Claire Nielson
ActingBiography
Claire Nielson (née Isbister; born 8 April 1937) is a Scottish actress primarily known for her television roles. On television, she played the wife of the belligerent American guest, Mr. Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of Fawlty Towers, appeared as Jean 'Porridge' Carter, Geoffrey Stock's secretary, in the popular 1960s crime series Ghost Squad and played the wife of Rikki Fulton's character in many sketches of the Scottish Hogmanay show Scotch and Wry from 1978 until 1993. Other TV credits include Warship, Sutherland's Law, Upstairs, Downstairs, Monarch of the Glen, The Brothers, The Two Ronnies, Take The High Road, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Thriller and Taggart. She also appeared as Barbara Grant in the 1971 film version of Kidnapped, opposite Michael Caine and Trevor Howard.and an episode of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads.
Movies
(14 total)
Kidnapped
as Barbara Grant
A Is for Acid
as Amy McSwan
The Wild Affair
as Perfume Saleslady
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
as Ellen Simpson
The Kitchen
as Waitress
Double Scotch & Wry
as Various
Backfire!
as Valentina Chenko
Rikki
as Self
Triple Scotch & Wry
as Various
Degree of Uncertainty
as Diana
The Crazy Kill
as Hilary
Orkney
as Ingi
TV Shows
(19 total)
Fawlty Towers
as Mrs. Hamilton
Upstairs, Downstairs
as Ellen Bouverie
Monarch of the Glen
as Edith Rankin
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
as Miss Dixon
The Crow Road
as Aunt Antonia
Pie in the Sky
as Anita Block
Thriller
as Hilary
Crown Court
as Terry Greene
The Wednesday Play
as Alison Grant
Justice
as Mary Lurcock
I, Lovett
as Mrs. Lovett
Taking the Floor
as Mrs. Tranter
