Kurt: /* External links */

2023-01-08T23:09:18Z

External links

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:09, 8 January 2023
Line 61:		Line 61:
	==External links==		==External links==
	*{{IMDb name\|id=0256082}}		*{{IMDb name\|id=0256082}}

	~~{{authority control}}~~

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Emberg, Bella}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Emberg, Bella}}
Line 74:		Line 72:
	[[Category:Actresses from Brighton]]		[[Category:Actresses from Brighton]]
	[[Category:20th-century British businesspeople]]		[[Category:20th-century British businesspeople]]
	~~[[Category:Alcohol-related deaths in England]]~~


	~~{{England-tv-actor-stub}}~~
	~~{{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub}}~~

Kurt at 23:06, 8 January 2023

2023-01-08T23:06:40Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 18:06, 8 January 2023
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{Short description\|English actress (1937–2018)}}		{{Short description\|English actress (1937–2018)}}
	~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=April 2022}}~~
	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Bella Emberg		\| name = Bella Emberg
	\| image =		\| image = Bella Emberg.webp
	\| image_size =		\| image_size =
	\| caption =		\| caption =
	\| birth_name = Sybil Dyke		\| birth_name = Sybil Dyke
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date~~\|df=yes~~\|1937\|09\|16}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1937\|09\|16\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Brighton]], [[Sussex]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Brighton]], [[w:Sussex]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age~~\|df=yes~~\|2018\|1\|12\|1937\|9\|16}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2018\|01\|12\|1937\|09\|16\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[Morden]], [[London]], England		\| death_place = [[w:Morden\|Morden]], [[w:London\|London]], England
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	}}		}}

Kurt: 1 revision imported

2023-01-08T23:01:44Z

1 revision imported

← Older revision	Revision as of 18:01, 8 January 2023
(No difference)

en>Smasongarrison: /* External links */more precise stub

2023-01-08T04:58:12Z

External links: more precise stub

New page

{{Short description|English actress (1937–2018)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bella Emberg
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name = Sybil Dyke
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|09|16}}
| birth_place = [[Brighton]], [[Sussex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2018|1|12|1937|9|16}}
| death_place = [[Morden]], [[London]], England
| occupation = Actress
}}

'''Bella Emberg''' (born '''Sybil Dyke''';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/news/a847403/blunderwoman-actress-bella-emberg-dies-age-80/|title=Russ Abbot Show's Blunderwoman, actress Bella Emberg, dies at age 80|publisher=Digital Spy|date=13 January 2018|author=Harp, Justin}}</ref> 16 September 1937 – 12 January 2018)<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hayward|first1=Anthony|title=Bella Emberg obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jan/14/bella-emberg-obituary|accessdate=15 January 2018|work=the Guardian|date=14 January 2018}}</ref> was an English comedy actress whose television career spanned 60 years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2018-01-12/blunderwoman-star-bella-emberg-dies-at-age-80/|title=Blunderwoman star Bella Emberg dies at age 80|work=ITV News|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

==Early life and career==
Emberg was born in [[Brighton]] and grew up wanting to be an entertainer. Her professional debut was in weekly [[Repertory theatre|repertory]] in [[Ryde]], [[Isle of Wight]] in the summer season of 1962, aged 25.<ref name=":1" />

She appeared in TV series such as ''[[The Benny Hill Show]]'', Robin's Nest, ''[[Softly, Softly (TV series)|Softly, Softly]]'', ''[[Z Cars]]'', ''[[Bear Behaving Badly]]'' and ''[[Grange Hill]]''. Her best-known role was in ''[[The Russ Abbot Show]]'', where she played superheroine Blunderwoman alongside Abbot's Cooperman character.<ref name=":0" /> The show ran from 1980 to 1996, and at its peak attracted 18 million viewers.<ref name=":1" />

Emberg also starred in [[Mel Brooks]]' film ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' (1981).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/the-first-time-put-costume-10606291|title='I put the costume on and my boobs fell out!' Bella Emberg on being Blunderwoman|last=McPhee|first=Rod|date=2017-06-11|work=mirror|access-date=2018-01-13}}</ref> She made a guest appearance in the first episode of the revived version of ''[[The Basil Brush Show]]'' in 2002, and also featured in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' four times. From 2008 to 2010 she appeared as [[Barney Harwood]]’s fictional Aunt Barbara in ''[[Bear Behaving Badly]]'' on [[CBBC]]. In 1965 she had an uncredited appearance in ''[[Undermind (TV series)|Undermind]]'', (non-speaking) and other uncredited roles in the 1970s [[Third Doctor]] serials ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians]]'' and ''[[The Time Warrior]]''. In the revived series, she played Mrs Croot in [[Love & Monsters (Doctor Who)|Love & Monsters]]. She filmed a second appearance as Mrs Croot for [[The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who)|The Runaway Bride]], but this scene ended up on the cutting room floor.

Shortly before her death, she completed filming for ''In the Long Run'', a [[Sky One]] comedy created by [[Idris Elba]], due to be broadcast in April 2018.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-42671503|title=Comedy actress Bella Emberg dies|date=2018|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-01-13|language=en-GB}}</ref>
Emberg's housemate found her collapsed at their home in London's [[Raynes Park]] on 12 January 2018, aged 80. Paramedics were unable to resuscitate her and she was found to have died from [[alcohol toxicity]].<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blunderwoman-comedy-star-bella-emberg-11843559|title=Blunderwoman comedy star Bella Emberg dies. aged 80|first=Stephen|last=Jones|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=12 January 2018|accessdate=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blunderwoman-comedy-star-bella-emberg-11843559
|title=Blunderwoman star Bella Emberg died of alcohol poisoning, inquest hears
|first=Chris
|last=Dyer
|work=[[Daily Mirror]]
|date=12 January 2018
|quote=A post mortem examination by Dr Athanasis Vargiamidou found [Emberg] died from "alcohol toxicity". [...] Assistant Coroner Dr Shirley Radcliffe said: [...] "There is nothing in her medical notes to suggest she was a heavy drinker, police found no evidence of chronic alcohol misuse.
|accessdate=7 February 2021
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203103510/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/blunderwoman-comedy-star-bella-emberg-11843559
|archive-date=3 December 2020
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|1965||''[[Undermind (TV series)|Undermind]]''||Volunteer at Flu Research Centre: "Waves of Sound" Episode||ABC Television
|-
|1970||''[[Morning Story]]''||Mrs Shaw||BBC television film

|-
|1978|| ''[[Sammy's Super T-Shirt]]'' || Woman at door || Uncredited
|-
|1981|| ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' || Baguette || (The French Revolution)
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0256082}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Emberg, Bella}}
[[Category:1937 births]]
[[Category:2018 deaths]]
[[Category:English television actresses]]
[[Category:People from Hove]]
[[Category:English film actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century English actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from Brighton]]
[[Category:20th-century British businesspeople]]
[[Category:Alcohol-related deaths in England]]

{{England-tv-actor-stub}}
{{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub}}

Bella Emberg - Revision history

Kurt: /* External links */

Kurt at 23:06, 8 January 2023

Kurt: 1 revision imported

en>Smasongarrison: /* External links */more precise stub