Jeannette Charles

Jeannette Charles
Born (1927-10-15) 15 October 1927
Place of birth unknown
Occupation Actress
Years active 1974–2014

Jeannette Charles (born 15 October 1927) is a look-alike actress of Queen Elizabeth II.[1]

Biography

Charles appeared as an actress in repertory theatre in her twenties but initially had difficulty obtaining Equity membership as a look-alike of the Queen. She has since played the role in numerous films including Secrets of a Superstud (1976), Queen Kong (1976), The Rutles' movie All You Need Is Cash (1978), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) and Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002).

She also appeared as a semi-regular in Spike Milligan's Q series on BBC Television and appeared on Channel 4's Big Brother 10 to surprise the Brazilian contestant Rodrigo Lopes (who thought he was meeting the real Queen Elizabeth II for a task).

She also appeared in Saturday Night Live episode, Season 2, Episode 20 in 1977 [2] and Mind Your Language episode, Season 2 Episode 2 Queen For a Day in 1978.[3]

She is now retired and resides in Chelmsford, Essex.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Long Live The Pretender, Jeannette Charles". Beaver County Times. 1 March 1979. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ↑ Nathan Rabin "Saturday Night Live (Classic)", AV Club, 15 May 2008
  3. ↑ "IMDB" IMDB, Retrieved 12 August 2015
  4. ↑ David Wilkes "The 40-year reign is over for the other Queen", Daily Mail, 24 May 2014


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