Tilly Vosburgh
Matilda Vosburgh is a British character actress.
Early life
Born in the Westminster district of London, England, Vosburgh is the daughter of comedy writer and lyricist Dick Vosburgh and former actress Beryl Vosburgh. She was educated at Camden School for Girls. As a child, Tilly began attending after-school classes at the Anna Scher Theatre. This soon led to minor roles in British television series, with appearances in The Prince and the Pauper, Grange Hill and Crown Court.Career
Television
She went on to star in the films Phoelix and Radio On in the early 1980s. Some of her other appearances include roles in The Gentle Touch, Maria Marten, Gulliver in Lilliput, Treatment, Meantime, You'll Never See Me Again, Will You Love Me Tomorrow, Strong Poison, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV and Minder, throughout the Eighties. Vosburgh also featured in the films The Missionary, The Pirates of Penzance, and Eric the Viking in the Eighties. In the Nineties, she appeared in Poirot, Inspector Morse, A Touch of Frost, five episodes of The Men's Room as Delia, and as Betty Mason in The Darling Buds of May Christmas Special in 1991; and in the 1994 film Shopping. She featured in the comedy series Full Stretch in 1993. One role that propelled her towards stardom was as 'Tilly' in the partially-improvised comedy film There's No Business... with Raw Sex and The Oblivion Boys. She played Ella Twite in six episodes of Blackhearts in Battersea.From 1997 to 1999, Vosburgh played Susan Rose in 64 episodes of the popular British soap opera EastEnders on BBC1. This major role paved the way to more work in many British TV series such as The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells, Tipping the Velvet, The Bill, Margery and Gladys, The Smoking Room, Murder Prevention, Holby City, New Tricks, Waking the Dead, The Ruby in the Smoke, Casualty, Doctors and Inside Man.