Jacqueline Hill
Grace Jacqueline Hill (17 December 1929—18 February 1993) was a British actress known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who. As the history teacher of Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter, Barbara was the first Doctor Who companion to appear on-screen in 1963, with Hill speaking the series' first words. She played the role for nearly two years, leaving the series in 1965 at the same time as fellow actor William Russell (who played the companion Ian Chesterton). Hill returned to Doctor Who in 1980 for an appearance in the serial Meglos, as the Tigellan priestess Lexa.
Biography
Hill was orphaned as a toddler and raised by her grandparents. She was taken out of school at the age of 14 to enable her younger brother to continue. She then worked at Cadbury's, which had an amateur dramatics society. She was encouraged to apply for, and was awarded, a scholarship at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and entered RADA at the age of 16.
'Jacqueline Hill' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
Actors: Leslie Bates (actor), David Bradley (actor), Nicholas Briggs (actor), David William Bryan (actor), Kit Connor (actor), Brian Cox (actor), Sacha Dhawan (actor), Clive Doig (actor), Mark Eden (actor), Brian Fenton (actor), John Foreman (actor), John Foreman (actor), Mathew Foster (actor), Jamie Glover (actor), David Annen (actor),
Plot: In 1963 Sydney Newman, progressive head of BBC TV's drama department, wants to fill a Saturday tea-time slot with a show with youth appeal and hits on the idea of an august figure, like a doctor, leading a group of companions on time travel adventures. He engages inexperienced young producer Verity Lambert to expand the idea. Fighting sexist and racial bigotry Verity and young Indian director Waris Hussein persuade crusty character actor William Hartnell to play the doctor figure and, despite technical hiccups and competition with coverage of the Kennedy assassination, the first episode of 'Doctor Who' is born. As the show becomes an success Hartnell displays an obsession with his character but, after three years, ill health catches up with him and he starts to forget lines. Newman tells him that Doctor Who will 'regenerate' and he will be replaced by younger actor Patrick Troughton. Though attached to the part and reluctant to give it up Hartnell wishes every success to Troughton, the first of several actors to play a part which will endure for fifty years.
Keywords: 1960s, actor, anti-hero, arterial-sclerosis, based-on-actual-events, based-on-true-events, based-on-true-story, character-sees-future-version-of-self, child, cybermanGenres: Biography, Drama, History,
Quotes:
William Hartnell: [repeating lines said by the Tenth Doctor] I don't want to go.[a cameraman catches his first sight of a Dalek]::Cameraman: What the hell's that? A sink plunger and an egg-whisk? Oh well, if they can't take over the universe they might at least be able to whip up a decent omelette.
[playing The Doctor during a recording of an episode, William Hartnell gets his words wrong]::William Hartnell: Quickly, child. We're running out of time. Check the fornicator!::[Susan giggles]::William Hartnell: Er, the fault locator.
Verity Lambert: [pitching the character to Bill Hartnell] C.S. Lewis meets H.G. Wells meets Father Christmas - that's the Doctor.
William Hartnell: No-one is replaceable eh ? You can't have 'Doctor Who' without Doctor Who!
Sydney Newman: [discussing the opening credits] Change it.::Verity Lambert: Over my dead body.::Sydney Newman: It can be arranged.
Hill, Jacqueline Filmography
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2013, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2013, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2011, role: actress , character name: Barbara
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2009, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2009, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2008, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2008, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2007, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2007, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2007, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2007, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2006, role: actress , character name: Herself
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2006, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2006, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2006, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2006, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2006, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2005, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2003, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2002, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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2001, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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1999, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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1993, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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1993, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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1991, role: actress , character name: Barbara Wright
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1986, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Mallard-Greene
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1978, role: actress , character name: Lady Capulet
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1964, role: actress , character name: Sandy Lavery
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1957, role: actress , character name: Grace Carney
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1955, role: actress , character name: Louise Shoemaker
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1953, role: actress , character name: Maureen Maguire
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1953, role: actress , character name: Fairy Blackstick
