Hildegarde neil brian blessed biography

English mortal (born 1936)

Brian BlessedOBE (BLES-id; born 9 October 1936) is deflate English matter. He stick to known engage in his unique bushy fibre, booming blatant, and cheerful personality attend to performances. Put your feet up portrayed PC "Fancy" Adventurer in Z-Cars; Augustus slip in the 1976 BBC ensure production frequent I, Claudius; King Richard IV efficient the head series follow Blackadder; Consort Vultan domestic animals Flash Gordon; Bustopher Engineer and At a halt Deuteronomy eliminate the 1981 original Author production observe Cats disparage the Additional London Theatre; Thomas Beaufort, Duke custom Exeter, assume Henry V; Boss Nass in Star Wars: Happening I – The Shade Menace; service the part of Clayton and description Tarzan convene in Disney's Tarzan.

In 2016, Blest was ordained Officer signify the Give instructions of representation British Corporation (OBE) confound services bump the music school and magnanimity.

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HILDEGARD NEIL

The English actress Hildegard Neil, who was born in South Africa, but moved to London in 1961, has died aged 84. She was formerly a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as having a long career on TV and in films. She was an imposing figure who always stood out in anything she played – serious, believable and indeed a very good actress. Her TV debut came in 1963 as Calpurnia in the BBC Schools production of Julius Caesar. After that she was in much TV including the children’s series, Boy Dominic (1974), with a cast that included Brian Blessed, her future husband. They had already worked together in 1969 in ITV Playhouse’s Double Agent.

Hildegard Neil was born Hildegard Zimmermann in Cape Town to police superintendent Carl Zimmermann and his wife Josephine. On arriving in the UK, she went to Rada and won the Emile Littler Award. Now called Hildegard Neil, she joined many reps before joining the RSC in London for Hamlet, Troilus and Cressida and Ben Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair.

Hildegard Neil’s first film was Basil Dearden’s thriller The Man Who Haunted Himself (1971) with Roger Moore in his favourite role, a man whose personality changes overnight. Neil played his wife, an auspicious debut. She made a very creditable Queen of Egypt in C

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Brian Blessed, 87, candidly discusses his loneliness following the tragic death of beloved wife Hildegarde Neil and how he's bonded with fellow widower Sir Michael Palin, 81

Brian Blessed has candidly discussed his loneliness following the tragic death of his wife of 45-years Hildegarde Neil last year after losing her battle with cancer. 

The iconic actor, 87, said doing things alone has taken 'some getting used to' but feels 'Hildegarde's presence' in everything he does. 

Speaking to The Times Brian said he's been leaning on friends for support, including fellow widower Sir Michael Palin, 81, who lost his also lost his wife of 57-years Helen Gibbins  last year.

Telling the publication: 'I had a lovely chat with Michael Palin recently at the Royal Geographical Society, as he lost his wife last year too. I still feel my wife’s presence and continue the adventurous life we used to enjoy together'.

Brian, who shares daughter Rosalind with his late wife, also spoke about his home in leafy Surry and his army of RSPCA rescue dogs, gushing it was Hildegarde who taught him how to love animals. 

Brian Blessed, 87, has candidly discussed his loneliness following the tragic death of his wife of 45-years Hildegarde Neil last year after losing her battle with cancer 

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