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Hildegarde Neil

Hildegard Neil is an English actress, known for her roles in the films The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970), Antony and Cleopatra (1972) and , most recently, King Lear (1993). She first appeared on television in a BBC schools' television production of Julius Caesar in 1963 and after that appeared mostly as a guest artiste in a variety of TV series over the last 40 years. She has also appeared in several films and on stage, both in the West End and touring. She is married to actor Brian Blessed and has a daughter with him, Rosalind, who is also an actress.