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Tessa Wyatt

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Acting

Known Credits
40

Gender
Female

Birthday
April 23, 1948 (78 years old)

Place of Birth
Woking, Surrey, England, UK

Tessa Wyatt

Biography

Tessa Wyatt is an English actress best known for her role as Vicky Tripp (née Nicholls) on the ITV sitcom Robin's Nest.

Wyatt was born in Woking, Surrey and attended Elmhurst Ballet School. She was encouraged to act by her maternal grandmother and got her first professional job at the age of 12, appearing in a television programme featuring Richard Hearne's Mr. Pastry character. Soon after, she was represented by an agent.

Wyatt's early television appearances include parts in Z-Cars, The Wednesday Play, Tales of Unease, ('Suspicious Ignorance', episode), Public Eye (in which she played a character with the surname Blackburn - she would later marry Tony Blackburn in 1972), Callan, Dixon of Dock Green, Doctor at Large, Play for Today, and UFO. Her film appearances include Wedding Night (1970), the cult horror film The Beast in the Cellar (1970) and Spy Story (1976). Wyatt claimed during a 2013 interview that while filming England Made Me (1973) opposite Peter Finch and Michael York, as a young actress alone abroad the "pervy director" Peter Duffell tried to coerce her into unnecessarily stripping naked for a scene.

From 1977 to 1981, Wyatt played Vicky Nicholls, later Tripp, in the ITV sitcom Robin's Nest. Her on-screen boyfriend Robin Tripp was played by Richard O'Sullivan. Following Robin's Nest, Wyatt appeared in Return of the Saint, Boon and 2point4 Children.

Wyatt was part of the original cast of the Channel Five soap opera Family Affairs, playing Samantha Cockerill. Since 2000 she has also appeared in Casualty and Doctors. She appeared in the fifth series of Peep Show as Jeremy's mother and was Tom's love interest in an episode of The Old Guys opposite Roger Lloyd-Pack and Clive Swift. In 2013, she joined the cast of EastEnders, playing Betty Spragg. She made a second appearance on the BBC series Doctors on 19 May 2015 alongside George Layton, another sitcom stalwart from the 1970s.

Known For

Acting

2009The Old Guysas Joanna
2003Peep Showas Jackie Usborne
1992Virtual Murderas Andrea Pinkerton
19912Point4 Childrenas Carol
1984Royal Variety Performance 1984as
1978Return of the Saintas Anna
1977Robin's Nestas Vicky Nicholls
1976Spy Storyas Sara Shaw
1973Russian Rouletteas Anna Snitkin
1973England Made Meas Liz Davidge
1972Cowsas Jane
1971The Grass Widowsas Daphne
1971The Shattered Eyeas Gwenn
1971The Beast in the Cellaras Nurse Sutherland
1970Tales of Uneaseas Penny
1970Play for Todayas Jane
1970UFOas Catherine Frazer
1970The Black Tulipas Rosa
1969I Can't... I Can't...as Mady - Bride
1969Omri's Burningas Gail
1969The Main Chanceas Joey Richards
1967Pride and Prejudiceas Georgiana Darcy
1967Callanas
1966A Catching Complaintas Joan
1966Mystery and Imaginationas Gertrud
1965The Gong Gameas Brenda
1965BBC Play of the Monthas Lisette
1965BBC Play of the Monthas Miranda
1965Aliceas Lorina Liddell
1965Thirty-Minute Theatreas Felicity
1965Out of the Unknownas Gwenn
1965Public Eyeas Judy Blackburn
1964The Wednesday Playas Julie Jesse
1964The Wednesday Playas Lorina Liddell
1964Theatre 625as Amelia Blair
1956Armchair Theatreas Brenda
1956Armchair Theatreas Joan Wetherly
1956Armchair Theatreas Sophie
1956Armchair Theatreas The Girl
Superstitious Ignoranceas Penny

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