Pauline Peart

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Pauline Peart
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Pauline Peart

(1951-10-31) 31 October 1951 (age 72)
Occupation(s)Actress, Model
Years active1970–present
Children2

Pauline Peart (born 31 October 1951) is a Jamaican actress and model who rose to prominence from her roles in a large number of films and television series including parts the Carry On and Hammer Horror film series.

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Early life

Born in Jamaica, Peart won the title of Miss Jamaica before she moved to England in 1966. [1] [2]

Career

Making her debut as an extra in The Firechasers (1971), Peart's other film roles include Suburban Wives (1972) and Nobody Ordered Love (1972). Her breakthrough role, however, was as a vampire in the Hammer Horror film The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) opposite Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Following on from this, Peart appeared as Gloria Winch, a beauty contestant, in the comedy film Carry On Girls (1973). She then played Arthur Lowe's secretary in Man About the House (1974), the spin-off film of the sitcom of the same name. In between acting work, Peart was a model. Peart's subsequent films included Chandi Sona (1977), Sean Connery's girlfriend in Cuba (1979), The Bunker (1981) and Antony and Cleopatra (1984). [3]

Peart's first television credit was as a girl dancing with Roger Moore in an episode of The Persuaders! in 1971, and she then had roles in series such as Here Come the Double Deckers! , Jason King , The Onedin Line , Thirty Minutes Worth , Return of the Saint and Tom, Dick and Harriet . [4]

Peart made numerous stage appearances including in When the Wife's Away with John Inman and Jack Douglas [5] and Birds of Paradise with Fenella Fielding and Doris Hare. [6] [7]

After giving up acting in the mid-1990s, Peart became a lecturer at the HCT Group, however in more recent times, she has started to appear occasionally at fan conventions in both the UK and the US and has made a return to acting after an almost thirty-year break.

In 2023 Peart appeared in the feature film The Pocket Film of Superstitions which also featured Caroline Munro, Dani Thompson and Lynn Lowry.

Personal life

Peart is of Jamaican, West Indian, Chinese, Mexican, South American and Israeli heritage. [8]

Peart is good friends with fellow Hammer actresses Caroline Munro and Martine Beswick and the three often appear together at conventions.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 The Firechasers ExtraUncredited
1972 Suburban Wives Mavis
Nobody Ordered Love Girl
1973 The Satanic Rites of Dracula Vampire Girl
Carry On Girls Gloria Winch
1974 Man About the House Secretary
1977 Chandi Sona Girl
1979 Cuba Dolores
2021Our ManorRamsey DaltonPost-Production
2022The Witches of the SandsCommunity LeaderFilming
2023The Pocket Film of SuperstitionsSpirit Medium

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 The Persuaders! Girl in NightclubEpisode: "Powerswitch"
1971 Here Come the Double Deckers! UnknownUnknown episode
1972 Thirty Minutes Worth Control Panel OperatorEpisode: #1.3
1972 Jason King UnknownUnknown episode
1973 The Onedin Line UnknownUnknown episode
1977 The Galton & Simpson Playhouse PaulineEpisode: "Cheers"
1978 Return of the Saint UnknownUnknown episode
1981 The Bunker UnknownTV film
1982 Tom, Dick and Harriet MandyEpisode: "On the Town"
1984 Antony and Cleopatra UnknownTV film

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References

  1. "So-Busy Pauline". The Daily Mirror. 24 March 1972.
  2. Jones, Ben (12 July 1972). "Love Of A Slave Girl". The Daily Mirror.
  3. "Pauline Peart BFI". BFI. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019.
  4. "Pauline Peart - British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide.
  5. Jay, Jack and Peter (19 August 1971). "Thanks Again To Jack Douglas And The Company Of Sam Cree's New Comedy 'When The Wife's Away'". The Stage.
  6. "Heading For The West End". Kent & Sussex Courier. 14 September 1973.
  7. "Pauline Off To Ostend As The Queen Of The Reggae Festival". Harrow Observer. 17 May 1974.
  8. "The Parts of Pauline". The Daily Mirror. 16 September 1972.

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