Judy Bennett

Judy Bennett (born 1943) is a Liverpudlian voice actor whose career in radio began with the long-running soap opera The Archers, in which she has played the role of Shula Hebden-Lloyd since 1971.[2] She played Shula's twin brother Kenton and younger sister Elizabeth before assuming the role of Shula herself.[3]

For the New Zealand historian, see Judy Bennett (historian).

Judy Bennett
Born1943 (age 76–77)
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
OccupationActor
Known forThe Archers
Spouse(s)Charles Collingwood
Relatives

She has voiced characters in a number of cartoon series, including The Perishers (1979) and Dennis the Menace and Gnasher in the late 1990s.[4]

She attended Notre Dame Mount Pleasant High School (a girls' catholic grammar school, now St Julie's Catholic High School) in Liverpool.

Bennett studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.[2] In 1976 she married Canadian-English actor Charles Collingwood,[5] who plays Archers character Brian Aldridge. Actress Jane Collingwood (born 1979) is their daughter.[6]

See also

Notes
  1. Copping, Jasper (2 January 2014). "All change in Ambridge as 'Tony Archer' retires". The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. "How We Met: Charles Collingwood and Judy Bennett". The Independent. 7 January 1996. Archived from the original on 23 March 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  3. Collingwood 2011, pp. 79–80.
  4. "The Voices of Judy Bennett". Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  5. Collingwood 2011, p. 92.
  6. Collingwood 2011, p. 95.

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