Lorna Heilbron

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Lorna Heilbron
Born (1948-06-08) 8 June 1948 (age 75)
Glasgow, Scotland
OccupationActress
Spouse
(m. 1980;died 2000)
Children2
Relatives Vivien Heilbron (sister)

Lorna Heilbron (born 8 June 1948) is a Glasgow-born Scottish actress. [1] [2]

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She appeared in television series such as Ace of Wands , Van der Valk , Blake's 7 , Taggart , Lovejoy and Hazell . [3] [4] [5]

She also starred in the horror films The Creeping Flesh (1973) and Symptoms (1974). [6]

In the 1985 BBC TV play Queen of Hearts , she starred as a bored housewife who wore black underwear belonging to her teenaged daughter and then, fleetingly, experimented with prostitution. She also appeared in the 1988 supernatural thriller The Girl in a Swing , [7] [8] and the 1994 comedy drama Don't Get Me Started .

Personal life

In 1980 she married actor Nicholas Clay, remaining together until his death in 2000. They had two daughters in 1983 and 1986. [9]

She is now a therapist under the name Lorna Clay. [10] Her elder sister is actress Vivien Heilbron. [11]

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