Elizabeth Adare (born 3 June 1949 in

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) is an English child psychologist and former actress and television presenter during the 1970s and 1980s. Her most prominent role was as Elizabeth in the 1970s science fiction television series ''

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''. Other TV credits include: '' Mind Your Language ("An Inspector Calls")'', '' Crossroads'', '' Within These Walls'', '' Rising Damp'', '' Angels'', ''

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'', '' The Expert'', '' Enemy at the Door'', ''The Setbacks'' and ''

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''.

Career

Elizabeth Adare was born in 1949 in

, England, of

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n immigrant parents from

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where she was brought up until 1957. Always wanting to follow her family tradition of becoming a school teacher, she took up acting as a hobby before attending the Mountview Drama School. She made her stage debut in '' Zigger Zagger'' in 1967 with the

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. She worked in repertory theatre in

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and

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and also with the National and Young Vic Theatres. Adare had many walk-on parts and other small roles in television before featuring in an episode of ''The Expert'' for the BBC in 1971. Most notably she appeared in the science-fiction stage play "Time Sneeze" and in the feature films '' Father, Dear Father'' (1973) and '' A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square'' (1979). In 1973, she landed the part of Elizabeth M'Bondo in the series ''

'' which ran until 1979 and it became her most famous role. Adare also appeared in ''Within These Walls'' for London Weekend TV as well as 11 episodes of ''Crossroads''. After ''The Tomorrow People'' series ended in 1979, Adare hosted ''About Books'' for Thames TV. And later appeared as Phillip's girlfriend in an episode of '' Rising Damp''. In 1983, Adare quit acting to settle down with her husband and child, took a new career as a child therapist and she now works as the head of a busy social services department in

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* 1949 births Living people English television actresses English television presenters Black British actresses British child psychologists English people of Sierra Leonean descent English stage actresses 20th-century English actresses Actors from Newcastle upon Tyne {{England-actor-stub