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	~~{{main\|Crossroads (British TV series)\|EastEnders\|Lydia Simmonds}}~~
	{{cquote\|I did an episode where I played this journalist which they must have quite liked because they got back to me about a month later. [They asked me] 'Would you come back and join the cast and change the colour of your hair?' Well, I said okay and so I changed my [hair] colour from red to blonde and I looked exactly the same! I didn't look any different at all. And so then I came back as this naughty lady, Valerie Pollard. The most fun I had was when I was helping out behind the bar which is a very good place to be if you're in a soap because you're in every scene. I was very happy, it was a fun time, I enjoyed it. At the beginning, not at the very end. When I first joined it, for the first few months I was in, it was great fun but after Jack (the producer) went it became less good and less fun and I didn't enjoy it so much".\|author=Chasen describing her time on ''Crossroads'', from 1982 to 1986<ref name="walford"/>}}		{{cquote\|I did an episode where I played this journalist which they must have quite liked because they got back to me about a month later. [They asked me] 'Would you come back and join the cast and change the colour of your hair?' Well, I said okay and so I changed my [hair] colour from red to blonde and I looked exactly the same! I didn't look any different at all. And so then I came back as this naughty lady, Valerie Pollard. The most fun I had was when I was helping out behind the bar which is a very good place to be if you're in a soap because you're in every scene. I was very happy, it was a fun time, I enjoyed it. At the beginning, not at the very end. When I first joined it, for the first few months I was in, it was great fun but after Jack (the producer) went it became less good and less fun and I didn't enjoy it so much".\|author=Chasen describing her time on ''Crossroads'', from 1982 to 1986<ref name="walford"/>}}

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{{short description|English actress (1927–2020)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Heather Chasen
| birth_name = Heather Jean Chasen
| image = Heather Chasen.jpg
| image_upright = 1.15
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|7|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[British Singapore]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|5|22|1927|7|20|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Marylebone]], London, England
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1945–2014
| parents = {{ubl|[[Frederick Nutter Chasen|F.N. Chasen]] | Agnes H. McCullock}}
| children = 1
| television = {{hlist|''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' | ''[[Marked Personal]]'' | ''[[EastEnders]]''}}
| notable_works = [[#Filmography|See below]]
}}
'''Heather Jean Chasen''' (20 July 1927 – 22 May 2020) was an English actress, known for her roles in soap operas; playing Valerie Pollard in the [[ITV Network|ITV]] soap opera, ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'', from 1982 to 1986<ref name="walford">{{cite web|url=http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1042:crossroads-eastenders-chasen&catid=24:soap-news&Itemid=27|title=Heather Chasen from Kings Oak to Walford|first=Mike|last=Watkins|date=21 April 2011|access-date=15 May 2011}}</ref> and guest roles in ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'', ''[[Holby City]]'' and ''[[Family Affairs]]''. Chasen also played many roles in [[BBC Radio 2]]'s ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' from 1959 to 1977, and appeared in the television series ''[[Marked Personal]]'' from 1973 to 1974. She played the recurring role of [[Lydia Simmonds]] in the [[BBC]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'', a role which received positive reviews from critics and ''EastEnders'' crew and cast members. Furthermore, she appeared extensively in theatre productions and film; in 2012, she appeared in a film version of ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]''.

==Early and personal life==
Chasen was born on 20 July 1927, in [[British Singapore|Singapore]]<ref name="tnl">{{cite AV media notes|title= The Navy Lark Collection|others=[[The Navy Lark]]|chapter=Cast|type=Booklet|publisher=BBC Audiobooks Ltd}}</ref> to Agnes H. (née McCullock) and [[Frederick Nutter Chasen|F.N. Chasen]], an English [[ornithologist]]. Her father fought as a [[Trooper (rank)|trooper]] with the [[Norfolk Yeomanry]] in [[World War I]].<ref name="background">{{cite web|title="Frederick Nutter "Mickey" Chasen |url=http://www.michaelfamily.ch/ps42/ps42_372.htm |date=13 May 2011 |access-date=26 March 2015 |first=Nicholas |last=Michael |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135613/http://www.michaelfamily.ch/ps42/ps42_372.htm |archive-date=2 April 2015 }}</ref> In 1921, he left England to work at the [[National Museum of Singapore|Raffles Library and Museum]] in Singapore, marrying Chasen's mother, Agnes, in 1926.<ref name="background"/> Chasen's sister, Christine Elizabeth, was born on 4 May 1931.<ref name="background"/> Her parents split up in 1938, and both later remarried.<ref name="background"/>

Before the [[Japanese people|Japanese]] occupation, which led to the [[Battle of Singapore]] during [[World War II]], Chasen and her mother left Singapore on the last boat before the occupation.<ref name="tnl" /> Her father, however, on a separate ship, HMS ''Giang Bee'', died when it was sunk by the Japanese on 12 February 1942. Chasen's stepfather, G.C.R. Franks, also died in fighting, on 22 March.<ref name="background" /> Chasen and her mother moved to the UK and she trained at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]], where she acted on stage and went on tour with [[Frankie Howerd]] in ''Hotel Paradiso''.<ref name="mla" /> She appeared with [[Dame Sybil Thorndike|Sybil Thorndike]] in ''Call Me Jacky'',<ref name="mla" /> and toured with [[Douglas Fairbanks Jr.]] in ''The Pleasure of his Company'', in [[Toronto]].<ref name="mla" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/7589173/Douglas-Fairbanks-Jr.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322044615/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/film-obituaries/7589173/Douglas-Fairbanks-Jr.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 March 2014|title=Film Obituaries-Douglas Fairbanks Jr|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=8 May 2000|access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> Chasen was friends with, and previously had a relationship with, [[Amanda Barrie]].<ref name="ab">{{cite web|title=Street star Amanda on coming out|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/I've+had+good+sex+with+men..+but+there+was+never+that+bond+I+felt...-a094744869|first=Sally|last=Morris|work=[[Sunday Mirror]]|publisher=[[Trinity Mirror]]|date=1 December 2002|access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref> In ''Call Me Jacky'', she played an alcoholic lesbian, and later claimed to have based her characterisation partly on the novelist and playwright [[Patricia Highsmith]], whom she knew well.<ref>{{cite book|author=Joan Schenkar|title=The Talented Miss Highsmith: The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ruE8wmbSizAC&pg=PA664|date=18 January 2010|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=978-1-4299-6101-1|pages=664–}}</ref>

In 1949, Chasen married John Webster, and they had one son, Rupert, who played in [[Lindsay Anderson]]'s ''[[if....]]'' He also appears with Chasen in a 2013 short documentary, ''A Stage of Development''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFd132S0tBQ|title=A Stage of Development|website=Youtube|access-date=23 August 2017}}</ref>

Chasen died on 22 May 2020, aged 92.<ref>[https://www.atvtoday.co.uk/153983-rip/ Actress Heather Chasen dies aged 92]</ref>

==Career==

===''Crossroads'' and ''EastEnders''===
{{main|Crossroads (British TV series)|EastEnders|Lydia Simmonds}}
{{cquote|I did an episode where I played this journalist which they must have quite liked because they got back to me about a month later. [They asked me] 'Would you come back and join the cast and change the colour of your hair?' Well, I said okay and so I changed my [hair] colour from red to blonde and I looked exactly the same! I didn't look any different at all. And so then I came back as this naughty lady, Valerie Pollard. The most fun I had was when I was helping out behind the bar which is a very good place to be if you're in a soap because you're in every scene. I was very happy, it was a fun time, I enjoyed it. At the beginning, not at the very end. When I first joined it, for the first few months I was in, it was great fun but after Jack (the producer) went it became less good and less fun and I didn't enjoy it so much".|author=Chasen describing her time on ''Crossroads'', from 1982 to 1986<ref name="walford"/>}}

In 2011, Chasen was cast as [[Lydia Simmonds]], [[Janine Butcher]] ([[Charlie Brooks]])'s maternal grandmother and [[Norman Simmonds|Norman Simmonds']] ([[George Layton]]) mother,<ref name="Norman">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a324414/eastenders-casts-lydias-estranged-son.html|title='EastEnders' casts Lydia's estranged son|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=12 June 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|access-date=12 June 2011}}</ref> in the [[BBC]] soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'', after the original actress [[Margaret Tyzack]] had to pull out of the role due to personal reasons.<ref name="chasen">{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a314250/eastenders-recasts-janines-grandmother.html|title='EastEnders' recasts Janine's grandmother|first=Daniel |last=Kilkelly|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|date=12 April 2011|access-date=15 May 2011}}</ref> Two episodes featuring Tyzack had already been broadcast,<ref name="5apr">{{Cite episode|title=Episode dated 05/04/2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103wpx |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jamie Annett; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Pete Lawson|network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]]|air-date=5 April 2011|access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="7apr">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 07/04/2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0103wsp |series= EastEnders|series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: Jamie Annett; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Pete Lawson |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |air-date=9 April 2011|access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> and she featured in a further one on 14 April.<ref name="14apr">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 14/04/2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0106z6b |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: [[Karl Neilson]]; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: [[Simon Ashdown]] |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |air-date=14 April 2011|access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> Chasen was cast and replaced Tyzack in the role, beginning filming on 15 April <ref name="chasen"/> for scenes broadcast from 21 April.<ref name="21apr">{{Cite episode |title= Episode dated 21/04/2011 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010mt7j |series= EastEnders |series-link=EastEnders |credits= Director: John Greening; Executive Producer: Bryan Kirkwood; Writer: Christopher Reason |network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |air-date=21 April 2011|access-date=25 June 2011}}</ref> ''EastEnders''{{'}} executive producer, [[Bryan Kirkwood]], added: "In order to continue the current storyline we've taken the decision for Heather Chasen to take over the role of Lydia."<ref name="bbcc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/eastenders/2011/04/heather-chasen-joins-eastender.shtml|title=Heather Chasen takes on EastEnders' role|work=[[BBC]]|date=13 April 2011|access-date=15 May 2011|publisher=BBC Online}}</ref> The character died on-screen and Chasen made her last appearance on 13 June 2011,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a323262/janine-is-distraught-as-lydia-passes-away.html|title=Janine is distraught as Lydia passes away|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=June 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|access-date=7 June 2011}}</ref> and, though not credited for it, did a voice-over for the 14 and 28 June episodes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/spoilers/a323264/lydias-death-sparks-suspicions-over-janine.html|title=Lydia's death sparks suspicions over Janine|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=June 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|access-date=22 June 2011}}</ref> Kirkwood later said "Lydia's storyline was perfect" and that Chasen had made the part her own after Tyzack's departure.<ref name="BK Interview">{{cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/interviews/a330273/bryan-kirkwood-eastenders-executive-producer.html|title=Exclusive: Bryan Kirkwood - 'EastEnders' executive producer|last=Kilkelly|first=Daniel|date=18 July 2011|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|access-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> Brooks said of the storyline as a whole, "I absolutely loved exploring Janine's background. I was really proud with the scenes with Heather Chasen [Lydia]. It was really hard work, but worth it."<ref>{{cite journal|date=30 July – 5 August 2011|title=The Big Interview. "I dont want Janine to kill Pat!"|journal=[[Inside Soap]]|publisher=[[Hachette Filipacchi UK]]|issue=30|page=32}}</ref>

===Other work===
Chasen appeared in other television programmes such as ''[[The Bill]]'' and ''[[The Harry Hill Show]]''.<ref name="mla">{{cite news|url=http://www.millatsonning.com/archives/mythreeangels.html |title=My Three Angels |work=The Mill At Sonning (Theatre) Ltd |publisher=The Mill At Sonning (Theatre) Ltd |access-date=22 June 2011 |location=[[Reading, Berkshire]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927215917/http://www.millatsonning.com/archives/mythreeangels.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 }}</ref> She had guest roles in ''[[Z-Cars]]'' and ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]''<ref name="Whats on TV">{{cite news|url=http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/eastenders/news/eastenders-recasts-janines-gran/12464 |title=EastEnders recasts Janine's gran |date=13 April 2011 |work=[[What's on TV]] |publisher=[[IPC Media]] |access-date=24 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902164101/http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/soaps/eastenders/news/eastenders-recasts-janines-gran/12464 |archive-date=2 September 2012 }}</ref> and voiced a number of characters in the radio show ''[[The Navy Lark]]'', particularly WREN Heather Chasen and "battle axe" Ramona Povey.<ref name="tfl2">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/TIME+OUT%3a+LOOKING+BACK.-a0178437228|title=Time out:Looking back|work=[[Daily Post (London newspaper)|Daily Post]]|publisher=MGN Ltd|date=30 April 2008|access-date=2 June 2011|location=[[Liverpool]]}}</ref> In soaps, she had four separate appearances in the BBC soap opera ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'', with her most recent in 2014,<ref name="doctors2!">{{Cite episode |title=Flipping Cats|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04fchwb|series=Doctors|series-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|credits= Director: Natasha Carlish; Executive Producer: Mike Hobson and [[Peter Eryl Lloyd]]; Writer:Toby Walton|network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |air-date=23 February 2012|access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref> reprising her role as Grace Barberry from 2012.<ref name="doctors!">{{Cite episode |title=Grey Matters|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cdsyc|series=Doctors|series-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|credits= Director: Christiana Ebohon; Executive Producer: Mike Hobson and [[Peter Eryl Lloyd]]; Writer:Toby Walton|network=[[BBC]] |station=[[BBC One]] |air-date=20 August 2014|access-date=30 December 2014}}</ref> She played Sylvie Leigh in ''[[Holby City]]'' and, for five episodes, Madge Bennet in the [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] soap opera, ''[[Family Affairs]]''.<ref name="walford" /> Earlier credits include, playing "rich bitches" Caroline Kerr, in ''[[The Newcomers (TV series)|The Newcomers]]'' and Isabel Neal in ''[[Marked Personal]]'', alongside [[Stephanie Beacham]].<ref name="mla"/> She also played the "evil" headmistress in ''Schoolgirls in Uniform'' at the [[Battersea Arts Centre]].<ref name="mla"/> In stage and theatre, Chasen appeared in ''[[The Rat Trap]]''. Michael Billington from ''[[The Guardian]]'' described Chasen's character, Burrage the maid, as "trundling", rating the play three stars.<ref name="Rat">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/dec/01/theatre2|title=The Rat Trap|last=Billington|first=Michael|date=1 December 2006|work=[[The Guardian]]|publisher=[[Guardian News and Media]]|access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref> Other than this, she appeared in ''Pardon Ma Prime Minister'' alongside [[Gerald Flood]] and Paul Curran, written by [[Edward Taylor]] and John Graham who created the [[BBC]] radio series ''[[The Men from the Ministry]]''.<ref name="tfl"/> The ''[[Birmingham Mail]]'' described the play as "hilarious" and "promising".<ref name="tfl">{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+wink+at+a+taxing+problem.-a0178569946|title=A wink at a taxing problem|work=[[Birmingham Mail]]|publisher=(Free Library)|date=3 May 2008|access-date=2 June 2011}}</ref> One of Chasen's last plays was ''My Three Angels'' in which she played Madame Parole,<ref name="mla"/> other plays included, ''[[The Man Who Came to Dinner]]'', ''Who Bombed Birmingham'' playing [[Margaret Thatcher]],<ref name="the seasons of mists cast"/> and ''The Lizard of Rock'', in which she played the main role,<ref name="mla"/><ref name="tfl2"/> appearing alongside actor [[Jack Hawkins]].<ref name="tfl2"/> Chasen opined that she had a "lovely time" playing [[Miss Marple]] in ''[[A Murder is Announced]]'' alongside [[Richard Todd]] and [[Barbara Murray]].<ref name="mla"/> In 2009, Chasen appeared in the award-winning Anglo-Russian feature film ''Season of Mists'', playing Jane.<ref name="the seasons of mists cast"/> Chasen appeared alongside Marina Blake, Sergei Chonishvili, Ifan Huw Dafydd and ex-''EastEnders'' actor [[Dudley Sutton]].<ref name="the seasons of mists cast">{{cite web|url=http://frostmagazine.com/2011/04/seasons-of-mist-the-first-anglo-russian-co-production-feature-for-more-than-10-years/|title=Seasons Of Mist; UK Premiere Held At Odeon Covent Garden|work=Frost Magazine|date=20 April 2011|access-date=25 June 2011|first=Catherine|last=Balavage}}</ref> Other films she has appeared in include, ''The Kiss of Tosca'' in 2000, ''The Toybox'' in 2003 and ''[[Cat Run]]'', a 2011 film.<ref name="the seasons of mists cast"/><ref name="rt">{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/heather_chasen/|title=Heather Chasen| publisher= [[Flixster]]|work= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date= 25 June 2011}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
Chasen was nominated for the [[Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical]], while she appeared in the New York adaptation of ''[[A Severed Head]]'' between 1963–1965.<ref name="mla"/> She appeared in the cast of the ''Seasons of Mists'' which won a number of awards internationally.<ref name="the seasons of mists cast"/>

==Filmography==
;Film
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="100"| Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="300"| Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="300"| Role
|-
| 1949 || ''Meet the Duke'' || Carol
|-
| rowspan="2"|1971 || ''[[Naughty!]]'' || Victorian Madame
|-
| ''[[Suburban Wives]]'' || Kathy Lambert
|-
| rowspan="2"|1972 || ''[[Commuter Husbands]]'' || Wife
|-
| ''[[On the Game]]'' || Madame
|-
| 1976 || ''The Deadly Females'' || Frances
|-
| 1989 || ''[[The Plot to Kill Hitler]]'' || The Baroness
|-
| 2000 || ''The Kiss of Tosca'' || Tosca
|-
| 2003 || ''The Toybox'' || Gran
|-
| 2009 || ''Season of Mists'' || Jane
|-
| 2010 || ''[[The Social Network]]'' || Matt's wife
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Cat Run]]'' || Bingham's Mom
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Les Misérables (2012 film)|Les Misérables]]'' || Madame Magloire
|}

;Television
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="100"| Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="300"| Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="300"| Role
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="150"| Notes
|-
| rowspan="4"|1960 || ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' || Brenda || rowspan="2"|1 episode
|-
| ''The Cheaters'' || Mary Calder
|-
| ''The World of Tim Frazer'' || Helen Baker || 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Danger Man]]'' || Helen Hamilton || rowspan="10"|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="4"|1961 || Lorain Zameda
|-
| ''Walk a Crooked Mile'' || Angela Charles
|-
| ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Inspector Maigret]]'' || Guest
|-
| ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Laura Beckley
|-
| rowspan="2"|1962 || ''[[Saki]]'' || Agnes Huddle
|-
| ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' || Stella Judd
|-
| rowspan="2"|1963 || ''Jezebel ex UK'' || Rita Lorraine
|-
| ''Suspense'' || Clarice Morrison
|-
| 1965 || ''[[The Newcomers (TV series)|The Newcomers]]'' || Caroline Kerr
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Z-Cars]]'' || Pamela Raven || 2 episodes
|-
| 1969 || ''Call My Bluff'' || Herself || 1 episode
|-
| 1973–1974 || ''[[Marked Personal]]'' || Isabel Neal || 84 episodes
|-
| 1977 || ''[[Play of the Month|Play of the Month: Waste]]'' || Lady Julia Farrant || 1 episode
|-
| 1978 || ''A Traveller in Time'' || Mary, Queen of Scots || 3 episodes
|-
| 1981 || ''[[Hawley Harvey Crippen#Media adaptations|Ladykillers]]'' || Mrs. Martinetti || rowspan="2"|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2"|1982 || ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' || Reporter
|-
| ''[[Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House]]'' || Aunt Rachel || 5 episodes
|-
| 1982–1986 || ''Crossroads'' || Valerie Pollard || Unknown
|-
| 1983 || ''Shades of Darkness'' || Minor Role || rowspan="5"| 1 episode
|-
| 1989 || ''Heat of the Day'' || Mrs Kelway
|-
| 1990 || ''Who Bombed Birmingham'' || [[Margaret Thatcher]]
|-
| rowspan="2"|1992 || ''[[The Eligible Bachelor]]'' || The Hon Amelia
|-
| ''[[Surgical Spirit]]'' || Sabatini's Mother
|-
| 2003, 2010 || ''[[Holby City]]'' || Sylvie Leigh || 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003 || ''[[The Bill]]'' || Mrs. Belstram || rowspan="2"|1 episode
|-
| ''[[Harry Hill#Television|The All New Harry Hill Show]]'' || Betty
|-
| 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014 || ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'' || Norma Ida Price Grace Barberry || 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2005 || ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Bessie Symes || 1 episode
|-
| ''[[Family Affairs]]'' || [[List of Family Affairs cast members#Cast of Family Affairs|Madge Bennett]] || 5 episodes
|-
| 2011 || ''[[EastEnders]]'' || [[Lydia Simmonds]] || 11 episodes
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Dancing on the Edge (TV series)|Dancing on the Edge]]'' || Lady Altringham || 1 episode
|}

;Radio
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="100"| Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="300"| Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="300"| Role
|-
| 1959–1977 || ''[[The Navy Lark]]'' || WRN Chasen Mrs Ramona Povey Rita Murray Morpeth Goldstein Natasha Snogitoff Lady Quirk Miss Simpkins Lady Todhunter-Brown Lucy Doll Queen Jaratova Wren Simkins Second Officer Maclootie Lady Hamilton Myrtle Pertwee Mrs Sedgwick Fatima Sumpbolt Nurse at the RN College, Dartmouth Renee, daughter of the landlord of the Popple's Head pub and barmaid at the pub Judith "Judikins" Povey Exotic & Sultry Tanya (Agent no.5) Agent No.2 (working for The Mistress) Mrs Granthimum Norwegian waitress Dolores "the Danglers" Fifi Miss Esmeralda Crimp Leading Wren Felicity Pertwee The Mayoress of Whittlesea Bay 1st Officer Anastasia Pertwee Grotty Gertie 
|-
| 1966 || ''[[The Embassy Lark]]'' || HE Fatima Soriaya Fazalik, Turkish Ambassador to Tratvia
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Sexton Blake]] adventures'' || Paula Dane
|}

;Stage/Theatre
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="100"| Year
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="300"| Title
! style="background:#B0C4DE;" width="300"| Role
|-
| 1945 || ''Donna Clarines'' || Marcella
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Blood Wedding (play)|Blood Wedding]]'' || Leonardo's wife
|-
| rowspan="3"|1958 || ''[[Little Eyolf]]'' || Rita Allmers
|-
| ''Templeton'' || Anna Dasousa
|-
| ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' || Mollie Ralston
|-
| 1960 || ''The Lizard of the Rock'' || Main Role
|-
| rowspan="2"|1962 || ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' || [[Helena (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Helena]]
|-
| ''Policy for Murder'' || Lee Miller
|-
| 1963 || ''[[The Maids]]'' || Solange
|-
| 1963, 1964, 1965 || ''[[A Severed Head#Adaptations|A Severed Head]]'' || Antonia Lynch Gibbon
|-
| rowspan="3"|1966 || ''Love from Liz'' || Nancy Morrow
|-
| ''Jorrocks'' || Mrs Barnington
|-
| ''Thriller of the Year'' || Gillian Howard
|-
| 1967 || ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' || Martha
|-
| 1967–1968 || ''Call me Jacky'' || Countess Ardele Gina Ekdal The Wild Duck Jacqueline du Bois
|-
| rowspan="2"|1969 || ''[[Forty Years On (play)|Forty Years On]]'' || Matron
|-
| ''Lady S'' || Lady Susan
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| 1970 || ''Lady Frederick'' || Marchioness of Mereston
|-
| 1970–1972 || ''The Pleasure of his Company'' || Katherine Daugherty
|-
| rowspan="3"|1971 || ''Hello and Goodbye'' || Hester
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| ''[[The Amorous Prawn]]'' || Mrs. Fitzadam
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| ''[[The Magistrate (play)|The Magistrate]]'' || Queen Margaret Richard III Agatha
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| 1972 || ''Children of the Wolf'' || Helena
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| 1973 || ''Baby Love'' || Mrs. Taylor
|-
| rowspan="3"|1975 || ''[[Hay Fever (play)|Hay Fever]]'' || Judith Bliss
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| ''[[Butterflies Are Free (play)|Butterflies Are Free]]'' || Mrs. Baker
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| ''[[Madame de Sade]]'' || Alison Diaries Comtesse de Saint Fond
|-
| 1977 || ''Rebecca'' || Beatrice Lacy
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| 1978 || ''Murder in a Bad Light'' || Olivia Waynward
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| rowspan="2"|1979 || ''The Eagel Has Two Heads'' || Edith de Berg
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| ''[[The Man Who Came To Dinner]]'' || Miss Preen
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| 1994 || ''[[A Murder is Announced]]'' || [[Miss Marple]]
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| 1996 || ''[[Black Chiffon]]'' || Nanny
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| 1997 || ''School Girls in Uniform'' || The Headmistress
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| rowspan="2"|1999 || ''Sweet Bramleys'' || June
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| ''Laying the Ghost'' || Freda
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| 2000 || ''Getting On'' || Minor Role
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| 2001 || ''[[Mountain Language]]'' || Elderly Lady
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| 2002 || ''My Three Angles'' || Madame Parole
|-
| 2006 || ''[[The Rat Trap]]'' || Burrage the Maid
|-
| 2008 || ''Pardon Ma Prime Minister'' || Lead Role
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0153862|name=Heather Chasen}}
*{{youtube|mCgD0plN6ac|Crossroads 1982 – Valerie Pollard Makes Her First Appearance}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chasen, Heather}}
[[Category:1927 births]]
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[[Category:English television actresses]]
[[Category:English stage actresses]]
[[Category:English soap opera actresses]]
[[Category:People from Singapore]]
[[Category:English voice actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from London]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]

Heather Chasen - Revision history

Kurt at 22:02, 13 April 2023

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