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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 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> One of her last film credits, '']'' (1984), 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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131126082857/http://movingimageco.com/Eric%20Morecambe%20-%20The%20Passionate%20Pilgrim.html| archivedate = 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=TV.com|website=TV.com}}</ref> One of her last film credits, '']'' (1984), 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| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20131126082857/http://movingimageco.com/Eric%20Morecambe%20-%20The%20Passionate%20Pilgrim.html| archivedate = 26 November 2013}}</ref>


Having given birth to a daughter, Emily, in 1984,<ref name="express"/> she gradually wound down her acting career. Her husband, actor ], died from cancer in 1989.<ref>Marcus Hearn, ''Hammer Glamour: Classic Images from the Archive of Hammer Films'', Titan Books, 2009</ref> Twenty years later she was 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. 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 Celebrity Mastermind with The History of Kew Gardens as her specialist subject.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008pc8h|title=BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind|website=BBC}}</ref> Having given birth to a daughter, Emily, in 1984,<ref name="express"/> she gradually wound down her acting career. Her husband, actor ], died from cancer in 1989.<ref>Marcus Hearn, ''Hammer Glamour: Classic Images from the Archive of Hammer Films'', Titan Books, 2009</ref> Twenty years later she was 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. 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 Celebrity Mastermind with The History of Kew Gardens as her specialist subject.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008pc8h|title=BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind|website=BBC}}</ref>

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English actress

Madeline Smith
Born (1949-08-02) 2 August 1949 (age 75)
Hartfield, Sussex, England
OccupationActress
Years active1967–2011
SpouseDavid Buck (?–1989) (his death)
Children1

Madeline Smith (born 2 August 1949) is an English actress. Having been a model in the late 1960s, she appeared in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s.

Early life

Smith was born in Hartfield, Sussex. Her father owned an antiques shop and painting restoration business near Kew Gardens, and her Swiss mother was a translator. After a convent-school education, in her late teens she had a temporary job at Biba, the famous boutique located on Kensington High Street, London. It was at the instigation of Barbara Hulanicki, founder of Biba, that she became a model. In the late 1960s and early '70s, 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 first worked for Hammer Film Productions in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969), 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 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. She was recommended for the role by Moore himself, having previously appeared with him in an episode of The Persuaders! on TV.

Her 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. One of her last film credits, The Passionate Pilgrim (1984), turned out to be the final screen appearance of Eric Morecambe.

Having given birth to a daughter, Emily, in 1984, she gradually wound down her acting career. Her husband, actor David Buck, died from cancer in 1989. Twenty years later she was interviewed in, and was the cover star of, the coffee-table book Hammer Glamour. She returned to acting in 2011. 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.

Selected filmography

Bibliography

  • Paul, Louis (2008). "Madeline Smith". Tales From the Cult Film Trenches; Interviews with 36 Actors from Horror, Science Fiction and Exploitation Cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. pp. 214–220. ISBN 978-0-7864-2994-3.

References

  1. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). "The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Madeleine Smith".
  3. ^ POWER, VICKI (23 June 2018). "Where are they now? Bond Girl Madeline Smith".
  4. "James Bond star Madeline Smith - my first job - film acting". 3 July 2018.
  5. "Madeline Smith interview". Film-News.co.uk.
  6. Haase, Holger (1 September 2010). "Hammer and Beyond: Madeline Smith (*August 2, 1949)".
  7. "recurring people". www.jeoliver.co.uk.
  8. "Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)". BFI.
  9. Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: The Unofficial James Bond Film Companion, BT Batsford, 1997
  10. ^ "Actress recalls glamour of Hammer". BBC News. 30 October 2009.
  11. "Madeline Smith - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  12. "Bond girl Madeline Smith heads to Buxton".
  13. TV.com. "Madeline Smith". TV.com.
  14. "Eric Morecambe – The Passionate Pilgrim". The Moving Image Company. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013.
  15. Marcus Hearn, Hammer Glamour: Classic Images from the Archive of Hammer Films, Titan Books, 2009
  16. "Bond girls through the years: what happened next to 007's 'female associates'". 23 May 2018 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  17. "BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind". BBC.

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