- Tessa Wyatt
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name = Tessa Wyatt
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homepage =Tessa Wyatt (born
23 April 1948 ) is an English actress who first came to the public spotlight through her marriage toTony Blackburn . She later starred in the sitcom "Robin's Nest ".cite news|url=|title=What happended to... ? Tessa Wyatt from Robin Nest|first=Peter|last=Robertson|publisher=Daily Express |date=18 August 2007 ]Early life
Tessa Wyatt was born in
Woking ,Surrey in 1948. She attended Elmhurst Ballet School and was encouraged to act by her maternal grandmother. Wyatt got her first professional job aged 12 in "Mr Pastry" and soon after she got an agent. Other early television appearances included parts in "Z-Cars ", "The Wednesday Play ", "Callan", "Dixon of Dock Green ", "Doctor at Large", "Play for Today ", "UFO" and "The Goodies". In 1972, Tessa Wyatt andTony Blackburn , a well knownradio DJ, married. They divorced after five years having had a son Simon. Blackburn was left devastated by the breakup of their marriage, and would plead on air for her return (this was later parodied in "Smashie and Nicey : The End of an Era").Television fame
From 1977 to 1981, Tessa Wyatt played Vicky Nicholls, later Tripp, in the
ITV sitcom "Robin's Nest ", a spin-off the successful sitcom "Man About the House ". Her on-screen boyfriend and later husband Robin Tripp was played byRichard O'Sullivan . Wyatt and O'Sullivan were a couple for seven years from 1978 and had one son Jamie. Following "Robin's Nest", Wyatt appeared in "Return of the Saint ", "Boon" and "2point4 children ".Recent years
Wyatt married property developer Bill Harkness at
Hammersmith Register Office in 1986, and they have two children, Joanna and Jack. Wyatt was part of the original cast of the Channel Fivesoap opera "Family Affairs " playing Samantha Cockerill. Since 2000 she has also appeared in "Casualty" and "Doctors". She has also appeared in the fifth series of "Peep Show" as Jeremy's mother.External links
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