After the show ended for good, Jane appeared in an episode of children's TV show Dramarama , and had her own radio show on Beacon Radio. Heather Chasen, most famed for her role as Valerie Pollard in Crossroads, has died at the age of 92.. During her career Chasen appeared in multiple British soaps, spending four years playing Pollard in the now-defunct Crossroads in the 1980s.. More recently she appeared in EastEnders as Janine's grandmother Lydia in 2011 for a brief stint.. Margaret Matheson had stated that it was not Denton or herself who sacked Gordon. The actress died in January 1990 at the age of 68. [7], In the summer of 1964, Lunchbox came to an end after more than 2,000 episodes. Arguably the most successful actress to have starred in Crossroads, both old and new, the sky seems to be the limit for Freema Agyeman! Reg Watson, the producer, had already interviewed several actors for the part but was unsatisfied; after Tonge's audition, the producer offered him the role. His fans included British troops serving in the Falklands War in 1982, who nicknamed the Falkland Islanders Bennies after the character. Gordon's father (from Scotland) was an engineer in the Merchant Navy and she was born in East Ham, East London (now part of the London Borough of Newham). Where are the original Crossroads cast now? | TV & Radio - Express [5][6] Her acting career came to a halt in 1955, when she joined Associated Television in London, where she presented their first-ever programme, The Weekend Show. Having dropped in at ATV during his lunch break to enquire about acting parts, a cleaner directed him to a meeting where production manager Margaret French handed him a script and invited him to return for an audition. After attending Princess Helena college in Hertfordshire, she trained at Rada in London in 1944, though leaving after one term when she failed to get a scholarship. In 2019, she won the Outstanding Achievement gong at the British Soap Awards. var device = 'mobile'; Birmingham-born Paul, 69, and his wife Sheila live in Shropshire and have a son, Anthony. Beryl Johnstone played Kitty Jarvis for five years until 1969. Croaky-voiced Anthony Roger Tonge was working as an 8-a-week post office clerk and performing in amateur dramatics in the evenings when he landed the role of Sandy Richardson, the motel owners son, a role he would play for 17 years. She appeared in two British films, 29 Acacia Avenue (1945) and Lisbon Story (1946) in minor parts. Her parents split up when she was 10, and both remarried. 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Star also had role alongside Steve McQueen in The Great Escape and had parts in host of films, TV shows and theatre shows, Never miss breaking news by signing up to our free email updates. The programme's new look was designed to bring back Gordon on an 'as and when' basis, starting with a three-month stint from April 1985. Chasen spent a year (1958-59) in the role of Mollie Ralston in the Agatha Christie whodunnit The Mousetrap (Ambassadors theatre, London) and many West End roles followed. Actor best known for her roles in Crossroads and The Navy Lark. [1], Born in Aston, Birmingham, Henry attended the city's Alderlea Boys School in Shard End with Jeff Lynne. Anguss other film roles included appearances in 633 Squadron, Tunes of Glory and 1969 musical Oh! We got married in 1969 and here we are 45 years later. Something went wrong, please try again later. This article was amended on 29 May 2020. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. Prior to the accident storyline, Tonge had for many months only been seen in seated scenes, standing rigid or lying in bed. Anthony W Morton, who made his name during three years' service in the motel kitchen during the mid-60s died after a short illness. FORMER Crossroads star John Bentley, who married Noele Gordon in the soap's biggest storyline, has died aged 92. The actor Heather Chasen, who has died aged 92, landed her best-known screen role in the television soap Crossroads. The actor from Sparkhill . [9], Returning to the stage in 2009, he appeared in a touring version of Run for Your Wife and in the following year portrayed Tony Hancock in the play Hancock's Finest Hour. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Ive got a full head of hair, I recently gave up smoking and hardly drink now. [8] He then played the regular character Frank, a baker's delivery man and later attempted rapist, in the penultimate series of the ITV1 prison drama Bad Girls. Her last stage role was in No, No, Nanette at Plymouth's Theatre Royal. Heather Chasen as Valerie Pollard in Crossroads, with her daughter Miranda, played by Claire Faulconbridge. Crossroads, later known asCrossroads MotelandCrossroads King's Oak, was an ITV soap opera that ran from 1964-1988, and was revived from 2001-2003. Crossroads actor John Bentley dies at 92 - Birmingham Live Crossroads took up six months every year, which left me time for theatre, pantomime and guest spots on shows like Bullseye and then Eamonn Andrews surprised me on one of his last This Is Your Life shows in 1985. Crossroads was a much-loved soap which spanned decades and underwent a revival until its end in 2003, but what did the cast members do next? Crossroads actor Angus Lennie - Shughie McFee - dies Paul played Benny Hawkins from 1975-1988, and then went on to star in prison drama Bad Girls, Doctors, and The Sweeney. [8] She then moved on to present a daily live entertainment show, Lunchbox, an early daytime programme. Crossroads (TV Series 1964-1988) - Full Cast & Crew - IMDb In 1977, Henry recorded "Benny's Theme" with the Mayson Glen Orchestra for Pye Records. In April 1949, she took the role of Meg Brockie in the original London production of Brigadoon for 685 performances at Her Majesty's Theatre. [2], The slang phrase "throwing a benny" refers to someone having a temper tantrum and may originate from Henry's Crossroads character. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Following the accident, the character of Sandy was predominantly a wheelchair user, though he was able to stand and move upright with the aid of crutches. Funnily enough, she starred alongside her fellow Crossroads actor Sue Nicholls, who played Audrey Roberts. He did however, reveal that his nasty Crossroads character came back to haunt him as a viewer tried to kill him. It peaked at no. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. 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Although he was a regular in the soap opera, Tonge found time to appear on other television programmes, including Z-Cars, Nearest and Dearest and Detective. Now 37, she is best known for her long-standing role as Nancy Hayton on Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks , which she began in 2008. has died, aged 84. (modern). Joan Noele Gordon (25 December 1919 - 14 April 1985) was a British actor of Scottish descent and television presenter. Margery Field played Hilda Duvene between 1964 and 1968 on the soap but she joined slightly later than the original cast. This cast list of actors from Crossroads focuses primarily on the main characters, but there may be a few actors who played smaller roles on Crossroads that are on here as well. She would, however, not return to television full-time because of her theatre commitments. He scored 215 and raised 215 for charity. In 1942 Heather, with her mother and siblings, Christine and Jeremy, fled Singapore for England on the last boat to leave before the Japanese wartime occupation. In 2013, at the age of 72, Adams began suffering from osteoarthritis, which he blames on a seafood diet. He was reported as having laughed off the jibes of journalists, by saying: "I'm allergic to criticism". Arnold Ridley played Reverend Guy Atkins between 1964 and 1972 as part of the main cast. And it started the trend for overnight stops for motorists in individual accommodation. Paul Henry (actor) - Wikipedia She stayed with the show for a national tour. Cast of Crossroads L-R Meg Mortimer (Noele Gordon) David Hunter (Ronald Allen) Jill (Jane Rossington) Sandy (Roger Tonge) and Benny (Paul Henry). Actor: Yes Minister. Duration: 0:02:21. David Moran was born in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. I enjoyed playing Benny, the studios were nearby and we built up an audience of 15 million viewers in its daily 6.30pm slot, just as people arrived home from work. I took the flack as that was part of my job to protect my staff. [1] Henry's first acting credit was for his role as Guiccioli on the TV miniseries The Roads to Freedom. Roger Tonge was born on 30 January 1946 in Birmingham, England, UK. The actor Janet Hargreaves, who has died aged 81, played Rosemary Hunter in Crossroads during the 1970s heyday of the TV serial. Death In 1981, after a long fight with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Tonge died age 35. After the termination of her Crossroads contract, Gordon starred in the musical Gypsy at Leicester's Haymarket Theatre, followed by a revival of Irving Berlin's musical Call Me Madam, touring the Midlands. Throughout her life, she had relationships with both men and women sometimes at the same time. [17] It first aired in February 2023. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. Early life [ edit] Briggs was born in Battersea, south-west London, on 5 September 1935. Cook Shughie blagged his way into a job at the motel, boasting he once worked on a luxury cruise ship which turned out to be a workers ferry on the Clyde. Maurice Colbourne - Wikipedia Crossroads cast now: What happened to Noele Gordon and her co-stars in Jane starred in Crossroads for 24 years while her character married five times, battled drug and alcohol addiction, and had a baby with her stepbrother. The Cast Of Crossroads: Where Are They Now? - BrainSharper Susan married Radio 1 presenter Tommy Vance in the 60s, and then married former Move frontman Carl Wayne until his death in 2004. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. The series also saw black characters appearing regularly a follow-on from the 1960s BBC soap Compact, also created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling. Lovable Crossroads legend Angus Lennie, who played cheeky chef, Shughie McFee. She led her soap life to the full for 24 years during which scripts saw her married five times once bigamously become a drug addict, an alcoholic and have a baby with her stepbrother. David Moran. She sang at a strip club in Vienna and toured America and Cananda with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Angus passed away in a nursing home in London on Sunday. Gordon was credited as the first woman to be seen on colour television sets,[3][4] as she took part, as a teenager, in John Logie Baird's world's first colour transmission on 3 July 1938. Now, Jane lives in Staffordshire with her husband David, and she has two grown up children, Sorrell and Harry. Gordon stayed with the programme until she was sacked in 1981, when ATV was in the process of being re-constituted into a new company, Central Independent Television. But in later years his ill-health left him increasingly immobile. After attending convent school in Ilford, she was taught to dance by Maude Wells and later spent several years living in Southend-on-Sea. In August 2012, it was announced that Hanson had joined the cast of long-running soap opera Coronation Street as a character called Penny Thornley. He stayed on at a time when the soap saw its highest ratings pulling in 18 million viewers a night at its peak. Alfred and Arthur Heineman proposed a chain of motor hotels, with the first on the side of the highway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Heather Chasen obituary | Soap opera | The Guardian He had caught chicken pox and died of heart failure, his system unable to cope with the infection. In 1953, she toured as Mrs Sally Adams in Call Me Madam after Billie Adams had played the role in the London season at the Coliseum. She is engaged to her long term boyfriend Nicholas Willes as of 2019, and calls herself a "cat mother" on Twitter. To accommodate his disability, and in order not to lose the character from the series, a plotline was developed where Sandy became paralysed and a wheelchair user through an accident. In 1975, I played a criminal in The Sweeney and while based at Birmingham Rep I shared a dressing room with actor Jon Rollason. She has appeared on Loose Women and the Alan Titchmarsh Show, to promote the Crossroads 45th anniversary boxset. Not much else is known about the soap actor and what became of him. [18], As detailed by ITV in their on-air obituary broadcast prior to an episode of, As noted in BBC One's TV Heros series, 1991, As noted by Jane Rossington and Paul Henry on the documentary, "Welcome to Nollywood: The staggering true story of Crossroads queen Noele Gordon", "The real story behind Noele Gordon and why she was sacked from Crossroads", "Helena Bonham Carter: I've got so many issues, but as you get older you go: whatever", "ITV commissions Nolly starring academy award-nominated Helena Bonham Carter as Noele Gordon", "What happened to Noele Gordon? The real story behind Noele Gordon and why she was sacked from Crossroads Work was scarce afterwards and then in 1989 our daughter, Justine, was killed in a car crash aged only 18. Company: ATV Master format: 16mm Description. (1990). She died in August 1976 in Seychelles. Years later, I did Doctors, several episodes of Bad Girls and recently a tour playing Tony Hancock in Hancocks Finest Hour. This permanent character development was made to accommodate actor Roger Tonge who had been developing increasing ill-health. She was the only original cast member of Crossroads to star in both the first and last ever episodes, and she spoke the first words spoken on the soap, "Crossroads Motel, good evening". After this event, her mother and her aunt were keen for her to begin a stage career. It then moved to the Victoria Palace Theatre in the West End, where it ran for only 88 performances. Now 73, she spoke the first words in the first episode on November 2, 1964, speaking into a telephone: Crossroads Motel, good evening. Sue Lloyd - Wikipedia David Fennell played Brian Jarvis for 11 years between 1964 and 1975. The plan was for Amy to be arrested for being a Soviet double agent, Amelia Turtleovski, but sadly it never appeared on screen. He was married to actress Sue Lloyd, who played his onscreen wife, Barbara Hunter, before lung cancer claimed his life in 1991. then this list will help you answer those questions. Gordon attended RADA, appearing in repertory theatres and the West End stage. Birmingham-born Paul, 69, and his wife Sheila live in. His last known role was in the short film The Gigolo in 2017. All rights reserved. Sue was seen by a skin cancer specialist who diagnosed her with malignant melanoma, and the mole was removed. Roger Tonge - Wikipedia He died at the age of 84 in September 2014. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Tonge's struggle with Hodgkin's Disease impacted his role in the programme. Jane Rossington Jane Rossington was part of the cast from day one and she played Jill Richardson in the soap. She sought revenge by having an affair with Adam Chance (Tony Adams) who was previously in a relationship with her daughter Miranda (Claire Faulconbridge) after he became engaged to Jill Harvey (Jane Rossington). He was only 35. While he had much success in films and other television series, he never forgot Crossroads and was always keen to be involved with reunion events. Crossroads (famous for its wobbly sets), and from 1984 she starred in medical drama The District Nurse . She stayed in Crossroads until she was sacked in 1981, as TV executives sought a new look for the show. Cleo was given the role by producer Reg Watson after press coverage of racial tensions in the Birmingham area at that time. The original soap ran from 1964 to 1988 and was followed by a short revival in 2001. Comedian Ronnie Barker later in his life revealed that he had suggested Henry should be cast as the character Lennie Godber opposite him in the sitcom Porridge, but the actor Richard Beckinsale was chosen instead by the television producer. 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