Jacqueline Hill

Jacqueline Hill (17 December 1929 - 18 February 1993) was a British actress best known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. As the teacher of Susan Foreman, the granddaughter of the Doctor, she was one of the first companions to appear in the show in 1963. She continued to play the role for nearly 2 years, leaving the show in 1965 but returning for an appearance in the 1980 Doctor Who story Meglos, as the priestess Lexa.

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17 December - 1929 - 18 February - 1993 - British - Actress - Barbara Wright - BBC - Science fiction - Television series - Doctor Who - Susan Foreman - The Doctor - Companions - 1963 - 1965 - 1980 - Meglos

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Hill trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made her stage debut in London's West End in The Shrike. Many more roles followed, including, on TV, Shop Window, Fabian of the Yard and An Enemy of the People. It was around this time that she married top director Alvin Rakoff, who cast her opposite Sean Connery in one of ABC TV's Armchair Theatre plays. She was asked to play Barbara Wright in Doctor Who after she and producer Verity Lambert, whom she knew socially, discussed the role at a party. Soon after leaving the series in 1965 she gave up acting to raise a family. However, she resumed her career in 1979 and gained further TV credits in, amongst other programmes, Tales of the Unexpected and as Lady Capulet in the BBC Television Shakespeare version of Romeo and Juliet in 1978.

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The Shrike - Shop Window - Fabian of the Yard - An Enemy of the People - Alvin Rakoff - Sean Connery - ABC TV - Armchair Theatre - Barbara Wright - Verity Lambert - Tales of the Unexpected - Lady Capulet - BBC Television Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet - 1978

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