Lynda Bellingham Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Lynda Bellingham, OBE (born Meredith Lee Hughes; 31 May 1948 – 19 October 2014) was a Canadian-born English actress, broadcaster and author, who starred in the long-running series of “Oxo Family” British TV adverts between 1983 and 1999, the drama series All Creatures Great and Small and in the comedy series Second Thoughts and Faith in the Future. She was a panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women between 2007 and 2011.
| Full Name | Lynda Bellingham |
| Net Worth | $1.4 Million |
| Date Of Birth | May 31, 1948 |
| Died | October 19, 2014, London, United Kingdom |
| Place Of Birth | Montréal, Québec, Canada |
| Height | 1.63 m |
| Occupation | Broadcaster, actress, author |
| Profession | Presenter, Voice Actor, Author |
| Education | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Michael Pattemore, Nunzio Peluso, Greg Smith |
| Children | Michael Peluso, Robbie Peluso |
| Parents | Donald Bellingham, Marjorie Hughes Bond, Ruth Bellingham |
| Siblings | Jean Bellingham |
| Nicknames | Lynda Bellingham, Bellingham, Lynda |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0069019 |
| Movies | Devil’s Gate, The Romanovs: An Imperial Family, Bodywork, The Scarlet Tunic, Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers, Sweeney!, Jam, Riding High |
| TV Shows | All Creatures Great and Small, Second Thoughts, Faith in the Future, At Home with the Braithwaites, Mister Eleven, Country House Sunday, Loose Women, Bonkers, General Hospital, The Pink Medicine Show, Tell Tarby, The Fuzz |
| Star Sign | Gemini |
| Quote | |
|---|---|
| 1 | [on A Little Bit of Wisdom: A Little Bit of Respect (1974)] I did a comedy series where Norman Wisdom, bless his little cotton socks, said, “We’re going to do this scene now where I drop a pencil down the front of your dress and I look for it.” “Oh, I see, is that funny?” “Oh, it’ll be hysterical.” So for ten minutes I stood there while he basically touched me up and you couldn’t say anything because he was the master of comedy. And actually this was what women were there for, the joke was all about women. And I found it very depressing in the sense that I’d gone to drama school, burned my bra for women’s lib and equality and there I was doing these bizarre things. |
| 2 | [talking about her plans for her final Christmas, on the women’s magazine programme “Loose Women” a few days before she died, in a programme that was shown as a tribute just after her death] I *am* going to make it to Christmas. Bloody right, I am. I AM! |
| 3 | [talking about the book she has written about her battle with terminal colon cancer, and her decision to stop chemotherapy so she can spend one final Christmas at home with her family] It will be very embarrassing if I *don’t* die, because everybody will think I’ve made it all up to sell the book! |
| 4 | Women over 60 are considered past it. We don’t have a life, we’re supposed to sit around and wait for death I think. Once you’ve had your children, and brought them up you supposedly have no other purpose in life. And let’s face it the media is only just beginning to catch on. I’ve been banging on about it for ages, but there’s a huge audience of women over a certain age that television ignores. Where are the programmes? |
| Fact | |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the months leading up to her death she was offered parts in The Syndicate (2012) and EastEnders (1985) but was far too ill to do them. |
| 2 | She was diagnosed with colon cancer in July 2013. The doctors gave her a good prognosis. However, in September 2014 she revealed the cancer had spread to her liver and lungs and she had planned to stop chemotherapy in November. |
| 3 | She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2014 Queen’s New Year Honours List for voluntary service to Charitable Giving in the UK. |
| 4 | Calendar Girls on Stage in London [October 2010] |
| 5 | Starring alongside Alison Steadman in Losing Louis, at Trafalgar Studios, London. [May 2005] |
| 6 | Delivered both her sons via Caesarean section due to them being in the breech position. |
| 7 | Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 39, a son Robert Ciro Peluso on 6 April 1988. Child’s father is her now 2nd ex-husband, Nunzio Peluso. |
| 8 | Gave birth to her 1st child at age 34, a son Michael Peluso on 13 April 1983. Child’s father is her now 2nd ex-husband, Nunzio Peluso. |
| 9 | Was considered for Chancellor Thalia in Doctor Who: Arc of Infinity. |
| 10 | Was born to an unwed teenager, Marjorie Hughes, in Canada and subsequently adopted by an English couple, the Bellingham’s, at 4 months old. |
| 11 | Is famous for playing the mother of the Oxo family in a series of commercials. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Too Close for Comfort | 2014 | TV Mini-Series | |
| Too Close for Comfort | 2012 | Short | Mum |
| Mister Eleven | 2009 | TV Mini-Series | Shirley |
| Jam | 2009/II | Short | Mrs. Lynch |
| Love Soup | 2008 | TV Series | Matilda |
| Re-extinct | 2008 | TV Movie | Marg Precious |
| Robin Hood | 2007 | TV Series | Queen Eleanor |
| New Tricks | 2007 | TV Series | Det. Supt. Karen Hardwick |
| Bonkers | 2007 | TV Series | Mrs. Wadlow |
| Holby City | 2006 | TV Series | Caitlin Lucas |
| Rug | 2005 | Short | Agnes |
| Murder in Suburbia | 2005 | TV Series | Milly Goodman |
| Odd Socks | 2004 | TV Series | Magdalena |
| The Bill | 2004 | TV Series | Irene Radford |
| The All Star Comedy Show | 2004 | TV Movie | Various Roles |
| The Last Detective | 2004 | TV Series | Councillor Marjorie Balsam |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | 2004 | TV Series | Jess Pitman |
| Midsomer Murders | 2004 | TV Series | Jane Willows |
| Devil’s Gate | 2003 | Marlene | |
| Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale | 2003 | TV Movie | Landlady |
| At Home with the Braithwaites | 2000-2003 | TV Series | Pauline Farnell |
| Happy Together | 2002 | TV Movie | Teresa |
| My Uncle Silas | 2001 | TV Mini-Series | Mrs. Gadsby |
| Bodywork | 2001 | Poppy Fields | |
| Waking the Dead | 2001 | TV Series | Mary Mantel |
| Romanovy: Ventsenosnaya semya | 2000 | Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna | |
| Reach for the Moon | 2000 | TV Mini-Series | Penny Martin |
| Don’t Go Breaking My Heart | 1999 | Maxine | |
| Casualty | 1998 | TV Series | Steph Yates |
| The Scarlet Tunic | 1998 | Emily Marlowe | |
| Faith in the Future | 1995-1998 | TV Series | Faith |
| Martin Chuzzlewit | 1994 | TV Mini-Series | Mrs. Lupin |
| Second Thoughts | 1991-1994 | TV Series | Faith Faith Grayshot |
| Jackanory | 1993 | TV Series | Storyteller |
| All Creatures Great and Small | 1988-1990 | TV Series | Helen Herriot Helen |
| Screen Two | 1987 | TV Series | Mary Morris |
| Filthy Rich & Catflap | 1987 | TV Series | Ms Tomkins |
| Doctor Who | 1986 | TV Series | The Inquisitor |
| The Gentle Touch | 1984 | TV Series | Alice Fairbrother |
| Educating Marmalade | 1982 | TV Series | Registrar |
| Angels | 1982 | TV Series | Kathy Stone |
| Blakes 7 | 1981 | TV Series | Vena |
| Funny Man | 1981 | TV Series | Gwen |
| Riding High | 1981 | Miss Mott | |
| Mackenzie | 1980 | TV Series | Ruth Isaacs |
| The Professionals | 1980 | TV Series | Betty Hope |
| Shoestring | 1979 | TV Series | Nicola |
| Hazell | 1979 | TV Series | Vanessa |
| Don’t Forget to Write! | 1979 | TV Series | Angela |
| The Waterloo Bridge Handicap | 1978 | Short | Likely Lady (Miss Beamish) |
| The Pink Medicine Show | 1978 | TV Series | Various |
| The Fuzz | 1977 | TV Series | WPC Pamela ‘Purrfect’ Purvis |
| Cottage to Let | 1977 | TV Series | Barbara |
| Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers | 1977 | Valerie | |
| Big Boy Now! | 1977 | TV Series | Brenda Bollington |
| Doctor on the Go | 1977 | TV Series | Eleanor Wilcox |
| Yes, Honestly | 1977 | TV Series | Amanda |
| Sweeney! | 1977 | Janice Wyatt | |
| Yus My Dear | 1976 | TV Series | Carole |
| Confessions of a Driving Instructor | 1976 | Mary Truscott | |
| Whodunnit? | 1976 | TV Series | Suzy Booth |
| Couples | 1976 | TV Series | Jack |
| The Sweeney | 1975 | TV Series | Nancy King |
| Z Cars | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Irene / Pauline Tyson |
| Within These Walls | 1975 | TV Series | Yvonne Melton |
| Billy Liar | 1974 | TV Series | Alison |
| A Little Bit of Wisdom | 1974 | TV Series | Gwen Morgan |
| Tell Tarby | 1973 | TV Series | Nurse Norma Snockers |
| General Hospital | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Nurse Hilda Price |
| All Star Comedy Carnival | 1972 | TV Movie | Nurse Price |
| The Fenn Street Gang | 1972 | TV Series | Liza |
| A Family at War | 1971 | TV Series | Chrissie |
| Kate | 1971 | TV Series | Hattie |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | 1971 | TV Series | Nurse Mary Tiller |
| The Misfit | 1971 | TV Series | Wee Jeannie |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| It Was Alright in the 70s | 2014 | TV Series documentary dedicatee – 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| It Was Alright in the 70s | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Loose Women | 2000-2014 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter / Herself |
| This Morning | 2004-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Breakfast | 2005-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Country House Sunday | 2013 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| What’s Cooking? From the Sainsbury’s Kitchen | 2013 | TV Series | Herself – Guest |
| The Wright Stuff | 2004-2012 | TV Series | Herself – Panelist / Herself – Guest Panelist / Guest Panelist |
| My Tasty Travels with Lynda Bellingham | 2012 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| Unforgettable: The Sweeney | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Herself – Actress |
| Let’s Do Lunch with Gino & Mel | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| The One and Only Des O’Connor | 2012 | TV Movie | Herself – Audience Member |
| Daybreak | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| The One Show | 2009-2011 | TV Series | Herself – Guest / Herself |
| ITV Lunchtime News | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| Odd One In | 2010 | TV Series | Herself – Away Team |
| 30 Years of ‘An Audience With…’ | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The 5 O’Clock Show | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| All Star Mr & Mrs | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| National Television Awards | 2010 | TV Special | Herself |
| Strictly Come Dancing | 2009 | TV Series | Herself – Contestant / Herself / Herself – Audience Member |
| Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Tonight with Trevor McDonald | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Gok’s Fashion Fix | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Paul O’Grady Show | 2005-2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Bill Made Me Famous | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Emmerdale 5000 | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| TV Burp | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Cult of… | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Doctor, Doctor | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| My Bare Lady | 2006 | TV Series | Herself – Dinner guest |
| An Audience with Coronation Street | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| An Audience with Joan Rivers | 2006 | TV Movie | Herself – Audience Member |
| Songs of Praise | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Must See TV | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Herself / Nancy King |
| Avenue of the Stars: 50 Years of ITV | 2005 | TV Special | Herself – Audience Member |
| GMTV | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| An Audience with Harry Hill | 2004 | TV Movie | Herself – Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Inside Soap Awards 2004 | 2004 | TV Special | Herself |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hell’s Kitchen | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Antiques Auction | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Presenter |
| Stars Reunited | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Richard & Judy | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
| So Graham Norton | 2001 | TV Series | Herself |
| Bob Martin | 2000 | TV Series | Herself |
| This Is Your Life | 1993-2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Call My Bluff | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | 1998 | TV Special documentary | |
| Light Lunch | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| An Audience with the Spice Girls | 1997 | TV Special | Herself – Audience Member |
| An Audience with Ronnie Corbett | 1997 | TV Movie | Herself – Audience Member |
| Surprise Surprise! | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| Comic Relief | 1995 | TV Special | Herself |
| Pebble Mill at One | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| An Audience with Bob Monkhouse | 1994 | TV Special | Herself |
| Masterchef | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
| Wogan | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
| All Star Secrets | 1986 | TV Series | Herself |
| Punchlines! | 1981-1984 | TV Series | Herself |
| The South Bank Show | 1984 | TV Series documentary | Herself – Narrator |
| Star Games | 1980 | TV Series | Herself – Commentator |
| All Star Comedy Carnival | 1973 | TV Movie | Herself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where Are They Now? The Reunions | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Loose Women | 2009-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited | 2013 | TV Mini-Series documentary | The Inquisitor |
| Late Night with the Loose Women | 2009 | Video | Herself – Presenter |
| Gok’s Fashion Fix | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Doctor Who Confidential | 2009 | TV Series documentary | The Inquisitor |
| Let Loose… The Very Best of ‘Loose Women’ | 2008 | Video | Herself |
| The Making of the Trial of a Time Lord: Part One – Mysterious Planet | 2008 | Video documentary short | The Inquisitor |
| Trials and Tribulations | 2008 | Video documentary | The Inquistor |
| Celebrity Naked Ambition | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | |
| The 100 Greatest TV Ads | 2000 | TV Special | Oxo Mum |
| ‘Doctor Who’: The Colin Baker Years | 1994 | Video documentary | The Inquisitor |