{{Short description|English actress (born 1935)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Delena Kidd | birth_name = Delena Violet Kidd | image = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|02|11|df=y}} | birth_place = Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Gary Raymond (m. 1961) | children = 3 | occupation = Stage, film and TV actress | alma_mater = Royal Central School of Speech and Drama }}
'''Delena Kidd''' (born 11 February 1935) is an English actress who has appeared in numerous British television productions since the late 1950s.<ref name=cherished/> In recent years she is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Queen Adelaide in ''Victoria & Albert''.
==Biography== Her father was a doctor and her mother the actress Violet Ormonde. She attended Cheltenham Ladies' College, followed by the Central School of Speech and Drama where she won the Sybil Thorndike Prize.<ref name=cherished>{{cite web|url=http://www.cherishedtelevision.co.uk/delenakidd.html|title=A profile of the actor Delena Kidd|publisher=Cherished Television|accessdate=7 June 2014|archive-date=15 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715001039/http://www.cherishedtelevision.co.uk/delenakidd.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> She then appeared in repertory theatre in Britain.
==Career== Her television appearances include; ''The Four Just Men'', ''Family Affairs'', ''Time Trumpet'', ''The Sweeney'', ''The Two Mrs. Grenvilles'' and most recently ''Holby City'' in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s7699|title=Holby City Cast|publisher=BBC Television|accessdate=8 June 2014}}</ref> Her films include ''Room at the Top''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Slide|first=Anthony|title=Fifty Classic British Films, 1932-1982: A Pictorial Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zu1zw2ugvTsC&q=Delena+Kidd+Room+at+the+Top&pg=PA94|year=1985|publisher=Constable|page=94|isbn=9780486148519 }}</ref>
==Personal life== She is married to the actor Gary Raymond.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-196296319.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011093256/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-196296319.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 October 2014|title=Theatre gurus just doing the best they can|last=Henry|first=Zane|date=24 March 2009|work=The Star |via=HighBeam Research|accessdate=7 June 2014}}</ref> The couple met on a production at the Oxford Playhouse and 56 years later they again appeared on stage together in Oxford at the Burton Taylor Studio.<ref name=Oxfordtimes>. They have three children.[http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/10701983.Back_on_stage_where_love_blossomed/ 'Back on Stage Where love blossomed' at The Oxford Times]. Retrieved 26 June 2014</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1959 |''Room at the Top'' |Eva | |- |2019 |''In the Trap'' |Old woman | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1955 |''{{sortname|The|Browning Version|nolink=1}}'' |Mrs. Gilbert |TV film |- |1958 |''ITV Television Playhouse'' |Sally Rhodes |"A Sense of Justice" |- |1958 |''ITV Play of the Week'' |Sheila Ray / Lady Caroline Dester |"Mary Broome", "The Enchanted April" |- |1959 |''{{sortname|The|Third Man|The Third Man (TV series)}}'' |Yvonne Chanteau |"Dinner in Paris" |- |1960 |''{{sortname|The|Four Just Men|The Four Just Men (TV series)}}'' |Ingrid Brandt |"Crack-Up" |- |1960 |''Saturday Playhouse'' |Lorraine Sheldon |"The Man Who Came to Dinner" |- |1960 |''Armchair Mystery Theatre'' |Kate Lehmann |"The Man with a Feather in His Hat" |- |1960 |''BBC Sunday-Night Play'' |Pat |"The Song of a March Hare" |- |1960 |''ITV Play of the Week'' |Margaret Winsor |"Loyalties" |- |1960 |''{{sortname|The|Citadel|The Citadel (1960 British miniseries)}}'' |Toppy Le Roy |"1.5" |- |1960 |''No Hiding Place'' |Gloria |"The Golden Clown" |- |1961 |''Danger Man'' |Franky |"Name, Date and Place" |- |1961 |''{{sortname|The|Avengers|The Avengers (TV series)}}'' |Vera Korsova |"Girl on the Trapeze" |- |1961 |''{{sortname|The|Probation Officer}}'' |Mrs. Cooper |"2.39" |- |1961 |''Echo Four Two'' |Effie Mead |"First Day Out" |- |1961 |''Top Secret'' |Jacquetta |"After the Fair" |- |1961 |''Maigret'' |Nina |"Shadow Play" |- |1963 |''Secret Beneath the Sea'' |Dr. Ellen Carey |TV series |- |1963 |''Friday Night'' |Paddy Rogers |"The Stop-Out" |- |1964 |''No Hiding Place'' |Janet Nelson |"A Car Is Stolen" |- |1965 |''It's Dark Outside'' |Fleure Pitt |"The Guilty World of Hosea Pitt" |- |1965 |''Undermind'' |Nancy Long |"Puppets of Evil" |- |1965 |''{{sortname|The|Wednesday Play}}'' |Sonia |"The Seven O'clock Crunch" |- |1965 |''{{sortname|The|Man in Room 17}}'' |Pat Hardacre |"Black Anniversary" |- |1965 |''Out of the Unknown'' |Dr. Laura Denville |"Some Lapse of Time" |- |1965 |''ITV Play of the Week'' |Olive Chadwick |"My Father's Keeper" |- |1966 |''Public Eye'' |Liz Lodge |"All the Black Dresses She Wants" |- |1966 |''{{sortname|The|Spies|The Spies (TV series)}}'' |Janet |"Full Pay and Funeral Expenses" |- |1968 |''ITV Playhouse'' |Ruth Kinsale |"Murder: Killer's Odds" |- |1968 |''Detective'' |Patricia Leggatt |"The Unquiet Sleep" |- |1973 |''Crown Court'' |Jane Pardoe |"Conduct Prejudicial: Part 3" |- |1974 |''Centre Play'' |Jean |"Sweetheart" |- |1975 |''Public Eye'' |Paula |"Take No for an Answer" |- |1978 |''{{sortname|The|Sweeney}}'' |Mrs. Morris |"One of Your Own" |- |1978 |''Les Misérables'' |Valjean's Sister |TV film |- |1980–81 |''Together'' |Sarah Cunningham |Main role |- |1981 |''Maybury'' |Pat Hardacre |"Weekend" |- |1987 |''{{sortname|The|Two Mrs. Grenvilles}}'' |Tuchy Bainbridge |TV miniseries |- |1987 |''Strong Medicine'' |Flora Stedman |TV film |- |1991 |''Minder'' |Betty |"The Odds Couple" |- |1994 |''Scarlett'' |Lady Morland |TV miniseries |- |1995 |''Casualty'' |Amy Gower |"Lost Boys" |- |1997 |''Family Affairs'' |Elsa Gates |Recurring role |- |1997 |''{{sortname|The|Moth|nolink=1}}'' |Peggy Waters |TV film |- |2001 |''Gimmme 6'' |Music Judge |"London Calling", "Where Is Never, Never Land?" |- |2001 |''Victoria & Albert'' |Queen Adelaide |TV miniseries |- |2002 |''Doctors'' |Judith Gordon |"Cast the First Stone" |- |2004 |''New Tricks'' |Lily |"Home Truths" |- |2006 |''Time Trumpet'' |Various |3 episodes |- |2011 |''M.I. High'' |Hilda |"The Gran Master" |- |2013 |''Holby City'' |Sally Walken |"Time Has Told Me" |- |2017 |''Holby City'' |Joan Compton |"Past Imperfect" |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0452237|name=Delena Kidd}}
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