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'''Carole Ashby''' (born 24 March 1955 in [[Cannock]], [[Staffordshire]]) is an English [[actress]] and pinup girl. She appeared as a [[Page 3|glamour girl]] in the British news media during the 1970s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1285960/The-Page-3-girls-pals-40-years-Nina-Carter-celebrates-hen-party.html|title=The Page 3 Girls and Their Pals...40 Years On|last=Todd|first=Ben|date=12 June 2010|work=Daily Mail|accessdate=27 October 2016}}</ref>
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'''Carole Ashby''' (born 24 March 1955 in [[Cannock]], [[Staffordshire]]) is an English [[actress]] and pinup girl. She appeared as a [[Page 3|glamour girl]] in the British news media during the 1970s.

==Early life==
She attended the School of St Mary and St Anne, which became [[Abbots Bromley School]].<ref>''Wolverhampton Express and Star'' Friday 10 March 1972, page 8</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
In 1972, Ashby was named "Britain's most glamorous schoolgirl."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60632973.html|title=Meet the Famous Five 25 Years On|last=Phillips|first=Alison|date=15 November 1998|work=The People|subscription=yes|accessdate=27 October 2016|via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> Asby is best known for playing the small recurring part of Louise, a member of the communist resistance, in ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''.<ref name="mail">{{cite news|last1=McLelland|first1=Euan|title=Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd who penned classics 'Allo 'Allo and Are You Being Served? died without a penny to his name, probate office reveals|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3292997/Comedy-writer-Jeremy-Lloyd-penned-classics-Allo-Allo-Served-died-without-penny-probate-office-reveals.html|work=Daily Mail|date=28 October 2015}}</ref>
In 1972, Ashby was named "Britain's most glamorous schoolgirl."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60632973.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180304173454/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-60632973.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 March 2018|title=Meet the Famous Five 25 Years On|last=Phillips|first=Alison|date=15 November 1998|work=The People |access-date=27 October 2016|via=HighBeam Research}}</ref> Ashby is best known for playing the small recurring part of Louise, a member of the communist resistance, in ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}


She appeared alongside [[Roger Moore]] in two [[James Bond]] films, ''[[Octopussy]]'' and ''[[A View to a Kill]]''.<ref name="express">{{cite news|last1=Giles|first1=Kayleigh|title=You'll NEVER believe what Sale of the Century star Carole Ashby looks like now...|url=http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/688606/You-ll-NEVER-believe-what-Sale-of-the-Century-star-Carole-Ashby-looks-like-now|work=Daily Express|date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ciaranbrown.com/ashby.html|title=Ciaran Brown meets actress Carole Ashby|date=2006|accessdate=26 July 2015|last=Brown|first=Ciaran}}</ref> Her appearances were brief but they assured her [[Bond Girl]] status.<ref name="express"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fr2day.com/showbiz/bond_girl_carole_ashby_gives_us_the_lowdown_on_her_love_of_cannes_partying_and_roger_moore|title=Bond girl Carole Ashby gives us the lowdown on her love of Cannes, partying and Roger Moore|date=6 May 2009|accessdate=26 July 2015|publisher=fr2day.com|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610135025/http://www.fr2day.com/showbiz/bond_girl_carole_ashby_gives_us_the_lowdown_on_her_love_of_cannes_partying_and_roger_moore|archivedate=10 June 2015}}</ref> She appeared in the 1981 hit movie ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29ebc13|title=Carole Ashby|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|accessdate=22 October 2016}}</ref> She was a hostess on the final (1983) season of [[Anglia Television]]'s ''[[Sale of the Century]]''.<ref name=express/>
She appeared alongside [[Roger Moore]] in two [[James Bond]] films, ''[[Octopussy]]'' and ''[[A View to a Kill]]''.<ref name="express">{{cite news|last1=Giles|first1=Kayleigh|title=You'll NEVER believe what Sale of the Century star Carole Ashby looks like now...|url=http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/688606/You-ll-NEVER-believe-what-Sale-of-the-Century-star-Carole-Ashby-looks-like-now|work=Daily Express|date=12 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ciaranbrown.com/ashby.html|title=Ciaran Brown meets actress Carole Ashby|date=2006|access-date=26 July 2015|last=Brown|first=Ciaran}}</ref> Her appearances were brief but they assured her [[Bond Girl]] status.<ref name="express"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fr2day.com/showbiz/bond_girl_carole_ashby_gives_us_the_lowdown_on_her_love_of_cannes_partying_and_roger_moore|title=Bond girl Carole Ashby gives us the lowdown on her love of Cannes, partying and Roger Moore|date=6 May 2009|access-date=26 July 2015|publisher=fr2day.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610135025/http://www.fr2day.com/showbiz/bond_girl_carole_ashby_gives_us_the_lowdown_on_her_love_of_cannes_partying_and_roger_moore|archive-date=10 June 2015}}</ref>
She appeared in the 1981 hit movie ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29ebc13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022165755/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29ebc13|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 October 2016|title=Carole Ashby|publisher=[[British Film Institute]]|access-date=22 October 2016}}</ref> She was a hostess on the final (1983) season of [[Anglia Television]]'s ''[[Sale of the Century]]''.<ref name=express/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Ashby was at one point engaged to [[Jeremy Lloyd]], co-creator of '''Allo 'Allo'', but they broke up in 1990.<ref name=mail/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Jeffries|first1=Stuart|title=Jeremy Lloyd obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/23/jeremy-lloyd|work=The Guardian|date=23 December 2014}}</ref>
In the 1990s Ashby was engaged to [[Jeremy Lloyd]], co-creator of '''Allo 'Allo''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Jeffries|first1=Stuart|title=Jeremy Lloyd obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/23/jeremy-lloyd|work=The Guardian|date=23 December 2014}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

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*''[[Octopussy]]'' (1983) – Octopussy Girl.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoJ4jTghUPYC&lpg=PA25&dq=%22carole%20ashby%22&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q=%22carole%20ashby%22&f=false|title=The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies|last=Young|first=R. G.|publisher=Applause Books|year=2000|isbn=1557832692|location=|pages=25,459|quote=|via=}}</ref>
===Film===
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*''Arthur the King'' (1985) - Princess.<ref name=":0" />
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*''[[A View to a Kill]]'' (1985) – Whistling Girl.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoXeCQAAQBAJ&lpg=PA336&dq=%22carole%20ashby%22&pg=PA336#v=onepage&q=%22carole%20ashby%22&f=false|title=The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999|last=Mavis|first=Paul|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|year=2001|isbn=9780786449156|location=|pages=336|quote=|via=}}</ref>
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*''[['Allo 'Allo!|'Allo 'Allo]]'' (1988-1992), Louise.<ref name="mail" />
! Year
*''Savage Hearts'' (1995) – Receptionist #2
! Title
*''Cash in Hand'' (1998) – Veronica Tate (Last appearance)
! Role
! Type
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| 1974
| ''[[Moving On (1974 film)|Moving On]]''
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| Feature film
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| 1981
| ''[[Chariots of Fire]]''
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| Feature film
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| 1983
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| ''[[Octopussy]]''<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QoJ4jTghUPYC&dq=%22carole+ashby%22&pg=PA25|title=The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies|last=Young|first=R. G.|publisher=Applause Books|year=2000|isbn=1557832692|pages=25,459}}</ref>
| Octopussy Girl
| Feature film
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| 1983
| ''[[Sale of the Century]]''
| Hostess
| TV series
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| 1985
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| ''Arthur the King''<ref name=":0" />
| Princess
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|-
| 1985
| ''[[Bergerac (TV series)|Bergerac]]''
| Moira Montalban
| TV series,<br>Season 4, episode 2
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| 1985
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| ''[[A View to a Kill]]''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DoXeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22carole+ashby%22&pg=PA336|title=The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999|last=Mavis|first=Paul|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|year=2001|isbn=9780786449156|pages=336}}</ref>
| Whistling Girl
| Feature film
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| 1988-92
| ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''
| Louise
| TV series
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| 1989
| ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]''
| Imogen
| TV series,<br>Season 7, episode 5: ''Fiddler on the Hoof''
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| 1995
| ''Savage Hearts''
| Receptionist #2
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| 1998
| ''Cash in Hand''
| Veronica Tate
| Final appearance
|}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0038719}}
* {{IMDb name|0038719}}
*[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29ebc13 Carole Ashby] at the [[British Film Institute]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161022165755/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29ebc13 Carole Ashby] at the [[British Film Institute]]

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Latest revision as of 15:57, 8 November 2024

Carole Ashby (born 24 March 1955 in Cannock, Staffordshire) is an English actress and pinup girl. She appeared as a glamour girl in the British news media during the 1970s.

Early life

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She attended the School of St Mary and St Anne, which became Abbots Bromley School.[1]

Career

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In 1972, Ashby was named "Britain's most glamorous schoolgirl."[2] Ashby is best known for playing the small recurring part of Louise, a member of the communist resistance, in 'Allo 'Allo!.[citation needed]

She appeared alongside Roger Moore in two James Bond films, Octopussy and A View to a Kill.[3][4] Her appearances were brief but they assured her Bond Girl status.[3][5]

She appeared in the 1981 hit movie Chariots of Fire.[6] She was a hostess on the final (1983) season of Anglia Television's Sale of the Century.[3]

Personal life

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In the 1990s Ashby was engaged to Jeremy Lloyd, co-creator of 'Allo 'Allo.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Type
1974 Moving On Feature film
1981 Chariots of Fire Feature film
1983 Octopussy[8] Octopussy Girl Feature film
1983 Sale of the Century Hostess TV series
1985 Arthur the King[8] Princess
1985 Bergerac Moira Montalban TV series,
Season 4, episode 2
1985 A View to a Kill[9] Whistling Girl Feature film
1988-92 'Allo 'Allo! Louise TV series
1989 Minder Imogen TV series,
Season 7, episode 5: Fiddler on the Hoof
1995 Savage Hearts Receptionist #2
1998 Cash in Hand Veronica Tate Final appearance

References

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  1. ^ Wolverhampton Express and Star Friday 10 March 1972, page 8
  2. ^ Phillips, Alison (15 November 1998). "Meet the Famous Five 25 Years On". The People. Archived from the original on 4 March 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2016 – via HighBeam Research.
  3. ^ a b c Giles, Kayleigh (12 July 2016). "You'll NEVER believe what Sale of the Century star Carole Ashby looks like now..." Daily Express.
  4. ^ Brown, Ciaran (2006). "Ciaran Brown meets actress Carole Ashby". Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Bond girl Carole Ashby gives us the lowdown on her love of Cannes, partying and Roger Moore". fr2day.com. 6 May 2009. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Carole Ashby". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  7. ^ Jeffries, Stuart (23 December 2014). "Jeremy Lloyd obituary". The Guardian.
  8. ^ a b Young, R. G. (2000). The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Film: Ali Baba to Zombies. Applause Books. pp. 25, 459. ISBN 1557832692.
  9. ^ Mavis, Paul (2001). The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases, 1898 through 1999. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 336. ISBN 9780786449156.
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