Lynda Bellingham Biography

Fast Facts

• Trained in acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London
• Made her screen acting debut in the TV series "The Misfit" in 1971
• Began her acting career as a repertory player with the Crewe Theatre Company, first appearing in "Lysistrata" in 1970
• Quote: "(On knowing she was adopted): "I guess the whole acting thing came from wanting people to love me․""
• Was also well known for playing the mother in commercials for Oxo stock cubes for 16 years
• Best known as a presenter on the talk show "Loose Women" and for her role as Helen Herriot in "All Creatures Great and Small․"
• Competed in the seventh series of the BBC reality show "Strictly Come Dancing" in 2009
• Played the role of The Inquisitor in the "Doctor Who" serial "The Trial of a Time Lord" in 1986, the last appearance of Colin Baker as The Doctor