Claire Gordon
Known for

Acting

Credits

14

Gender

Woman

Birthday

16 Jan 1941

Day of death

13 Apr 2015 (74)

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Also known as

Claire Gordon

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Claire Gordon or Clare Gordon (was born 1941) in the City of Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK. Her father was a doctor, and her mother a make-up artist, who worked for Max Factor. Gordon is a British actress known for leading and cameo roles in many British movies, mainly in the 1960's and 1970's. She also worked with most television and comedy stars of this period. She made her West End theatre debut on a motor bike in The Darling Buds of May and then created the role of Peggy Evans in Neil Simon's Come Blow Your Horn. She later made theatrical history as the first actress to appear naked on stage in The Three Musketeers, playing Lady De Winter. The New Statesman wrote, "watch out for the bath scene; it's a breakthrough." Most recently, she played the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella at the Princes Theatre, Hunstanton and is currently working on her memoirs. She was married to the roue William Donaldson and later divorced. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claire Gordon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
1984The Amazing Miss Stella EstelleSadie
1974Commuter HusbandsCarla
1973Sex FarmMiss Brooks / Receptionist
1972Suburban WivesSheila
1970Cool It, Carol!
1970Play for TodaySadie
1968Great CatherineElizabeth Vokonska
1964French DressingAngelina (uncredited)
1964Two Escape from Sing Sing
1961KongaSandra Banks
1961Ticket to ParadiseSybil
1960The League of GentlemenPorthill's Blonde (uncredited)
1960Beat GirlHoney
1960The Bulldog BreedPeggy - Girl in Bar