On stage, Linda has appeared in everything from pantomime to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Her TV credits, too, are vast and varied, from comedy to drama. They include the Lynda La Plante series, ‘Framed.’
The title role of Lynda Calvey, in the Lynda Calvey Story, (the woman who shot and killed both her husband and her lover).
The tragedy of the week, playing a mother whose baby is stranded on a burning bus, in London’s Burning.
About six different episodes of The Bill, playing different characters and five series of the Bafta nominated Harry and Cosh series, playing the mother of Harry.
She has worked with many great comics including Les Dawson, Hale and Pace, Ted Rogers, Sidney James, Michael Bentyne, Barry Cryer and Roy Hudd.
However, she is still fondly remembered from her regular comedy role of April in the BBC smash hit series, Hi-De-Hi.
Other comedy includes, On the Buses, Birds of a Feather, and two Carry On films.
She puts her great love of comedy down to being expelled from school and working as a stand-up comedian in working men’s clubs to earn a living and get an equity card. Shortly after, she was accepted for her first repertory season and her acting career began.
Her speciality, casting directors say, is crying on cue.
‘Every clown has a sadness in their heart,’ she says, ‘as well as the ability to make people laugh.’ I’m lucky, as an actress I can play both sides of them.
Linda is also the author of thirteen best- selling crime novels as well as a regular columnist for magazines.
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