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Selected highlights from Toyah's varied Television
acting career - Toyah's Films
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Glitter (1976)
This was Toyah's first ever acting role. She plays a girl who breaks into the BBC to fulfill her dream of appearing on Top Of The Pops. |
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Little Girls Don't (1979)
Toyah plays Cheryl, a bad girl who comes to a nasty end. |
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Shoestring (1979) Toyah plays Toola, the singer in a punk band played by the Toyah band |
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Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde (1980)
Toyah plays Janet, a maid to Dr Jekyll. She starred alongside 60s legend Diana Dors. |
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Minder (1980) Toyah plays Kate, up to no good with Terry and Arfur. |
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Tales Of The Unexpected (1982)
Toyah plays Myra in an episode called 'Blue Marigold'. This was filmed in early 1981 but wasn't broadcast on ITV until the following year. |
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Dear Heart (1982) Toyah plays Super Advice Person in this kid's version of 'Not The Nine O'Clock News'. |
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The Ebony Tower (1984)
Filmed in the Summer of 1983 in France, Toyah plays The Freak alongside Sir Laurence Olivier. |
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Function Room 'Movie
Queen' (1984) Toyah plays Liz, alongside Annie Ross, in this 30 minute drama made by HTV. |
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Boudicca (1988)
Toyah and Tony Robinson tell the tale of Boudicea. Combining acting, epic poems, music video techniques and a soundtrack, provided by Robert Fripp, that merges African rhythms, hip hop and funk. |
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Cluedo (1990) Christmas Cluedo from 1990. Made by Granada TV and broadcast on ITV, Toyah plays Miss Scarlet. |
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Tomorrow
Calling (1993) A short film made for Channel Four, based on William Gibson's 'The Gernsback Continuum'. Toyah plays Dialta Downes. Also stars the late Don Henderson. |
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The Ink Thief (1994)
Toyah takes on the role of Dog in this seven part drama series, broadcast on Children's ITV in 1994. |
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Barmy Aunt Boomerang (1999)
Toyah is the ghost of an Australian soap star in sunny Glasgow. |
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Doctors (2000) Toyah plays Marcy Preston, a single mother with a son from hell. |
Other TV
Drama featuring Toyah: Three
Piece Suite (1978), Quatermass (1979), A Tale Of Pig
Robinson (1990), Maigret (1993), Kavanagh QC (1995), Adam's Family Tree (1998)
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