Catherine Rabett

Catherine Rabett
Born	London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1981–present
Spouse	Kit Hesketh-Harvey ​ ​ (m. 1986;div. 2021)​
Children	2

Catherine Rabett, sometimes credited as Katie Rabett, is a British actress.

She played Cecily "Cissy" Meldrum in the BBC sitcom You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993). ^{[1] [2] [3]} She was a member of the Second Generation dance group, ^[4] and later Hot Gossip, ^[5] Arlene Phillips's dance group, which regularly performed on The Kenny Everett Video Show . Rabett was married to comic performer and scriptwriter Kit Hesketh-Harvey from 1986 until their divorce in 2021; they had two children. ^[6]

Theatre roles

• Sheila Wendice in Dial M for Murder , on tour and in the West End including Theatre Royal, Bath in 1996 ^[7] and again in the West End in 2016 ^[8]
• Various characters in The Thirty-Nine Steps , at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham in 2000 ^[9]

Selected film and television roles

Film

• Fords on Water (1983) – Madeline, directed by Barry Bliss
• Real Life (1984) – Kate, directed by Francis Megahy
• The Living Daylights (1987) – Liz, an American CIA intelligence operative, directed by John Glen
• Frankenstein Unbound (1990) – Elizabeth Levenza, Victor's fiancée, directed by Roger Corman

Television

• The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981) – Sexy girls
• Minder, Windows (1984) – Louise
• The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – The Adventure of the Crooked Man (1984) – Young Nancy Barclay/Devoy
• C.A.T.S. Eyes, Goodbye Jenny Wren (1985) – Jenny Kenwright
• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Another Country – Carol Pringle
• Fresh Fields, Happy Returns (1986) – Monica
• Chance in a Million, The Blessing (1986) – WPC Madigan
• Maurice (1987) – Pippa Durham
• Confessional (1989) – Jane Barclay
• Bergerac, All for Love (1991) – Jane
• You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993) – Cissy Meldrum
• Agatha Christie's Poirot – Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1995) – Lydia Lee

References

1. Lambert, Victoria (7 July 2015). "Former Bond girl Catherine Rabett pays high price for sun addiction". Stuff. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
2. Armitstead, Claire (3 October 2018). "You Rang, M'Lord: why do Hungarians love this dodgy old British sitcom?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
3. "You Rang, M'Lord?". BBC. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. Thorpe, Vanessa (31 July 2016). "TV dancers alive and high-kicking 40 years later". The Guardian.
5. Jonze, Tim (2 February 2023). "Kit Hesketh-Harvey, screenwriter, composer and lyricist, dies aged 65". The Guardian.
6. Coveney, Michael (3 February 2023). "Kit Hesketh-Harvey obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
7. "Production of Dial 'M' for Murder". Theatricalia. Retrieved 19 December 2024.
8. "Dial M For Murder". London Theatre. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
9. Bellan, David (10 November 2000). "Review: The 39 Steps at the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham until November 11". Oxford Mail .

External links

• Catherine Rabett at IMDb