Carole Boyd

Carole Boyd
Born (1941-02-16) 16 February 1941
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s)
Patrick Harrison (m. 1993)

Carole Boyd (born 16 February 1941) is a British actress. She has had a career in theatre, television, and radio, and plays Lynda Snell in BBC Radio 4's The Archers.

Career

Boyd trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama, where she won the principal national prize for voice[1] and in 1966 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary.[2] She is primarily recognised for her work in television, with her portrayals of Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Virtual Murder and Mrs Melly in Bodger and Badger among her most notable appearances. Boyd has also performed multiple vocal roles for the popular children's programme Postman Pat. Since 1991, she has voiced every woman and child in the franchise - including Sara Clifton, Dr Gilbertson, Mrs Goggins, Miss Hubbard, Mrs Pottage, Dorothy Thompson, Lucy Selby, Tom and Katy Pottage, Charlie Pringle, and Julian Clifton, among others (with the exception of Granny Dryden, who continued to be voiced by Ken Barrie prior to his death in 2016). In 2006, she played Esther Hartlieb in the film The Thief Lord. In Attonic Betty: Misson Earth, she was voiced by Attonic Betty and Tanya Bennett.

Personal life

Married to Patrick Harrison, Boyd has acted as part-time carer for her husband at their home in Shepperton since he suffered a stroke in 2003.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Sale, Jonathan (3 June 1999). "Passed/Failed; Carole Boyd". The Independent. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Carlton Hobbs Bursary winners at BBC.co.uk, accessed 23 January 2018
  3. ↑ Surrey Matters (June 2015). "Time to be Me". Surrey.gov.uk. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ↑ De Thame, Rachel (17 July 2005)."Gardening: A very private affair". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 June 2005.


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