Gabrielle Drake

Gabrielle Drake (born March 30, 1944 in Lahore , British India ) is a British theater, television and film actress .

Life

Gabrielle Drake was born in Lahore, British India, and spent the first years of her life in Burma , India and the Orient . Her father worked for an import / export company and as an engineer. At the age of eight, she returned to England with her family, who settled in Tanworth-in-Arden near Birmingham .

She received her education at Edgbaston College for girls and at Wycombe Abbey School for girls in High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire . After finishing school, she spent some time in Paris as an au pair with a family with four children. On her return she received classical acting training in Shakespeare roles at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) . With a group of university graduates, she agreed that the Hope Hall cinema, the Liverpool scene, would be suitable as a building for the theater. She stayed for three years and was the youngest acting member during the reopening season of the famous Malvern Theater Company . She then attended the Birmingham Repertory Company and improved her acting skills at Manchester's Royal Exchange , Bristol Old Vic , New Shakespeare Company and The Young Vic Theaters.

She made her television debut on March 10, 1963 in the first season of the 30-minute comedy series Best of Friends in the tenth episode (Jack in the Box) .

Her first role in a film was in The Man outside in 1967 .

She became better known in the role of Lt. Gay Ellis, commander of the lunar base in the British science fiction - television series UFO . The costumes in gray and silver, as well as the purple wigs, contributed greatly to her success as a sex symbol. After changing studios and almost half of the 26 episodes, it was no longer available for production. The role of commander of the lunar base was given to Lt. Nina Barry ( Dolores Mantez ) occupied.

Drake currently lives in the small town of Much Wenlock , Shropshire 11 miles southeast of Shrewsbury and continues to guest star on television - and on stage.

She is the older sister of Nick Drake , the singer and composer who died on November 25, 1974 of an overdose of antidepressants .

Filmography (selection)

• 1967: ... and Scotland Yard is silent (The Man Outside)
• 1969: Deadly Salute (Crossplot)
• 1970: The connecting rooms
• 1970: The Atrocity Exhibition (JG Ballard and the Motorcar)
• 1970: There's a Girl in My Soup
• 1971: The secret of love
• 1972: Suburban Wives - Morning Lust (Suburban Wives)
• 1972: au pair girls
• 1974: 80,000 miles through space
• 1974: Commuter Husbands
• 1974: SHADO space command
• 1977: Cross Now
• 1980: All About a Prima Ballerina
• 1987: Mr H. is Late
• 1995: The Steal

TV roles / guest appearances (selection)

• 1963: Best of Friends - Jack in the Box
• 1966: Intrigue - Take the Money and Shut Up
• 1967: Coronation Street (4 episodes, 2 in 2009)
• 1967: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat - Beware of the big cats ( The Avengers - The Hidden Tiger )
• 1968: Simon Templar - Simon Templar and the Dead Captain ( The Saint - The Best Laid Schemes )
• 1968: Virgin of the Secret Service - Russian Roundabout
• 1968: Journey to the Unknown - The Beckoning Fair One
• 1969: The Champions - Full Circle
• 1969–1971: UFO (11 episodes)
• 1971: Man at the Top - Join the Human Race
• 1972–1974: The Brothers (39 episodes)
• 1973: Gene Bradley on a secret mission - The good book
• 1976: Thriller - Kill two birds
• 1977: With umbrella, charm and bowler hat - Dead Men are Dangerous ( The New Avengers - Dead Men are Dangerous )
• 1978: Die Profis - Terror knows no borders ( The Professionals - Close Quarters )
• 1979–1980: The Kelly Monteith Show (12 episodes)
• 1983: Number 10 - The Iron Duke
• 1985–1987: Crossroads (4 episodes)
• 1995: Medics (5 episodes)
• 2000: Peak Practice - Playin God
• 2003–2005: Inspector Lynley (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries)
• 2006: Heartbeat - Judgment Day
• 2011–2012: Doctors (2 episodes)

Web links

• Gabrielle Drake in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Gabrielle Drake in the German dubbing file