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Mary Paula Wilcox (born 13 December 1949 in Manchester) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Chrissy Plummer in the British comedy ''Man About the House'' (1973–1976) and later as Hilary Potts in ''Emmerdale''. ==Acting career== Wilcox first came to public attention whilst a member of the National Youth Theatre, which she joined aged seventeen. She appeared in ''Coronation Street'' in 1969 as Ray Langton's sister Janice. She was offered her first starring television role in ''The Lovers'', a Granada sitcom produced for the ITV network largely written by Jack Rosenthal and co-starring Richard Beckinsale. There were two series of ''The Lovers'', plus a feature film. She appeared in an episode of ''The Benny Hill Show'' (Thames) broadcast on 23 February 1972. In 1973, Wilcox starred in ''Man About the House'' (Thames) as Chrissy Plummer, regularly in a flirtatious battle of wits with her male flatmate Robin, played by Richard O'Sullivan. The series ran for three years and she also starred in the feature film of the same show. Her follow up role was as the eponymous single mother in ''Miss Jones and Son'' (1977). In 1991, Wilcox returned to situation comedy as Ros West in a Yorkshire Television sitcom called ''Fiddlers Three'' opposite Peter Davison before playing the character of Ivy Sandford in the pilot of Frank Skinner's ''Blue Heaven'' on Channel 4 in 1992 - the show then went on to became a series. She appeared in several series of ''The Queen's Nose'' (1995–2001), and also played small roles in the films ''The Higher Mortals'' (1993) and the Woody Allen movie ''Scoop'' (2006). On 27 October 2006, Wilcox appeared in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' spin-off ''The Green Green Grass'' as Marlene's sister. She has also played another character in the ''Only Fools and Horses'' universe, appearing in 2 episodes of ''Rock and Chips'', playing Edward "Grandad" Trotter's estranged wife Violet. In 2007 Wilcox joined the cast of ''Emmerdale'' as Hilary Potts, mother of the vicar's wife, Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy). In 2008, Wilcox portrayed Bette Davis in a theatrical play, ''Whatever Happened to the Cotton Dress Girl?''. In 2010, she portrayed a mother of a gay son in a theatrical play, ''Canary''. In November 2010 Wilcox took the leading role as a Liverpudlian private eye in ''Following from the Front'', BBC radio play, first broadcast November, 2010 and, more recently January, 2015 〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jlg3〕 In addition to her other work, Wilcox has made guest appearances in programmes such as ''Footballers' Wives'', ''Holby City'' and ''Down to Earth''. She was cast as Lilian in the BBC Three cult sitcom ''The Smoking Room''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paula Wilcox」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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