Lorna Lewis (actress)

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Lorna Lewis (1940–2013),[1] also known as Lorna Christina Cleveland, was a British-American television actress who also appeared on Broadway. She remains best known for her role as Pet Simpson in the BBC television drama Survivors between 1976 and 1977.[2][3]

Lewis was born in Surrey in England in 1940.[4] During the Second World War, she was evacuated to her grandmother's farm in County Leix, Ireland, where she later spent many holidays.[4] For a period, she was educated at Ryton Hall in Shropshire, England.[4]

Her father, E. W. B. Lewis, was with the Royal Air Force and later worked in finance at Westinghouse International.[4] In 1949, her family moved to Forest Hills, Queens, where she attended high school, and trained at a teachers' college in New Paltz, New York.[4]

She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.[5]

Career

In 1963, Lewis appeared on Broadway opposite Albert Finney in Luther by John Osborne.[4][5]

In addition to Survivors, er other television work includes: The Wild Wild West, Doomwatch, Mixed Blessings and Maelstrom. She appeared in an episode of Adam-12.[citation needed]

She retired from acting in the late 1980s and entered the priesthood, having been ordained as a Deacon Curate in 2003 in the parish of Wye in Kent, England.[citation needed] She resigned from the post in 2013.[6]

Filmography

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