Claire Davenport
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Claire Davenport (born April 24, 1933 in Sale, Cheshire – March 4, 2002) was an English actress.
From Fawlty Towers: Fully Booked: "Davenport was a larger than life character actress who worked with the great and the good of British Comedy. Davenport was a perfect vehicle for humour based on innuendo, farce and sometimes downright smut."
Her film work includes cameo roles in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Birth of the Beatles, and a notable appearance in Derek Jarman's The Tempest. She also appeared in Doctor Who in 1964.
Davenport died on Monday, March 4, 2002 of renal failure.
