Nicolette Roeg
Joan Nicolette Roeg was a British stage, film and television actress and singer, active from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. She appeared in several British films and many television series, She was the older sister of cinematographer and film director Nicolas Roeg.
Early life
Nicolette Roeg was born on 9 February 1925 in Marylebone, London, the daughter of Jack Nicolas Roeg and Mabel Gertrude. Her younger brother was Nicolas Roeg, who became one of Britain's leading cinematographers and film directors.Career
Roeg began her acting career in post-war British cinema and stage productions. Her earliest known film credit is Home [Sweet Home (1945 film)|Home Sweet Home], for which she was described as "Nicolette Roeg, the singing ingénue of Home Sweet Home". She also worked in cabaret, musicals and drama as well as radio and TV, including several early TV shows, such as Granada's Two's Company in 1956.She later starred as Nancy in Oliver! at the New Theatre in London between 1963 and 1966. For the Decca recording of Belle, or, The Ballad of Doctor Crippen in which she appeared, Broadway.com commented that the "catchiest tune is 'Meet Me at the Strand,' delivered by the Bedford's principal lady, Jenny, played by belter Nicolette Roeg, who would go on to several years of duty as Oliver!'s Nancy."
From the 1950s to the 1970s she worked steadily in British television, often in small character roles.
Among the programmes in which she appeared are Z-Cars, On the Buses, The Onedin Line, Dixon of Dock Green, and the BBC science-fiction series Survivors. She also appeared in Blake's 7.
Selected appearances
Theatre
Madame Louise, Bristol Hippodrome and Kings Theatre, Southsea, as PennyThe Happy Marriage, Theatre Royal, Bath, Dudley HippodromeBelle, or, The Ballad of Doctor Crippen, Strand Theatre, London, as Jenny PearlFiorello!, Bristol Old Vic – Theatre Royal, Piccadilly Theatre, London, as Marie FischerOliver!, New Theatre, as NancyThe Country Wife, New Theatre, Oxford, Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, as Mrs Dainty FidgetRelatively Speaking, Watford Palace Theatre, as SheilaFilm
Home Sweet Home, as Jacqueline ChantryUnder New Management, as Brenda EvansI'll Turn to You, as Flora FentonAll the Right Noises, as MillieRadio
Afternoon Theatre – "A Dead Man on Leave. The Life, Times and Death of Eugen Levini, 1883-1919", as singerTelevision
The Passing Show: Part 3: 1920-1929: The Turbulent Twenties, as Vicky SchofieldZ-Cars, series 6, episodes 345 & 346, "Give and Take", as Patsy CartrightDixon of Dock Green, series 16, episode 2, "Breaking Point", as Miss SingerOn the Buses, series 6, episode 6, "Bye Bye Blakey", as The Lady DoctorThe Onedin Line as Ada GambleSurvivors, series 3, episode 7, "The Peacemaker", as BlossomThe Expert, series 3, episode 2, "Where Are You Going?", as Pamela RowlandsonBlake's 7, series 2, episode 11, "Gambit", as Chenieand many others.