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Vicki is best known for her portrayal of Yvette in the hit BBC
series Allo Allo which has gained her worldwide recognition. She
played Yvette for all nine series with the stage version taking
her on national and international tours to Australia and New
Zealand smashing box office records, not to mention two seasons
in the West End at the Palladium, Prince of Wales and Dominion
Theatres. |
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recently, Vicki has continued to receive much critical acclaim
in the theatre where she has just completed a hugely successful
major UK tour re creating her role as Yvette in the 25th
Anniversary Stage Production of Allo Allo and has also firmly
established herself as a leading musical performer, most notably
as the incorrigible Miss Hannigan in Annie, the hugely diverse
roles of Lady Raeburn and nightclub singer Asphynxia in Salad
Days and the high principled Chicken Ranch proprietor Mona
Stangley in The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas. |
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television, Vicki has recently made a return to her dramatic
roots, starring opposite Ray Winstone as his wife Emma, in the
wonderfully hard hitting and controversial film All in the Game
in addition to her soap debut as the flamboyant Patricia Foster
in Emmerdale, a role which she has now reprised on a number of
occasions. She also once again portrayed the role of Yvette in
the award winning Return of Allo Allo. Her latest television
appearances have seen her appear in Cash in the Celebrity Attic,
compete in the popular show Celebrity Masterchef and guest on
the popular lunchtime chat show, Loose Women. |
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Vicki began her extensive acting career playing leading straight
roles on television in such series as Softly Softly, Minder, The
Professionals and Play for Today. She has worked with comedy
greats Les Dawson, The Two Ronnie’s, Ken Dodd, Kenny Everett,
Dick Emery, Bobby Davro and Lenny Henry to name but a few and
has appeared in series including Whatever Happened to the Likely
Lads, The Goodies, Come Back Mrs Noah, Are you Being Served,
Gayle Tuesday and Noel’s House Party, She has also made
frequent guest appearances on shows such as The Generation Game,
Blankety Blank, The Weakest Link, This Morning, Loose Lips,
Stars Reunited, Britain’s Best Sitcom, Celebrity Brides
Unveiled, Comedy Connections, The Generation Game Now and Then
and a sketch of Hotel Babylon for Children in Need. |
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Film
Credits include: - The Greek Tycoon, Sweet William, The
Sentinel, The Last Days of Pompeii, The Priest of Love, Queen
Kong, The Likely Lads, George and Mildred and The Colour of
Funny. |
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Extensive theatre work includes:- playing opposite Dudley Moore
in Play It Again Sam both on national tour and in London’s West
End and the leading roles of Vera in Doctor in the House, Mina
in Dracula, Renee in Women of a Certain Age, Jacqueline in Don’t
Dress For Dinner, Ruth in the two Alan Ayckbourn plays, Round
and Round the Garden and Table Manners, Hilda Bigley in
Business Affairs, Glenda Parry in The Tart and The Vicar’s Wife,
Sally in Bedside Manners, Pamela Willey in Out of Order, Betty
in Funny Money, Gillian in Audacity, Donna and Dawn in Double
Vision and Maxine in Stepping Out, adding tap dancing to her
repertoire. |
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Musical roles include Bathsheba in Beauty and the Beast, The
Narrator in Reflections – The Musical Journey of Diana Ross in
addition to her roles in Annie and Salad Days. |
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In a
classical vein, she has also performed with English Sinfonia
narrating Edith Sitwell poetry to William Walton’s Façade. |
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Numerous pantomime appearances include:- The Wicked Red Queen in
Snow White, Lady Cruella (Wicked Stepmother) in Cinderella, The
Lilac Fairy and Fairy Moan in Sleeping Beauty, Mrs Darling and
Harrietta in Peter Pan, Aladdin and Genie of the Ring in
Aladdin, The Fairy in Mother Goose, Jack and the Beanstalk and
Robin Hood. |
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Vicki was
honoured by Her Majesty The Queen in the Birthday Honours List
June 2010 with an MBE for her services to charity. |
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