Gerry Cowper
British actress (born 1958)
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Geraldine Cowper (born 23 June 1958) is an English actress who is best known for playing Lisa in Only Fools and Horses and Rowan Morrison in the 1973 horror film The Wicker Man and Rosie Miller in EastEnders. In the mid-1980s she took the part of Clare France in After Henry on BBC radio and also appeared on television as Jim Hacker's daughter in Yes Minister.
Gerry Cowper | |
|---|---|
| Born | Geraldine Cowper 23 June 1958 London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970–current |
| Children | 2 |
| Family | Nicola Cowper (sister) |
Career
Cowper was Clare France, the youngest of the female triumvirate in the BBC Radio 4 comedy After Henry, which also starred Prunella Scales and Joan Sanderson. Whilst Scales and Sanderson reprised their roles in the later television version, Cowper was considered too old to play a teenager on screen and the role went to Janine Wood.[1]
Cowper also played Lucy Hacker, the daughter of Jim Hacker, in the BBC comedy series Yes Minister, although only in one episode. She featured in two episodes of Only Fools and Horses – "Tea for Three" and "The Frog's Legacy" – as Trigger's niece Lisa, and also appeared in Bachelor Father. In her early teens, Cowper made an uncredited appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) and played Rowan Morrison in the horror film The Wicker Man (1973).
Just as David Spinx, her on-screen EastEnders partner, had small roles in the series prior to playing Keith Miller, Cowper had briefly played Lindsay, the mother of a schizophrenic youth named Matt, in April 2002. She appeared in an episode of Law & Order: UK in 2014 as Hope Corday.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Frenzy | Spectator at Opening Rally | Uncredited |
| 1973 | The Wicker Man | Rowan Morrison | |
| 1982 | The Return of the Soldier | Ward Nurse |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Bachelor Father | Jo | 9 episodes |
| 1975-1977 | Play for Today | Various | 3 episodes |
| 1976 | BBC2 Playhouse | Alison Fisher | Episode: "The Mind Beyond: Double Echo" |
| 1977 | General Hospital | Lynn Tyson | Episode: "The Breakthrough" |
| 1979 | Dick Turpin | Lucy | Episode: "The Champion" |
| Telford's Change | Jenny Bell | 8 episodes | |
| 1980 | Enemy at the Door | Jenny Glover | Episode: "From a View to a Death" |
| Yes Minister | Lucy Hacker | Episode: "The Right to Know" | |
| Little Lord Fauntleroy | Mellon | TV film | |
| 1985 | Late Starter | Bargirl | 1 episode |
| 1986-1987 | Only Fools and Horses | Lisa | 2 episodes: "Tea for Three" and "The Frog's Legacy" |
| 1988-2000 | The Bill | Various | 9 episodes |
| 1993 | Rab C. Nesbitt | Sylvie | Episode: "Rich" |
| 1997 | Trial & Retribution | Ann Taylor | 2 episodes |
| 2002-2006 | EastEnders | Anne Lindsay/Rosie Miller | |
| 2002-2015 | Casualty | Eileen Price/Lorraine Wells | 3 episodes |
| 2009 | Locked Up Abroad | Pauline | Episode: "Barbados: Busted and Pregnant" |
| 2014 | Law & Order: UK | Hope Corday | Episode: "Hard Stop" |
Personal life
Cowper is the older sister of actress Nicola Cowper and the twin sister of the late Jackie Cowper, who was also an actress.