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from the North to run her ailing father's pub. However the series was short-lived and, along with her difficulty in remembering her lines, she was also refusing to attend rehearsals. After suing the production company for an on-set injury in which she broke her leg (after slipping on beer on the
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536:for Best Entertainment in 1998.
247:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
151:Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
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930:"Chauffeur left with the money"
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478:home. In her 70s she developed
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910:. 11 February 1965. p. 3
335:and prompts from her co star
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206:Film and television career
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807:Fiddy, Dick (2003–14).
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307:love-hate relationship
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158:Early life and career
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262:(1968) based on the
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235:The Best of Friends
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349:Not On Your Nellie
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288:backdrop".
264:Lionel Bart
242:Karel Reisz
237:, in 1963.
176:Opera House
172:music halls
121:Hylda Baker
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449:Bloomsbury
168:Lancashire
129:music hall
104:comedienne
76:1 May 1986
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555:Our Hylda
476:Blackpool
456:chauffeur
366:in 1976.
333:cue cards
230:Our House
164:Farnworth
133:Farnworth
114:1914–1978
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