Gillian Bailey (born 14 June 1955 in

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), also known as Gilli Bush-Bailey, is a British

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and professor. She was a child actress and appeared as Billie in '' Here Come the Double Deckers'' (1970–71). Other roles included Phyllis in a television version of ''

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'' (1968), Janey in '' The Witch's Daughter'' (1971), Lavinia in '' Thursday's Child'' (1972–73) and Callie in ''

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'' (1971–73). As an adult actress she played Jinny Carter in series 1 of '' Poldark'' (1975), Ravella in the first episode of ''

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'' " The Way Back" (1978), Southern TV Live: (1980)‘Together’ Julie Dunn and Maureen Galbraith in the

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TV series ''County Hall'' (1982). In the 1990s she found that work dried up and began working as a script reader. In 1992, she returned to complete her education at

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. After a period at the Drama and Theatre department at the

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she is now Professor of Women's Performance Histories at the

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in London.

Family

Bailey married Richard Everett in 1974, and the couple have a daughter.interview with photos
, Double Deckers website

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* 1955 births Living people British child actresses English television actresses Actors from the London Borough of Merton Academics of Royal Holloway, University of London Academics of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Actresses from London People from Wimbledon, London {{UK-tv-actor-1950s-stub