Linda Davidson
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| Linda Davidson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lynda Davidson June 18, 1964  Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Years active | 1985-1993 |
Linda Davidson (born 18 June 1964 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-British former actress. She is best known for playing the wayward punk, Mary Smith in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders. Mary was one of the serial's original characters and Davidson played her from March 1985 to May 1988. Away from EastEnders Davidson has appeared in various television programmes and on stage, but she gave up performing in the 1990s.
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[edit] Career
Before she became an actress she was a dancer (her mother was a soloist with the Ballet Rambert), but she later attended drama school, the Italia Conti Academy in London, and moved into television acting.[1]
Her big television break came in 1985, when she secured the role of Mary Smith, in the fledgling BBC serial drama, EastEnders. During Davidson's time on the show her character was involved in storylines about prostitution, unemployment, drugs and the confiscation of her child, Annie, by social services.
After she quit EastEnders in 1988, Davidson went on to star in First of the Summer Wine (1988); Bulman; Casualty (1990); House of Elliot (1992); Maria's Child (1992) and lots of theatre including the first West End revival of the The Rocky Horror Show (1990), playing Columbia.[2][3]
Davidson has now given up acting and is currently working for the Discovery Channel as a creative director and web consultant. She wears wigs as a hobby and is a spokeswoman for wigweave.com, an internet portal for the folically challenged. . [2][4]
[edit] Personal life
Davidson emigrated from Canada to Southport, Lancashire, England as a child. She now resides in London.[4]
She once dated her EastEnders co-star Nejdet Salih, who played Ali Osman, but they split amidst reports that he beat her.[5] She has since married Robin Green, a television floor manager and they have one son together.[2]
[edit] Television Roles
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 to 1989 | First of the Summer Wine | Anita Pillsworth |
[edit] References
- ^ Kingsley, Hilary (1990). The EastEnders Handbook. BBC books. ISBN 0-563-206010-563-36292-8-2.
- ^ a b c "SQUARE ARE THEY NOW?", Sunday Mirror, 2006-07-16. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ "Richard O'Brien's THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW The Whole Gory Story:1990 London Revival Cast", Sanityfortoday.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ a b "SQUARE ARE THEY NOW?", The People, 2006-02-19. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ "SQUARE ARE THEY NOW?", Sunday Mirror, 2006-07-16. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
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