She spent her final years in Denville Hall, a retirement home for actors, until her death in 2003; her 'Allo 'Allo! castmate Carmen Silvera also resided there.
rose, hill, actress, rose, lilian, hill, june, 1914, december, 2003, english, actress, operatic, soprano, remains, best, known, role, madame, fanny, british, television, series, allo, allo, member, royal, shakespeare, company, rose, hillrose, hill, playing, ma. Rose Lilian Hill 5 June 1914 22 December 2003 was an English actress and operatic soprano who remains best known for her role as Madame Fanny La Fan in the British television series Allo Allo She was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company Rose HillRose Hill playing Madame Fanny in Allo AlloBornRose Lilian Hill 1914 06 05 5 June 1914London EnglandDied22 December 2003 2003 12 22 aged 89 Northwood London EnglandResting placeBreakspear Crematorium Ruislip London EnglandOccupation s Actress and singerYears active1939 1994Spouse s John St Leger Davis 1985 his death Children1 Contents 1 Biography 2 Death 3 Filmography 4 ReferencesBiography EditHill was born in London and won a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1 She started her career as a soprano in 1939 singing at the Sadler s Wells Opera later English National Opera in London soubrette and lyric soprano roles such as Despina in Mozart s opera Cosi fan tutte For the Glyndebourne Festival she sang Barbarina in Mozart s The Marriage of Figaro In 1948 she sang Lucy in the world premiere of Benjamin Britten s adaptation of The Beggar s Opera Hill s career in television and film started with the 1958 film The Bank Raiders and ended in 1994 with a guest appearance in A Touch of Frost Hill played various roles including Miss La Creevy in the Royal Shakespeare Company s play The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby November 1980 at the Aldwych Theatre an epic eight hour stage adaptation of Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby with Roger Rees Emily Richard Timothy Spall John Woodvine Edward Petherbridge Ben Kingsley Fulton Mackay David Threlfall Bob Peck and Christopher Benjamin 2 In June 1981 Hill reprised her roles in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby for the Royal Shakespeare Company with Alun Armstrong and Ian McNeice added to the cast Ben Kingsley and Timothy Spall having left the production This version was filmed by Channel 4 in 1982 and broadcast as four two hour episodes on consecutive nights in November 1982 In 1989 she played a witness to a kidnap in The Bill Thames Her longest running role as an actress was as Madame Fanny La Fan in the British sitcom Allo Allo in which she featured from 1982 to 1992 She also played Stanley Holloway s wife in the 1968 comedy series Thingumybob and appeared briefly in the Dad s Army episode Uninvited Guests where she played an elderly ARP warden by the name of Mrs Cole 2 Her film credits included roles in A Shot in the Dark 1964 Every Home Should Have One 1970 Tiffany Jones 1973 and House of Whipcord 1974 Flanders and Swann wrote a song for Rose Hill called A Word on My Ear 3 Death EditShe spent her final years in Denville Hall a retirement home for actors until her death in 2003 her Allo Allo castmate Carmen Silvera also resided there Filmography EditYear Title Role Notes1958 The Bank Raiders Mrs Marling1963 Heavens Above Woman Uncredited1964 A Shot in the Dark Soprano1970 Every Home Should Have One Shopping Woman1972 For the Love of Ada Third Mourner1973 Tiffany Jones Prim Woman1974 House of Whipcord Henry s Wife1980 The Wildcats of St Trinian s Miss Martingale1994 A Touch of Frost Mrs RyderReferences EditObituary The Independent Rose Hill Obituaries 8 March 2004 a b Rose Hill at IMDb Donald Swann Revues 1948 1956 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rose Hill actress amp oldid 1066503564, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
