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Amanda Redington (born January 1962) is a British
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and
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. She has been a presenter for
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such as
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and Sky Channel, during the mid and late 1980s, on GMTV in 1993 and on ''The Warehouse'' on Anglia TV. Redington was a member of the music trio called K-Ram (their only hit was ''Menage à trois'' in 1984) and she took part in The Rap Pack. She married Dutch singer Frank Boeijen in 1990. They divorced in 1994. She has acted on the
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in ''Wife Begins at 40'', playing Linda Harper; in ''Bedside Manners'' as Sally; in ''
Snow White "Snow White" is a German fairy tale, first written down in the early 19th century. The Brothers Grimm published it in 1812 in the first edition of their collection ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', numbered as Tale 53. The original title was ''Sneewittch ...
'' as the Wicked Queen; and in ''
Jack and the Beanstalk "Jack and the Beanstalk" is an English fairy tale with ancient origins. It appeared as "The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean" in 1734 4th edition :File:Round about our Coal Fire, or, Christmas Entertainments, 4th edn, 1734.pdf, On C ...
'' as the fairy. Redington played the title role in ''
Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending childhood having adventures on the mythical ...
'' at the Lewisham Theatre; she also played Jack in ''Jack and the Beanstalk''; and she played Sandy in '' Grease'' at the Palace Theatre in
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. Her
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roles include Miss February in '' Sahara Sandwich'' (
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); Dorothy Rosenbaum in '' Flodders in America'' (
1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...
); and Mandy in '' The Best Thing in Life'' (
1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...
). Amanda Redington has also appeared in numerous TV
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, including those for
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,
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Vauxhall Cavalier The Vauxhall Cavalier is a large family car that was sold primarily in the United Kingdom by Vauxhall Motors, Vauxhall from 1975 to 1995. It was based on a succession of Opel designs throughout its production life, during which it was built in ...
,
Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily Middle-market newspaper, middle-market Tabloid journalism, tabloid conservative newspaper founded in 1896 and published in London. , it has the List of newspapers in the United Kingdom by circulation, h ...
, Lunn Poly, Hamlet Cigars,
Maltesers Maltesers are a British confectionery product manufactured by Mars Inc. First sold in the UK in 1937, they were originally aimed at women. They have since been sold in Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States and Midd ...
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s,
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, and
NatWest National Westminster Bank, trading as NatWest, is a major Retail banking, retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom based in London, England. It was established in 1968 by the Corporate merger, merger of National Provincial Bank and We ...
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External links


Amanda Redington at BFI Film & TV Database
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