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Carol Hawkins | |
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| Born | Carol Hawkins (1949-01-31)31 January 1949 (age 76) Barnet, Hertfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–present |
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Carol Hawkins (born 31 January 1949) is an English actress, best known for her various comic roles in numerous television sitcoms and films in the 1970s and 1980s.
She played the roles of Sharon Eversleigh in the film of the television seriesPlease Sir! and Sandra in the BBC TV seriesPorridge, and starred in twoCarry On films (Carry On Abroad as Marge andCarry On Behind as Sandra).
Hawkins trained early on as ashorthand typist at Pitman's College, London, but, following some modelling and promotion work, attended theCorona Stage Academy in[Hammersmith, London.[1] While still training as an actress, she won the part of Sharon Eversleigh in the film of the popular television seriesPlease Sir!, replacing the departedPenny Spencer.[2] Hawkins went on to play the part of Sharon inThe Fenn Street Gang.[3]
She performed in British comedy films of the 1970s, such as twoCarry On films:Carry On Abroad (1972), alongsideSally Geeson, andCarry On Behind (1975), alongsideSherrie Hewson.[4] In 1972, she again appeared alongside Geeson in the film adaptation of the British television comedy,Bless This House.
She appeared in theCarry On Laughing television series, but she declined to appear in the 1976Carry On England, due to the excessive nudity. (The part written for Hawkins was played instead by Tricia Newby.)[5] Her other film appearances at that time included principal roles in British comedy filmsNot Now, Comrade andConfessions of a Pop Performer.[6][7] At the end of 1975, she appeared in thePorridge episode "No Way Out" as a fake doctor assigned to secretly give Fletcher a false passport.[8]
Hawkins "more or less retired" in 2005,[9] with the aim of devoting more time to spiritual matters and animal care.
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