Prunella Gee
| Prunella Gee | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 February 1950 London, England, UK |
| Years active | 1973–2004, 2011 |
| Spouse(s) | Ken Campbell (1978-1983) 1 child |
Prunella Gee (born 17 February 1950) is an English actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s.
Gee was privately educated at Benenden School, and was in the year below Princess Anne.
Wanting to become an actress, she studied at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, where she won the Spotlight Award for Best Actress in 1972; she then spent six months in repertory playing Priestley, Shaw, Shakespeare, Feydeau and Orton.
Her first television role was as Anna Fitzgerald in Granada Television's 1930s drama serial Shabby Tiger in 1973, in which she rose to overnight notoriety by becoming the first model to show full frontal nudity on British television. She was quickly hailed as Britain's answer to Brigitte Bardot or Sophia Loren. In a 2002 interview, Gee recalled: "I was working in serious theatre, but got a reputation of being a sex symbol. I was too young to know any better so I tended to go with the flow."
Gee made her film debut in 1975, alongside Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine and Nicol Williamson in The Wilby Conspiracy, for which she was nominated Best Newcomer in the Evening News Film Awards. The same year she starred as journalist Sandy Williams in episode 8 of the popular police drama series The Sweeney.
Throughout the 1970s and '80s, Gee had guest roles in many classic television shows including Return of the Saint, The Glittering Prizes, Hammer House of Horror, The Professionals and Alas Smith & Jones. She also made regular appearances on such shows as Call My Bluff and Give Us A Clue.
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