Thérèse McMurray
Thérèse Ellen McMurray (born 6 July, 1947) is a British television actor.
She comes from a strong variety theatre background as both her parents, grandparents and Aunts were renowned variety artistes represented by the agents Lew and Leslie Grade. Lord Grade introduced her parents to each other and he and is wife, the singer Kathleen Moody became Therese's god parents. She became Lord Grade's protege. Under his patronage, she studied for 5 years at the Italia Conti Stage School from where she became a successful, leading child actor, later progressing to Soap Star and Celebrity throughout the late '60s; '70s and early '80s when she retired from her Career to look after her family.
Roles she has played include Dagmar in an ITV production of I Remember Mama", God and Tony Lockwood", "Missing From Home, Nurse Parkin in ATV Emergency Ward Ten, BBC TV Hugh and I Spy, "Wodehouse Playhouse", " Dick Emery series', "OneUpmanship", " Are You Being Served?", " Mummy and Daddy", ITV "Lay Down Your Arms", Betty in BBC TV "Pennies From Heaven" and Private Walker's girlfriend in a handful of episodes of Dad's Army including the Girl in the Haystack in the classic episode of "Dads Army" The Day the Balloon Went Up . In addition to her television career she modeled with "Twiggy" and was a frequent radio contributor both in the UK and Ireland. "Rogues Rock" the 1970s children's television series was where she was to meet "Donald Hewlett" who later became her husband in 1979 and remained married until his death on 4 July 2011. They had a son, Patrick and a daughter, the actress Siobhan Hewlett.[1]