Vicki Michelle

Vicki Michelle, MBE (born 14 December 1950) is an English actress and film producer. She is best known for her role as Yvette Carte-Blanche in the BBC television comedy series 'Allo 'Allo! and as a recurring character Patricia Foster in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.

Vicki Michelle

MBE
Vicki Michelle in 2014
Born
Michelle Vicki Nathan

(1950-12-14) 14 December 1950
Chigwell, Essex, England [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1972–present
Known forRole of Yvette Carte-Blanche
Role of Patricia Foster
Notable work
Yvette Carte-Blanche in 'Allo 'Allo!
Patricia Foster in Emmerdale
Television'Allo 'Allo! (1982–92)
Emmerdale (2007, 2008, 2009)
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (2014)
Spouse(s)Graham Fowler (m. 1974)
Children1
RelativesAnn Michelle (sister)
Websitehttp://www.vickimichelle.co.uk/

Early life

Her father was a fish-trader and her mother an actress. She attended Knewnham Junior School in Wanstead and West Hatch High School. After O-levels she stayed on at school to complete a secretarial course. Hoping to become a ballet dancer she joined the Aida Foster stage school. Her sister is the actress and writer Ann Michelle, with whom she appeared in Virgin Witch (1971).

Acting career
Michelle on tour in 'Allo 'Allo! in 1986

Michelle was given small television roles while still at stage school, the first being in Dixon of Dock Green. She appeared in big-screen versions of popular English sitcoms The Likely Lads and George and Mildred, and played alongside her sister Ann Michelle in the British horror film Virgin Witch and with Joan Collins in Alfie Darling, the sequel to Alfie. She also appeared regularly in the 1970s children's BBC TV series Crackerjack.

In the early 1980s she appeared in some high-profile advertisements for Harp Lager. Also at this time she had small parts in Minder episode Don't Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here, as Sarah-Jane and the hard-hitting police drama The Professionals, in which she played Tina, the girlfriend of a crime boss in the episode The Untouchables.

In 2007, she appeared in a Children in Need special of Hotel Babylon and, the following year, appeared on the BBC cookery programme Celebrity MasterChef. She played the role of Amanda Newman in the 2010 TV film Resentment, and she was Deborah Whitton in the 2013 romantic comedy The Callback Queen.

After spending much of 2008 on tour with the 'Allo 'Allo! stage show, Michelle took a break to pursue various other projects, including appearing as the Wicked Queen in a pantomime production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Hull New Theatre. She rejoined the cast of 'Allo 'Allo! in March 2009, reprising her role as the waitress Yvette. Michelle made several appearances in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Patricia Foster, mother of Jonny Foster – a role which she reprised for two episodes in early 2009.[2]

In 2014, Michelle returned to the stage in the hit play Hello Norma Jeane at London's King's Head Theatre, where she took on the role of an Essex grandma who claims to be Marilyn Monroe.[3]

Radio

Michelle has been broadcasting a weekly chat show on Brentwood radio station Phoenix FM since October 2017, with celebrity guests including Harry Redknapp, John Challis, Ray Cooney, Linda Lusardi and Robin Askwith.[4]

Producing

In 2012, Michelle was executive producer of the film based on the Ray Cooney theatrical production Run for Your Wife.[5]

Honours

Michelle was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours for services to charity.[6]

Filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1969The Haunted House of HorrorSally
1972Virgin WitchBetty
1975Alfie DarlingBird
1975On the Crest of a Wave Teresa
1976The Likely LadsGlenys
1976Queen KongCrew Girl
1977The SentinelGirl on TV
1978The Greek TycoonNico's Girlfriend
1980Sweet WilliamGirl at airport
1980George and MildredBishop's Second Girl
1981Priest of LoveMillie
1999The Colour of FunnyPeggy Lynch
2012Run for Your WifeTourist
2012The Callback QueenDeborah Whitton
2014C.O.O.L.I.O Time Travel GangsterMrs Aznavour
2016No ReasonsDr. Victoria Spencer
2017Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate StorySusan Daley
2017Silent HoursMary Woodward
2018Dragged Up DirtyKizzy
2020The Document: On the RunNicole Robinson
2021A Suburban FairytaleMother Creedon
2021Cold SunDr. Sylvie Peyrec

Television
YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 Dixon of Dock Green uncredited
1970 Softly, Softly: Task Force Reen Episode: "Safe in the Streets?"
1971 Rae Episode: "The Floater"
1973 Wanda Harris Episode: "The Loudmouth"
1974 Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Madelyn Episode: "The Ant and the Grasshopper"
1974 Sporting Scenes Girl Episode: "A Drink Out of the Bottle"
1974 If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them Nurse TV Movie
1975 World of Laughter Various 1 Episode
1976 Space: 1999 Barbara Episode: "The Taybor"
1976-1979 The Two Ronnies Various 4 Episodes
1977 Spectre Second Maid TV Movie
1977 The Dick Emery Show Various 1 Episode
1977 The Goodies Nurse Episode: "Rock Goodies"
1978 Come Back Mrs. Noah The Maid Episode: "The Housing Problem"
1978 The Professionals Jo Episode: "Hunter/Hunted"
1979-1980 The Dawson Watch Various 7 Episodes
1980 Minder Sarah Jane Episode: "Don't Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here"
1980 Fancy Wanders The Reporter 2 Episodes
1981, 1984 Cannon and Ball Various 2 Episodes
1982 Don't Rock the Boat Janet Episode: "Combat Fatigue"
1982–92 'Allo 'Allo! Yvette Carte-Blanche 85 Episodes
1983 The Professionals Tina Episode: "The Untouchables"
1983 Are You Being Served? C.B. Voice Episode: "Calling All Customers"
1984 The Last Days of Pompeii Priestess of Isis 1 Episode (uncredited)
1985 The Little and Large Show Various 2 Episodes
1985 Are You Being Served? French Actress Episode: "The Night Club"
1985 The Kenny Everett Television Show Various 3 Episodes
1997 Gayle's World Vicki 2 Episodes
1998 Lenny Goes to Town Various Episode: "Brighton"
2006 All in the Game Emma TV Movie
2007 The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! Yvette Carte-Blanche TV Special
2007-2009 Emmerdale Patricia Foster 4 Episodes
2007 Hotel Babylon: Children in Need Barmaid
2010 Resentment Amanda Newman TV Movie
2011 Doctors Penny Lester Episode: "Whip Hand"
2012 Too Close for Comfort Catherine
2012 The Mario Rosenstock Show Sally O'Brien 1 Episode
2017 The Keith and Paddy Picture Show Chambermaid Episode: "Ghostbusters"
2017 Silent Hours Mary Woodward 3 Episodes
TBA For the Love of Ella Cali

Reality television
YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Celebrity Masterchef Herself Participant/Contestant
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Big Brother's Bit On The Side Herself 7 Episodes
2014 I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! Herself 21 episodes
2018 Costa Del Celebrity Herself 4 episodes

Theatre
  • 1969 – Play It Again Sam – Angie – West End – Joseph Hardy
  • 1985 – Doctor in The House – Vera – National Tour – Paul Elliott
  • 1986/87 – 'Allo 'Allo – Yvette Carte-Blanche – West End – Peter Farago
  • 1987/88 – 'Allo 'Allo – Yvette Carte-Blanche – International Tour – Peter Farago
  • 1993/94 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – National Tour – Peter Farago
  • 1995 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – National Tour – Peter Farago
  • 1996 – Dracula – Mina – National Tour – Alan Cohen
  • 1996/97 – 'Allo 'Allo – Yvette Carte-Blanche – National Tour – Peter Farago
  • 1998 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – National Tour – Ian Dickens
  • 1998 – Women of a Certain Age – Renee – National Tour – David Simmons
  • 1999 – Beauty and the Beast – Bathsheba – Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe – Steve Shappelle
  • 2000 – Round and Round the Garden – Ruth – National Tour – Ian Dickens
  • 2001 – Table Manners – Ruth – National Tour – Ian Dickens
  • 2001 – Business Affairs – Hilda Bigley – National Tour – John B. Hobbs
  • 2001 – Annie – Miss Hannigan – Theatre Royal, Lincoln – Chris Colby
  • 2002 – The Tart and the Vicar's Wife – Glenda Parry – Theatre Royal, Lincoln – Chris Colby
  • 2002/03 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – International Tour – Ian Dickens
  • 2004 – Out of Order – Pamela Willey – National Tour – Ian Dickens
  • 2004 – Reflections – Narrator – Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
  • 2005 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – Overseas Tour – Chris Moreno
  • 2005 – Bedside Manners – Sally – Overseas Tour – Chris Moreno
  • 2005 – Annie – Miss Hannigan – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury – Eric Potts
  • 2005 – Salads Days – Lady Raeburn & Asphynxia – National Tour – Matthew Townshend
  • 2005 – Stepping Out – Maxine – Theatre Royal, Lincoln – Chris Colby
  • 2006 – Funny Money – Betty – UK Tour – Giles Watling & Ian Dickens
  • 2006 – Salad Days – Lady Raeburn & Asphynxia – National Tour – Matthew Townshend
  • 2006 – Audacity – Gillian – Lyceum Theatre, Crewe – Jay Marcus
  • 2007 – Double Vision – Dawn & Donna – Lyceum Theatre, Crewe – Jay Marcus
  • 2007 – Annie – Miss Hannigan – Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage – Scott St. Martin
  • 2008 – Lock Up Your Daughters – Mrs. Squeezum – Hoxne – Matthew Townshend
  • 2008/09 – 'Allo 'Allo – Yvette Carte-Blanche – National Tour – James Robert Carson
  • 2009 – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Mona Stangley – New Theatre, Hull – Jonathan Parker
  • 2010 – Wife Begins at Forty – Linda Harper – Grand Theatre, Blackpool – Brian Godfrey
  • 2010 – Stop Dreamin' – Vi Collins – UK Tour – Ray Cooney
  • 2011 – Stop Dreamin' – Vi Collins – UK Tour – Ray Cooney
  • 2012 – That's Love – Sarah Daniels – UK Tour – Ron Aldridge
  • 2012 – Wife Begins at Forty – Linda Harper – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford – Ray Cooney
  • 2014 – The Importance of Being Earnest – Lady Bracknell – McGrigor Hall, Frinton – Edward Max
  • 2014 – Hello Norma Jeane – Lynnie – Kings Head Theatre, London – Matthew Gould

Pantomime
  • 1983 – Snow White – Wicked Red Queen – Opera House, Cork
  • 1988 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – The Alexandra House, Birmingham
  • 1991 – Aladdin – Genie – The New Theatre, Cardiff
  • 1992 – Aladdin – Genie – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
  • 1993 – Jack and the Beanstalk – Fairy – The Grand Theatre, Swansea
  • 1994 – Aladdin – Genie – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
  • 1996 – Mother Goose – Fairy – Hippodrome, Birmingham
  • 1997 – Jack and the Beanstalk – Fairy – Churchill Theatre, Bromley
  • 1999 – Aladdin – Genie – The Grand Theatre, Swansea
  • 2000 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – Alban Arena, St. Albans
  • 2001 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – Broadway Theatre, Lewisham
  • 2002 – Aladdin – Aladdin – Civic Hall, Bedworth
  • 2003 – Peter Pan – Herrietta & Mrs Darling – New Theatre, Hull
  • 2004 – Cinderella – Lady Cruella – New Theatre, North Wales Theatre, Llandudno
  • 2005 – Sleeping Beauty – Fairy Moan – Broadway Theatre, Peterborough
  • 2006 – Sleeping Beauty – Lilac Fairy – Plaza Theatre, Stockport
  • 2007 – Robin Hood – The Enchantress – Connaught Theatre, Worthing
  • 2008 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – New Theatre Hull
  • 2009 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – Playhouse, Weston-Super-Mare
  • 2010 – Sleeping Beauty – Carabosse – Palace Theatre, Newark
  • 2011 – Sleeping Beauty – Carabosse – Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
  • 2012 – Beauty and the Beast – Silver Enchantress – Hexagon Theatre, Reading
  • 2013 – Sleeping Beauty – Lilac Fairy – Middlesbrough Theatre
  • 2015 – Sleeping Beauty – Malicious (the evil fairy) – Lincoln Theatre Royal
  • 2016 – Jack and the Beanstalk – Fairy Pea Pod – King's Theatre, Portsmouth
  • 2017 – Aladdin – Slave of the Ring – Northwich Memorial Court, Cheshire
  • 2018 - Sleeping Beauty - Carabosse - Castleford Civic Centre
  • 2019 - Snow White - Wicked Queen - Grand Opera House, York

Personal life

She is married to Graham Fowler.[7]

In 2015, Michelle was a guest on Big Brother's Bit on the Side and feared she could have been blinded after being hit on the back of the head with a champagne glass thrown by Farrah Abraham during a fight between Abraham and Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace. She later pressed charges.[8]

Michelle now suffers from tinnitus.[9]

References
  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585053/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
  2. "Vicki Michelle Diary". vickimichelle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2008.
  3. "'Allo 'Allo's Vicki Michelle to star as Marilyn Monroe in new play". Digital Spy.
  4. "Vicki Michelle's Music Mix on Phoenix FM". Phoenix FM. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. "Run For Your Wife". Run For Your Wife. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  6. "No. 59446". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 2010. p. 16.
  7. All Star Mr & Mrs. 28 October 2015. ITV.
  8. "'Vicki Michelle 'could have been BLINDED' by live TV CBBBOTS glass 'attack". 30 May 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  9. "'The show must go on': Vicki Michelle on how she's learning to tune out her tinnitus". Home.bt.com. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
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