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Cindy Shelley

Actor · b. 1960 · Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Cynthia Shelley (born 23 March 1960 in Barnet, Hertfordshire) is an English actress, known for her roles in two BBC television dramas of the 1980s: Alice Courtenay in Tenko and Abby Urquhart in Howards' Way. Shelley made her television debut playing Rhiannon, one of the party girls in The Young Ones episode "Interesting". A week later, she played the girl on the radio in the "Flood" episode of the same series. Shelley played Alice Courtenay in the World War II-set series Tenko. Shelley appeared in nine episodes of series three and appeared in Tenko Reunion the following year. From 1985 to 1990, she was a regular cast member for six series of Howards' Way in the role of Abby Urquhart/Hudson. Shelley later made appearances in The Tripods, Bottom, Men Behaving Badly, A Prince Among Men and Grange Hill. She replaced Charlotte Long for the second series of The Tripods after Long's sudden death in a road accident.

Series11

  • TV6.7

    Grange Hill

    1978 · 26 votes

  • TV7.9

    The Young Ones

    1982 · 153 votes

  • TV5.9

    Howards' Way

    1985 · 11 votes

  • TV8.3

    Tenko

    1981 · 12 votes

  • TV7.7

    Smiley's People

    1982 · 56 votes

  • TV7.9

    Bottom

    1991 · 148 votes

  • TV7.2

    Men Behaving Badly

    1992 · 82 votes

  • TV7.2

    The Tripods

    1984 · 19 votes

  • TV6.3

    A Prince Among Men

    1997 · 3 votes

  • TV6.8

    Three of a Kind

    1981 · 4 votes

  • TV7.5

    Cockles

    1984 · 2 votes

Movies2

  • Movie7.3

    Tenko Reunion

    1985 · 4 votes

  • Movie