Annie Lambert (born 3 January 1946) is a British actress, best known to fans of the

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Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' for her role as Enlightenment in the 1982 serial ''

Four to Doomsday ''Four to Doomsday'' is the second serial of the Doctor Who (season 19), 19th season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in four twice-weekly parts on BBC One, BBC1 from 18 to 26 January 1982. ...

''. She grew up in

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and her first work in London was as a fashion assistant at ''

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'', but several of the photographers she worked with persuaded her to sit for them, and she soon moved into acting. She is the younger half-sister of

Kit Lambert Christopher Sebastian "Kit" Lambert (11 May 1935 – 7 April 1981) was an English record producer, record label owner and the manager of the Who. Biography Early life Kit Lambert was born on 11 May 1935, the son of composer Constant Lamb ...

, who was the manager of

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Filmography

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The Sweeney ''The Sweeney'' is a British police drama television series focusing on two members of the Flying Squad, a branch of the Metropolitan Police specialising in tackling armed robbery and violent crime in London. It stars John Thaw as Detective ...

'' * '' Space: 1999'' * '' The New Avengers'' * '' All Creatures Great and Small'' * '' Bluebell'' * ''

Inspector Morse Endeavour Morse, GM, is the namesake character of the series of "Morse" detective novels by British author Colin Dexter, a Detective Chief Inspector in the Thames Valley Police in Oxford, England. On television he was portrayed by John ...

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Poirot Hercule Poirot (, ) is a fictional Belgian detective created by the English writer Agatha Christie. Poirot is Christie's most famous and longest-running character, appearing in 33 novels, two plays (''Black Coffee (play), Black Coffee'' and '' ...

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Rockliffe's Babies ''Rockliffe'' is a British television police procedural drama series, produced by the BBC, which ran for three series between 9 January 1987 and 14 December 1988. ''Rockliffe'' was devised by Richard O'Keeffe, and produced by Leonard Lewis. The ...

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Howards' Way ''Howards' Way'' is a television drama series produced by BBC Birmingham and transmitted on BBC1 between 1 September 1985 and 25 November 1990. The series deals with the personal and professional lives of the wealthy yachting and business com ...

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Lovejoy ''Lovejoy'' is a British television comedy-drama mystery fiction, mystery series, based on the Lovejoy (novel series), novels by John Grant (Lovejoy), John Grant under the pen name Jonathan Gash. The show, which ran to 71 episodes over six ser ...

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'' * '' Making News'' * '' The Old Boy Network'' * ''

Westbeach ''Westbeach'' is a British television series produced by WitzEnd Productions for the BBC in 1993. The series was set in the fictional seaside town of Westbeach (filmed on location in Eastbourne) and dealt with two rival families, the Cromers a ...

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2point4 Children ''2point4 Children'' is a BBC Television sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porters, a seemingly average, working-class London family whose world is frequently turned upside-down by bad luck and ...

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* British television actresses 1946 births Living people {{UK-tv-actor-1940s-stub