Hattie Hayridge
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Hattie Hayridge (born Carol Bayford on December 17, 1955 in Middlesex, England) is a British stand-up comedian and actor, best known for the role of the female version of Holly in Red Dwarf during the third, fourth and fifth series, along with the role of Hilly in "Parallel Universe", the final episode of the second series. Hattie also performed on Perry And Croft: The Sitcoms, Lennie Goes To Town, and Alter Ego. She has also written for two shows, Rory Bremner and Carrott-U-Like, and has made numerous guest appearances on other shows including the German-Canadian sci-fi series LEXX where she played Sub-Warden Heidi in Season 4, Episode 3: P4X. She started her working life in the Civil Service at HMSO in London, but she soon swapped her briefcase and umbrella for a life of comedy.
As of 2006, Hayridge was performing stand-up in Britain.
[edit] Books
- Random Abstract Memory (autobiography) Penguin (UK), 1997. ISBN 014-02-6093-5
[edit] External links
- Hattie Hayridge at the Internet Movie Database
- Podcast ending with an interview with Hattie Hayridge (contains anecdotes about Red Dwarf and about how she got her first acting job)
