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Gillian Bailey (born 14 June 1955 in Wimbledon, London), also known as Gilli Bush-Bailey, is a British actress and professor.

She was a child actress and appeared as Billie in Here Come the Double Deckers (1970–71). Other roles included Phyllis in a television version of The Railway Children (1968), Janey in The Witch's Daughter (1971), Lavinia in Thursday's Child (1972–73) and Callie in Follyfoot (1971–73).

As an adult actress she played Jinny Carter in series 1 of Poldark (1975), Ravella in the first episode of Blake's 7 "The Way Back" (1978), Southern TV Live: (1980)‘Together’ Julie Dunn and Maureen Galbraith in the BBC TV series County Hall (1982). In the 1990s she found that work dried up and began working as a script reader.

In 1992, she returned to complete her education at Kingston University.

After a period at the Drama and Theatre department at the Royal Holloway, University of London she is now Professor of Women's Performance Histories at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Family

Bailey married Richard Everett in 1974, and the couple have a daughter, Rebecca.

References

1. Follyfoot Gallery Archived 11 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
2. her staff page, Royal Holloway College
3. "Prof. Gilli Bush-Bailey, BA, M.Res, PHD".
4. interview with photos Archived 15 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Double Deckers website

External links

• Gillian Bailey at IMDb

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