- Born
- Birth nameJudy Valerie Cornwell
- Height5′ 2½″ (1.59 m)
- Most famous for her supporting role as Daisy, the sister of Patricia Routledge's Hyacinth Bucket in the hugely popular BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990), Judy Cornwell's grandmother was the music hall singer Sarah Bonner. The London-born actress grew up in England, where she attended a convent school before moving to Australia where her parents, Darcy Nigel Barry and Irene McCullen Cornwell, emigrated. She became a classical stage actress whose theatrical career began as a dancer and singer in pantomime, vaudeville, cabaret and musical revues. She has written a number of novels including "Cow and Cow Parsley" (1985), "Fishcakes at the Ritz" (1989), "The Seventh Sunrise" (1994) and "Fear and Favour" (1996). According to Cornwell, John Nathan-Turner was hoping to make a film of "Fear and Favour" before his untimely death at the age of 54 in 2002.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous
- SpouseJohn Kelsall Parry(December 18, 1960 - present) (1 child)
- ChildrenEdward Parry
- ParentsIrene McCullen CornwellDarcy Nigel Barry
- She was a cast member of the radio comedy series "The Navy Lark", which starred Jon Pertwee, who also played the Third Doctor in Doctor Who (1963). She later appeared in the series when it starred the Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy.
- She loves mythology and incorporates it into her novels.
- She was a close friend of the television producer Verity Lambert.
- Started running her own dancing school then went on to be a comic feed to Nat Mills in variety then comedy routines with Ronnie Corbett and Victor Spinetti in strip clubs, but with her keeping her clothes on. She then moved to legitimate theatre through Joan Littlewoods Theatre Workshop.
- Love; there is so much love about life. I learned so much from nature and animals. Love is everywhere. There are seagulls by my house; I feed them in the morning. That makes me really happy. Life is actually very simple.
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