Nerys Hughes

Nerys Hughes
Born	8 November 1941 (1941-11-08) (age 70) Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales
Years active	1963–Present

Nerys Hughes (born 8 November 1941), is a Welsh actress, known primarily for her television roles.

Nerys Hughes was born in Rhyl, (then in Flintshire, now in Denbighshire). She studied drama at Rose Bruford College. She is best known for the role of Sandra Hutchinson in the enormously successful BBC TV series The Liver Birds which ran from 1969 to 1978 with a brief revival in 1996. Her main co-stars were Mollie Sugden and Polly James.

She later played the eponymous lead in The District Nurse, a series which was written for her, and won the Variety Club Television Actress of the Year Award. The series was released on DVD in 2006.

In the theatre she has appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the English Stage Company at the Royal Court and The Theatre of Comedy.

Nerys was one of the explorers who voyaged to the planet Arg in the (now lost from the BBC) 4th episode of the second series of the 'science-fiction' quiz The Adventure Game in 1981, where she was evaporated on the famous Vortex game. She also guest starred in the very metaphorical and esoteric Doctor Who story "Kinda" (1982) as the scientist Todd, alongside notable actors Peter Davison, Richard Todd and Simon Rouse; and was also a producer on the Sky One drama Is Harry on the Boat? (2001). She most recently appeared in the Torchwood episode, "Something Borrowed" as Brenda Williams. She is also known for her role as Glenda in The Queen's Nose (1998–2000).

Half Man Half Biscuit immortalised her in the song "I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)" from the album Back in the D.H.S.S..

Television roles

Comedy

Year	Title	Role
1966	The Likely Lads	Valerie
1969	The Valley Express	Jenny
1971 to 1979 1996	The Liver Birds Whatever Happened to The Liver Birds	Sandra Hutchinson
1982	Third Time Lucky	Beth Jenkins
1989	A Night of Comic Relief 2	Herself

Drama

Year	Title	Role
1963	Dixon of Dock Green	Beryl
1963	Z Cars	Molly Roberts
1975 to 1976	How Green Was My Valley	Bronwen Morgan
1982	Doctor Who: Kinda	Todd
1984–1987	The District Nurse	Megan Roberts
1998	The Queen's Nose	Glenda
2008	Something Borrowed	Brenda

External links

• Nerys Hughes at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Hughes, Nerys
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Date of birth	8 November 1941
Place of birth	Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales
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