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Elizabeth Joan Winch (14 August 1930 – 6 September 2018), known professionally as Liz Fraser, was a British film actress, best known for being cast in provocative comedy roles.
She went to St Saviour's and St Olave's Grammar School for Girls between the ages of 13 and 17. She then attended evening courses at Goldsmiths College, where she joined a drama group, and the City of London College for Commerce, Book-Keeping, Shorthand and Typing, and won an evening scholarship to the London School of Dramatic Art.
Her other film appearances include Desert Mice (1959), Two-Way Stretch (1960), again with Sellers, The Bulldog Breed (1960), Double Bunk (1961), Fury at Smugglers Bay (1961) starring Peter Cushing, Raising the Wind (1961), On the Fiddle (1961), The Painted Smile (1962), The Americanization of Emily (1964), The Family Way (1966), Up the Junction (1968), Dad's Army (1971), and a string of sex comedies: Adventures of a Taxi Driver (1976), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976), Adventures of a Private Eye (1977), Confessions from a Holiday Camp (1977) and Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse (1978).
Fraser was also known for her many appearances in British television series, including Hancock's Half Hour, and the Avengers episode "The Girl from Auntie" where she guest starred opposite Carry On regular Bernard Cribbins. As Elizabeth Fraser, over a period of nearly six months, she appeared in numerous editions of the Associated-Rediffusion soap opera Sixpenny Corner (1955–56). She appeared on Benny Hill's late-1950s TV shows, and in a single sketch in the 23 December 1970 episode of his Thames TV series. This episode was in black and white (owing to the "Colour Strike" by ITV technicians, who wanted to be paid extra for working with the then-new colour TV technology), and hence the sketch was not included in any of the half-hour syndicated episodes of The Benny Hill Show. However, it is included in the Volume 1 box set of the complete Benny Hill Show, issued by A&E and Fremantle.
Fraser also starred as Gloria Simpkins in the radio sitcom Parsley Sidings alongside Arthur Lowe and Kenneth Connor from 1971 to 1973.
She played Mrs Brent, the mother of a missing girl, in the television production of Agatha Christie's Nemesis, starring Joan Hickson as Miss Marple, in 1987. Another role was in the "Backtrack" episode of the British police series The Professionals, as Margery Harper, a glamorous woman who fenced stolen property in her shop.
Her other television work included Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Crown Court, Citizen James, Robin's Nest, Rumpole of the Bailey, Last of the Summer Wine, The Bill, Foyle's War, Birds of a Feather, Minder and Holby City.
Fraser had a half-brother, Philip, 11 years older, the son of her mother from a previous marriage. She supported various charities and was a patron of the London Repertory Company. She was also an enthusiastic and talented poker and bridge player.
She died on 6 September 2018 at Royal Brompton Hospital as a result of complications following an operation.
In 2022, a new RNLI Inshore lifeboat was placed on station at Fenit Lifeboat Station in County Kerry, in Ireland, funded from the legacy of Liz Fraser. At a ceremony on 29 May 2022, the lifeboat was named Lizzie (D-860).
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| 8 episodes |
| Episode: "Sour Grapes" |
| Episode: "Two Ducks on a Pond"" |
| Episode: "False Alarm" |
| 2 episodes |
| Episode: "The Misguided Missiles" |
| 10 episodes |
| Episode: "The Star in the Penthouse Suite" |
| Episode: "All Change" |
| Episode: "They Don't Like Policemen" |
| Episode: "Free Beer" |
| Episode: #1.1 |
| Episode: "Lockhart Probes the Past" |
| Episode: "Strangers at the Same Table" |
| Episode: "Murder with Witnesses" |
| Episode: "In a Manner Dangerous" |
| Episode: "Deep and Crisp and Even" |
| Episode: "Murder for Revenge" |
| Episode: "Incident" |
| Episode: "Beauty and the Feast" |
| Episode: "Doctor in the House" |
| 7 episodes |
| Episode: #4.14 |
| Episode: "Solomon Dancey's Luck" |
| Episode: "Made in Heaven" |
| Episode: "Fire Belle for Five" |
| Episode: "The Grass" |
| Episode: #1.2 |
| Episode: "The Girl from AUNTIE" |
| Episode: "A Pain in the Neck" |
| Episode: "Big Fleas, Little Fleas" |
| Episode: "It's Supposed to be Thicker than Water" |
| Episode: "Starstruck" |
| Episode: "Caught in the Act" |
| 2 episodes |
| Episode: "Under London Expedition" |
| Episode: "Man and Boy" |
| Episode: "An Author in Search of Two Characters" |
| Episode: "Lina" |
| Episode: "If He'd Meant Us to Fly" |
| 5 episodes |
| TV film |
| TV film |
| Episode: "Murder Most Foul" |
| Episode: "She: Sight Unseen" |
| Episode: "Rumpole and the Alternative Society" |
| Episode: "The Happy Hen" |
| Episode: "Backtrack" |
| All 5 episodes |
| 11 episodes |
| Episode: "Nemesis" |
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| Episode: "Eskimos Do It" |
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