Beth Porter
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| Born | Beth Jane Porter May 23, 1942 Connecticut, United States |
Beth Porter, (born May 23, 1942) is an American stage, film and television actress, who has worked in Britain for most of her career.
Beth Jane Porter was born in Connecticut, United States where she first started performing on stage at the age of twelve. She was heard in the original 1978 radio series and later appeared in the 1981 television series of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as the "marketing girl." She also featured in the television series The Men's Room with Bill Nighy, who, coincidentally, would go on to play Slartibartfast in the Hitchhiker's movie.
One of her most famous movies is Eskimo Nell, produced by Stanley Long, and released in 1975, although she has subsequently disowned it.
She has also produced television programmes and has written a book about the Internet called The Net Effect. For many years Porter lived in Bristol, although she now currently resides in Kent.
[edit] References
- Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (Reynolds & Hearn Books) (third edition) 2007
