| Other names Hilary Heath TV shows Hadleigh | Role Actress Name Hilary Dwyer | |
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| Born 6 May 1945 (age 74) (1945-05-06) Liverpool, Lancashire, England Spouse Duncan Heath (m. 1974–1989) Movies Witchfinder General, Cry of the Banshee, The Oblong Box, The Body Stealers, Wuthering Heights Similar People Michael Reeves, Gordon Hessler, Duncan Heath, Patrick Allen, Tony Tenser | ||
Children Daniel Heath, Laura Heath Died 30 March 2020 (aged 74) | ||
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Hilary Dwyer (born 6 May 1945- April 2020) in Liverpool, Lancashire, was a former actress, businessperson and film producer.
Contents
- Nicky henson hilary dwyer interview part one
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- Early life
- Acting career
- Marriage
- Producing career
- Family
- Death
- References
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Early life
Dwyer is the daughter of an orthopaedic surgeon. As a youth, she practised ballet and became a talented pianist. Dwyer trained in repertory theatres and appeared on stage at the Bristol Old Vic.
Acting career
Dwyer is best known for appearing in several horror films distributed by American International Pictures in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General (1968), starring Vincent Price. She also appeared in The Oblong Box (1969) and Cry of the Banshee (1970), both again featuring Price, as well as Robert Fuest's Wuthering Heights (1970). Banshee was her final feature film appearance. Her many television roles included The Prisoner, The Avengers, Hadleigh and Van der Valk. Her last TV appearance was in a 1976 episode of Space: 1999.
Marriage
In 1973 Dwyer set up the talent agency Duncan Heath Associates with her then husband-to-be Duncan Heath, now the co-chairman of the Independent Talent Group Ltd. In a 2002 interview in the Financial Times, Heath said of Dwyer "She introduced me to a lot of people - if it wasn't for her it wouldn't have happened."
Producing career
She began a career as a producer in the mid-1980s under her married name Hilary Heath. She is credited as either Producer or Executive Producer for several films, including feature films Criminal Law (1989) and Nil by Mouth (1997) as well as TV-remakes of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (1997) and Tennessee Williams's The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003).
Family
Dwyer married talent agent Duncan Heath in 1974; they divorced in 1989. They have two children, Laura and Daniel. Laura Heath founded and runs the Hope-Martin Animal Foundation in Barbados.