Lynda Bellingham
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Lynda Bellingham OBE |
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| Born |
Meredith Lee Hughes 31 May 1948 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 19 October 2014 (aged 66) London, England |
| Cause of death | Colon cancer |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, actress, author |
| Years active | 1971–2014 |
| Spouse(s) |
Greg Smith (m. 1975–1976; divorced) Nunzio Peluzo (m. 1981–1996; divorced) Michael Pattemore (m. 2008–2014; her death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | www |
Lynda Bellingham, OBE (born Meredith Lee Hughes; 31 May 1948 – 19 October 2014) was a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who starred in the long-running series of "Oxo Family" British TV adverts between 1983 and 1999, the drama series All Creatures Great and Small, Second Thoughts and Faith in the Future. She was a panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women between 2007 and 2011.
Bellingham was born in Montreal to a single mother, Marjorie Hughes Bond (1917–2012), but was given up for adoption aged four months because she was born out of wedlock in a strict church-going family. Her adoptive parents were Donald and Ruth Bellingham, who lived in Aston Abbotts in Buckinghamshire, England. Bellingham was educated at Aylesbury High School and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Bellingham made her television début as a nurse in an ITV afternoon soap opera of the 1970s, General Hospital. Her early film credits included roles in Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Sweeney! (1977), Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977), and Riding High (1981) with Eddie Kidd. She also appeared in the comedy short The Waterloo Bridge Handicap (1978) opposite Leonard Rossiter.
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