.<ref>Marcus Hearn, ''Hammer Glamour: Classic Images from the Archive of Hammer Films'', Titan Books, 2009</ref> The couple had a daughter, Emily, born in 1984.<ref name="express"/> Smith married actor ] in 1975; he died from cancer in 1989.<ref>Marcus Hearn, ''Hammer Glamour: Classic Images from the Archive of Hammer Films'', Titan Books, 2009</ref> The couple had a daughter, Emily, born in 1984.<ref name="express"/>


==Filmography== ==Filmography==
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|rowspan=2|1968 || '']'' || Girl || |rowspan=2|1968 || '']'' || Girl on bicycle ||uncredited
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||'']'' || Nun || Uncredited ||'']'' || Nun || uncredited
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|1969 || '']'' || Miss Beaufort-Smith || |1969 || '']'' || Miss Beaufort-Smith ||
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|rowspan=4|1970 || '']'' || Gwendolyn || |rowspan=4|1970 || '']'' || Gwendolyn ||
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|rowspan=3|1972 || '']'' || Mrs. Pullitt || |rowspan=3|1972 || '']'' || Mrs. Pullitt ||
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|| '']'' || Wendy || || '']'' || Wendy ||
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|1981 || '']'' || Girl || |1981 || '']'' || Girl ||
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|rowspan=2|2020 || ''Crazy Bitch Blues'' || Alison || |rowspan=2|2020 || ''Crazy Bitch Blues'' || Alison ||
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|| '']'' || Fantasy Lover || Voice || '']'' || Fantasy Lover || voice
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|2021 || '']'' || Geraldine ||
|} |}


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|1974 || '']'' || Patricia Drake || Episode: "Falling Stars: Part 1" |1974 || '']'' || Patricia Drake || Episode: "Falling Stars: Part 1"
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|1974 || '']'' || Aurelia Cammerleigh || Episode: "The Reverend Wooing of Archibald: Pilot" |1974 || '']'' / '']'' || Aurelia Cammerleigh || Episode: "The Reverend Wooing of Archibald: Pilot"
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|1974 || '']'' || Aurelia Cammerleigh || Episode: "The Reverend Wooing of Archibald"
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|1974 || '']'' || Sally Thompson || Episode: "Amateur Dramatics" |1974 || '']'' || Sally Thompson || Episode: "Amateur Dramatics"
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|1976 || '']'' || The Nurse || Episode: "#1.3" |1976 || '']'' || The Nurse || Episode: "#1.3"
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|1976 || ''Going For A Song'' || Herself || Episode: 27 August
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|1977 || '']'' || Debbie Longhurst || Episode: "Mr and Mrs" |1977 || '']'' || Debbie Longhurst || Episode: "Mr and Mrs"
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|1978 || '']'' || Angela Farmer || Episode: "Pride of Possession" |1978 || '']'' || Angela Farmer || Episode: "Pride of Possession"
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|1980 || ''Feelifax'' || Fridge || Voice |1980 || ''Feelifax'' || Fridge || Voice
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|2013 || '']'' || Violetta || 2 episodes |2013 || '']'' || Violetta || 2 episodes
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|2014 || '']'' || Joanne's friend || Episode: "Christening" |2014 || '']'' || Party Guest || Episode: "Christening"
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|2021 || '']'' || Geraldine || TV film
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Latest revision as of 21:42, 13 December 2024

This article is about the English actress. For other people with this name, see Madeline Smith (disambiguation). English actress (born 1949)

Madeline Smith
Born (1949-08-02) 2 August 1949 (age 75)
Hartfield, Wealden, East Sussex, England
Occupation(s)Actress, model
Years active1967–1986, 2011–present
Spouse David Buck ​ ​(m. 1975; died 1989)​
Children1

Madeline Smith (born 2 August 1949) is an English actress. After working as a model in the late 1960s, she went on to appear in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s.

She is perhaps best known for playing Bond girl Miss Caruso in Live and Let Die (1973), but also had larger roles in the Hammer horror films The Vampire Lovers (1970), Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), Tam-Lin (1970), Theatre of Blood (1973) and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) and comedy films including Up Pompeii (1971), Up the Front (1972) and Carry On Matron (1972) amongst others. She also appeared in the films The Killing of Sister George (1968), Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970), The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972) and the musical film Take Me High (1973) with Cliff Richard.

After leaving the acting profession in the mid-1980s to raise her family, she returned to acting in 2011.

Early life, family and education

Smith was born in Hartfield, Sussex, the only child of Robert and Ursula Smith (née Boas). Her father owned an antiques shop and painting restoration business near Kew Gardens, and her Swiss mother was a translator. Smith received a convent school education.

In her late teens, she held a temporary job at Biba, a boutique located on Kensington High Street, London. At the instigation of Barbara Hulanicki, founder of Biba, Smith became a model.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she was regularly featured in the work of Disc cartoonist J Edward Oliver, who on one occasion devoted an entire strip to her entitled 'The Life and Habits of the Madeline Smith'.

Career

Smith's first screen role was a small part in the film Escalation (1968) following this with a role in The Mini-Affair (1967), although the latter was released first. Smith first worked for Hammer Film Productions in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970), billed as 'Maddy Smith' and playing an East End prostitute. Among her other film appearances, she played opposite Ava Gardner in Tam-Lin, Peter Cushing in The Vampire Lovers and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell, Diana Dors in The Amazing Mr Blunden, Frankie Howerd in Up Pompeii and Up the Front, and Vincent Price in Theatre of Blood. In 1972, Smith appeared in Carry On Matron in a scene alongside Hattie Jacques, Barbara Windsor and Joan Sims.

In 1973, she played the Bond girl Miss Caruso in the post-opening titles sequence of Live and Let Die, the first James Bond film starring Roger Moore. Smith's role is therefore significant as Miss Caruso is the first Bond girl of the Roger Moore era. Smith and Moore take part in a scene in which he unzips her dress with a magnetic wristwatch. She was recommended for the role by Moore himself, having previously appeared with him in an episode of the television series The Persuaders!.

Smith's numerous stage credits include working with US director Charles Marowitz on Blue Comedy (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford) and The Snob (at Marowitz's Tottenham Court Road venue the Open Space). She also acted opposite Alec Guinness in the original West End production of Alan Bennett's Habeas Corpus (playing Felicity Rumpers), supported Frankie Howerd again in the Volpone adaptation The Fly and the Fox (Churchill Theatre, Bromley), played Elma in a Cambridge Theatre Company revival of Frederick Lonsdale's Canaries Sometimes Sing, and spent two years playing the female lead in Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap at the St Martin's Theatre.

Her television credits include Doctor at Large (1971), The Two Ronnies (appearing in the serial 'Hampton Wick', 1971), Clochemerle (1972), His and Hers (1970) with Tim Brooke-Taylor, Casanova '73 (1973) with Leslie Phillips, Steptoe and Son (1974), The Howerd Confessions (1976), Why Didn't They Ask Evans? (1980) and The Steam Video Company (1984). She also featured in two episodes of All Creatures Great and Small, as two different characters (as Angela Farmer in "Pride of Possession" (1978) and as Anne Grantley in the 1983 Christmas special). She was a member of the regular cast of the BBC2 series The End of the Pier Show (1974) and In The Looking Glass (1978) alongside satirists John Wells and John Fortune and composer Carl Davis. Smith also starred in The Passionate Pilgrim (1984) which was the final screen appearance of Eric Morecambe.

After the birth of her daughter in 1984, Smith gradually wound down her career to enable her time to raise her. In 2009, Smith interviewed in, and was the cover star of, the coffee-table book Hammer Glamour. She returned to acting in 2011 with an appearance in an episode of Doctors. She then followed this with a role in a docu-drama marking the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic before starring in the mini-series Dancing on the Edge (2013) and appearing in an episode of Not Going Out in 2014. In 2015 she appeared as a contestant on the red team in the BBC antiques gameshow Bargain Hunt. In December 2018, she appeared in episode 4 of the Christmas series of Celebrity Mastermind with The History of Kew Gardens as her specialist subject. In 2019, Smith reunited with her Up Pompeii! co-star Tim Brooke-Taylor and actors including Frazer Hines and Camille Coduri in a recorded audio play of the same name to mark 50 years of the series.

Personal life

Smith married actor David Buck in 1975; he died from cancer in 1989. The couple had a daughter, Emily, born in 1984.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1967 The Mini-Affair Samantha
1968 Escalation Girl on bicycle uncredited
The Killing of Sister George Nun uncredited
1969 Come Back Peter Miss Beaufort-Smith
1970 Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You Gwendolyn
Taste the Blood of Dracula Dolly
The Vampire Lovers Emma Morton
Tam-Lin Sue
1971 Up Pompeii Erotica
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins Girl
Mr. Forbush and the Penguins Unknown scene cut
1972 Carry On Matron Mrs. Pullitt
Up the Front Fanny
The Amazing Mr Blunden Bella
1973 The Love Ban Miss Partridge
Theatre of Blood Rosemary
Live and Let Die Miss Caruso
Take Me High Vicki
1974 Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell Sarah
Percy's Progress Miss UK
1975 Galileo Young Lady
1976 The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones Sophia
Shadows of Doubt Girl
1977 Fern, the Red Deer Mrs. Gordon
The Quality Connection Wendy
1980 Why Didn't They Ask Evans? Moira Nicholson
1981 Late Flowering Love Girl
1984 The Passionate Pilgrim Damsel
2019 Up Pompeii! Ammonia
2020 Crazy Bitch Blues Alison
Jeepers Creepers Fantasy Lover voice
2021 The Amazing Mr. Blunden Geraldine

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1969 Who-Dun-It Gwynneth Evans Episode: "Murder Goes to School"
1969 Cribbins 6 episodes
1970 His and Hers Janet Burgess 6 episodes
1970 On the House Angela Episode: "A Little Bit on the Side"
1970 The Adventures of Don Quick Leonie Episode: "The Love Reflector"
1971 Doctor at Large Sue Maxwell 5 episodes
1971 The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder Miss Clutterbuck Episode: "The Willing Victim"
1971 Hine Patricia Harris Episode: "The Little White Lady"
1971 The Two Ronnies Henrietta Beckett 8 episodes
1971 The Persuaders! Carla I Episode: "The Long Goodbye"
1971 Jason King Jonquil 2 episodes
1972 Clochemerle Hortense Girodot 3 episodes
1972 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Mary Todd Episode: "Madly in Love"
1972 Them Episode: "#1.2"
1972 Milligan in... Various Episode: "Milligan in Autumn"
1972 Harriet's Back in Town Diane 2 episodes
1973 The Fenn Street Gang Miss Bedwell Episode: "Business Deficiency"
1973 Ooh La La! Julie Episode: "A Pig in a Poke"
1973 Casanova '73 Tessa Finlay Episode: "#1.6"
1974 Crown Court Patricia Drake Episode: "Falling Stars: Part 1"
1974 Wodehouse Playhouse / Comedy Playhouse Aurelia Cammerleigh Episode: "The Reverend Wooing of Archibald: Pilot"
1974 Happy Ever After Sally Thompson Episode: "Amateur Dramatics"
1974 Steptoe and Son Carol Episode: "Back in Fashion"
1974-1976 The End of the Pier Show Various All 7 episodes
1974 Rooms Fran 2 episodes
1975 A Touch of the Casanovas Teresa TV film
1976 My Brother's Keeper Angela Lloyd Episode: "Tooling Up"
1976 The Howerd Confessions The Nurse Episode: "#1.3"
1976 Going For A Song Herself Episode: 27 August
1977 Big Boy Now! Debbie Longhurst Episode: "Mr and Mrs"
1977 Romance Peggy Episode: "The Black Knight"
1978 In the Looking Glass Various All 6 episodes
1978 All Creatures Great and Small Angela Farmer Episode: "Pride of Possession"
1980 Feelifax Fridge Voice
1980 The Bagthorpe Saga Aunt Celia 3 episodes
1981 Funny Man Prunella Episode: "Letting Go"
1982 A.J. Wentworth, B.A. Mrs. Hillman Episode: "Founder's Day"
1982-1986 Eureka Various All 32 episodes
1983 All Creatures Great and Small Anne Grantley Episode: "1983 Special"
1984 The Steam Video Company Various All 6 episodes
1985 The Pickwick Papers Miss Nupkins Episode: "#1.7"
2011 Doctors Rita Prentice Episode: "Whip Hand"
2012 Titanic: Southampton Remembers Maud Newman TV film
2013 Dancing on the Edge Violetta 2 episodes
2014 Not Going Out Party Guest Episode: "Christening"
2021 The Amazing Mr. Blunden Geraldine TV film

Bibliography

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