{{short description|British actress}} {{BLP sources|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Ailsa Berk | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | years_active = 1983–present | occupation = Actress | spouse = | awards = }}
'''Ailsa Berk''' is a British dancer, actress, and puppeteer.
She is well known for performing the puppetry for Aslan on British television with William Todd-Jones in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' television serial which was aired by the BBC from 1988 to 1990.
Berk has been a choreographer in a number of episodes of ''Doctor Who'' from 2005 to 2009. She has appeared on six episodes of ''Doctor Who Confidential'' and two episodes of ''Totally Doctor Who'' as herself.
==Filmography/television work== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- | 1983 | ''Return of the Jedi'' | Amanaman (Jabba's Bounty Hunter) | Uncredited |- | 1984 | ''Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes'' | Kala, Primate Mother | |- | 1985 | ''Return to Oz'' | Wheeler | |- | 1986 | ''Max mon amour'' | Max | Uncredited |- | 1988 | ''The Storyteller'' | Grovelhog | Television, one episode |- | 1988–1990 | ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' | Aslan (puppet, front legs and head) | Television |- | 1993 | ''Little Buddha'' | Elephant Performer | |- | 1996 | ''Gulliver's Travels'' | Yahoo Consultant | Television |- | 1997 | ''Fierce Creatures'' | Panda Performer | |- | 2000 |''The 10th Kingdom'' | Evil Stepmother's Skeleton | Television, two episodes |- ||2005 - 2009 |''Doctor Who'' (various episodes) | Choreographer/monster movement | Television, twenty episodes |- | 2007 |''Warum Männer nicht zuhören und Frauen schlecht einparken'' | | |}
==Miscellaneous work== *Doctor Who (40 +episodes) - choreographer 2005 - 2017 *Doctor Who Confidential as herself (6 episodes, 2006–2008) *Totally Doctor Who as herself (2 episodes, 2007) *Max mon amour (1986 The role of Max ) *Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi (1983) (TV) (uncredited) as herself/Amanaman *Return of the Jedi (1983) (mime artist: "Amanaman")
==External links== * http://ailsaberk.co.uk *{{IMDb name|0075259|Ailsa Berk}}
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