Hazel McBride

Biography

Hazel McBride (born 24 March 1949) is a British actress known for her role as Madeleine Duclos in the BBC television drama series Secret Army. McBride became involved in amateur dramatics while reading history at Bristol University and her first professional engagement was working in a children's theatre company in Glasgow before her work for repertory theatres around the UK. With a solid list of theatre credits including runs in the West End and Bristol Old Vic, McBride began to make appearances in television dramas in the 1970s before gaining the role of Madeleine in Secret Army, appearing in its second and third series in 1978 and 1979. After the series ended its run, McBride continued her acting career mostly in theatre and television. She was interviewed about her time on Secret Army for the special features of the third series DVD release in 2004. As of 2010, she is the director of School English Scene, a theatre company created to support English teaching in British secondary schools. In this capacity, she has written, produced, and directed.

Known For

Acting

1976

One Hour to Zero

as

Jean

1974

A Killer with Two Faces

as

Nurse

The Bill

as

Tales of the Unexpected

as

Louise Medway

The Professionals

as

Liz Spalding

Hart to Hart

as

Survivors

as

Alice

Van der Valk

as

Stewardess

Thriller

as

Nurse

Coupling

as

Giselle

Secret Army

as

Madeleine Duclos

Space: 1999

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Medical Officer

Hardware

as

Giselle

Dickens of London

as

Margaret Beadnell

House on the Hill

as

Hester

After You've Gone

as

Mrs Campbell

Rumpole of the Bailey

as

Mrs. Addison

Production

Crew

Directing