Carol Hawkins


Carol Hawkins is an English actress, best known for her various comic roles in numerous television sitcoms and films in the 1970s and 1980s.
She played the roles of Sharon Eversleigh in the film of the television series Please Sir! and Sandra in the BBC TV series Porridge, and starred in two Carry On films.

Biography

Hawkins trained early on as a shorthand typist at Pitman's College, London, but, following some modelling and promotion work, attended the Corona Stage Academy in Hammersmith, London. While still training as an actress, she won the part of Sharon Eversleigh in the film of the popular television series Please Sir!, replacing the departed Penny Spencer. Hawkins went on to play the part of Sharon in The [Fenn Street Gang].
She performed in British comedy films of the 1970s, such as two Carry On films: Carry On Abroad, alongside Sally Geeson, and Carry On Behind, alongside Sherrie Hewson. In 1972, she again appeared alongside Geeson in the film adaptation of the British television comedy, Bless [This House (film)|Bless This House].
She appeared in the Carry On Laughing television series, but she declined to appear in the 1976 Carry On England, due to the nudity. Her other film appearances at that time included principal roles in British comedy films Not Now, Comrade and Confessions of a Pop Performer. At the end of 1975, she appeared in the Porridge episode "No Way Out" as a fake doctor assigned to secretly give Fletcher a false passport.
Hawkins "more or less retired" in 2005, with the aim of devoting more time to spiritual matters and animal care.

Film, television and theatre credits

Filmography

The Body Stealers – PaulaZeta One – ZaraMonique – Blonde GirlWhen Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth – YaniUp Pompeii – Nero's Girl Please Sir! – Sharon EversleighBless This House – Kate BainesCarry On Abroad – MargePercy's Progress – MaggieConfessions of a Pop Performer – Jill BrownCarry On Behind – SandraNot Now, Comrade – Barbara Wilcox

Selected television credits

Carry On Again Christmas – Island GirlThe Fenn Street Gang – Sharon Eversleigh / Sharon DuffyThe Two Ronnies – various charactersPorridge – SandraCarry On Laughing – LilyWhodunnit? – Vera MooreMr. Big – NormaRobin's Nest – Policewoman Doris DobbsWhodunnit? – Penny Cooper The Les Dawson Show Blake's 7 – KerrilThe Dick Emery Show Together C.A.T.S. Eyes – Sandra FoxMy Husband and I – Tracy CosgroveAll at No 20 – CandyThe Bill – Lynn Archer / Mrs. Rose / Mrs. Sterry / Mrs. GilesDoctors – Pam Jordan

Selected theatre credits

Wait Until Dark Sextet Time and Time Again Bedroom Farce The Undertaking Dirty Linen Run for Your Wife See How They Run
  • ''Wife Begins at Forty''