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	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Coffey was born in [[Aldershot]] in 1936,<ref>[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/19108696?h=953f0d Denise D. Coffey in the England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007], Ancestry.com {{subscription}}</ref> the only child of Dorothy (''née'' Malcolm), and her husband, Denis Coffey, an Irishman from [[Cork (city)\|Cork]] and a [[squadron leader]] in the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name="guardian obit"/><ref>Jem Roberts, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ldEQYB39GSsC&pg=PA277&lpg=PA277&dq ''The Fully Authorised History of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: The Clue Bible from Footlights to Mornington Crescent''], Arrow Books (2010) pg. 277</ref><ref>Brian McFarlane and Anthony Slide (eds) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1924&lpg=RA2-PA1924&dq ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''], Manchester University Press (2013)</ref> Coffey was born three months prematurely, weighing just two pounds. She suffered with bronchitis for much of her life.<ref name=":0" /> The family moved frequently during the Second World War, though eventually settled in Inverkeithing in Fife, and later in Milesmark outside Dunfermline.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|title=Denise Coffey obituary \|language=en \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/denise-coffey-obituary-q0sbpd8nr \|newspaper=[[The Times]]\|date=April 11, 2022\|access-date=April 14, 2022 \|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> She attended Dunfermline High School, and growing up was a big fan of [[George Bernard Shaw]], who influenced her later writing.<ref name=":0" />		Coffey was born in [[w:Aldershot\|Aldershot]] in 1936,<ref>[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/19108696?h=953f0d Denise D. Coffey in the England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007], Ancestry.com {{subscription}}</ref> the only child of Dorothy (''née'' Malcolm), and her husband, Denis Coffey, an Irishman from [[Cork (city)\|Cork]] and a [[squadron leader]] in the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name="guardian obit"/><ref>Jem Roberts, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ldEQYB39GSsC&pg=PA277&lpg=PA277&dq ''The Fully Authorised History of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: The Clue Bible from Footlights to Mornington Crescent''], Arrow Books (2010) pg. 277</ref><ref>Brian McFarlane and Anthony Slide (eds) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1924&lpg=RA2-PA1924&dq ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''], Manchester University Press (2013)</ref> Coffey was born three months prematurely, weighing just two pounds. She suffered with bronchitis for much of her life.<ref name=":0" /> The family moved frequently during the Second World War, though eventually settled in Inverkeithing in Fife, and later in Milesmark outside Dunfermline.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news \|title=Denise Coffey obituary \|language=en \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/denise-coffey-obituary-q0sbpd8nr \|newspaper=[[The Times]]\|date=April 11, 2022\|access-date=April 14, 2022 \|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> She attended Dunfermline High School, and growing up was a big fan of [[George Bernard Shaw]], who influenced her later writing.<ref name=":0" />

	==Career==		==Career==

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'''Denise Dorothy Coffey''' (12 December 1936 – 24 March 2022) was an English actress, director and playwright.

==Early life==
Coffey was born in [[Aldershot]] in 1936,<ref>[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/sharing/19108696?h=953f0d Denise D. Coffey in the England and Wales Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007], Ancestry.com {{subscription}}</ref> the only child of Dorothy (''née'' Malcolm), and her husband, Denis Coffey, an Irishman from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] and a [[squadron leader]] in the [[Royal Air Force]].<ref name="guardian obit"/><ref>Jem Roberts, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ldEQYB39GSsC&pg=PA277&lpg=PA277&dq ''The Fully Authorised History of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue: The Clue Bible from Footlights to Mornington Crescent''], Arrow Books (2010) pg. 277</ref><ref>Brian McFarlane and Anthony Slide (eds) [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=U3C5DwAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PA1924&lpg=RA2-PA1924&dq ''The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition''], Manchester University Press (2013)</ref> Coffey was born three months prematurely, weighing just two pounds. She suffered with bronchitis for much of her life.<ref name=":0" /> The family moved frequently during the Second World War, though eventually settled in Inverkeithing in Fife, and later in Milesmark outside Dunfermline.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Denise Coffey obituary |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/denise-coffey-obituary-q0sbpd8nr |newspaper=[[The Times]]|date=April 11, 2022|access-date=April 14, 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> She attended Dunfermline High School, and growing up was a big fan of [[George Bernard Shaw]], who influenced her later writing.<ref name=":0" />

==Career==
After training at the [[Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama|Glasgow College of Dramatic Art]] (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland)<ref>Brian MacFarlane (ed) ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'', London: Methuen, 2003, p.128. The source gives the Glasgow College of Drama, but the names appear to be interchangeable.</ref><ref name=":0" /> she began a career in repertory at the [[Gateway Theatre (Edinburgh)|Gateway Theatre]] in [[Edinburgh]], then moved to the Palladium Theatre there. She appeared in as many as 12 shows a week, many with quick changes.<ref name=":0" />

Coffey created a satire of a radical radio talk show called ''Scope.'' The presenter was so impressed that he hired her as an interviewer for the [[BBC]] in Edinburgh, where she remained for three years.<ref name=":0" /> In the early 1960's, she left Scotland behind her, and began working as a character actress in [[West End of London|London's West End]].<ref name=":0" />

Television audiences first became acquainted with her as the sole female in the late 1960s comedy show ''[[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]'', which also featured [[David Jason]] and three future [[Monty Python]] members; [[Terry Jones]], [[Michael Palin]], and [[Eric Idle]].<ref name=":0" /> The producer, [[Humphrey Barclay]], discovered her on stage in 1967 during a performance at the Edinburgh Festival. He was so impressed with her energy, that he hired her to work on ''Do Not Adjust Your Set,'' which ran from 1967 to 1969.<ref name=":0" /> She later appeared in another sketch show, ''[[End of Part One]]'', which aired from 1979-1980.<ref name=":0" />

In the 1970s, she was a member of director [[Frank Dunlop (director)|Frank Dunlop]]'s repertory company in London's [[Young Vic]] Theatre, appearing in several productions including ''[[Scapino (play)|Scapino]]'' (1974) and beginning her career as a playwright with some children's shows. She also wrote the children's TV series ''C.A.B.'' which was aired in 1986.<ref name=":0" />

Coffey had a few supporting film roles: Sidonia in ''[[Waltz of the Toreadors (film)|Waltz of the Toreadors]]'' (1962), Peg in ''[[Georgy Girl]]'' (1966), Soberness in ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'' (1967), and Mrs E. in [[Vivian Stanshall]]'s ''[[Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film)|Sir Henry at Rawlinson End]]'' (1980). Apart from ''Do Not Adjust Your Set'', her television appearances included the ''[[Stanley Baxter]]'' series (1968, 1971), ''Girls About Town'' (1970–71), ''Hold the Front Page'' (1974; which she also created), ''[[End of Part One]]'' (1979) and ''[[The Adventure Game]]'' (1980). Coffey played the role of Librarian "Jenny" in the BBC Schools 10 episode ''[[Look and Read]]'' series ''[[Dark Towers]]'' (1981).<ref name=":0" />

On radio, Coffey featured in ''[[The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere]]'', in the first series of ''[[The Burkiss Way]]'' and in ''[[The Next Programme Follows Almost Immediately]]'' and made guest appearances on several programmes, including ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'' and ''[[Just a Minute]]''. She starred with [[Miriam Margolyes]] in two series of ''[[Alison and Maud]]'' (2002–4).<ref name=":0" /> She was also a regular panellist on ''The Law Game''. She consistently refused to appear in commercials declaring that it was reprehensible to try to persuade people to buy things they did not need.

==Death==
She died on 24 March 2022, at the age of 85.<ref name="guardian obit">[https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/28/denise-coffey-obituary Michael Coveney, "Denise Coffey obituary", ''The Guardian'', 28 March 2022]. Retrieved 28 March 2022</ref>

==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Scotland Yard (film series)|Scotland Yard]]'' – episode "The Silent Weapon" (1961) – Kennel maid
* ''[[Waltz of the Toreadors (film)|Waltz of the Toreadors]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Wild and the Willing]]'' (1962)
* ''[[What a Crazy World]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Farewell Performance]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Georgy Girl]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Far from the Madding Crowd (1967 film)|Far from the Madding Crowd]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Start the Revolution Without Me]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Percy (1971 film)|Percy]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film)|Sir Henry at Rawlinson End]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Another Time, Another Place (1983 film)|Another Time, Another Place]]'' (1983)
* ''[[End of Part One]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Dark Towers]]'' (''[[Look and Read]]'') (1981)
* ''[[Saving Grace (2000 film)|Saving Grace]]'' (2000)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0168856|name=Denise Coffey}}

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