Gay Hamilton


Gay Hamilton is a British actress, most notable for her roles in Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon and Ridley Scott's The Duellists.

Career

Hamilton was born in Uddingston. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she played the love interest and later wife of Detective Chief Superintendent John Watt in the TV series Softly, Softly and its Taskforce spin-off.
She appeared in two episodes of the ITC series Man in a Suitcase, played student teacher Ann Collins in the "Please Sir" episode "Student Princess", and Eva Zoref, the wife of Anton Zoref, in the Space: 1999 episode "Force of Life". In 1980 she played the part of Dr. Claire Wilson in the Shoestring episode "The Farmer had a Wife". She more recently played Edwina Dunn in EastEnders and Maisie McLintock in Doctors.

Selected filmography

A Man for All Seasons – 2nd Handmaiden / 3rd Girl A Challenge for Robin Hood – Maid MarianBarry Lyndon – Nora BradyEclipse – CleoThe Duellists – MaidQuesto sì che è amore – GwenWalking with the Enemy – Frau Lustig

Theatre