Françoise Pascal

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Françoise Pascal (born 14 October 1949 on Mauritius) is an actress.

Biography

Pascal was born on 14 October 1949 on the island of Mauritius. She was educated in Paris and in London. Her first taste of showbiz came when she was dancing on "Top of the Pops" in the 1960s, which is where she met Susan George and Fraser Hines at the BBC.

Her first movie was "Loving Feeling" (1968), directed by Norman J. Warren, but her breakthrough film was "There's a Girl in My Soup" (1970) with Peter Sellers, playing Paola. Pascal was also the Penthouse Pet of the Month for August 1970.cite journal|date=August 1970|title=She of Galilee|journal=Penthouse|publisher=Penthouse International|volume=1|issue=12|pages=pp. 39–47|accessdate=2008-09-22]

Later film roles included the female lead in Jean Rollin's film "La Rose de Fer" (1973), and "Keep It Up Downstairs" (1976) alongside Diana Dors and Mary Millington.

She broke into television in October 1971 with a role in Coronation Street playing Ray Langton's friend. Then came numerous guest star roles, with Rex Harrison in "Don Quixote", Lee Remick in Tennessee Williams' "Summer & Smoke", the BBC sitcom "Terry & June" and "Giants & Ogres" for Granada Television.

Her eleven-year relationship with film actor Richard Johnson ended in 1980, although a son Nicholas was born in 1976. She was engaged to marry the Formula One Ford designer Adrian Reynard of Reynard Racing Cars in 1981, but she broke off the engagement after she found out that he was still seeing his old girlfriend.

She met comedy writer Vince Powell at Thames Television in the mid 1970s, little realising that he was writing the part of saucy Danielle Favre for her in the sitcom "Mind Your Language" (1977). She did three series of the show before commencing stage roles in "Happy Birthday" (reuniting with Fraser Hines), and starring in a pantomime of "Alladin". Pascal left for the USA in 1982 with Tim Hauser of the Manhattan Transfer, where she acted in Hollywood with a two year contract in "The Young and The Restless", "Gavillan", "My Man Adam", "Lightning", and the movie "The White Stallion" (1986). She received rave reviews in Twelfth Night playing Olivia and Rosalind in As You Like It.Fact|date=August 2008

Pascal returned to London in 1987, no longer having a taste for showbiz. She learned to use a computer to earn a living and now works for a very well known charity for the elderly.Fact|date=August 2008.

She lives in Hampshire, England with her partner of 14 years.

References

*"Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema" by Simon Sheridan (Reynolds & Hearn Books) (third edition) 2007