{{Short description|Scottish actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Leni Harper | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|03|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Glasgow | occupation = Actress | known_for = Me and My Girl }}
'''Leni Harper''' is a Scottish actress, best known for playing Maddie in ''Me and My Girl''.
==Career== Leni's breakthrough role was in a 1981 West End production of ''The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas''. In 1982 she was recruited for the role of spinning the Whirly Wheel on the first series of ''The Late Late Breakfast Show'', but her "whirlybird" role was dropped after three shows (pre-filmed inserts were seen for a further three weeks).{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}
During 1982-83 Leni appeared in the BBC's teen-oriented sketch show ''Dear Heart'', which also featured Billy Hartman, Nicky Croydon, Bob Goody and Trevor Laird.{{Citation needed|date=February 2014}}
In 1984-5 Harper appeared as co-host on BBC One's children's game show ''So You Want to be Top?''. During this period she also appeared on primetime TV in the role she would probably become best known for, as Maddy in LWT's comedy ''Me and My Girl'' alongside Richard O'Sullivan.<ref name="imdb">[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363908/ "Leni Harper's IMDB Profile"]</ref>
In 1989–91 she played Meg in a touring production of ''The Meg and Mog Show'' and was also heard in BBC Radio 2's ''McKay the New''. Later in the 1990s she had various roles in ''Chucklevision'' on BBC One.<ref name="imdb" />
Later roles included an episode of ''Casualty'' and a role in the 2007 movie ''Death Defying Acts''.<ref name="imdb" />
==Selected filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role |- | 1982 | ''The Late, Late Breakfast Show'' (TV series) | Herself |- | 1982 | ''Hi-de-Hi!'' (TV series) | Girl |- | 1982–1983 | ''Dear Heart (TV series)'' | Various Characters |- | 1984–1985 | ''So You Want to be Top? (UK game show)'' | co-host |- | 1984–1985 | ''Me and My Girl (TV series)'' | Maddie |- | 1994–1995 | ''Chucklevision (TV series)'' | Mrs McAlastair |- | 1997 | ''Chucklevision (TV series)'' | Manager's wife |- | 1999 | ''Chucklevision (TV series)'' | Mrs Hepplewhite |- | 2000 | ''Casualty (TV series) (TV series)'' | Janine Harrison |- | 2008 | ''Death Defying Acts (Film)'' | Leith Romeo's Wife |}
==References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0363908|Leni Harper}}
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