Lill Roughley

Lilian Margaret Parry (born 9 July 1949), professionally known as Lill Roughley, is an English former actress who appeared on British television from the 1970s.^[1] Her notable roles include Alice in the first series of Mulberry and as Ella Dawkins in My Hero. In the 1980s and 1990s, she often worked with Victoria Wood, playing a variety of roles in Wood's various comedy programmes for the BBC.

Roughley was born in Prescot, Lancashire on 9 July 1949. She had minor roles in the 1970s and 1980s in programmes including All the Fun of the Fair, Tales of the Unexpected, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, Bergerac and Inspector Morse.^[2] She worked with Victoria Wood again in 1989, appearing in four of her six comedy plays for television and again in 1992's Victoria Wood's All Day Breakfast.^[3] Also in 1992 she played Alice in the first series of Mulberry.^[4] In the following years Roughley appeared in Minder, A Touch of Frost, the film Brassed Off, Joint Account, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Dinnerladies (a further collaboration with Victoria Wood)^[5] and Absolutely Fabulous (in the 2001 episode of the series, called "Small Opening",^[6] as the "actress" portraying Edina in the play written by Saffron, based on her own life).^[7] Roughley played Lorraine Thomson in one episode of Coronation Street, which aired on 17 May 1996.^[8] Her final television role was in 2002, in Heartbeat.^[9]

Roughley played Pamela Baverstock in the BBC Radio 4 sitcom Getting Nowhere Fast from 2001 until 2004.^[10] She played Ella Dawkins in the sitcom My Hero, from 2000 until 2006.^[11][12] She also played the sexually voracious landlady, Mrs Best, in another BBC Radio 4 sitcom, Hut 33 from 2007 until 2009.^[13]

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