Sally Geeson

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Sally Geeson
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Geeson in 2009
Born
Sarah Louise Clouston Geeson

(1950-06-23) 23 June 1950 (age 73)
OccupationActress
Years active1959–present
Spouses
(m. 1976;div. 1986)
  • Richard Lewis
Children3
Relatives Judy Geeson (sister)

Sarah Louise Clouston Geeson (born 23 June 1950), known professionally as Sally Geeson, is an English actress with a career mostly on television in the 1970s. She is best known for playing Sid James's daughter, Sally, in Bless This House [1] and for her roles in Carry On Abroad (1972) and Carry On Girls (1973). She also starred alongside Norman Wisdom in the film What's Good for the Goose (1969), and appeared with Vincent Price in two horror films, The Oblong Box (1969) and Cry of the Banshee (1970).

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Early life

Geeson's father was an editor for the National Coal Board magazine while her mother worked in the box office at the London Coliseum cinema. [2]

Career

Geeson studied at Corona Stage Academy from 1957 to 1966, during which time she played small non-speaking roles in several movies, including Expresso Bongo (1959), The Millionairess (1960), Spare the Rod (1961), The Young Ones and Carry On Regardless (1961). She played a schoolgirl in The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery (1966), and appeared as a girl guide in Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968). She starred alongside Norman Wisdom in the comedy film What's Good for the Goose (1969) and Vincent Price in the horror films The Oblong Box (1969) and Cry of the Banshee (1970).

In 1971, Geeson appeared in Mr. Forbush and the Penguins before starring as Sally in Bless This House , appearing in all 65 episodes until the show's end in 1976 as well as starring in a film spin-off of the same name in 1972. She also appeared in two further Carry On films: Carry On Abroad (1972) and Carry On Girls (1973).

In August 2013 Geeson featured in a TV commercial for Anglian Windows. In December 2014 until January 2015, Geeson played the Good Fairy at Theatre Royal Windsor in their panto Beauty And The Beast. [3]

Personal life

Geeson married television personality William G. Stewart in 1976 and the pair had two children together. The couple divorced ten years later in 1986. [4] She later took up a career in teaching and married Richard Lewis, an estate agent and had a further child. Her sister is the actress Judy Geeson.

Filmography

Television

Selected theatre work

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References

  1. Tony Padman (16 May 2015). "Bless This House star Sally Geeson on career, childhood and popularity – Life – Life & Style – Daily Express". Express.co.uk.
  2. Cotter, Robert Michael (2013). The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography. McFarland. p. 84. ISBN   978-1-476-60201-1.
  3. "Beauty And The Beast at the Theatre Royal Windsor". Kenwright.com. 16 September 2018.
  4. "Sally Geeson on her return to acting". The Argus. 4 February 2016.