Colette O'Neil

Colette O'Neil

Actress
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroActress
isActor
Work fieldFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Gender
Female
Birth1 January 1937, Glasgow
Age88 years
The details

Biography

Colette O'Neil (born 1935) is a Glasgow-born actress noted for her various roles on British television.
She was a semi-regular cast member of Coronation Street in the mid-1960s as Ruth Winter, and also made frequent guest appearances in series such as Z-Cars, Dixon of Dock Green, Adam Adamant Lives!, No Hiding Place and Softly, Softly. She was also a leading cast member in the drama series The Standard. In 1983 she appeared in Doctor Who in the role of Tanha in the serial Snakedance.
More recently, she has appeared in Taggart, Lovejoy, Hamish Macbeth, Heartbeat, Peak Practice, Holby City, Monarch of the Glen and Bad Girls.
Her film appearances were few, but included roles in Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969), The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969), Dreams Lost, Dreams Found (1987), Wild Flowers (1989), and Mortdecai (2015).

Radio

DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
000000002004-06-02-00002 June 2004Visiting TimeSarahLu KempBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
000000002004-06-11-000011 June 2004Soft Fall the Sounds of EdenJanetGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4 Friday Play
000000002005-01-28-000028 January 2005Folie à TroisColleenGaynor MacfarlaneBBC Radio 4 Friday Play
000000002005-07-14-000014 July 2005The Best Snow for SkiingValdaLu KempBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
000000002008-08-11-000011 August 2008000000002008-08-15-000015 August 2008The Pillow BookTozammiLu KempBBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
000000002012-11-26-000026 November 2012McLevy: A Dangerous RemedyHannahBruce YoungBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama
000000002012-12-03-00003 December 2012McLevy: No Looking BackHannahBruce YoungBBC Radio 4 Afternoon Drama

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