Damaris Hayman

Damaris Hayman
Damaris Hayman
Born Damaris Ann Kennedy Hayman
16 June 1929 (1929-06-16) (age 82)
Kensington, London England
Occupation Actor

Damaris Hayman (born 16 June 1929, Kensington, London, England) is an actress best known for character roles on television. She was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College.

After repertory work in the theatre, Hayman made her film debut in The Belles of St Trinian's (1954) in an uncredited role. She featured in the Doctor Who serial The Dæmons as Miss Hawthorne, the self proclaimed White Witch of the satanic possessed village Devil's End. She was a great friend of actor and comedian Tony Hancock.

She was also briefly prominent around 1980 for a television commercial for Cockburn's Port, in which she delivered the line "Has anyone seen the petits fours?" while drifting in a lifeboat with other shipwreck survivors. She has also appeared in such comedies as Steptoe and Son, One Foot In The Grave and the films Mutiny on the Buses (1972), Love Thy Neighbour (1973), Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) and The Missionary (1982).

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