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Brigit Forsyth (born 28 July 1940) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Thelma Ferris in the
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''. Since December 2013, Forsyth has appeared in the BBC comedy ''
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Early life

After leaving St George's School for Girls in Edinburgh, Forsyth trained as a secretary before enrolling at
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, where she won the Emile Littler Award.


Career

Forsyth's film work includes ''
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'' (1971) as district nurse, the film version of ''
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'' (1976) as Thelma Ferris, and ''Crystalstone'' (1987), as Isabel. Forsyth played the
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from the age of nine, but abandoned it once she went to drama school. Her ability was employed when, in 2004, she was cast in the lead role in ''Cello and the Nightingale'', a play about internationally known cellist Beatrice Harrison that premiered at
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. She is now also playing cello in an all girl folk band called Becky & The Sharks. Forsyth's television work includes ''
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'' as Thelma Chambers (1972–74); ''The Glamour Girls'' (1980-82) as Veronica Haslett; ''
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'' (1983) as Harriet Maddison; ''The Practice'' as Dr. Judith Vincent (1986); '' Sharon and Elsie'' as Elsie Beecroft (1984–85); ''
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'' (1991) as Miss Maitland; and ''
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'' (ITV, 1989) as Helen Yeldham. She has guested on ''
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''; ''
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''; '' Wycliffe''; ''
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''; and also appeared in ''The Sinners''; ''Holly'' as the title character Holly Elliot; ''Adam Smith''; ''Bizarre and Rummage''; ''The Master of Ballantrae''; ''
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''; ''Holding The Fort''; ''Waiting''; ''Dangerfield''; ''Running Wild''; ''The Visit''; ''
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''; ''I Told You, Didn't I?''; ''Stanley's Vision'' as Hilda Spencer; ''My World''; ''Henry''; ''Nice Town'' (1992) as Rosemary Dobson; ''Murder Most Horrid'' (BBC2, 1996, episode: "A Life Or Death Operation") as Mrs. Osman; ''Spark'' (1997) as Mrs. Wells; and ''
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'' (BBC1, 1998) as Francine Pratt, and ''Heartbeat'' (2007). In March 1998, Forsyth made a guest appearance in ''
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's escort agency client, Babs Fanshawe. In 2002, Forsyth was the subject of '' This Is Your Life'' when she was surprised by
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. Forsyth appeared in the 2013 Christmas special of ''
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'' and returned for a full series on 26 December 2014 as Madge, sister of
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's character Mavis. In 2013, Forsyth appeared as Mrs. Jennings in
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''. Her stage work includes ''
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'' in 2008 and Alan Bennett's ''People'' in 2013. She had previously appeared in Bennett's ''
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'' in which she played the part of the Queen. In 2015, she appeared in ''Now This is Not the End'' at the
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in London.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forsyth, Brigit 1940 births Living people Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Actresses from Edinburgh Scottish soap opera actresses Scottish television actresses