Serretta Wilson

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | birth_date = September 8, 1951 | birth_place = Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. | occupation = Actress }} '''Serretta Diane Wilson''' (born 8 September 1951, Fairfax, Virginia) <ref>''Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911''</ref> is an American-born British actress.

==Early life== Her father was employed by the American government in a capacity that had the family moving to different countries, over the course of which Wilson learned French, Spanish, and Italian, and took up fencing, horseback riding, singing, and dance.<ref name="Echo">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gloucestershire-echo-bimbo-act-by-cl/171690895/|title=Bimbo act by clever Serretta|first1=Tracey|last1=Tobin|work=The Gloucestershire Echo|date=21 February 1990|pages=9|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Career== She is known particularly for playing Marilyn Monroe in ''I'm Dreaming the Hardest'', and also appeared with Timothy West in ''Death of a Salesman''.<ref name=acting>{{cite web | url=https://serettawilson.com/index.php/acting/ | title=Acting | Seretta Wilson }}</ref> In 1990, she appeared in the Cheltenham performance of ''Noises Off''.<ref name="Echo"/>

On television, she danced with ''The Young Generation'', and has played parts in ''Thriller'' (1975), ''The Zoo Gang'', ''The Borgias'', ''Jeeves and Wooster'' (1993), and ''London Bridge'' on television, and small roles in films such as ''Up the Chastity Belt'' (1972), ''Tower of Evil'' (1972), ''Our Miss Fred'' (1972), ''Psychomania'' (1973), ''Keep It Up Downstairs'' (1976) and ''Sweeney 2'' (1978). In the ''Dad's Army'' episode "Getting the Bird" (1972), she appeared as Sergeant Wilson's estranged daughter. She appeared as Betty Anstey in an episode of Rumpole of the Bailey (1979). In the Space: 1999 episode Dorzak, Wilson plays the part of a refugee.<ref name=acting/>

In 1995, she appeared in a production of ''The House of Mirth'' by Edith Wharton.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-northern-echo-3-am-ed-encounter-o/171692082/|title=Encounter on platform 1|work=The Northern Echo|date=26 May 1995|pages=3|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1971 || ''Up the Chastity Belt'' || Serving Wench || |- |1972 || ''Tower of Evil'' || Mae Harvey || |- |1972 || ''Our Miss Fred'' || Elvira || |- |1973 || ''Psychomania'' || Stella || |- |1973 || ''That'll Be the Day'' || Girlfriend || Uncredited |- |1976 || ''Keep It Up Downstairs'' || Betsy Ann Dureneck || |- |1976 || ''Epangelmaties remalia'' || Maggie || |- |1978 || ''Sweeney 2'' || Girl || |- |1998 || ''B. Monkey'' || Texan Wife || |- |2006 || ''The Da Vinci Code'' || American Woman || |- |2011 || ''Love's Kitchen'' || Jill || |}

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== External links == *{{IMDb name|0934121}} *[https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/seretta_wilson/ British comedy guide] *[https://theatricalia.com/person/11mk/seretta-wilson Theatricalia guide]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Serretta}} Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:British television actresses Category:British film actresses Category:People from Fairfax, Virginia Category:American emigrants to the United Kingdom