Gillian Bailey
Gillian Bailey (born 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, London), also known as Gilli Bush-Bailey, is a British academic and former actress. She was a child actress and appeared as Billie in "Here Come the Double Deckers" (1970–71). Other roles included Phyllis in a television version of "The Railway Children" (1968), Janey in "The Witch's Daughter" (1971), Lavinia in "Thursday's Child" (1972–73) and Callie in "Follyfoot" (1971–73). As an adult actress she was cast in roles such as Jinny Carter in series 1 of "Poldark" (1975), Ravella in the first episode of "Blake's 7" (1978 ), and Maureen Galbraith in the BBC TV series "County Hall" (1982). In the 1990s she found that work dried up and began working as a script reader. In 1992, she returned to complete her education at Kingston University. After a period at the Drama and Theatre department at the Royal Holloway, University of London she is now Professor of Women's Performance Histories at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Family. Bailey married Richard Everett in 1974, and the couple had a daughter, Rebecca.