Line #38 Creator/MadelineSmith


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7	->''"The most irritating thing is when people assume that because you have a large bosom, you're going to be vapid and silly. I fail to see what glands have got to do with brains."''
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9	Madeline Smith, (2 August 1949), is a British actress best known for appearing in comedy and horror films in The70s and The80s.
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11	Her first film role was in ''Escalation''. Two years later, she did her first work for Film/HammerHorror in ''Film/TasteTheBloodOfDracula'', credited as "[[StageNames Maddy Smith]]". Other films she did for Hammer were ''Film/TheVampireLovers'' and ''Film/FrankensteinAndTheMonsterFromHell''. In 1971, she appeared in ''Film/UpPompeii'' (the film version of the [[Series/UpPompeii TV series]]). The star of the film, Creator/FrankieHowerd, hoped for her to return in the sequel, ''Film/UpTheChastityBelt'', but she was unavailable. She did however return for the third and final film, ''Film/UpTheFront''.
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13	In 1972, she had one scene in ''Film/CarryOnMatron'' and proved popular with the ''Film/CarryOn'' team; they wanted her to return in the next in the series, ''Film/CarryOnAbroad'', but (like with ''Chastity Belt'') she proved to be unavailable, and so Creator/SidJames got his ''Series/BlessThisHouse'' co-star Creator/SallyGeeson to fill the role of Lily Dickey. Smith also played a Bond Girl - Miss Caruso in the first scene of ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', being recommended for the role by Creator/RogerMoore, who had done a scene with her in an episode of ''Series/ThePersuaders''.
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15	On TV, Smith made appearances in five episodes of ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor at Large]]'', eight episodes of ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'', an episode of ''The Howerd Confessions'' (reuniting her with Frankie), and two episodes of ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall1978'' as two different characters. Smith gave birth to a daughter, Emily, in 1984, and so began to take fewer acting jobs to care for her. This lasted until 2011, when she appeared in an episode of ''Series/{{Doctors}}''. In 2019, she lent her voice to an audio play to celebrate fifty years of ''Up Pompeii''.
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18	!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
19	[[AC:Film]]
20	* ''Film/TheKillingOfSisterGeorge'' (1968) -- Nun (UncreditedRole)
21	* ''Film/TasteTheBloodOfDracula'' (1970) -- Dolly
22	* ''Film/TheVampireLovers'' (1970) -- Emma Morton
23	* ''Film/UpPompeii'' (1971) -- Erotica
24	* ''Film/CarryOnMatron'' (1972) -- Mrs. Pullitt
25	* ''Film/UpTheFront'' (1972) -- Fanny
26	* ''Film/TheAmazingMrBlunden'' (1972) -- Bella Wickens
27	* ''Film/TheatreOfBlood'' (1973) -- Rosemary
28	* ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'' (1973) -- Miss Caruso
29	* ''Film/FrankensteinAndTheMonsterFromHell'' (1974) -- Sarah
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31	* ''Series/OnTheHouse'', episode "A Little Bit on the Side" (1970) -- Angela
32	* ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor at Large]]'', 5 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"You Make Me Feel So Young", "Doctor Dish", "Modernising Major", "Congratulations- It's a Toad!", "Change Your Partners"[[/labelnote]] (1971) -- Sue Maxwell
33	* ''Series/TheTwoRonnies'', 8 episodes (1971) -- Henrietta Beckett
34	* ''Series/ThePersuaders'', episode "The Long Goodbye" (1971) -- Carla I
35	* ''Series/JasonKing'', 2-episode story "All That Glisters..." (1971) -- Jonquil
36	* ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'', episode "Back in Fashion" (1974) -- Carol
37	* ''{{Series/All Creatures Great and Small\|1978}}'', 2 episodes:
38	** "Pride of Possession" (1978) -- Angela Farmer
39	** "1983 Special" (1983) -- Anne Grantley
40	* ''Series/TheSteamVideoCompany'', 6 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll", "Creature from the Black Forest Gateau", "I Was Hitler's Bookie", "The Secret of Plankton Lodge", "Amityville II Luton Town 3", "The Fall of the House of Franklyn"[[/labelnote]] (1984) -- Various
41	* ''Series/{{Doctors}}'', episode "Whip Hand" (2011) -- Rita Prentice
42	* ''Series/DancingOnTheEdge'', 2 episodes (2013) -- Violetta
43	* ''Series/NotGoingOut'', episode "Christening" (2014) -- Joanne's Friend
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45	!!Tropes & Trivia in her works:
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47	* MsFanservice: In her prime, she was quite well-endowed:
48	-->"I found myself typecast: I was a couple of breasts with a face above them and a squeaky voice. Everyone thought I was brainless, and I was stuck with that image for the rest of my career".
49	* {{Typecasting}}: As a MsFanservice, as she put it herself in the above quote.
50	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After a successful turn in ''Film/CarryOnMatron'', producer Creator/PeterRogers wanted her back in the ''Film/CarryOnSeries'' for the next film, ''Film/CarryOnAbroad''. Unfortunately, Smith was unavailable, so the role went to Creator/SallyGeeson.

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