Geraldine Cowper (born 23 June 1958) is an English actress who is best known for playing Lisa in ''

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'' and Rowan Morrison in the 1973 horror film ''

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'' and Rosie Miller in ''

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''. In the mid-1980s she took the part of Clare France in ''After Henry'' on BBC radio and also appeared on television as Jim Hacker's daughter in ''Yes Minister''.

Career

Cowper was Clare France, the youngest of the female triumvirate in the

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...

comedy '' After Henry'', which also starred

Prunella Scales Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales (''née'' Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English retired actress. She portrayed Sybil Fawlty, the bossy wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy ''Fawlty Towers'' and Queen Elizabeth ...

and

Joan Sanderson Joan Sanderson (24 November 1912 – 24 May 1992) was an English actress. During a long career on stage and screen, her tall and commanding disposition led to her playing mostly dowagers, spinsters and matrons, as well as intense Shakespearean ...

. Whilst Scales and Sanderson reprised their roles in the later television version, Cowper was considered too old to play a teenager on screen and the role went to Janine Wood. Cowper also played Lucy Hacker, the daughter of

Jim Hacker James George Hacker, Baron Hacker of Islington, , BSc ( Lond.), Hon. D.Phil. ( Oxon.) is a fictional character in the 1980s British sitcom ''Yes Minister'' and ''Yes, Prime Minister''. He is the minister of the fictional Department of Adminis ...

, in the BBC comedy series ''

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'', although only in one episode. She featured in two episodes of ''

'' – " Tea for Three" and " The Frog's Legacy" – as Trigger's niece Lisa, and also appeared in '' Bachelor Father''. In her early teens, Cowper made an uncredited appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's '' Frenzy'' (1972) and played Rowan Morrison in the horror film ''

'' (1973). Just as David Spinx, her on-screen ''EastEnders'' partner, had small roles in the series prior to playing Keith Miller, Cowper had briefly played Lindsay, the mother of a schizophrenic youth named Matt, in April 2002. She appeared in an episode of Law & Order: UK in 2014 as Hope Corday.

TV and filmography

*'' Law & Order: UK'' ... Hope Corday; 2014, ITV *''

'' ... Rosie Miller; 2004–2006, BBC One *''

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'' ... Eileen Price in "Feuds and Fury"; 14 December 2002, BBC One *''

'' ... Matt Lindsay's Mother (Anne Lindsay) in two episodes; 23–25 April 2002, BBC One *''

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'' ... Jane Foster in "Meltdown: Part 1"; 6 March 2000, ITV *'' Trial & Retribution'' ... Ann Taylor; 19 October 1997 *''

'' ... D.I.O. in "Repossession"; 6 September 1996, ITV *''

'' ... Lorraine Dent in "Partners"; 23 August 1994, ITV *''

'' ... May Kilby in "Desperate Remedies"; 31 August 1993, ITV *''

'' ... Brenda Knight in "Blue for a Boy"; 6 October 1988, ITV *''

'' ... Lisa in " The Frog's Legacy"; 25 December 1987, BBC1 *''

'' ... Lisa in " Tea for Three"; 21 September 1986, BBC1 *'' The Return of the Soldier'' (1982) ... Ward Nurse *''S.W.A.L.K.'' ... Katherine; 1982–1984, Channel 4 *''

'' ... Lucy Hacker in "The Right to Know"; 31 March 1980, BBC1 *''

Little Lord Fauntleroy ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in ''St. Nicholas Magazine'' from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner's (the publisher of ...

'' (1980) ... Mellon *'' Enemy at the Door'' ... Jenny Glover in "From a View to a Death"; 15 March 1980 *''Two People''... Christine (6 episodes) November/December 1979 *'' Telford's Change'' ... Jenny Ball in three episodes; 7–21 January 1979 *''

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'' ... Lucy in "The Champion"; 20 January 1979 *''

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'' (1977) ... Lynn Tyson *''Double Echo'' (1976) ... Alison Fisher *''

'' (1973) ... Rowan Morrison *'' Frenzy'' (1972) ... Spectator *'' Bachelor Father'' (1970) ... Jo

Personal life

Cowper is the older sister of actress Nicola Cowper and the twin sister of the late Jackie Cowper, who was also an actress.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowper, Gerry 1958 births Living people English soap opera actresses English television actresses Actresses from London