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Hylda Baker (4 February 1905 – 1 May 1986) was an English comedian, actress and music hall performer. Born and brought up in Farnworth , Lancashire, she is perhaps best remembered for her role as Nellie Pledge in the Granada ITV sitcom Nearest and Dearest (1968–1973) and for her role in the 1960 film Saturday Night and Sunday Morning .
Hylda Baker (1905-1986) was a popular and controversial performer in variety, TV and film. She starred in Nearest and Dearest, Oliver! and Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and had a hit novelty song with Arthur Mullard.
- January 1, 1
- Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Epsom, Surrey, England, UK
Hylda Baker was a British comedienne and character actress who starred in TV sitcoms and films. She was known for her malapropisms, her mute stooge Cynthia, and her Alzheimer's disease.
- February 4, 1905
- May 1, 1986
Aug 9, 2020 · A biography of the off-screen feud between the comedians Hylda Baker and Jimmy Jewel, who played Eli and Nellie Pledge in the sitcom Nearest And Dearest. Learn about their backgrounds, careers, personalities, and how their partnership collapsed in 1968.
Aug 10, 1996 · Like Hylda Baker before her, Jean slogged her one-woman show around Britain. ``Hylda was in the business since she was 10, in 1915, and she didn't become an `overnight success' until the advent of ...
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Nov 15, 2019 · While making Last of the Summer Wine in the 1990s, Fergusson was researching and writing the one-woman show She Knows, You Know! about the life and decline of Hylda Baker. Shutterstock
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