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| Born | Louise Elizabeth Goddard 20 January 1950 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1966–present |
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Louise Elizabeth Goddard (born 20 January 1950), professionally known as Liza Goddard, is an English television and stage actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s.
Goddard was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire. [1] She is the daughter of David Goddard (1925–1992), who produced and directed numerous TV shows and programmes, and his wife Clare. They have another daughter, Maria.
Her parents met in Germany. Clare trained in rep, and appeared in television adverts. They lived at Heath End, Surrey then at 10 Weybourne Rd in Weybourne, Surrey, and in Frensham, then 'Huffins' in Tilford. Maria and Liza performed in the Junior Tilford Players. [2]
She attended Farnham Girls' Grammar School, before her father moved the family to Sydney, when she was 15 in April 1965, upon his appointment as Head of Drama at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [3]
Goddard made early television appearances in Australia, including episode 100 of Homicide ("The Traveller", 1967), and the ABC drama play Romanoff & Juliet (1967), and a brief (non-speaking, uncredited) appearance in the feature film They're A Weird Mob (1966). However, she is best remembered in Australia for her role as Clarissa "Clancy" Merrick in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo , in which she appeared in the first two series and 48 episodes between 1968-70. [4] [5] [6]
After returning to the UK in 1969 as an adult, she was cast as Victoria Edgecombe, the character created by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham in Take Three Girls (1969), [5] later appearing in its sequel Take Three Women (1982). She also had a supporting role in the 1972 comedy film Ooh… You Are Awful , starring Dick Emery. Her career breakthrough was as April in The Brothers (1972–76), which also featured her first husband, Colin Baker.
A comedy role alongside Donal Donnelly in Yes, Honestly (1976–77), by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham followed, as did a role with Christopher Biggins in a BBC1 sitcom Watch This Space (1980), by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe. Later the same year, she also appeared as Jocelyn in "National Pelmet", the Series 2 opener of the ITV drama Minder . [7] This was followed by Pig in the Middle (1980–83) written by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham.
Goddard was one of the 'explorers' who were 'evaporated' in a (now missing) episode of the BBC science fiction quiz programme The Adventure Game (1980), played a space pirate in the Doctor Who story Terminus (1983), and appeared in Roll Over Beethoven (1985), opposite Nigel Planer. She later had a recurring role as Philippa Vale in Bergerac (featuring in four series between 1984 and 1989).
Goddard played a humanist in the 1987 biographical film Testimony , starring Ben Kingsley.
The following year, she played Barbara Colport in the Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) episode #9.6 "Wink Three Times" (1988). She then appeared in Woof! , a Children's ITV programme first broadcast in 1989. Her third husband, producer and director David Cobham, created this series. She had earlier appeared in the TV adaptation of Brendon Chase (1981), also produced and directed by Cobham.
She was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1984 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Ambassador's Theatre in London for the shows recording nearby, at the Regent Theatre. [8] [9] Between 1988-92, she was the female team leader on the long-running quiz/panel show Give Us A Clue , replacing Una Stubbs in the role. [10]
In 1990, Goddard appeared as Laurel Manasotti in the ITV sitcom That's Love . [11]
Goddard appeared as Gilly in Wild West (2002), alongside Dawn French and Catherine Tate. In 2007 she appeared in the Midsomer Murders episode "A Picture of Innocence", reuniting her with Bergerac star John Nettles. In 2012 she had a cameo role in the all-star comedy film Run for Your Wife , and in 2013 she toured with the official Agatha Christie Theatre Company in Go Back for Murder , an adaptation of the book Five Little Pigs . [12]
In September 2016, Goddard played the guest role of Gloria Francis in the BBC1 drama series Casualty . [13] In March 2023 she again appeared in Casualty, this time playing Christine Robinson in the series 37 episode "No Regrets". In July 2023 Goddard was announced as taking the role of Dotty Otley in a national tour of Michael Frayn's farce Noises Off , directed by Lindsay Posner, following its run at the Phoenix Theatre, London. [14]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1966 | They're a Weird Mob | Young Woman on Ferry | Film (uncredited) |
| 1967 | Homicide | Jenny Craig | Episode: "The Traveller" |
| Love and War | Juliet | Story: "Romanoff and Juliet" | |
| 1968–1970 | Skippy the Bush Kangaroo | Clarissa "Clancy" Merrick | 67 episodes |
| 1969–1971 | Take Three Girls | Victoria | 24 episodes |
| 1972 | Ooh... You Are Awful | Liza Misseden-Green | Film |
| 1976 | The Brothers | April | 16 episodes |
| 1976–1977 | Yes, Honestly | Lily Pond-Browne | 26 episodes |
| 1978 | Crown Court | Carolina Wallis | 3 episodes |
| Wodehouse Playhouse | Lady Geraldine Spettisbury | Story: "The Luck of the Stiffhams" | |
| 1980 | Minder | Joceyln | Episode: "National Pelmet" |
| Watch This Space | Claire | 6 episodes | |
| 1980–1983 | Pig in the Middle | Nellie Bligh | 20 episodes |
| 1981 | Brendon Chase | Monica Hurling | 8 episodes |
| 1982 | Take Three Women | Victoria | 2 episodes |
| 1983 | Doctor Who | Kari | Serial: "Terminus" (4 episodes) |
| Wagner | Jessie Lausott | 1 episode (mini-series) | |
| 1983–1989 | Bergerac | Phillipa Vale | 6 episodes |
| 1985 | Roll Over Beethoven | Belinda Purcell | 13 episodes |
| 1987 | Testimony | The English Humanist | Film |
| 1988 | Tales of the Unexpected | Barbara Colport | Story: "Wink Three Times" |
| 1989–1997 | Woof! | Mrs. Jessop | 63 episodes |
| 1990 | That's Love | Laurel | 6 episodes |
| 1997–2001 | Bernard's Watch | Narrator (voice) | 44 episodes |
| 2002 | Wild West | Gilly | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Doctors | Penny Dates | Episode: "Too Soon" |
| 2007 | Midsomer Murders | Marion Bell | Episode: "Picture of Innocence" |
| 2009–2014 | Grandpa in My Pocket | Lady Prigsbottom | 3 episodes |
| 2012 | Run for Your Wife | Excercising Woman | Film |
| 2016–2023 | Casualty | Gloria Francis/ Christine Robinson | 2 episodes |
Goddard's first marriage was to Doctor Who actor Colin Baker. [15]
In 1981 she married Bernard William Jewry, the pop star Alvin Stardust. [16]
Goddard's third marriage was to producer and director David Cobham. [15]
In 2004, Goddard was locked in a giant kennel with MPs Paul Burstow, Evan Harris and Ivan Henderson and BBC Newsround presenter Lizzie Greenwood, TV presenter Liz Bonnin and DJ Becky Jago in a stunt to launch the annual RSPCA Week to raise awareness and funds. [17]
As of 2021, she lives near Dereham, [18] Norfolk, and also works with the RSPCA, amongst other charities. She recovered from breast cancer in 1997. [19] She has two children. [15]
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