Debbie Linden
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Debbie Linden (22 February 1961 – 6 October 1997) was a Scottish-born glamour model and actress best known for her career in England, especially her role as old Mr Grace's secretary in the sitcom Are You Being Served? (1981). Born in Glasgow, she played roles in various other TV series, such as The Professionals, Just Good Friends, Bergerac, and The Bill; she appeared in several feature films, among them Home Before Midnight and The Wildcats of St Trinian's.
Linden was plagued with a drug problem for years. On the night of 5 October 1997, she died of a heroin overdose at home at the age of 36.[1] Her boyfriend, Russell Ainsworth, was acquitted of manslaughter charges but sentenced to two-and-a-half years imprisonment for supplying the drug.[2]
Film credits
- Home Before Midnight (1979) as Carol
- The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980) as Mavis
- Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) as Attractive girl
- Eat the Rich (1987) as Layla
TV credits
- The Benny Hill Show (1978)
- Dick Emery's Comedy Hour (1979)
- The Professionals (1979; Bodie's Girl)
- The Ghost Sonata (TV film) (1980; as Milkmaid)
- Cowboys (1980; as Doreen)
- The Jim Davidson Show (1981)
- Are You Being Served? (1981; as Old Mr Grace's secretary)
- Don't Rock the Boat (TV series) (1982; as Melanie)
- The Kenny Everett Television Show (1981)
- Just Good Friends (1984; as Brenda)
- The Kid (TV series) (1986; as the Blonde Girl)
- The Dame Edna Experience (1987 Christmas special episode "The Dame Edna Christmas Experience"; as Debbie)
- Bergerac (1991; as Margie)
- The Bill (1994; as Mrs Petty)
Video release
- The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke Box (1981)
Music Video "Why Me?" By Planet P Project
Discography
- The Kenny Everett Naughty Joke-Box (1984)
Vinyl Album (catalogue ref LAX LP 101) on Relax Records. https://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Everett-Naughty-Joke-Box/release/3849723
References
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- ↑ Bad and Beautiful: Inside the Dazzling and Deadly World of Supermodels By Ian Halperin Citadel Press p. 151
- ↑ Bad and Beautiful: Inside the Dazzling and Deadly World of Supermodels By Ian Halperin Citadel Press p. 152
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External links
- Template:Trim/ Debbie Linden at IMDbTemplate:EditAtWikidataScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".