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Hilda Braid (3 March 1929 – 6 November 2007) was an English actress who had a long career on British television and became well known in her later years for playing Victoria "Nana" Moon in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.
Early life and career
Hilda Braid was born in Northfleet, Kent in 1929. She trained as an actress and dancer at RADA and after that went on to perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Braid made her television debut in 1963 with a part in Suspense and in the 1960s and 1970s also appeared in Crossroads, Softly, Softly, Z-Cars, Play for Today, The Onedin Line, Emmerdale Farm and Man About the House.
Career breakthrough
Hilda Braid's first major role came in middle-age and was that of Florence Johnson in the late 1970s sitcom Citizen Smith, co-starring Robert Lindsay. Around this time she also appeared in In Loving Memory and Robin's Nest. TV appearances during the 1980s and 1990s included Brookside, The Bright Side, One Foot in the Grave, Goodnight Sweetheart, Dangerfield, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, My Family and Casualty. In 1996 she appeared in the film 101 Dalmatians.
In 2002 Braid got the role that would make her best known, that of Nana Moon in EastEnders. Nana's grandson Alfie was played by Shane Richie, and following Ritchie's announcement that he was to leave the soap, her character was also written out, with the programme's makers saying it would be "unrealistic" for Nana to stay without Alife. Nana developed an aortic aneurysm, and before her death wished to visit the grave in France of her husband who had died during World War II. The Normandy-set episode with Alfie and Nana won a British Soap Award for "Best Single Episode" in 2006. Braid left the soap, with Nana's death on 16 December 2005, in 2005.
Later years
During her latter time at EastEnders Braid was having problems remembering her lines and following her departure from EastEnders she had no more television roles. Hilda Braid died on 6 November 2007 at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, East Sussex. She had been suffering from dementia and Alzheimer's and was in a nursing home in Hove. Her husband predeceased her and she was survived by her son and daughter. Braid funeral service took place on 25 November 2007 at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton.
References
- ^ "Obituary - Hilda Braid". The Daily Telegraph. 8 November 2007.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "EastEnders' Nana Moon star dies". BBC. 6 November 2007.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "EastEnders co-star mourns 'Nana'". BBC. 25 November 2007.
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External links
- Hilda Braid at IMDb