Prunella Gee | |
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Born | 17 February 1950 London, England, UK |
Years active | 1973–2004 |
Spouse | Ken Campbell (1978-?) 1 child |
Prunella Gee (born 17 February 1950) is an English actress.
She studied at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art where she won the Spotlight Award for Best Actress. She then spent six months in repertory playing Priestly, Shaw, Shakespeare, Feydeau and Orton.
Her first major role was in 1974 alongside Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine in The Wilby Conspiracy and in 1983 she starred in the unofficial James Bond film Never Say Never Again opposite Sean Connery. The same year she appeared in the sitcom Moving.
She starred in episode 8 of the first series of The Sweeney, and has appeared in various television series, most notably in the top rated soap opera Coronation Street for four years from 1999.
Gee married the actor and director Ken Campbell in 1978 with whom she had a daughter; they later divorced but remained on good terms.[1]
In 1998 she played the female lead of a fading adult film star in the romantic comedy Merchants of Venus, filmed in Los Angeles and co-starring Michael York.
The Sweeney (1975)