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Claire Nielson (née Isbister; born 8 April 1937) is a Scottish actress primarily known for her television roles. On television, she played the wife of the belligerent American guest, Mr. Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of Fawlty Towers, appeared as Jean 'Porridge' Carter, Geoffrey Stock's secretary, in the popular 1960s crime series Ghost Squad and played the wife of Rikki Fulton's character in many sketches of the Scottish Hogmanay show Scotch and Wry from 1978 until 1993. Other TV credits include Warship, Sutherland's Law, Upstairs, Downstairs, Monarch of the Glen, The Brothers, The Two Ronnies, Take The High Road, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Thriller and Taggart. She also appeared as Barbara Grant in the 1971 film version of Kidnapped, opposite Michael Caine and Trevor Howard.and an episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1937-04-08
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- school Known for: Acting
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Claire Nielson
10
Double Scotch & Wry
1987-12-07
5.4
The Wild Affair
1965-12-05
5
Backfire!
1962-01-01
6.2
Kidnapped
1971-12-22
1
Rikki Fulton - Prince of Pochlers in Scotch & Wry 4
1992-10-30
7
A Is for Acid
2002-09-09
0
Triple Scotch & Wry
1990-01-01
7
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
1976-02-24
10
Scotch & Wry
1986-11-03
0
Degree of Uncertainty
1979-03-06
7
The Kitchen
1961-08-14
0
The Crazy Kill
1975-02-25
0
Orkney
1971-05-13
0
Rikki
2024-12-31
6.6
Thriller
1973-04-14
8.3
Fawlty Towers
1975-09-19
7.5
Monarch of the Glen
2000-02-27
6.3
Taggart
1983-09-06
5.4
Crown Court
1972-10-11
5
Ghost Squad
1961-09-09
1
The Revenue Men
1967-03-28
7.6
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971-10-10
3.7
No Hiding Place
1959-09-16
1
The Revenue Men
1967-03-28
6
Justice
1971-10-08
7.7
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973-01-09
6
Taking the Floor
1991-03-04
7
The Crow Road
1996-11-04
8.2
Pie in the Sky
1994-03-13
10
Scotch and Wry
1978-09-30
0
The Very Best of Scotch And Wry
2005-11-25
6
I, Lovett
1993-03-24