Georgina Hale

Georgina Hale (born 4th August 1943 in Ilford, Essex; died 4th January 2024) appeared in Emmerdale as Beryl Chugspoke in June 2006.
She is an accomplished stage actress, and made her professional debut at Stratford-upon-Avon as a walk-on in 1967. Further leading and supporting roles include Gigi, Romeo and Juliet, Pygmalion and The Seagull. In 1981, she appeared in Nell Dunn's Steaming, receiving an Olivier Award nomination for her performance. Stage roles after that include Star Quality, Summit Conference, The Women, Mourning Becomes Electra, Absurd Person Singular, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, Life Support, The Guardsman, Semi-Monde and Endgame.
In addition to her stage career, she has also had an extensive career in television, first appearing in supporting roles for plays written for anthology series The Wednesday Play, ITV Playhouse and ITV Play of the Week. Recurring roles in Budgie and The Strauss Family followed. In 1990, she took over from Elizabeth Estensen in the title role of the ITV children's series T-Bag. Other television appearances include Casualty, Holby City, Upstairs, Downstairs, Minder, Doctor Who, The Bill, The Commander, One Foot in the Grave, Hollyoaks and Murder Most Horrid.
Film roles include The Watcher in the Woods, Sweeney 2, McVicar, Castaway, Voyage of the Damned, The French Lieutenant's Woman and most notably in Ken Russell's Mahler. She had also appeared in Russell's other films The Devils, The Boy Friend, Lisztomania and Valentino.
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