Colette O'Neil

Colette O'Neil is a Glasgow-born actress noted for her various roles on British television.

Colette O'Neil
Born
Colette McCrossan[1]

Glasgow, Scotland

She was a semi-regular cast member of Coronation Street in the mid-1960s as Ruth Winter, and also made frequent guest appearances in series such as Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Adam Adamant Lives!, No Hiding Place and Softly, Softly.[2] She was also a leading cast member in the drama series The Standard[3] and The Spoils of War. In 1983 she appeared in Doctor Who in the role of Tanha in the serial Snakedance.[4]

More recently, she has appeared in Taggart, Lovejoy, Hamish Macbeth, Heartbeat, Peak Practice, Holby City, Monarch of the Glen and Bad Girls.[2]

Her film appearances were few, but included roles in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969), Dreams Lost, Dreams Found (1987), Wild Flowers (1989), and Mortdecai (2015).[5]

Radio
DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
2 June 2004Visiting TimeSarahLu KempBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
11 June 2004Soft Fall the Sounds of EdenJanetGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4 Friday Play
28 January 2005Folie à TroisColleenGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4 Friday Play
14 July 2005The Best Snow for SkiingValdaLu KempBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
11 August 2008 – 15 August 2008The Pillow Book[6]TozammiLu KempBBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
26 November 2012McLevy: A Dangerous Remedy[7]HannahBruce YoungBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama
3 December 2012McLevy: No Looking Back[8]HannahBruce YoungBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama
28 October 2016Blood Sex and Money by Emile Zola: 3.7. FateAncient WomanKirsty WilliamsBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
gollark: I don't think remote-waking computers to display notifications makes much sense.
gollark: You would have to have a server of some sort store the notifications so the device can ask for them later.
gollark: Well, you can't, because it's off.
gollark: You could make it track closer to the terrain and possibly use less processing power by making it only check the stuff roughly under its path.
gollark: So just "go X above highest block in the local area"? That seems simple and relatively sensible.

References
  1. "Colette O'Neil Biography ((?)-)". www.filmreference.com.
  2. "Colette O'Neil".
  3. "The Standard (1978)".
  4. "BBC - Doctor Who Classic Episode Guide - Snakedance - Details". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Colette O'Neil".
  6. BBC – Woman's Hour Drama – The Pillow Book
  7. BBC – Afternoon Drama – McLevy: A Dangerous Remedy
  8. BBC – Afternoon Drama – McLevy: No Looking Back


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