Gay Hamilton

{{Short description|British actress}} {{distinguish|Guy Hamilton}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2015}} {{more footnotes|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Gay Hamilton | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|4|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1963–present }}

'''Gay Hamilton''' (born 29 April 1943) is a British actress, most notable for her roles in Stanley Kubrick's ''Barry Lyndon'' and Ridley Scott's ''The Duellists''.<ref name=record>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/local-lifestyle/uddingston-born-actor-talks-impressive-acting-2455917|title=Uddingston-born actor talks of her impressive acting career|date=18 April 2008|newspaper=Daily Record|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>

==Career== Hamilton was born in Uddingston.<ref name=record/> In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she played the love interest and later wife of Detective Chief Superintendent John Watt (played by Frank Windsor) in the TV series ''Softly, Softly'' and its ''Taskforce'' spin-off.

She appeared in two episodes of the ITC series ''Man in a Suitcase'' (1967), played student teacher Ann Collins in the "Please Sir" episode "Student Princess" (1968), and Eva Zoref, the wife of Anton Zoref (Ian McShane), in the ''Space: 1999'' episode "Force of Life" (1975). In 1980 she played the part of Dr. Claire Wilson in the ''Shoestring'' episode "The Farmer had a Wife". She more recently played Edwina Dunn in ''EastEnders'' and Maisie McLintock in ''Doctors''.

==Selected filmography== * ''A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) – 2nd Handmaiden / 3rd Girl (uncredited) * ''A Challenge for Robin Hood'' (1967) – Maid Marian * ''Barry Lyndon'' (1975) – Nora Brady * ''Eclipse'' (1977) – Cleo * ''The Duellists'' (1977) – Maid * ''Questo sì che è amore'' (1978) – Gwen * ''Walking with the Enemy'' (2013) – Frau Lustig (final film role)

==Theatre== * ''Teeth 'n' Smiles'' (1976)

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0357864|name=Gay Hamilton}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Gay}} Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:Scottish television actresses Category:Scottish film actresses Category:People from Uddingston Category:Actresses from South Lanarkshire