Rose Hill (actress)

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Rose Hill
Born	Rose Lilian Hill June 5, 1914 London, England, UK
Died	December 22, 2003 (aged 89) Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Occupation	Actress and Singer
Years active	1939-1994
Spouse(s)	John St Leger Davis (?-1985) (his death)

Rose Hill (June 5, 1914 - December 22, 2003) was an English actress best known for her role as Madame Fanny La Fan in the British television series 'Allo 'Allo!.

Rose Hill was born in London and won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She started her career as a soprano in 1939, singing at the Sadler's Wells Opera (later English National Opera) in London; soubrette and lyric soprano roles such as Despina in Così fan tutte. For the Glyndebourne Festival she sang Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro. In 1948 she sang Lucy in the world premiere of Benjamin Britten's adaptation of The Beggar's Opera.

Rose Hill's career in film and TV started with the 1958 film The Bank Raiders and ended in 1994 with a guest appearance in A Touch of Frost. Her longest-running role as an actress was as Madame Fanny La Fan in the British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, in which she featured from 1982 to 1992.

She spent her final years in Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors, until her death in 2003.

[edit] References

• Obituary: The Independent

[edit] External links

• Rose Hill at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
NAME	Hill, Rose
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hill, Rose Lilian
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1914-06-05
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, England
DATE OF DEATH	2002-12-23
PLACE OF DEATH	Denville Hall, Northwood, Middlesex

Flanders and Swan wrote a song for Rose Hill. See http://www.donaldswann.co.uk/biog.html.