Françoise Pascal
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Pascal in 2012
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| Born |
Françoise Pascal 14 October 1949 Vacoas, Mauritius |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Website | http://francoisepascal.co.uk |
Françoise Pascal (born 14 October 1949) is an actress and model who was born to French Mauritian parents in Mauritius. She is best known for her role as Danielle in the British sitcom Mind Your Language.
Pascal was born in Mauritius, then a colony of the United Kingdom.
Her earliest films were Norman J. Warren's Loving Feeling and Pete Walker's School for Sex (both 1969), and she also appeared briefly in an orgy scene in the troubled cult horror film Incense for the Damned (1970), but her breakthrough role was playing Paola in There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) with Peter Sellers. She went on to do the black comedy Burke & Hare (1972), playing Marie, and another Sellers film, Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974).
After that appearance, she moved to France where she starred in such films as Et si tu n'en Veux Pas (1974) and Les Raisins de la Mort (1978), directed by Jean Rollin. The producer of Rollin's La Rose de Fer, then gave her the lead in the film but it was not a success. Later she returned to England to appear in Keep It Up Downstairs (1976) alongside Diana Dors, Jack Wild and Mary Millington.
Her first television work came in October 1971 with a role in Coronation Street, playing Ray Langton's friend. Then came guest starring roles an episode of Play of the Month for the BBC in "Don Quixote" (1973) with Rex Harrison and for ITV's Sunday Night Theatre "Giants & Ogres" (1971). She was cast in numerous guest starring appearances in many television comedy series such as Happy Ever After (1976) with Terry Scott and June Whitfield, as well as My Honourable Mrs (1975) with Derek Nimmo for the BBC. She co-starred in an episode of the thriller You're on Your Own starring Denis Quilley, for the BBC.
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