Caroline Ellis | |
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| Born | 12 October 1950 London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Caroline Ellis (born 12 October 1950) is an English actress. She is best known for her role in Only Fools and Horses as Michelle and her other roles in a 1968 TV adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Jill Rowles in the Southern TV adventure series Freewheelers in 1972, and a "Brummie" holiday camper (Glad) in the raunchy 1977 comedy film Confessions from a Holiday Camp.[1][2]
Ellis was best known to American audiences for her role as the character Joy in The Bugaloos (1970).[3]
Ellis is divorced and the mother of one daughter, Sasha, born in 1985. As of 2006, Ellis was no longer acting[3] but was working in real estate in Spain, where she lived with her daughter.[3]
A sampled excerpt of Ellis singing a line from the Bugaloos appears on "The Darkness That You Fear", a 2021 single from The Chemical Brothers.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Confessions from a Holiday Camp | Glad |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Sherlock Holmes | Patience Moran | Episode: "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" |
| 1970–1971 | The Bugaloos | Joy | |
| 1972 | Freewheelers | Jill Rowles | |
| 1976 | The Many Wives of Patrick | Sheila | Episode: "Goodbye and Hello" |
| 1980 | Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson | Theresa | Episode: "The Case of the Travelling Killer" |
| 1981 | Only Fools and Horses | Michelle | Episode: "Go West Young Man" |
| 1982–1983 | The Cut Price Comedy Show |
References
- ↑ "Caroline Ellis". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022.
- ↑ "Caroline Ellis". www.aveleyman.com.
- 1 2 3 Itzkoff, Dave (30 July 2006). "A DVD Revives the Bugaloos, a Band With the Life Span of an Ant". New York Times. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
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