Yvonne Antrobus

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Yvonne Antrobus
Born
Yvonne Daphne Antrobus

(1940-11-01) 1 November 1940 (age 85)
Cheltenham, UK
Occupation(s)Novelist, abridger, radio dramatist, actress
Years active1963–1996
Spouse
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(m. 1971;div. 2002)​
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Children2 [1]
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Yvonne Daphne Antrobus (born 1 November 1940) is a British novelist, abridger, radio dramatist, and actress.

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Writing

She has made over 100 abridgements and dramatisations for BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 and for independent audio publishers, including Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre, The British Journalist by Andrew Marr and Days From A Different World by John Simpson. She was awarded the Abridgers' Silver Award by the Audio Book Association in 2003 for Churchill by Roy Jenkins. In 2009 BBC Radio 4 broadcast her series Diary of an On-Call Girl, based on the blogs and book by 'WPC Ellie Bloggs', the anonymous blogger who is also a serving British police officer. [2]

Antrobus has written two crime novels: True to Form (1998) and Cut in the Ground (1999). [3]

Acting

Among Antrobus' television appearances are Dixon of Dock Green (1963), Redcap (1965), Emergency Ward 10 (1967), The Benny Hill Show (1967), The First Churchills (1969), Z-Cars (1970), Steptoe and Son (1972), The Protectors (1973), Wessex Tales (1973), Within These Walls (1974), Thomas & Sarah (1979), The Bill (1989), The Chief (1990), and On Dangerous Ground (1996). [4]

Her other work includes appearances in London's West End, in productions such as Noises Off . [5] She is a winner of a London Theatre Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actress. [3]

Her film credits include Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), The Pleasure Girls (1965) and Mister Quilp (1975). [4] While being interviewed for the 1995 documentary Dalekmania (1995), she revealed that she had been unavailable for post-synchronisation work on Dr. Who and the Daleks, so her voice had been dubbed by another, unnamed actress. [6]

Partial film and TV credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
1965 The Pleasure Girls WaitressFilm
1965 Dr. Who and the Daleks DyoniFilm
1966–1967 The Wednesday Play (various roles)TV series
1969 The First Churchills Anne Churchill TV serial
1975 Mister Quilp Betsy QuilpFilm

References

  1. 1 2 "David Benedictus, Enfant Terrible Author of an Autobiographical Eton Novel and a Winnie-The-Pooh Sequel – Obituary". telegraph.co.uk . 18 October 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  2. ↑ BBC Radio 4 listing
  3. 1 2 Antrobus' profile on LAW Writers' and Artists' Agents website
  4. 1 2 Antrobus on the Internet Movie Database
  5. ↑ Antrobus, Yvonne (28 December 2011). "Noises Off: The Play so Funny It Made People Ill". theguardian.com . Retrieved 9 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Davies, Kevin (director) (1995). Dalekmania . Lumiere Films.
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