Privileged to have had input on Nicola Pagett feature on BBC Radio 4's Last Word. Not sure much info I gave made final cut, but lovely to hear Simon Williams and Michael Conveney’s reflections.
“In the profession to talk about past achievements is just not on. It’s just a code...”
Nicola Pagett's modesty flies in the face of most people's perception of thespians, but says much about the Cairo-born actor’s reserved nature. Famous for her fragile beauty and enigmatic persona, Nicola became a household name in the 1970s as Elizabeth Bellamy in the first two seasons of the BBC Edwardian costume drama Upstairs Downstairs. Having played opposite Vivien Leigh in Paul Osborne’s La Contessa, she followed in the footsteps of the Gone With The Wind-star (and also Greta Garbo) when she took on the title role in the BBC's ten-part adaptation of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina in1977. This was another part with which she became synonymous.
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