na | Bonnie Langford |
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birth name | Bonita Melody Lysette Langford |
birth date | July 22, 1964 |
spouse | Paul Grunert(1995-present) |
occupation | Actress, dancer, singer |
years active | 1970–present |
notable role | Mel Bush in Doctor Who |
website | http://www.bonnielangford.co.uk }} |
Bonita Melody Lysette "Bonnie" Langford (22 July 1964) is an English actress, dancer and entertainer. She came to prominence as a child star in the early 1970s then she subsequently became a companion of Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy's Doctor Who and has appeared on stage in various musicals such as Peter Pan: The Musical, Cats and The Pirates of Penzance. She is the aunt of actresses Summer and Scarlett Strallen.
Between 1986 and 1987 Langford played the role of Mel, companion to both the Sixth and Seventh Doctors in the classic science fiction series Doctor Who. She returned to the role in 1993 for Dimensions in Time, a special charity Doctor Who/EastEnders crossover episode as part of the BBC's Children in Need. She has continued to reprise the role in audio dramas produced by Big Finish Productions (eleven to date, including the episodes The One Doctor and The Fires of Vulcan).
Langford was a featured dancer in BBC One's popular light entertainment series The Hot Shoe Show which she co-presented with Wayne Sleep. On 23 October 2005, she performed in Children Will Listen, a 75th birthday tribute to Stephen Sondheim at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Langford is a panto regular. Recent credits include: Prince Charming in Cinderella at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford (2005/2006) & 'Peter' in Peter Pan at the Richmond Theatre in Surrey (2008/2009).
Langford and Evers appeared again on the programme in the one-off Champion of Champions show which followed series two. They were scored second overall by the judging panel but again the public vote was less favourable and they were amongst the four teams eliminated in the first round of the competition. Langford then toured with Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice: The Tour in 2007, a series of 41 shows in which she was the winner 27 times.
Langford took part in the Dancing on Ice: The Tour in April and May 2008. Teamed with new skating partner Pavel Aubrecht she again impressed the judges and fans with two new superb routines, however the competition was extremely high with four of the other celebrities also winning shows as well and in the end Bonnie won 4 of the 49 shows on the tour. Her record of 27 wins set on the 2007 tour was broken on the 2009 tour by Ray Quinn who scored 35/39 wins.
She has also made a number of guest appearances on television, including Agatha Christie's Marple on ITV (playing Betty Johnson alongside Brian Conley in the episode By the Pricking of My Thumbs, February 2006), The Catherine Tate Show (late 2006), Supermarket Sweep with Dale Winton (February 2007) and the children's programme Hider in the House (March 2007).
In July 2007 she was a judge on the ITV series Baby Ballroom: The Championship. Starting on 16 February 2008, Bonnie was 1 of 5 celebrities making up team Ant for their new team game Ant versus Dec in Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway. She survived right up until the final edition, reaching the semi final stage & just missing out on the final which was eventually won by team Dec.
From summer 2009 Bonnie again appeared in Chicago as Roxie Hart in Canada & also on Broadway in New York from September - November 2009 (Bonnie returning to Broadway for the first time in 35 years) & again at the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End in Dec 2009 - Jan 2010.
Bonnie performed at the famous Birdland (Jazz Club) in New York in February 2010 & in spring & summer 2010 Bonnie toured America once again in Chicago.
She has also appeared in celebrity versions of game shows to support Childline when she played in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? alongside Anton Du Beke in December 2006, and the CdLs Foundation on both The Weakest Link in January 2007 (which she won) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, this time alongside Jason Gardiner, in January 2008.
After a brief hiatus she has returned to screen and stage following her acclaimed performances on celebrity talent show Dancing on Ice. In 2009, Langford relocated to the United States, and now divides her time between New York and the UK. She lives with her husband, fellow actor Paul Grunert (ChuckleVision), whom she married in Mauritius in 1995, along with their two daughters, the elder of whom is Grunert's child from his previous marriage.
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