Thérèse Ellen McMurray (born 6 July 1947) is an Irish-British television actor.[1]
Biographyedit
McMurray comes from a variety theatre background as both her parents, grandparents and aunts were renowned variety artistes represented by the agents Lew and Leslie Grade. Lew Grade introduced her parents to each other and he and his wife, the singer Kathleen Moody, became McMurray's godparents.
She became Lord Grade's protégé. Under his patronage, she studied for five years at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts from where she became a successful, leading child actor, later progressing to soap star and celebrity throughout the late 1960s to the early 1980s when she retired from her career to look after her family.
In addition to her television career she modeled with Twiggy and was a frequent radio contributor both in the UK and her native Ireland. She met her future husband, actor Donald Hewlett, on the set of Rogues Rock, the 1970s children's television series. The couple wed in 1979 remained married until his death on 4 June 2011.[2] They had a son, Patrick Hewlett (a director) and a daughter, actress Siobhan Hewlett.[2]
Referencesedit
^ abc"Therese McMurray". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ abHayward, Anthony (7 June 2011). "Donald Hewlett obituary". The Guardian.
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