Claire Nielson
Born in Scotland, UK — Apr 08 1937
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Claire Nielson (née Isbister; born 8 April 1937) is a Scottish actress primarily known for her television roles. On television, she played the wife of the belligerent American guest, Mr. Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of Fawlty Towers, appeared as Jean 'Porridge' Carter, Geoffrey Stock's secretary, in the popular 1960s crime series Ghost Squad and played the wife of Rikki Fulton's character in many sketches of the Scottish Hogmanay show Scotch and Wry from 1978 until 1993. Other TV credits include Warship, Sutherland's Law, Upstairs, Downstairs…
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Crown Court
Terry Greene
No Hiding Place
Taggart
The Wednesday Play
Alison Grant
Upstairs, Downstairs
Ellen Bouverie
Thriller
Hilary
Pie in the Sky
Anita Block
Monarch of the Glen
Edith Rankin
Fawlty Towers
Mrs. Hamilton
Justice
Mary Lurcock
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Miss Dixon
Ghost Squad
The Revenue Men
The Crow Road
Aunt Antonia
I, Lovett
Mrs. Lovett
Kidnapped
Barbara Grant
The Wild Affair
Perfume Saleslady
The Crazy Kill
Hilary
Scotch and Wry
Taking the Floor
Mrs. Tranter
Rikki
Self
A Is for Acid
Amy McSwan
Scotch & Wry
Degree of Uncertainty
Diana
Double Scotch & Wry
Various
The Kitchen
Waitress
Triple Scotch & Wry
Various
Orkney
Ingi
Backfire!
Valentina Chenko
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
Ellen Simpson
The Very Best of Scotch And Wry
Rikki Fulton - Prince of Pochlers in Scotch & Wry 4
Various