Yolande Turner, also known as Yolande Finch (12 December 1935 – 6 November 2003), was a British-South African actress and screenwriter. Born in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

as Yolande Eileen Turnbull, she was the second wife of actor

Peter Finch Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 191614 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia at the age of ten and was raised in Sydney, where he worked in vaudevi ...

, by whom she had two children, Samantha and Charles Peter. She died on 6 November 2003 in London, aged 67, from undisclosed causes. Her film career included roles in '' Five Miles to Midnight'' (1962), '' Girl with Green Eyes'' (1964) and '' Come Back Peter'' (1969). On television, she appeared in '' The Avengers'' in the 1966 episode entitled "The Girl From Auntie" and in the 1967 episode entitled "The 50,000 Pound Breakfast". She also appeared in the episodes "The work of Art" and "A Double in Diamonds" of '' The Saint'' and starred in Upstairs Downstairs (as Mrs Van Groeben), playing the part of a South African aristocrat.

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