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Nicola Pagett Born 15 June 1945
Cairo, EgyptOther names Nicola Scott Spouse Graham Swannell Nicola Pagett (born as Nicola Mary Scott, 15 June 1945, Cairo, Egypt) is an English actress. She is best-known for her role as Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs.
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Early life
She was educated at St. Maur International School, in Yokohama, Japan, the oldest international school in Asia.
Career
Pagett played the title role in a 1977 BBC adaptation of Anna Karenina, and she gave a memorable performance in David Nobbs's TV series A Bit of a Do. She has appeared in a variety of films including The Viking Queen (1967), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Operation Daybreak (1975) and Oliver's Story (1978). Pagett also played a lead role in the 1994 to 1995 sitcom Ain't Misbehavin'.
Personal life
Nicola Pagett has suffered from manic depression, and chronicled her experiences with this in a 1998 book titled Diamonds Behind My Eyes.
In 1995, while appearing in What The Butler Saw at the National Theatre, she began behaving erratically and was ultimately diagnosed as having acute manic depression. During this time she developed an obsession with Alastair Campbell.[1] According to Adam Boulton, Alastair Campbell used this obsession to distract attention from negative headlines about the Labour Party Conference.[2]
Family
She was married to playwright Graham Swannell; the couple had a daughter, but they divorced in 1998.
References
- ^ Adams, Tim (1999-09-26). "Is the media's obsession with Alastair Campbell damaging the Government?". The Guardian (The Observer). http://www.guardian.co.uk/lab99/Story/0,,202228,00.html.
- ^ Boulton, Adam (2008-09-22). "If in doubt, lie". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/sep/22/alistaircampbell.media.
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