Cast & creator
Hildegard Neil
Best known for Play for Today, Crown Court, The Professionals
Hildegarde Neil (born 29 July 1939), also credited as Hildegard Neil, is an English actress. Born in London, and raised in South Africa, 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 and represented by the same agent as her mother. On 23 May 2009, Neil appeared with her husband on the UK ITV entertainment show, All Star Mr & Mrs, on which it was established that she is a keen Liverpool F.C. supporter. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also known as: Hildegarde Neil
15
film credits
20
television credits
35
1959–2025 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (35)
Showing 35 of 35 credits
Play for Today
Diana
1970
Crown Court
Virginia Matheson QC
1972
The Professionals
Sara
1977
No Hiding Place
1959
Space: 1999
Elizia
1975
Van der Valk
Else Rokin
1972
The Protectors
Irena Gayevska
1972
Above Suspicion
Mrs Florence Pennel
2009
The Main Chance
Ursula Findon
1969
Doomwatch
Dr. Stella Robson
1970
Jason King
1971
Ace of Wands
Madame Midnight
1970
Mystery and Imagination
The Woman in Black
1966W. Somerset Maugham
Lady Kastellan
1969Codename
Zeta Baker
1970
The Adventures of Don Quick
Mrs Arborel
1970
The Mirror Crack'd
Lady Foxcroft ("Murder at Midnight")
1980
Boy Dominic
Emman Bulman
1974Happy Ever After
Mary Wilshaw
1969Diamonds
Margaret Coleman
1981
The Legacy
Barbara Kirstenburg
1978
Antony and Cleopatra
Cleopatra
1972
A Touch of Class
Gloria Blackburn
1973
The Bruce
Queen Eleanor
1996
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Eve Pelham
1970A Spy at Evening
Virginia
1981
Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey
Self
2011
A Talent for Murder
Sheila McClain
1983
England Made Me
Kate Farrant
1973
Prisoners in Space
Elizia
2025
Access to the Children
Diana
1973
The Suicide Club
The Woman in Black
1970
Macbeth
1st Witch
1997The Double Agent
Marion
1969
King Lear
The Fool
1999