Fritha Goodey
Fritha Goodey | |
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Born | Fritha Jane Goodey 23 October 1972 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Notting Hill, London, England, UK |
Fritha Jane Goodey (23 October 1972 – 7 September 2004) was a British stage, radio and film actress probably best known stateside for her performance in the film About a Boy (2002), in which she played one of Hugh Grant's character's former girlfriends.
Biography
Goodey was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, and trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Goodey's stage work, most notably with Max Stafford-Clark's Out of Joint touring company, included Nadia in Some Explicit Polaroids (1999), Odette in Remembrance of Things Past (2000), Constance Neville in She Stoops to Conquer (2002) and Mrs. Garrick in A Laughing Matter. She had recently won a coveted role in a revival staging of Terence Rattigan's Man and Boy.[1]
Her radio works include The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes episode The Determined Client and Helena Justina in the serialisation of the Falco novel "The Silver Pigs".
Having struggled with anorexia for years, Goodey committed suicide by stabbing herself in the chest on 7 September 2004.[2]
Filmography
- Bookcruncher (2002)
- About a Boy (2002)
- She Stoops to Conquer (2003)
Television
- Dr Willoughby (1999)
- Randall and Hopkirk (1 episode, 2000)
- The Red Phone: Manhunt (2001)
- Table 12 (1 episode, 2001)
- Sherlock (2002)
- The Lost Prince (2003)
- The Red Phone: Checkmate (2003)
- When I'm 64 (2004)
References
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- ↑ [Deathwatch] Fritha Goodey, actress, 31
External links
- Fritha Goodey at the Internet Movie Database
- Internet Accuracy Project
- Fritha Goodey at Find a Grave
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- 1972 births
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- People from Kingston upon Thames
- Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- English film actresses
- English radio actresses
- English stage actresses
- Actresses who committed suicide
- Suicides by sharp instrument in the United Kingdom
- Suicides in London
- English actor stubs