69-496: Bernard Bresslaw (25 February 1934 – 11 June 1993) was a British actor and comedian. He was best known as a member of the Carry On film franchise. Bresslaw also worked on television and stage, performed recordings and wrote a series of poetry. Bernard Bresslaw was born the youngest of three boys into a Jewish family in Stepney , London , on 25 February 1934. He attended
138-817: A Freemason and member of Chelsea Lodge 3098. Bresslaw performed with the Young Vic Theatre Company, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre . One of his last stage performances was as Malvolio in Twelfth Night at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park (1990). He played the genie in the lamp in Aladdin at the Theatre Royal , Newcastle , in the 1990s. He played the genie on
207-473: A 2012 appearance on The Graham Norton Show , Margolyes said to will.i.am "I'm just fascinated by you, because, unfortunately, I don't know many black people in show business”, and went on to state that it was surprising that a rapper would be philanthropic. In 2016, Margoyles was accused of making a racist joke which left a black man reportedly "humiliated" at the London Film Convention. During
276-443: A 2022 appearance on This Morning , Margolyes responded to one caller to "lose weight", telling another "not to mix with other cripples". In 2023, Margoyles discussed her negative experience filming Little Shop of Horrors with Steve Martin , something which Martin has publicly disputed. In 2024, Margoyles enraged adult Harry Potter fans by stating, "I worry about Harry Potter fans because they should be over that by now. It
345-497: A budget of £1.5 million, which was deemed too expensive – proved to be the end of the film and it was cancelled. The final proposed Carry On , before Peter Rogers's death in 2009, was Carry On London . Announced in 2003 by Rogers and producer James Black, it remained in pre-production well into 2008. The script was signed off by the production company in late March 2008, and "centred on a limousine company ferrying celebrities to an awards show". The film had several false starts, with
414-481: A command commonly issued by army officers to their sergeants in the course of their routine duties, was in keeping with its setting. The film was sufficiently successful to inspire a similar venture, again focusing on an established and respected profession in Carry On Nurse . When that too was successful, further forays with Carry On Teacher and Carry On Constable established the series. This initial 'pattern'
483-469: A discussion with Zoe Terakes , a trans Australian actor, and that she no longer believed that grammar was paramount over making someone happy by using their preferred pronouns. On 15 October 2022, after being interviewed by Justin Webb about the recently deceased Robbie Coltrane on BBC Radio 4's Today , she commented to the presenters that she had never expected to be in a seat that had just been vacated by
552-783: A film was as Elephant Ethel in Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977). In the 1980s, she made appearances in Blackadder opposite Rowan Atkinson : these roles include the Spanish Infanta in The Black Adder , Lady Whiteadder in Blackadder II and Queen Victoria in Blackadder's Christmas Carol . In 1986, she played a major supporting role in the BBC drama The Life and Loves of a She-Devil . She won
621-420: A long-playing record, Oh! What a Carry On! (MFP MONO 1416), featuring songs performed by Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Kenneth Connor, Frankie Howerd, Bernard Bresslaw, Joan Sims, Barbara Windsor, and Dora Bryan . A 50-minute television documentary, What's a Carry On? , was made in 1998 for the 40th anniversary of the first film. It included archive clips, out-takes and interviews with surviving cast members. It
690-475: A nervous couple who drop in unannounced on Lipman's character Beatrice "Beattie" Bellman and her husband Harry. Bresslaw was the author of a privately published volume of poetry, Ode to the Dead Sea Scrolls . Bresslaw was married to the dancer Betty Wright from 1959 until his death in 1993. They had three sons. Bresslaw died of a sudden heart attack on 11 June 1993. He had collapsed in the green room at
759-601: A new production of Endgame by Samuel Beckett at the Duchess Theatre in the West End . Margolyes voiced the role of Mrs. Plithiver, a blind snake, in the 3D-animated-epic film Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010). In 2011, Margolyes recorded a narrative for the album The Devil's Brides by klezmer musician-ethnographer Yale Strom . Margolyes played recurring character Prudence Stanley in
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#1733093782240828-407: A number of VHSs were released in an eighteen VHS box-set on 1 September 2003. The film series was first released as a DVD box-set on 1 September 2008, by ITV Studios Home Entertainment. Five years later, on 7 October 2013, it was re-released with smaller packaging. All the movies contained in the collection are also available to buy individually. Since 2013, StudioCanal has released a number of
897-535: A number of works written by talented deafblind people. She is also a campaigner for the respite care charity Crossroads . Margolyes' political activism started at university. "I came from a very middle-class Jewish background, always Tory-voting", she later said. However, in the 1970s, she joined the Workers Revolutionary Party with other actors and Equity members such as Vanessa Redgrave , Frances de la Tour , and Tom Kempinski . Margolyes
966-792: A one-woman show, Dickens' Women , in which she played 23 characters from Dickens' novels. In 2005 Margolyes hosted a ten-part BBC Four documentary, Dickens in America , which retraced Dickens's 1842 journey across the United States of America. Margolyes played Aunt Sponge and voiced the Glow-Worm in James and the Giant Peach (1996). She played the Nurse in Baz Luhrmann 's Romeo + Juliet (1996). She voiced
1035-399: A principal performer. In his diaries Kenneth Williams lamented this, and criticised several of the movies despite his declared fondness for the series as a whole. Peter Rogers, the series' producer, acknowledged: "Kenneth was worth taking care of, because while he cost very little [...] he made a very great deal of money for the franchise." The Carry On series includes a broad cast across
1104-778: A three-part series for the BBC titled Miriam's Big American Adventure , highlighting the citizens of the United States and the issues facing the country. She voiced Queen Oofeefa in the film Early Man . Since 2018, Margolyes has portrayed Mother Mildred in the BBC One drama, Call The Midwife . She played Miss Shepherd in a 2019 production of The Lady in the Van for the Melbourne Theatre Company in Melbourne in Australia. In October 2021, she played Lillian opposite Helen Monks in
1173-731: A while. Margolyes is a patron of My Death My Decision , an organisation in the UK which seeks a more compassionate approach to dying, including the legal right to a medically assisted death, if that is a person's persistent wish. Margolyes is a supporter of Sense (the National Deafblind and Rubella Association) and was the host at the first Sense Creative Writing Awards, held at the Charles Dickens Museum in London in December 2006, where she read
1242-678: Is True (2021) and Oh Miriam! (2023). Margolyes was born in Oxford on 18 May 1941 into a Jewish family. She was the only child of Joseph Margolyes (1899–1995), a Scottish physician and general practitioner from the Gorbals area of Glasgow , and property-developer Ruth ( née Sandeman ; 1905–1974), daughter of a second-hand furniture dealer and auctioneer at Kirkdale, Liverpool , who later relocated to London. The maternal family surname changed from Sandeman to Walters before Margolyes' birth. Her maternal great-grandfather, Symeon Sandmann,
1311-851: Is a lesbian , and referred to herself as a " dyke " live on national television and in front of Australian prime minister Julia Gillard in 2013. Since 1968, she has been in a relationship with Heather Sutherland , an Australian retired professor of Indonesian studies. As of 2012 they were dividing their time between homes in London and Kent in England, Robertson, New South Wales in Australia, and Montisi in Italy. In November 2023, Margoyles revealed on The Graham Norton Show that she and Sutherland had never lived together, but she wanted to do so as they were now both old and did not have much time left. She had been living in London and Sutherland in Amsterdam for
1380-573: Is a British and Australian actress. Known for her work as a character actor across film, television, and stage, she received the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs. Mingott in Martin Scorsese 's The Age of Innocence (1993), and achieved international prominence with her portrayal of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011). Margolyes was appointed Officer of
1449-670: Is a member of the Labour Party and is registered to vote in Vauxhall . In August 2015, she was a signatory to a letter criticising The Jewish Chronicle ' s reporting of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn 's alleged associations with antisemites . In November 2019, she endorsed the Labour Party in the UK general election because of their policies on the National Health Service . Later in
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#17330937822401518-618: Is the longest-running, having started in 1962, four years after the first Carry On , though with fewer films.) Rogers and Thomas were responsible for all 31 films, usually on time and to a strict budget, and often employed the same crew — some of whom were also regulars on the James Bond series, such as Peter Lamont , Alan Hume , and Anthony Waye . Between 1958 and 1992, the series employed seven writers, most often Norman Hudis (1958–1962) and Talbot Rothwell (1963–1974). Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd produced 12 films (1958–1966), and
1587-557: The Daily Star Sunday that "we have got two new stories and we are looking to do one of the old ones again to bring it up to modern day quality – probably Carry On Sergeant " . Baker's company Carry On Films Ltd was later dissolved. The characters and comedy style of the Carry On film series were adapted to a television series titled Carry On Laughing , and several Christmas specials . In 1971, Music for Pleasure released
1656-464: The Sooty Show and also voiced Gorilla on The Giddy Game Show . He played Mephistopheles, alongside James Warwick in the title role of an Oxford Stage Company regional touring production of Doctor Faustus in 1987. He was a member of the oldest theatrical fraternity in the world, the elite Grand Order of Water Rats . His song "You Need Feet" (a parody of "You Need Hands" by Max Bygraves )
1725-454: The BBC Radio 4 sitcom Charlotte and Lillian , where she introduced her autobiography This Much Is True . On 5 November she appeared on BBC One's The Graham Norton Show , where she discussed the book, explaining that it was written only because she "was paid an enormous amount of money". On 16 September the book was published by Hachette Books . In April 2022, Margolyes was the subject of
1794-581: The Cambridge Footlights . She represented Newnham College in the first series of University Challenge , where she may have been one of the first people to say " fuck " on British television; she claims to have used the word in frustration on the show in 1963. With her versatile voice, Margolyes first gained recognition for her work as a voice artist. In the 1970s, she recorded a soft-porn audio called Sexy Sonia: Leaves from my Schoolgirl Notebook . In 1972 she played alongside Tony Robinson in
1863-454: The Carry On films on Blu-ray, beginning with Carry On Screaming! (21 October 2013), Carry On Cleo (5 May 2014), Carry On Cowboy (2 June 2014) and Carry On Jack (7 July 2014). The success of the Carry On series occasionally led to affectionate parodies of the series by other contemporary comedians: Miriam Margolyes Miriam Margolyes OBE ( / ˈ m ɑːr ɡ əl iː z / MAR -gə-leez ; born 18 May 1941)
1932-480: The Carry On films were directed by Gerald Thomas and starred a regular ensemble that included Sid James , Kenneth Williams , Charles Hawtrey , Joan Sims , Kenneth Connor , Peter Butterworth , Hattie Jacques , Terry Scott , Bernard Bresslaw , Barbara Windsor , Jack Douglas , and Jim Dale . The humour of Carry On was in the British comic tradition of music hall and bawdy seaside postcards . The success of
2001-767: The Coopers' Company's School in Tredegar Square, Bow, London E3 . His father was a tailor 's cutter and he became interested in acting after visits to the Hackney Empire . London County Council awarded him a scholarship to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he won the Emile Littler Award as the most promising actor. After Educating Archie on radio and The Army Game on television, more television, film and Shakespearean theatre roles followed, until he
2070-643: The Open Air Theatre in Regent's Park , London, where he was to play Grumio in the New Shakespeare Company's production of Taming of the Shrew . His body was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium , north London, where his ashes were buried on 17 June 1993. Carry On (franchise) Carry On is a British comedy franchise comprising 31 films, four Christmas specials, a television series and stage shows produced between 1958 and 1992. Produced by Peter Rogers ,
2139-472: The 1989 LA Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Flora Finching in the film Little Dorrit (1988). On American television, she headlined the short-lived 1992 CBS sitcom Frannie's Turn . In 1994, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese 's The Age of Innocence (1993). In 1989, Margolyes co-wrote and performed
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2208-589: The Australian-based TV series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries from 2012 to 2015. In 2014, she voiced Nana in the Disney Junior animated series Nina Needs to Go! In January 2016, Margolyes appeared in The Real Marigold Hotel , a travel documentary in which a group of eight celebrities travelled to India to see whether retirement would be more rewarding there than in the UK. The series
2277-725: The BBC documentary Miriam Margolyes: Up for Grabs in the Imagine... series, where she was interviewed by Alan Yentob . She appeared on BBC Radio 4 's The Museum of Curiosity in February 2023. Her hypothetical donation to this imaginary museum was " Charles Dickens and all his works". In November 2023 Margolyes appeared as the voice of The Meep in " The Star Beast ", the first of three Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials. Margoyles spent many years living for long periods in Australia, and became an Australian citizen on Australia Day 2013, while retaining her British citizenship. She
2346-578: The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt . She said, live on air, "When I saw him there I just said, 'You've got a hell of a job, the best of luck', and what I really wanted to say was 'Fuck you, you bastard!'" She is a signatory of Jews for Justice for Palestinians . Margolyes said, "What I want to try to do is to get Jewish people to understand what's really going on, and they don't want to hear it. If you speak to most Jews and say, 'Can Israel ever be in
2415-501: The Giant Peach (1996), Mulan (1998), Happy Feet (2006), Flushed Away (2006), and Early Man (2018). Margolyes appeared in the television films Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story (1987), Orpheus Descending (1990), Stalin (1992), Cold Comfort Farm (1995), and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004). Her other credits include Blackadder (1983–1988), Vanity Fair , Supply & Demand (both 1998), and Doctor Who (2023), as well as
2484-538: The Hamas action, of course I do. But what we are doing, Jewish people over in Israel, is shocking, embarrassing and wicked and I cannot understand why all Jewish people, particularly members of synagogues, do not want immediately to stop what is going on. And in the name of humanity, I call upon all Jews to shout, beg, scream for a ceasefire. ... Margolyes has been accused on several occasions of making racist comments or jokes. During
2553-556: The Jungle (1970). He featured as Varga, the lead villain in the 1967 Doctor Who story The Ice Warriors . Between 1985 and 1987, Bresslaw provided the voice of Gorilla in Yorkshire TV's animated series The Giddy Game Show . Bresslaw was a member of the Grand Order of Water Rats , a British entertainment fraternity and in 1988 he was elected "King Rat" of the order. Bresslaw was
2622-816: The Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for Services to Drama. After starting her career in theatre, Margolyes made the transition to film with a small part in the British comedy A Nice Girl Like Me (1969). Subsequent credits include Yentl (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Little Dorrit (1988), I Love You to Death (1990), Immortal Beloved (1994), Different for Girls , Romeo + Juliet (both 1996), Magnolia , End of Days (both 1999), Being Julia , and Ladies in Lavender (both 2004). She voiced roles in Babe (1995), James and
2691-534: The Prime Minister hospitalised suffering from COVID-19 , Margolyes said "I had difficulty not wanting Boris Johnson to die." In a 2022 interview with Radio Times , Margolyes came to the defence of J. K. Rowling , commenting that "There is a spectrum and people can be anywhere along that. There isn't one answer to all these trans questions". In November 2023, Margolyes said during another appearance on The Graham Norton Show that her position had changed after
2760-473: The Rank Organisation made 18 (1966–1978), while United International Pictures produced one (1992). All films were made at Pinewood Studios near Iver Heath , Buckinghamshire . Budgetary constraints meant that a large proportion of the location filming was undertaken close to the studios in and around south Buckinghamshire, including areas of Berkshire and Middlesex . However, by the late 1960s, at
2829-507: The acidic Kenneth Williamsesque character), Jynine James , Lenny Henry , Justin Lee Collins , Jennifer Ellison (as the saucy Barbara Windsor type), Liza Tarbuck (paralleling Hattie Jacques), Meera Syal , James Dreyfus , and Frank Skinner (filling in the Sid James role). Despite new media interest and sets being constructed at Pinewood Studios, the film was once again put on hold, and
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2898-403: The attempt was cancelled due to the financial loss of Carry On Emmannuelle . The final attempt to create Carry On Again Nurse came in 1988, with a script written by Norman Hudis . It was to revolve around a hospital set for closure, and set to star original actors Barbara Windsor , Jack Douglas , Kenneth Williams , Charles Hawtrey , Kenneth Connor and Joan Sims , with Sims filling in
2967-508: The education system ( Teacher ) amongst others. Although the films were very often panned by critics, they mostly proved very popular with audiences. In 2007, the pun "Infamy, infamy, they've all got it in for me", spoken by Kenneth Williams (playing Julius Caesar ) in Carry on Cleo , was voted the funniest one-line joke in film history. However, this line had originally been written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden for Jimmy Edwards in
3036-531: The educational TV show Sam on Boffs' Island . She performed most of the supporting female characters in the dubbed Japanese action TV series Monkey . She also worked with the theatre company Gay Sweatshop and provided voiceovers in the Japanese TV series The Water Margin (credited as Mirium Margolyes). In 1974, she appeared with Kenneth Williams and Ted Ray in the BBC Radio 2 comedy series The Betty Witherspoon Show . Margolyes's first major role in
3105-428: The films and other adaptations. A regular core ensemble cast included Sid James , Kenneth Williams , Charles Hawtrey , Joan Sims , Kenneth Connor , Peter Butterworth , Hattie Jacques , Bernard Bresslaw , Barbara Windsor , and Jim Dale . Several other films were planned, scripted (or partly scripted) or entered pre-production before being abandoned: An intended sub-sequel to the successful Carry On Nurse
3174-426: The films led to several spin-offs, including four Christmas television specials (1969–1973), a 1975 television series of 13 episodes, a West End stage show and two provincial summer shows. The Carry On series contains the largest number of films of any British film franchise, and is the second longest running, albeit with a 14-year gap (1978–1992) between the 30th and 31st entries. (The James Bond film series
3243-701: The height of the series' success, more ambitious plots occasionally necessitated locations further afield, which included Snowdonia National Park , Wales (with the foot of Snowdon standing in for the Khyber Pass in Carry On Up the Khyber ), and the beaches of the Sussex coast doubling as Saharan sand dunes in Follow That Camel . Carry On Sergeant (1958) is about a group of recruits doing National Service ; its title,
3312-461: The month, along with other public figures, she signed a letter supporting Corbyn and describing him as a "beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia , and racism in much of the democratic world". Margolyes was very critical of the British Government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic . She considered it "a public scandal" and "a disgrace". With
3381-454: The named director. At the 50th anniversary party held at Pinewood Studios in March 2008, Rogers confirmed that he was planning a series of Carry On films after London , subject to the success of the first. In early 2009, Carry On London or Carry On Bananas was once again 'back on', with Charlie Higson attached as director, and a different, more modern, cast list involving Paul O'Grady (as
3450-490: The one that died", referring to Richard Harris . In 2004, Margolyes played the role of Peg Sellers, the mother of Peter Sellers , in the Golden Globe winning film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers . Margolyes was one of the original cast of the London production of the musical Wicked opposite Idina Menzel in 2006, playing Madame Morrible, a role she played again on Broadway in 2008. In 2009, she appeared in
3519-449: The producers and cast changing extensively over time. Only the little-known Welsh actress Jynine James remained a consistent name from 2003 to 2008. Danniella Westbrook , David Jason , Shaun Williamson and Burt Reynolds were also once attached to the project. It was announced in May 2006 that Vinnie Jones and Shane Richie were to star in the film, which was to be directed by Peter Richardson , though Ed Bye later replaced him as
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#17330937822403588-480: The project was abandoned after the death of Peter Rogers in April 2009. In May 2016, producer Jonathan Sothcott of Hereford Films announced plans for a new series of Carry On films, beginning with Carry On Doctors and Carry On Campus . On 12 April 2017, Sothcott confirmed to the website The Hollywood News that he was no longer involved with the film series. As of September 2019, three Carry On films were set to be filmed back-to-back, after Brian Baker won
3657-527: The rabbit character in the animated commercials for Cadbury 's Caramel bars and provided the voice of Fly the dog in the Australian-American family film Babe (1995). She played Professor Sprout in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and again in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011). In a 2011 interview on The Graham Norton Show , in regard to her Potter costars, Margolyes said that she got on well with Maggie Smith , but rather bluntly admitted that she "didn't like
3726-464: The radio series Take It From Here some years previously. A film had appeared in 1957 under the title Carry On Admiral ; although this was a comedy in similar vein (and even featured Joan Sims in the cast) it has no connection to the Carry On series itself. The much earlier 1937 film Carry On London is also unrelated (though it coincidentally starred future Carry On performer Eric Barker ). The cast were poorly paid—around £5,000 per film for
3795-568: The recurring roles of Prudence Stanley in the Australian drama series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015), and Sister Mildred in the BBC1 drama series Call the Midwife (2018–2021). On stage, Margolyes toured her one-woman show, Dickens' Women , between 1989 and 2012; starred as Sue Mengers in the Australian premiere of I'll Eat You Last (2014); and originated the role of Madame Morrible in Wicked ( West End , 2006; Broadway , 2008). Outside acting, she has fronted various travelogue series and written two memoirs: This Much
3864-463: The rights to the movies following a legal battle with ITV earlier that year. Production of the new films had been planned to take place in spring 2020. However, filming was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and little more was heard about the project until after the death of Barbara Windsor in December 2020, when Baker announced that he would be using old footage of the actress in the film, saying "Barbara will be making an appearance." Baker told
3933-429: The role of Matron that was previously held by Hattie Jacques . The end of the film was going to be a tribute to Jacques, with Sims turning around a photograph of the actress and asking "Well, did I do alright?" (the script is included in the book The Lost Carry Ons ). Production was scheduled to begin in June 1988, but the death of Williams two months previously, followed by that of Hawtrey six months later – combined with
4002-769: The wrong?' they say, 'No. Our duty as Jews is to support Israel whatever happens.' And I don't believe that. It is our duty as human beings to report the truth as we see it." On 6 April 2024, a video by Margolyes was published by The Jewish Council of Australia criticising the Israeli government on its ongoing invasion of the Gaza Strip and calling on Jews to "shout, beg, scream" for a ceasefire. In her 2.5 minute video she said: ... I have never been so ashamed of Israel as I am at this moment. To me, it seems as if Hitler has won. He's changed us Jews from being compassionate and caring and do unto others as you would have them do unto you into this vicious genocidal nationalist nation, pursuing and killing women and children. Of course, I condemn
4071-401: Was Carry On Cleo (1964), in which the budget-conscious production team made full use of some impressive sets that had been created in 1960 for the Burton and Taylor epic Cleopatra (1963) but abandoned when production moved to Rome. Carry On Emmannuelle , inspired by the soft-porn Emmanuelle , brought to an end the original Carry On run. The stock-in-trade of Carry On humour
4140-573: Was innuendo and the sending-up of British institutions and customs, such as the National Health Service ( Nurse , Doctor , Again Doctor , Matron and the proposed Again Nurse ), the monarchy ( Henry ), the Empire ( Up the Khyber ), the armed forces ( Sergeant , England , Jack and the proposed Flying and Escaping ), the police ( Constable ) and the trade unions ( At Your Convenience ) as well as camping ( Camping ), foreign holidays ( Cruising , Abroad ), beauty contests ( Girls ), caravan holidays ( Behind ), and
4209-451: Was 25 years ago, and it’s for children." Harry Potter fans responded on X (formerly Twitter) , one saying "Nobody has a right to try and shame people into not enjoying something they harmlessly enjoy." Author and comedian David Walliams says he used Margolyes as a model for the title character in his children's book Awful Auntie after an argument with her during a stage production, though he stressed that he has nothing against her and
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#17330937822404278-467: Was 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m). Because of his height, he was briefly considered for the part of the Creature in Hammer's Curse of Frankenstein (1957), which ultimately went instead to 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Christopher Lee . Bresslaw later made a comedy version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for Hammer titled The Ugly Duckling (1959). He made great efforts to prepare for roles, for example learning Fanagalo phrases for Carry On Up
4347-422: Was born in the Polish town of Margonin , then part of the Kingdom of Prussia , which Margolyes visited in 2013. Her paternal grandfather Philip Margolyes was born in the small Belarusian shtetl of Amdur , which at the time was in Grodno Governorate , Russian Empire . Margolyes attended Oxford High School and Newnham College, Cambridge . There, in her 20s, she began acting and appeared in productions by
4416-582: Was broken with the fifth film in 1961, Carry On Regardless , but it still followed a similar plot to that of many of the early films—a small group of misfit newcomers to a job make comic mistakes, but come together to succeed in the end. The remainder of the series developed with increased use of the British comic traditions of music hall and bawdy seaside postcards . Many titles parodied more serious films, such as their tongue-in-cheek homages to James Bond ( Spying ), westerns ( Cowboy ), and Hammer horror films ( Screaming! ). The most impressive of these
4485-476: Was cast in Carry On Cowboy in 1965. Bresslaw's catchphrase, in his strong Cockney accent, was "I only arsked" (sic), first used in The Army Game , and later revived in Carry On Camping (1969). In his fleeting appearance as an angry lorry driver in the 1970 film Spring and Port Wine , his character was dubbed. At 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he was the tallest of the Carry On cast, head and shoulders over fellow Carry On regular Barbara Windsor , who
4554-437: Was included as an extra on the DVD release of Carry On Emmannuelle . A two-hour radio documentary, Carry On Forever! , presented by Leslie Phillips , was broadcast in two parts on BBC Radio 2 on 19 and 20 July 2010. A three-part television retrospective with the same title, narrated by Martin Clunes , was shown on ITV3 in the UK over Easter 2015. The Carry On film series has had numerous individual releases on VHS, and
4623-513: Was renamed and made as Carry On Doctor in 1967. Carry On Nurse was alluded to twice in Carry On Doctor , firstly with the sub-titles (one reading Nurse Carries On Again and Death of a Daffodil ), and again in a later scene with Frankie Howerd commenting on a vase of daffodils in his hospital room. A second attempt at Carry On Again Nurse came in 1979, after the series left Rank Films and moved to Hemdale. A completed script had been written by George Layton and Jonathan Lynn in 1977, but
4692-511: Was reprised for two Christmas Specials The Real Marigold On Tour , from Florida and Kyoto . She narrated the 2016 ITV documentary about Lady Colin Campbell entitled Lady C and the Castle . In December 2017, Margolyes appeared in the second season of The Real Marigold On Tour to Chengdu and Havana . She appeared in the first episode of the third series, in which she travelled to St Petersburg with Bobby George , Sheila Ferguson and Stanley Johnson . In January 2018, Margolyes hosted
4761-459: Was used in the Rutles ' TV special, accompanying the Yoko Ono film parody "A Thousand Feet of Film". This was cut from the syndicated version and the original DVD release, but was restored (along with other cut footage) in later DVD releases. Bresslaw, together with Miriam Margolyes , appeared with English comedienne Maureen Lipman in a series of British Telecom advertisements in the late 1980s. Bresslaw and Margolyes played Gerald and Dolly,
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