Norma Ronald (1 March 1937,
Northumberland
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, UK – 20 November 1993, Clara Vale, Ryton,
Tyne and Wear
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, UK) was a British actress known for her appearances as Mildred Murfin in the 1960s
BBC
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radio comedy
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series ''
The Men from the Ministry
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'', as Miss Ealand, Commander Straker's secretary in the science fiction television series ''
UFO
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''
and as Sir John Wilder's ever-resourceful secretary Kay Lingard in both ''
The Plane Makers
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'' and its follow-up ''
The Power Game'' (1963–69)
She made an uncredited appearance in the 1969
Gerry Anderson
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film
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Doppelgänger
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'' (also known as ''Journey to the Far Side of the Sun''). She appeared in ''The Frankie Howerd Show'' on 2 November 1975, and later in ''Tony's'', a 1979/1981 BBC radio comedy with
Victor Spinetti, set in an
Italian
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hairdresser
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s.
In 1966, she married fellow actor
Edward Judd
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Biography
Born in Shanghai, Judd and his English father and Russian mother fled when the Japanese attacked Republic of China (1912–49), China five years later. His ca ...
, with whom she had two daughters.
Filmography
References
External links
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1937 births
1993 deaths
English television actresses
English radio actresses
20th-century English actresses
Actresses from Northumberland
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