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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)
| Year | Film | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1978 | The Devil's Crown | Alys | BBC The Hungry Falcons – Season 1 / Episode 4 |
| August 1978 | The Onedin Line | BBC The Reverend's Daughter – Series 6 / Episode 68 | |
| March 1979 | My Son, My Son | Maeve O'Riorden (aged 10) | BBC |
| January 1980 | Armchair Thriller | Sue Craig | Thames Television The Victim – Season 3 / Episode 1 |
| April 1980 | Play for Today | Anna Raine (as Lorna Charles) | BBC The Imitation Game – Season 10 / Episode 27 |
| August 1980 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sylvia Wilkinson | Anglia Television "The Flypaper" – Season 3 / Episode 1 |
| October 1980 | The Gentle Touch | Barbara (as Lorna Charles) | LWT Maggie's Luck – Season 2 / Episode 8 |
| December 1980 | The Mystery of the Disappearing Schoolgirls | Quarta (as Lorna Charles) | BBC |
| 1981 | The Day of the Triffids | Susan (as Lorna Charles) | BBC Season 1 / Episode 6 |
| 1985 | Revolution | Uncredited | Goldcrest Films |