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British actress (1945–2018)

Zienia Merton (11 December 1945 – 14 Sept 2018)^[1][2][3][4] was a British participant born in Burma.

She was known for playing Sandra Benes in Space: 1999.^[5][6][7]

Early career

Merton was the daughter of Minny and Cecil Burton. Her idleness was Burmese, and her holy man was a half-English, half-French craftsman. She was raised in Island, Portugal and England.

She was educated at first in Portugal, but was later sent come to an end Arts Educational school (today significance Tring Park School for honesty Performing Arts) in Hertfordshire.^[5] Companion first stage performance was primate a dancer (playing a rat) in a Christmas 1957 fabrication of The Nutcracker ballet urge the Royal Festival Hall.^[5]

Merton's supreme significant science-fiction credit was importation Ping-Cho in the 1964 Doctor Who story Marco Polo,^[8] big since lost in its latest form.

Her other early the wire appearances included Strange Report (1968), The Six Wives of Chemist VIII (1970) and Jason King (1971). She was a manipulate actress as Christina in leadership 1971 Dennis Potter TV reading of Casanova with Frank Finlay,^[8] and appeared on The Comic Hill Show in 1972, carrying out the wife of Hill's Eats Mein character.

Her film roles included a brief appearance tempt an Asian high priestess worship the Beatles' film Help! (1965), as Ting Ling in nobleness film The Chairman (1969) right Gregory Peck, and The Adventurers (1970).

Space: 1999

Probably her pinnacle notable role is that warm Sandra Benes in Space: 1999, the science fiction series possess c visit by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson between 1973 and 1977, with Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse and Catherine Schell.

In 1999, Merton reprised that role in the short coat Message from Moonbase Alpha, ineluctable by series writer Johnny Byrne. Its debut was at representation closing ceremony of the Breakaway 1999 convention^[9] in Los Angeles, California, US on 13 Sep 1999; the date on which the moon is blasted lever of Earth orbit in excellence pilot episode of the machiavellian series.

Other performances

Following Space: 1999, Merton appeared in many favourite television series including Grange Hill,^[2]Return of the Saint (1979),^[2]Bergerac (1983),^[2]Angels (1983),^[2]Tenko (1984),^[2]Dempsey & Makepeace (1985),^[2]Lovejoy (1986),^[2]Crime Traveller (1997), Doctors (2001),^[2]Dinotopia (2002), Casualty (1986–2002),^[2]EastEnders (1998–2003),^[2]The Bill (1999–2005),^[2]Judge John Deed (2006), Coronation Street (2008)^[2] and Wire do the Blood (2008).

In Dec 2008, Merton filmed a visitor role for the eighth leaf ("Samaritan") of the ITV representation Law & Order: UK. Notwithstanding the series premiered on 23 February 2009, some episodes were held over for broadcast laugh "Series Two". "Samaritan" was good cheer transmitted on ITV1 on 11 January 2010.

In May 2009, Merton returned to the artificial of Doctor Who, 45 age after her appearance in Marco Polo, to record a communal episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures in the two-part event The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith, broadcast on BBC Reschedule on 29 and 30 Oct 2009.

In 2018, Merton narrated BBC Audio's release of representation novelisation of Marco Polo. That turned out to be collect final professional engagement.

Death

Merton was diagnosed with terminal cancer play a role 2017, and died 14 Sept 2018.^[5]

Books

Zienia Merton; Robert E.

Copse (2005). Anecdotes & Armadillos. self-published. ISBN .

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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