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	*[http://www.geocities.com/deanbedford/jam.html Just a Minute Information site] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20091026234704/http://geocities.com/deanbedford/jam.html/ Archived] 25 October 2009)

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	\| name = Andrée Melly		\| name = Andrée Melly
	\| image = ~~Brides of Dracula (1960) trailer -~~ Andrée Melly.~~png~~		\| image = Andrée Melly.jpg

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	\| alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->		\| alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
	\| caption = ~~Melly in ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]''~~		\| caption =
	\| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->		\| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1932\|09\|15\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1932\|09\|15\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], England, United Kingdom		\| birth_place = [[w:Liverpool\|Liverpool]], [[w:Lancashire\|Lancashire]], England, United Kingdom
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2020\|1\|31\|1932\|9\|15\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|2020\|1\|31\|1932\|9\|15\|df=y}}
	\| occupation = [[Actress]]		\| occupation = [[w:Actress\|Actress]]
	\| years_active = 1952–1974		\| years_active = 1952–1974
	\| known_for =		\| known_for =
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	\| spouse = [[Oscar Quitak]]		\| spouse = [[w:Oscar Quitak\|Oscar Quitak]]
	\| relatives = [[George Melly]] (Brother)		\| relatives = [[w:George Melly\|George Melly]] (Brother)
	}}		}}

	'''Andrée Melly''' (15 September 1932 – 31 January 2020) was an English actress.		'''Andrée Melly''' (15 September 1932 – 31 January 2020) was an English actress.

	Born in [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], she performed at the [[Old Vic]] in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' and [[T. S. Eliot\|T.S. Eliot]]’s ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]'' in her early twenties and worked with [[Peter Finch]] and [[Robert Donat]] at the theatre.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/andree-melly-obituary-88v9697dp\|title=Andrée Melly obituary\|work=The Times\|location=London\|date=4 March 2020\|access-date=5 March 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> In 1958, she appeared with the [[Jamaica]]n actor [[Lloyd Reckord]] in the [[Ted Willis, Baron Willis\|Ted Willis]] play ''[[Flame in the Streets#Play\|Hot Summer Night]]'', a production which was later adapted for the ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' series in 1959<ref>Oliver Wake [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1134115/ "''Hot Summer Night'' (1959)"], BFI screenonline</ref> and in which she was a participant in the earliest known [[First interracial kiss on television\|interracial kiss on television]]. She continued to appear on British television until 1991.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f427f80\|title=Andrée Melly\|website=BFI}}</ref> Her other stage work includes the original [[West End theatre\|West End]] production of the farce ''[[Boeing-Boeing (play)\|Boeing-Boeing]]'' at the [[Apollo Theatre]] in 1962 with [[David Tomlinson]] and as Alice "Childie" McNaught in ''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' at [[St Martin's Theatre\|St Martin's]] in 1966.<ref name="DTelobit" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/v5d/andree-melly/past\|title=Andree Melly: Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>		Born in [[w:Liverpool\|Liverpool]], [[w:Lancashire\|Lancashire]], she performed at the [[w:Old Vic\|Old Vic]] in ''[[w:Romeo and Juliet\|Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[w:The Merchant of Venice\|The Merchant of Venice]]'' and [[w:T. S. Eliot\|T.S. Eliot]]’s ''[[w:Murder in the Cathedral\|Murder in the Cathedral]]'' in her early twenties and worked with [[Peter Finch]] and [[Robert Donat]] at the theatre.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news\|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/andree-melly-obituary-88v9697dp\|title=Andrée Melly obituary\|work=The Times\|location=London\|date=4 March 2020\|access-date=5 March 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> In 1958, she appeared with the [[Jamaica]]n actor [[Lloyd Reckord]] in the [[Ted Willis, Baron Willis\|Ted Willis]] play ''[[Flame in the Streets#Play\|Hot Summer Night]]'', a production which was later adapted for the ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' series in 1959<ref>Oliver Wake [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1134115/ "''Hot Summer Night'' (1959)"], BFI screenonline</ref> and in which she was a participant in the earliest known [[First interracial kiss on television\|interracial kiss on television]]. She continued to appear on British television until 1991.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f427f80\|title=Andrée Melly\|website=BFI}}</ref> Her other stage work includes the original [[West End theatre\|West End]] production of the farce ''[[Boeing-Boeing (play)\|Boeing-Boeing]]'' at the [[Apollo Theatre]] in 1962 with [[David Tomlinson]] and as Alice "Childie" McNaught in ''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' at [[St Martin's Theatre\|St Martin's]] in 1966.<ref name="DTelobit" /><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/v5d/andree-melly/past\|title=Andree Melly: Theatricalia\|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

	Melly appeared in British films, including the comedy ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) and the [[Hammer Film Productions\|Hammer Horror]] film ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' (1960).<ref name="womenhammerhorror">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiZnbykWAsIC&q=andree+melly+women+of+hammer+horror&pg=PA133\|title=The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography\|first=Robert Michael “Bobb”\|last=Cotter\|date=January 10, 2014\|publisher=McFarland\|isbn=9781476602011\|via=Google Books}}</ref> Her role in the later film was as Gina, a woman who is bitten by Baron Meinster, a vampire, turning her into another undead character.<ref name="DTelobit">{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/09/andree-mellyactress-whose-many-roles-included-vampires-victim/\|title=Andrée Melly, actress whose many roles included a vampire's victim in a Hammer horror film – obituary\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=9 March 2020\|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>		Melly appeared in British films, including the comedy ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) and the [[Hammer Film Productions\|Hammer Horror]] film ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' (1960).<ref name="womenhammerhorror">{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiZnbykWAsIC&q=andree+melly+women+of+hammer+horror&pg=PA133\|title=The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography\|first=Robert Michael “Bobb”\|last=Cotter\|date=January 10, 2014\|publisher=McFarland\|isbn=9781476602011\|via=Google Books}}</ref> Her role in the later film was as Gina, a woman who is bitten by Baron Meinster, a vampire, turning her into another undead character.<ref name="DTelobit">{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/09/andree-mellyactress-whose-many-roles-included-vampires-victim/\|title=Andrée Melly, actress whose many roles included a vampire's victim in a Hammer horror film – obituary\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=9 March 2020\|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>

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{{short description|English actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Andrée Melly
| image = Brides of Dracula (1960) trailer - Andrée Melly.png

| image_upright =
| landscape = 
| alt = 
| caption = Melly in ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]''
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|09|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], England, United Kingdom
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|1|31|1932|9|15|df=y}}
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| years_active = 1952–1974
| known_for =
| notable_works = 
| spouse = [[Oscar Quitak]]
| relatives = [[George Melly]] (Brother)
}}

'''Andrée Melly''' (15 September 1932 – 31 January 2020) was an English actress.

Born in [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]], she performed at the [[Old Vic]] in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' and [[T. S. Eliot|T.S. Eliot]]’s ''[[Murder in the Cathedral]]'' in her early twenties and worked with [[Peter Finch]] and [[Robert Donat]] at the theatre.<ref name="Timesobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/andree-melly-obituary-88v9697dp|title=Andrée Melly obituary|work=The Times|location=London|date=4 March 2020|access-date=5 March 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> In 1958, she appeared with the [[Jamaica]]n actor [[Lloyd Reckord]] in the [[Ted Willis, Baron Willis|Ted Willis]] play ''[[Flame in the Streets#Play|Hot Summer Night]]'', a production which was later adapted for the ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' series in 1959<ref>Oliver Wake [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1134115/ "''Hot Summer Night'' (1959)"], BFI screenonline</ref> and in which she was a participant in the earliest known [[First interracial kiss on television|interracial kiss on television]]. She continued to appear on British television until 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f427f80|title=Andrée Melly|website=BFI}}</ref> Her other stage work includes the original [[West End theatre|West End]] production of the farce ''[[Boeing-Boeing (play)|Boeing-Boeing]]'' at the [[Apollo Theatre]] in 1962 with [[David Tomlinson]] and as Alice "Childie" McNaught in ''[[The Killing of Sister George]]'' at [[St Martin's Theatre|St Martin's]] in 1966.<ref name="DTelobit" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/v5d/andree-melly/past|title=Andree Melly: Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

Melly appeared in British films, including the comedy ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' (1954) and the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer Horror]] film ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' (1960).<ref name="womenhammerhorror">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiZnbykWAsIC&q=andree+melly+women+of+hammer+horror&pg=PA133|title=The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography|first=Robert Michael “Bobb”|last=Cotter|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476602011|via=Google Books}}</ref> Her role in the later film was as Gina, a woman who is bitten by Baron Meinster, a vampire, turning her into another undead character.<ref name="DTelobit">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/03/09/andree-mellyactress-whose-many-roles-included-vampires-victim/|title=Andrée Melly, actress whose many roles included a vampire's victim in a Hammer horror film – obituary|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=9 March 2020|access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>

Melly played [[Tony Hancock]]'s girlfriend in two series of the ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (1955–56) radio series replacing [[Moira Lister]].<ref name="DTelobit" /><ref name="Stevens">{{cite book
|last= Stevens
|first= Christopher
|title= Born Brilliant: The Life Of Kenneth Williams
|publisher= John Murray
|year= 2010
|isbn = 978-1-84854-195-5
|page=81
}}</ref> From 1967 to 1976, she was a regular panellist in the [[BBC]] radio comedy ''[[Just a Minute]]''.<ref name="DTelobit" /> Along with [[Sheila Hancock]], she was one of the most regular female contestants, appearing in fifty-four episodes between 1967 and 1976.<ref name="npg">{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp96387/andree-melly|title=Andrée Melly – National Portrait Gallery|website=www.npg.org.uk}}</ref> In 1972, she chaired an episode.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://just-a-minute.info/jam6.html|title=Just A Minute radio season 6 1971–1972|website=just-a-minute.info}}</ref> She was the first panellist to win points for talking for the prescribed 60 seconds without hesitation, repetition or deviation.<ref name="Timesobit" /> She also appeared in several episodes of ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]''.<ref name="Timesobit" />

==Personal life==
Her brother, [[George Melly]], was a jazz singer.<ref name="Stevens"/> She latterly lived in [[Ibiza]] with her husband [[Oscar Quitak]].<ref name="womenhammerhorror"/> The marriage produced two children.

With the death of [[Bill Kerr]] in 2014, Melly was the last surviving regular cast member of ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. Melly died on 31 January 2020 at the age of 87.<ref>[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/239696/quitak Telegraph Deaths Announcements: QUITAK]</ref> Her husband survived her.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1952|| ''[[So Little Time (film)|So Little Time]]'' || Paulette ||
|-
|1954|| ''[[The Belles of St. Trinian's]]'' || Lucretia ||
|-
|1956|| ''[[The Secret Tent]]'' || Ruth Martyn ||
|-
|1957|| ''[[The Passionate Stranger]]'' || Marla ||
|-
|1958|| ''[[Nowhere to Go (1958 film)|Nowhere to Go]]'' || Rosa – Cocktail waitress ||
|-
|1960|| ''[[Beyond the Curtain]]'' || Linda ||
|-
|1960|| ''[[The Brides of Dracula]]'' || Gina ||
|-
|1960|| ''[[The Big Day (1960 film)|The Big Day]]'' || Nina Wentworth ||
|-
|1964|| ''[[The Horror of It All]]'' || Natalia Marley ||
|-
|1964|| Boy with a Flute|| Caroline Laser||Short
|-
|1974|| ''[[The Best of Benny Hill]]'' || Interviewer || ('The Grass Is Greener')
|-
|1981|| Tiny Revolutions ||Agnesa Kalina||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0578154|name=Andree Melly}}
*[http://www.geocities.com/deanbedford/jam.html Just a Minute Information site] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20091026234704/http://geocities.com/deanbedford/jam.html/ Archived] 25 October 2009)

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[[Category:Actresses from Liverpool]]
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