Lorna Yabsley

British photographer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish photographer
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isPhotographer
Work fieldArts
Gender
Female
Birth19 July 1964
Age60 years
Star signCancer
Education
Elmhurst School for Dance
The details

Biography

Lorna Yabsley (born 19 July 1964 in Salcombe) is a British former actress and photographer, who pioneered the "reportage" style of wedding photography during the early 1990s, and founded the photographic company Bang Wallop based in South Devon, England.

As a teenager she attended Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts in East Grinstead and Elmhurst School for Dance in Camberley, Surrey. She also spent much of this time acting in television dramas and serials. She starred in the Tales of the Unexpected episode "The Flypaper", which became a cult. She adopted the stage name Lorna Charles in 1980, and starred alongside Brenda Blethyn and Patricia Routledge in the Richard Eyre-directed Play for Today edition The Imitation Game.

Her career in photography started at the age of 18, when she began working as an assistant for landscape photographer Charlie Waite. Together they set up the specialist photo library Landscape Only.

Filmography (sometimes credited as Lorna Charles)

YearFilmRoleNote
May 1978The Devil's CrownAlysBBC The Hungry Falcons – Season 1 / Episode 4
August 1978The Onedin LineBBC The Reverend's Daughter – Series 6 / Episode 68
March 1979My Son, My SonMaeve O'Riorden (aged 10)BBC
January 1980Armchair ThrillerSue CraigThames Television The Victim – Season 3 / Episode 1
April 1980Play for TodayAnna Raine (as Lorna Charles)BBC The Imitation Game – Season 10 / Episode 27
August 1980Tales of the UnexpectedSylvia WilkinsonAnglia Television "The Flypaper" – Season 3 / Episode 1
October 1980The Gentle TouchBarbara (as Lorna Charles)LWT Maggie's Luck – Season 2 / Episode 8
December 1980The Mystery of the Disappearing SchoolgirlsQuarta (as Lorna Charles)BBC
1981The Day of the TriffidsSusan (as Lorna Charles)BBC Season 1 / Episode 6
1985RevolutionUncreditedGoldcrest Films
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