"and the Resistance reflects a comic version of Rick from ""Casablanca"" (as well as directly matching the proprietor of the café in ""Secret Army""). Two of the BBC's earlier wartime-based comedies – ""Dad's Army"" and ""It Ain't Half Hot Mum"" – were also written by David Croft in partnership with Jimmy Perry. Several actors from ""'Allo 'Allo!"" also appeared in these series: Carmen Silvera, Rose Hill, Jack Haig, Joy Allen, Michael Stainton, Robert Aldous, John Leeson, John D. Collins and Robin Parkinson in ""Dad's Army"", and Robin Parkinson, Gorden Kaye, John D. Collins, Iain Rattray and Eric Dodson in ""It"
"for Edith's birthday. René's final appearance was in the ""Return of 'Allo 'Allo!"" in 2007, which featured a stage play including him and some other characters. This was accompanied by several archive clips from the series, and interviews with the cast and crew about the history of ""'Allo 'Allo"". René François Artois was recognised for his role in helping the Resistance twice, once during the last episode entitled A Winkle in Time where René received the Magnificent Brother of France (MBF) Medal. The second award given was the Légion d'honneur by Michelle Dubois formerly of the Resistance during the special"
"could also have been a gypsy princess: a Gypsy read her palm, and all clues pointed to her being a long lost princess. However, none of the Gypsies could take her voice, so they forced her away. She appears on the last episode of ""'Allo 'Allo!"". After the war, now aged, she was confined to a bed and has adopted several of her mother's mannerisms. When René elopes with his Waitress/Mistress Yvette Carte-Blanche, she is left alone in Nouvion. Edith Artois Edith Melba Artois (Edith spelled Édith in French), also referred to as Madame Edith, is the fictional main antagonist"
"documentary filmmaker Rohan Spong. In 2000 she voiced the main character Gloria in the Australian children's animated television series ""Gloria's House"" as well as voicing Emma in the animated film from Burbank Animation Studios ""Jungle Girl and the Lost Island of Dinosaurs"" in 2002. In June and July 2007, she appeared as Yvette in the stage show ""'Allo 'Allo!"" alongside Gorden Kaye as René Artois at Twelfth Night Theatre in Brisbane. Guy Siner and Sue Hodge also reprised their original roles from the television series, and the other characters were portrayed by Australian television actors including Steven Tandy and Jason"
"Gorden Kaye Gordon Fitzgerald Kaye (7 April 194123 January 2017), known as Gorden Kaye, was an English actor and singer, best known for playing womanizing cafe owner René Artois in the British comedy series ""'Allo 'Allo!"" Kaye was born in Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, an only child. His mother, Gracie, was 42 when he was born. His father, Harold, was a lorry driver, in the ARP during the Second World War, and at other times worked as an engineer in a tractor factory. When young, Kaye played rugby league for Moldgreen ARLFC before studying at King James's Grammar School,"
"a care home on 23 January 2017, at the age of 75 in Knaresborough. Kaye's funeral service was held at Huddersfield Parish Church on 17 February 2017. His co-stars from ""'Allo 'Allo!"" Vicki Michelle, Sue Hodge, and Kim Hartman all attended, as did Ken Morley from ""Coronation Street"", who gave a tribute. The unofficial Yorkshire anthem ""On Ilkla Moor Baht 'at"" was sung at the service. Gorden Kaye Gordon Fitzgerald Kaye (7 April 194123 January 2017), known as Gorden Kaye, was an English actor and singer, best known for playing womanizing cafe owner René Artois in the British comedy series"
"episode The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! and informing René that the award is usually given by Charles de Gaulle to which René mentioned that it would be difficult for De Gaulle to present the medal over his big hooter. René Artois René François Artois is a fictional character, the main character in the BBC sitcom ""'Allo 'Allo!"", which ran from 1982 to 1992. The character was played by Gorden Kaye. In the 2009 stage production of 'Allo 'Allo!, the part was played by Jeffrey Holland. The character is loosely based on Albert Foiret, the café owner at the centre of"
"René Artois René François Artois is a fictional character, the main character in the BBC sitcom ""'Allo 'Allo!"", which ran from 1982 to 1992. The character was played by Gorden Kaye. In the 2009 stage production of 'Allo 'Allo!, the part was played by Jeffrey Holland. The character is loosely based on Albert Foiret, the café owner at the centre of the action in an earlier BBC drama series, ""Secret Army"". Artois (usually referred to as René, but codenamed Nighthawk by the ""Résistance"") is the owner of the Café René in the occupied French town of Nouvion, during World War"
"Annie Girardot Annie Girardot (25 October 1931 – 28 February 2011) was a three-time César Award winning French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her to women undergoing similar daily struggles. Over the course of a five-decade career, she starred in nearly 150 films. She was a three-time César Award winner (1977, 1996, 2002), a two-time Molière Award winner (2002), a David di Donatello Award winner (1977), a BAFTA nominee (1962), and a recipient of several international prizes including the Volpi Cup (Best actress) at"
"Kirsten Cooke Kirsten Cooke (born 4 October 1952, in Cuckfield, West Sussex, England) is an English stage actress who trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, London. Almost all of her acting work has been in comedy. Cooke attended Horsham High School for Girls (now Tanbridge House School), a girls grammar school. She is best known for her role as resistance fighter Michelle Dubois in the British television series ""'Allo 'Allo!"", produced by the BBC. Before then, she was an occasional member of the ensemble of comedy actors who appeared in Dave Allen's sketches across several of his"
"experiences at the Psychic Readers Network in the documentary ""Hotline,"" which focused on telephone relationships between strangers. In 2015, Harris appeared as Miss Cleo in a series of advertisements for the General Mills cereal French Toast Crunch. The Psychic Readers Network intervened, however, saying that it owned the character of Miss Cleo, and the advertisements were no longer aired. Harris developed colon cancer, which eventually spread. She died following a long illness on July 26, 2016, at age 53. Miss Cleo Youree Dell Harris (August 12, 1962 – July 26, 2016) was an American television personality best known as Miss"
"2005. Duc was married to René Catroux, with whom she had two daughters. Hélène Duc Marcelle Duc (22 March 1917 – 23 November 2014), known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in ""Edward and Caroline"" (1951), ""Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout"" (1973), and ""Tanguy"" (2001). Duc played the role of Mahaut, Countess of Artois in the 1972 miniseries ""Les Rois maudits"", and later played Marguerite de Bouville in the 2005 adaptation of the same novels. In 1983, she performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse in a production of Chienne Dactylographe. She was named"
"Vicki Michelle Vicki Michelle, (born 14 December 1950) is an English actress and film producer. She is best known for her role as Yvette Carte-Blanche in the BBC television comedy series ""'Allo 'Allo!"" and as a recurring character Patricia Foster in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"". Her father was a fish-trader and her mother an actress. She attended Knewnham Junior School in Wanstead and West Hatch High School. After O-levels she stayed on at school to complete a secretarial course. Hoping to become a ballet dancer she joined the Aida Foster stage school. Her sister is the actress and writer"
"she had returned home. She died peacefully at around 2 am."" Stéphane Audran Stéphane Audran (born Colette Suzanne Dacheville; 8 November 1932 – 27 March 2018) was a French film and television actress, known for her performances in award-winning movies such as ""The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie"" (1972) and ""Babette's Feast"" (1987) and in critically acclaimed films like ""The Big Red One"" (1980) and ""Violette Nozière"" (1978). Audran was raised by her mother after her father, a doctor, died while she was young. In 1964, she married French director and screenwriter Claude Chabrol, after a short marriage to the"
"of other shows in London and other cities throughout Europe including the original London production of ""Anything Goes"" by Cole Porter, in which she played the lead role of Reno Sweeney. Although never a headline star, for the next three decades her career was busy with numerous recordings, film and stage performances, and eventually roles on television. Jeanne Aubert died on 6 March 1988, aged 88, and was interred in the Cimetière parisien de Pantin in Pantin. Jeanne Aubert Jeanne Aubert (21 February 1900 – 6 March 1988) was a French singer and actress. Born Jeanne Perrinot in Paris, France"
"Lyette Gibb, Sophie Landry, Chantal Rochon, Valerie Dalpe, Marie Eve Lariviere, Melanie Cabay, Marie Chantale Desjardins, Joleil Campeau, Debbie Buck, Johanne Beardoin, Danielle Laplante, Jolène Riendeau, Carole Dupont, Diane Thibeault, , Nathalie Boucher, Brigitte Roberge, Guylaine Potvin, Ursula Schulze, Melanie Descamps, Claudette Poirier, Julie Surprenant and Cedrika Provencher. Death of Theresa Allore Theresa Allore was a 19-year-old Canadian college student who disappeared on Friday, November 3, 1978 from Champlain College Lennoxville in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Theresa Allore was a 19-year-old Canadian when she disappeared in 1978. Five months later, on April 13, 1979, her body was discovered in"
"Boissier) in 333 episodes of the hit TV series ""Maguy"". In 2007, she won the ""7 d'Or"" award for Best Actress for playing Maguy Boissier. She died 14 January 2012 at the American Hospital in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 88, following a battle with bronchitis, which degenerated into a lung infection, according to her widower, director Pierre Badel. Rosy Varte Rosy Varte (22 November 1923 – 14 January 2012) was a French actress of Armenian descent. She made almost 100 film and television appearances since 1949. She starred in the 1972 film ""The Bar at the Crossing"", which was entered into the"
"Adjoa Andoh Adjoa Andoh (born 14 January 1963) is a British film, television, stage and radio actress. She is known on the UK stage for lead roles at the RSC, the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre, and is a familiar face on British television, notably in two series of ""Doctor Who"" as companion Martha's mother Francine Jones, 90 episodes of the BBC's long-running medical drama ""Casualty"" as Staff Nurse (later Sister) Colette Griffiths (née Kierney) and a year in the BBC's ""EastEnders"". Andoh is the voice of Alexander McCall Smith's ""No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency"";"
"another woman by his wife; he responds to his wife with the line ""You stupid woman!"" This would be followed by a convoluted explanation, which Edith would always believe. Similarly, he often speaks to his mother-in-law with the line ""Shut up, you silly old bat!"" As the main character in the show, René is usually at the forefront of any plots involving the paintings, love affairs or British airmen. Such was the popularity of the character that the BBC published a book, "" 'Allo 'Allo!: The Complete War Diaries of Rene Artois"" in 1991. An audio version was subsequently produced,"
"the 2002 television movie ""Prince William""; in a 2006 updated edition of ""The Afternoon Play"" entitled ""Tea with Betty""; and in 2009's ""Margaret"". She played ""Miss Plum"" in an episode of Heartbeat called ""Strangers Meet on a Train"" in 2004. Leach died in a London hospital, aged 81, following a short but undisclosed illness. Rosemary Leach Rosemary Anne Leach (18 December 1935 – 21 October 2017) was a British stage, television and film actress. She won the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a New Play for ""84, Charing Cross Road"" and was nominated for the BAFTA Award for"
"Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace. She later pressed charges. Michelle now suffers from tinnitus. Vicki Michelle Vicki Michelle, (born 14 December 1950) is an English actress and film producer. She is best known for her role as Yvette Carte-Blanche in the BBC television comedy series ""'Allo 'Allo!"" and as a recurring character Patricia Foster in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"". Her father was a fish-trader and her mother an actress. She attended Knewnham Junior School in Wanstead and West Hatch High School. After O-levels she stayed on at school to complete a secretarial course. Hoping to become a ballet dancer she joined the"
"Moira Foot Moira Foot (born 19 June 1953 in Northampton) is an English actress. She is perhaps best remembered for the nine episodes of ""'Allo 'Allo!"" in which she played Denise Laroque, the leader of the local communist resistance. She also played Miss Thorpe, Mr. Rumbold's temporary secretary, in three episodes of ""Are You Being Served?"". Other series in which she appeared include ""Hark at Barker"", ""Six Dates with Barker"", ""His Lordship Entertains"", ""On the Buses"", ""Oh Happy Band!"", ""Maggie and Her"", ""Doctor at Large"", ""Quiller"", and ""The Benny Hill Show"". In 1977 she appeared in the episode ""Angels of"
"France's National Order of Merit in 2000. She died on 15 November 2015 at her home in Gard, France at the age of 93. Dora Doll Dora Doll (born Dorothea Hermina Feinberg; 19 May 1922 – 15 November 2015) was a German-born French actress. One of her first screen appearances was as Juliette in Henri-Georges Clouzot's ""Manon"" (1949). She appeared as Lola in Jacques Becker's ""Touchez pas au grisbi"" (1954) and as Genisse in Jean Renoir's ""French Cancan"" (1955). In 1976 she appeared on television in the series ""Hôtel Baltimore"" in the role of Suzy. In 1977, she appeared in"
"the couple divorced a year later. She had four children by her second husband, Comte François Reynier Ambroise Henri Pozzo di Borgo, whom she married in 1953 but also divorced. She died in Paris of cancer shortly after her 50th birthday. Odile Versois Odile Versois (born Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 15 June 1930 – 23 June 1980) was a French actress who appeared in 47 film and television productions between 1948 and 1980. Versois was the sister of actresses Marina Vlady, Hélène Vallier and Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff. Their father, Vladimir, was a noted opera singer of Russian descent, and their mother, Militza"
"to both actors Robert Hommet (?–1958) and Maurice Maillot (1961–1968) until their deaths. Blanchette Brunoy Blanchette Brunoy (5 October 1915 – 3 April 2005) was a French actress. She was born Blanche Bilhaud in Paris as the daughter of a physician, and died in Manosque, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence of old age. Blanchette Brunoy appeared in over 90 film and television productions between 1936 and 1998. She is possibly best-remembered for her roles in such films as Jean Renoir's ""La Bête Humaine"" (1938) and Marcel Carné's ""La Marie du port"" (1950). She was the goddaughter of writer Georges Duhamel. As a young girl"
"Sue Hodge, playing their original roles of René Artois and Mimi Labonq. The other characters were portrayed by various Australian actors, including Katy Manning, Steven Tandy and Jason Gann. Siner is one of only ten actors to appear in both the ""Star Trek"" and ""Doctor Who"" franchises. After ""'Allo 'Allo"" came to the end of its run in 1992, Siner worked for a time in the United States, based in Los Angeles, California. He has since returned to the United Kingdom, and now resides in Chesham in Buckinghamshire. Siner voiced several Star Wars video games: He worked as a script"
"'Allo 'Allo! Allo Allo! is a BBC television British sitcom that was first broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992, comprising 85 episodes. The story is set in a small-town café in German-occupied France during the Second World War. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama ""Secret Army"". ""Allo, Allo!"" was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first six series. The remaining series were written by Lloyd and Paul Adam. Set during the Second World War, ""Allo Allo!"" tells the fictitious story of"
"the artistes! Pious died March 16, 1979, at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, aged 76. Minerva Pious Minerva Pious (March 5, 1903 – March 16, 1979) was an American radio, television and film actress. She was best known as the malaprop-prone Pansy Nussbaum in Fred Allen's famous ""Allen's Alley"" current-events skits. In his book, ""Treadmill to Oblivion"", Allen called Pious ""the most accomplished woman dialectitian ever to appear in radio."" Minnie Pious, as she was originally known, was born in Odessa, Czarist Russia, and moved to the United States with her parents when she was 2 years old,"
"""Allo 'Allo!"" was set in the French town of Nouvion during the German occupation of the Second World War. Its focus was a café in the town square run by René Artois (played by Gorden Kaye). There were sustained attempts by the occupiers to appropriate the ""Fallen Madonna"", a local treasure, to provide a nest egg after the war. Among those who coveted it were the local German commandant Colonel Kurt Von Strohm (Richard Marner) and the ""Führer"" Adolf Hitler himself on whose behalf Herr Otto Flick (Richard Gibson) of the ""Gestapo"" was instructed to secure it (but secretly wanted"
"the wardrobe woman. With the advent of television, she appeared in several series during the 1950s, working right up to her death, which was caused by a heart attack during or following a car accident in Los Angeles. Adrienne D'Ambricourt Adrienne D'Ambricourt (born Adrienne DuNontier; 2 June 1878 – 6 December 1957) was an American actress of the silent and sound film eras. She was born in Paris, and emigrated to the United States after the end of World War I. She began acting in the 1922 Gershwin Broadway musical comedy, ""The French Doll"", in which she had one of"
"Hélène Duc Marcelle Duc (22 March 1917 – 23 November 2014), known professionally as Hélène Duc, was a French actress. She appeared in ""Edward and Caroline"" (1951), ""Je sais rien, mais je dirai tout"" (1973), and ""Tanguy"" (2001). Duc played the role of Mahaut, Countess of Artois in the 1972 miniseries ""Les Rois maudits"", and later played Marguerite de Bouville in the 2005 adaptation of the same novels. In 1983, she performed at the Théâtre de la Gaîté-Montparnasse in a production of Chienne Dactylographe. She was named an officer of the Legion of Honour and Righteous Among the Nations in"
"Death"" in ""The New Avengers"". Her film credits include roles in ""One Brief Summer"" (1970), ""On the Buses"" (1971), and ""The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It"" (1977). Moira Foot is the daughter of Alistair Foot, co-writer (with Anthony Marriott) of the long-running farce ""No Sex Please, We're British."" Moira Foot Moira Foot (born 19 June 1953 in Northampton) is an English actress. She is perhaps best remembered for the nine episodes of ""'Allo 'Allo!"" in which she played Denise Laroque, the leader of the local communist resistance. She also played Miss Thorpe, Mr. Rumbold's"
"castle in 1929 to settle in Morocco. In 1958, she married Louis Margerie in Monaco and died there in 1965. Along with her theatre career Dorgère also modeled for a time. She appeared in multiple French magazines. Arlette Dorgère Arlette Dorgère (June 8, 1880 – 1965) born Anna Mathilde Irma Jouve was a French actress, dancer and singer. Dorgère appeared in dozens of plays throughout her career. She was born on June 8, 1880 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. She is represented on a large number of postcards of the Belle Époque. She was also a popular model for"