Lynda bellingham autobiography review

She was also known for her appearances as the mother in the long-running series of " Oxo Family " British TV advertisements between and , and as a panellist on the ITV lunchtime chat show Loose Women between and Bellingham was born Meredith Hughes in Montreal to a single mother, but was given up for adoption because she was born out of wedlock in a strict church-going family.

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She was adopted when she was four months old. Bellingham's first television role was an appearance in The Misfit when she was Prior to her brief role as Janice Wyatt in Sweeney! Her other roles included Helen Herriot in the James Herriot drama All Creatures Great and Small taking over from the original actress, the Andrea Newman drama series Mackenzie , Blake's 7 , and the situation comedy Second Thoughts , [ 2 ] along with its sequel Faith in the Future.

She had a role in the ITV comedy Bonkers playing Mrs Wadlow, a man-eating suburban housewife who seduces her neighbour's teenage son and turns him into her gigolo. Bellingham played the central character in the long-running " Oxo Family " series of TV commercials, starting in , playing a mother who binds her family together by cooking them meals featuring Oxo products.

The advertisements typically featured the family sitting down to a meal at which Oxo gravy would be served. Throughout the s and s, the family was seen to grow older. When the campaign was retired in , the family moved out of the house. Bellingham joined Loose Women on 10 April , appearing alongside Carol McGiffin and Coleen Nolan , and continued as a regular on the show until