Pamela Greer (born 7 March 1941) is a British actress, who is best known for her roles on television during the 1960s. In 1966, she changed her name to Luanshya Greer (taken from the name of the town where she was born) and became a writer for TV shows including ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' is a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 1955 ...

'', '' Thriller'' and ''

Triangle A triangle is a polygon with three corners and three sides, one of the basic shapes in geometry. The corners, also called ''vertices'', are zero-dimensional points while the sides connecting them, also called ''edges'', are one-dimension ...

''. Her television credits include: * ''

The_Saint_(TV_series) ''The Saint'' is a British crime television series that aired in the United Kingdom on ITV between 1962 and 1969. It was based on the literary character Simon Templar created by Leslie Charteris in the 1920s and featured in many novels over ...

'' (1 episode, 1965) as Sibao * ''

Z-Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police and CID detectives in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by ...

'' (6 episodes) as WPC Shepherd * '' Softly, Softly'' * ''

Doctor Who ''Doctor Who'' is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963. The series, created by Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber and Donald Wilson (writer and producer), Donald Wilson, depicts the adventures of an extraterre ...

'' (in the serial ''

The Daleks' Master Plan ''The Daleks' Master Plan'' is the fourth serial of the third season of the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. Written by Terry Nation and Dennis Spooner and directed by Douglas Camfield, the serial was broadcast ...

'') as "Lizan" * ''

The Likely Lads ''The Likely Lads'' is a British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty episodes were broadcast by the BBC, in three series, between 16 December 1964 and 23 July 1966. However, only te ...

'' ("Last of the Big Spenders") * ''

No Hiding Place ''No Hiding Place'' is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV (TV network), ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series ''Murder Bag'' ...

'' as "Sheila Laurence" * ''

Riviera Police ''Riviera Police'' is a British television crime drama series that sees three international police officers, from England, Australia and Canada, seconded to the Prefect of Marseille with a local French officer. French Inspector Legrand appeared ...

Selected filmography

* ''

They Came from Beyond Space ''They Came from Beyond Space'' is a 1967 British Eastmancolor science fiction film directed by Freddie Francis and starring Robert Hutton, Jennifer Jayne, Zia Mohyeddin and Bernard Kay. It was produced by Max J. Rosenberg and Milton Subots ...

'' (1967) as Girl Attendant * '' The Set Up'' (1963) as Sally * ''Candidate for Murder'' (1962) (''

Edgar Wallace Mysteries The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''Th ...

'')

Personal life

She was married to actors

Peter Fraser Peter Fraser (; 28 August 1884 – 12 December 1950) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 24th prime minister of New Zealand from 27 March 1940 until 13 December 1949. Considered a major figure in the history of the New Zealand Lab ...

and John Carson, having two children with the latter.

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