Carol Drinkwater
Born in London, England, UK — Apr 22 1948
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Carol Drinkwater (born 22 April 1948) is an Anglo-Irish actress, author and filmmaker. She portrayed Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books All Creatures Great and Small, which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985. Drinkwater is the daughter of the bandleader and agent, Peter Regan (born Peter Albert Drinkwater) and Irish nurse, Phillis McCormack. She was a member of the National Theatre Company under the leadership of Laurence Olivier and has acted in numer…
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Frances Lawson
Peak Practice
Helen Barton
Tales of the Unexpected
Linda Larch
All Creatures Great and Small
Helen Herriot
The Sweeney
Roz
A Clockwork Orange
Nurse Feeley
Lady Killers
Margaret Seddon
The Agatha Christie Hour
Violet Eversleigh
Bill Brand
Pat
Raffles
A Mind to Kill
Coming Home
Aunt Biddy
The Shout
Cobbler's Wife
Joseph Andrews
(uncredited)
An Awfully Big Adventure
Dawn Allenby
Mask of Murder
Coming Home
Aunt Biddy
Queen Kong
Ima Goodbody
Chocky
Mary Gore
Captain James Cook
Elisabeth Cook
Father
Anne Winton
Chocky
Mary Gore
A Master of the Marionettes
Maggie
Golden Pennies
Rebecca Greenwood
A Year in Provence with Carol Drinkwater
Self
The Olive Route
Writing
Chocky's Children
Mary Gore
Dead Clean
Self
Dawnbreakers
Heavy Metal
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