Noele Gordon

Noele Gordon (December 25, 1923 - April 14, 1985) was a British film and television actress. She was born in East Ham in London.

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December 25 - 1923 - April 14 - 1985 - British - Film - Television - Actress - East Ham - London

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She was credited as the first woman to be seen on colour television sets, as she took part in the BBC's early tests in colour broadcasting in the 1940s. Noele appeared in two movies in the 1940s, produced in Britain and then distributed to the United States (29 Acacia Avenue and Lisbon Story). Her acting career came to a halt in 1955 when she joined Associated Television as Head Of Lifestyle programmes. She studied the television medium in America and upon her return helped Reg Watson and Ned Sherrin launch a new station, ATV Midlands. This was a spin-off station from the already established ATV London. As well as being a producer, Noele also turned her hand to presenting. Tea With Noele Gordon was one of the first ITV chat shows. She then moved on to present a daily live entertainment show, Lunchbox. This was a programme the BBC would revive in the 1970s as Pebble Mill At One.

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1940s - 29 Acacia Avenue - Lisbon Story

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In the summer of 1964 Lunchbox came to an end after over 2000 episodes. It was axed to make way for a new daily soap, Noele would move onto the new programme where she took the role of motel manageress Meg Richardson on the soap opera Crossroads in 1964. She stayed with the programme until the producers sensationally sacked her in 1981, as they were hoping to go for a new look with Jane Rossington and Tony Adams as the new leads. During this period, she won the TV Times award for most popular television actress on no fewer than eight separate occasions, such was her popularity in the show.

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Soap opera - Crossroads - 1964 - 1981 - Jane Rossington - Tony Adams

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After her sacking, she appeared in an unsuccessful revival of Irving Berlin's musical Call Me Madam at the Victoria Palace Theatre.

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Irving Berlin - Call Me Madam - Victoria Palace Theatre

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She retired to her home in Birmingham, where she died in 1985 of cancer.

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Birmingham - 1985

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