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Heather Chasen(1927-2020)

  • Actress
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Heather Jean Chasen was a Singapore-born English actress who often appeared in television, film and radio during her career. The award-nominated actress began her career in 1960, touring with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr and Sybil Thorndike. She became a household name whilst appearing in the soap opera Crossroads, as Valerie Pollard, and carried on to well known shows such as Marked Personal, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City, Family Affairs, Casualty, and, as Lydia Simmonds, in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role for which she received much critical praise. Chasen became known for her role in the radio show The Navy Lark, and appearing in films such as Cat Run, and 2012's Les Misérables.
BornJuly 20, 1927
DiedMay 22, 2020(92)
BornJuly 20, 1927
DiedMay 22, 2020(92)
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Known for

Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, and Eddie Redmayne in Les Misérables (2012)
Les Misérables
7.5
  • Madame Magloire
  • 2012
Marked Personal (1973)
Marked Personal
7.6
TV Series
  • Isabel Neal
Cat Run (2011)
Cat Run
5.5
  • Bingham's Mom
  • 2011
Suspense (1962)
Suspense
5.9
TV Series
  • Clarice Morrison

Credits

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  • Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    4.6
    TV Series
    • Grace Barberry
    • Ida Price
    • Norma
    • 2003–2014
  • Dancing on the Edge (2013)
    Dancing on the Edge
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Lady Altringham
    • 2013
  • Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, and Eddie Redmayne in Les Misérables (2012)
    Les Misérables
    7.5
    • Madame Magloire
    • 2012
  • EastEnders (1985)
    EastEnders
    4.8
    TV Series
    • Lydia Simmonds
    • 2011
  • Cat Run (2011)
    Cat Run
    5.5
    • Bingham's Mom
    • 2011
  • Guy Henry in Holby City (1999)
    Holby City
    5.8
    TV Series
    • Sylvie Leigh
    • Sylvia Burton
    • 2003–2010
  • Sezon tumanov (2009)
    Sezon tumanov
    8.4
    • Jane
    • 2009
  • Family Affairs (1997)
    Family Affairs
    5.5
    TV Series
    • Madge Bennett
    • 2005
  • Casualty (1986)
    Casualty
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Bessie Symes
    • 2005
  • The Toybox (2005)
    The Toybox
    3.7
    • Eleanora Usher
    • 2005
  • The Bill (1984)
    The Bill
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Belstram
    • 2002
  • Nichola McAuliffe and Duncan Preston in Surgical Spirit (1989)
    Surgical Spirit
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Mrs. Cutler
    • 1993
  • The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991)
    The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Hon. Amelia St. Simon
    • 1993
  • Screen One (1985)
    Screen One
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Madam Ptzinski
    • 1991
  • John Hurt, Ciarán Hinds, and Martin Shaw in The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing (1990)
    The Investigation: Inside a Terrorist Bombing
    7.5
    TV Movie
    • The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher
    • 1990

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  • Official site
    • Theater_org
  • Born
    • July 20, 1927
    • Singapore
  • Died
    • May 22, 2020
    • UK
  • Spouse
    • John Webster1949 - 1972 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Played most of the women in the long-running BBC Radio sitcom "The Navy Lark" (mostly as Wren Chasen, Ramona Povey or Wren Simkins).
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Her father was the curator of the Raffles Museum and Library in Singapore before WWII. When the Japanese invaded in 1941 she and her mother escaped on the last boat to leave for the UK. Her father was reported missing.

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