Pauline Yates
| Pauline Yates | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Pauline Lettice Yates 16 June 1929 St Helens, Lancashire, England |
| Died | 21 January 2015 (aged 85) Northwood, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1957-2002 |
| Spouse(s) | Donald Churchill (m. 1960-1991; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Thomas S Yates Marjorie Blackie/Yates |
Pauline Lettice Yates (16 June 1929 – 21 January 2015) was an English actress, best known for playing Elizabeth Perrin in the BBC television sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. She also starred in Bachelor Father and Keep It in the Family.
Yates was born in St Helens, Lancashire, on 16 June 1929. She began her acting career by joining Oldham Rep straight after leaving Childwall Valley High School for Girls. At the age of 17 she made her stage debut in a dramatised version of Jane Eyre, playing "Grace Poole".
In 1957 Yates was cast in the role of Estelle Waterman on Emergency Ward 10, after which she became a regular face on British Television and also appeared in a few British films. In the 1960s she made guest appearances on Armchair Theatre, Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Gideon's Way, Nightingale's Boys, The Human Jungle and The Ronnie Barker Playhouse, among others. In 1975, she co-starred with Derek Nimmo in the short-lived sitcom My Honourable Mrs, in which she played a housewife who becomes a Conservative MP. Yates was later cast as Elizabeth Perrin in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79).
Her ability as a comedy foil was further utilised in the ITV sitcom Keep It In The Family (Thames, 1980–82) where Yates played wife to the frustratingly eccentric comic-strip artist Dudley Rush (played by Robert Gillespie) that sustained five series; Yates did not feature in the 1983 series.
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