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Jacqueline Pearce (born 20 December 1943) is a British film and television actress. Her roles have included horror and comedy and she is perhaps best known as the villain Servalan in the British science fiction TV series Blake's 7.
Jacqueline Pearce was born in Woking, Surrey. She trained at the British stage school RADA and at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio in Los Angeles.
Despite having appeared in dozens of films and TV shows, she remains best known for her role as Servalan in the British science fiction TV series Blake's 7 (1978–1981).
Jacqueline Pearce was the subject of the 3rd volume of MJTV's "The Actor Speaks" interview/drama CDs, with a special piece written for her by Tanith Lee.
Jacqueline Pearce starred in two Hammer horror films, The Plague of the Zombies and The Reptile, which were filmed simultaneously on the same location with largely the same cast and both released in 1966. Other film roles include Sky West and Crooked (1965), the Carry On film Don't Lose Your Head (1966), Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1968), White Mischief (1987), How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989), and Princess Caraboo (1994).