Zulema Noel Walliker (21 May 1934 – 16 September 2022) was an English actress.

Life

She was an alumnus of the

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, commonly shortened to Central, is a drama school founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for ...

. Dene's career included West End productions, such as Tonight at 8.30 by

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' called "a sense of personal style, a combination of c ...

at Lyric Theatre and Motherdear by

Royce Ryton Royce Thomas Carlisle Ryton (16 September 1924 – 14 April 2009) was an English playwright. He was educated at Lancing College. During World War Two he served in the Royal Navy; afterwards, he went to train as an actor at the Webber Doug ...

at Ambassadors Theatre, television, movies and, in later years, she did many voice overs.

Partial filmography

Movies

* ''

The Odd Job ''The Odd Job'' is a 1978 British comedy film starring Monty Python member Graham Chapman. It tells the story of a man named Arthur Harris who is recently abandoned by his wife. He becomes so depressed that he hires an "odd job man" to kill him ...

'' (1978) - Mrs. Kemp * ''

The Pirates of Penzance ''The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty'' is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, W. S. Gilbert. Its official premiere was at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City on 3 ...

'' (1983) - Pinafore Company * '' Playing Away'' (1987) - Miss Rye * ''

Willow Willows, also called sallows and osiers, of the genus ''Salix'', comprise around 350 species (plus numerous hybrids) of typically deciduous trees and shrubs, found primarily on moist soils in cold and temperate regions. Most species are known ...

'' (1988) - Ethna

Television

* '' Emergency-Ward 10'' (1965, 1967) - Sister Wright * '' Mrs Thursday'' (1967) (1 episode) - Margaret Lever * ''

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'' ...

'' (1967) (1 episode) - Nurse Brodie * ''

Dr. Finlay's Casebook ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' is a television drama series that was produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's 1935 novella ''Country Doctor'', the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fiction ...

'' (1968–69) (2 episodes) - Mrs. McKay * ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' (colloquially referred to as ''Corrie'') is a British television soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on a cobbled, terraced ...

'' (1973) (3 episodes) - Muriel Chaplin * '' Yanks Go Home'' (1976–77) (3 episodes) - Marjorie Mortimore * ''

Crown Court The Crown Court is the criminal trial court, court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some Hybrid offence, either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is ...

'' (1978) (3 episodes) - Jane Levine * ''A Question of Guilt'' (1980) (7 episodes) - Mrs. Doggett * '' Witness for the Prosecution'' (1982) - Miss Johnson * '' The Jewel in the Crown'' (1984) (1 episode) - Isobel Rankin * ''

A Very British Coup ''A Very British Coup'' is a 1982 novel by British Labour politician Chris Mullin. The novel has twice been adapted for television; as '' A Very British Coup'' in 1988 and as '' Secret State'' in 2012. Plot Harry Perkins is the left-wing Leade ...

'' (1988) (2 episodes) - The Media - Vision Mixer * ''Mr. Majeika'' (1990) (2 episodes) - Miss Wotherspoon * ''

Jeeves and Wooster ''Jeeves and Wooster'' is a British comedy television series adapted by Clive Exton from P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a British Aca ...

'' (1990) (1 episode) - Aneta Cluj * ''

'' (1992–93) (8 episodes) - Sarah Brookes * ''

Love Hurts "Love Hurts" is a song written and composed by the American songwriter Boudleaux Bryant. First recorded by the Everly Brothers in July 1960, the song is most well known in two hit versions by UK artists: by Scottish hard rock band Nazareth in ...

'' (1994) (2 episodes) - Olivia Truckle

References

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