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Liza Goddard (born 20 January 1950) is an English television and stage actress, best known for her work in the 1970s and 1980s.
Goddard was born in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. She is the daughter of British producer David Goddard and attended Farnham Girls' Grammar School, before he moved the family to Australia when she was 15 upon his appointment as Head of Drama at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Goddard made early television appearances in Australia, including episode 100 of Homicide ("The Traveller", 1966), and the ABC drama play Romanoff & Juliet (1967), and a brief (non-speaking, uncredited) appearance in the feature film They're A Weird Mob (1966). However, she is best remembered in Australia for her role as Clarissa "Clancy" Merrick in Skippy the Bush Kangaroo in which she appeared in the first two series and 48 episodes.
After returning to the UK in 1969 as an adult, she was cast as Victoria Edgecombe, the character created by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham in Take Three Girls (1969), and then its sequel Take Three Women (1982). She also had a supporting role in the 1972 movie Ooh… You Are Awful. Her career breakthrough was as April in The Brothers (1972–76), which also featured her first husband, Colin Baker. She appeared as Jocelyn in National Pelmet, the Series 2 opener of critically acclaimed drama Minder.
Liza Goddard appearing in "Yes, Honestly"
Liza Goddard who starred as Clancy on 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo' as guest on Australian nostalgia TV series 'Where Are They Now' in 2006.
Liza Goddard "Ice Bucket Challenge" with my grandson Oscar
Tony Palmer's 1988 film on the life, times and music of the Soviet composer, with Ben Kingsley as Shostakovich and Terence Rigby as Stalin. Ronald Pickup, John Shrapnel, Sherry Baines, Robert Stephens, Liza Goddard, Peter Woodthorpe and Murray Melvin also feature. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Rudolf Barshai.
Casualty, Series 31, Episode 5 - "Schoolboy Crush" First broadcast 24 September 2016. Copyright: BBC Television
Liza Goddard starring in Blankety Blank. Presented by Terry Wogan. Also starring Peter Jones, Una McClain, Patrick Moore, Maris Hughes and Lennie Bennett . First broadcast in 1979.
Roll Over Beethoven Episode 1, Series 1 - "Nigel Arrives" Roll Over Beethoven was a comedy series which aired on ITV in the United Kingdom. Belinda (Liza Goddard) is a piano teacher living with her father. When Nigel (Nigel Planer) a famous rock star moves into the village Belinda helps him with his new album.
Take Three Girls, Episode 2 of Series 2 - "Lulie: The Private Sector"
Take Three Girls - Entire 'Avril' Film Starring Liza Goddard, Susan Jameson and Angela Down. Shown on the BBC in 1969
Tony Palmer's 1988 film on the life, times and music of the Soviet composer, with Ben Kingsley as Shostakovich and Terence Rigby as Stalin. Ronald Pickup, John Shrapnel, Sherry Baines, Robert Stephens, Liza Goddard, Peter Woodthorpe and Murray Melvin also feature. The London Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Rudolf Barshai.
Liza Goddard who starred as Clancy on 'Skippy the Bush Kangaroo' as guest on Australian nostalgia TV series 'Where Are They Now' in 2006.
Liza Goddard "Ice Bucket Challenge" with my grandson Oscar
Liza Goddard shares her memories of Birmingham Repertory Theatre in support of The REPair appeal
I am Liza Goddard and made an early television appearance in Australia on Skippy the Bush Kangaroo. After returning to the UK in 1969 as an adult, I appeared as Victoria in Take Three Girls (1969), and then its sequel Take Three Women (1982). I also had a supporting role in the 1972 movie Ooh, You Are Awful. Her career breakthrough was as April in The Brothers (1972-76), which also featured her first husband, Colin Baker. She appeared as Jocelyn in National Pelmet, the Series 2 opener of critically acclaimed drama Minder (TV series). A series of comedy roles in sitcoms followed, with parts in Pig in the Middle (1980), played a space pirate in the 1983 Doctor Who story Terminus, and appeared in Roll Over Beethoven (1985). I appeared in Woof!, a Children's ITV programme first aired in 198...
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James McEachin, US Army veteran of the Korean War, shares his story of survival, service, and brotherhood. Following his military service, McEachin would go on to become a noted author and actor, staring in the TV series "Tenafly."
From the Australian TV show, 2006.
Ed Devereaux advertising for kids to join the Skippy Club