Lilian "Lill" Roughley (born 1949) is an English actress who has appeared on British television since the 1970s. Her notable roles include Alice in the first series of ''

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'', and as Ella Dawkins in '' My Hero''. In the 1980s and 1990s, Roughley also worked often with

Victoria Wood Victoria Wood (19 May 1953 – 20 April 2016) was an English comedian, actress, musician, screenwriter, and director. Wood wrote and starred in dozens of sketches, plays, musicals, films and sitcoms over several decades, and her live comedy act ...

, playing a variety of roles in Wood's various comedy series for the BBC.

Career

Roughley was born 1949 in

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, Lancashire. She had minor roles in the 1970s and 1980s in programmes including '' All the Fun of the Fair'', '' Tales of the Unexpected'', '' Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV'', '' Bergerac'' and ''

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''. She worked with Victoria Wood again in 1989, appearing in four of her six comedy plays for television, and again in 1992's '' Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast''. Also in 1992 she played Alice in the first series of ''

''. In the following years Roughley appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', the film ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Dinnerladies'' (a further collaboration with Victoria Wood), ''

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'' (in the 2001 episode of the series, called "Small Opening", as the "actress" portraying Edina in the play written by Saffron, based on her own life) and '' Heartbeat''. Roughley played Lorraine Thomson in one episode of ''

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'', which aired on 17 May 1996. Roughley played Ella Dawkins in the

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'' My Hero'', from 2000 to 2006. She also played the sexually voracious landlady, Mrs Best, in the

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sitcom '' Hut 33'' (2007–2009).

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Roughley, Lill English film actresses English television actresses Living people 1949 births People from Prescot Actresses from Lancashire Actors from the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley