- Charlotte Long
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The Honourable Charlotte Helen Long (9 October 1965 – 6 October 1984) was a young British actress, the youngest daughter of the 4th Viscount Long. Born in Devizes, Wiltshire, she attended the Fitzmaurice Grammar School until its closure in 1980 and then St Laurence Comprehensive School, both in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire. [1]
Long played "Alison" in the television adaptations of Peter Glidewell's Schoolgirl Chums and St. Ursula's in Danger in 1982 and '83 respectively. She then went on to play "Rosemary" in the 1984 film, The Chain.
She was cast as "Eloise de Ricordeau" in the first series of the The Tripods but was replaced by Cindy Shelley during the second series, after Long's sudden death. She died three days after sustaining injuries in an accident on the M4 motorway, when a lorry crashed into her parked car after it had broken down.[2] Her passenger survived with only minor injuries. The resulting inquest heard that the lorry driver had sneezed, causing his vehicle to crash into her car while it was parked on the hard shoulder. [3]
References
- ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Hon. Charlotte Helen Long". thePeerage.com. http://www.thepeerage.com/p5882.htm#i58818.
- ^ The Times, Friday, Dec 21, 1984; pg. 5; Issue 62018
- ^ Clark, Alan (February 2004). Diaries: In Power 1983-1992. London: Phoenix. Entries for Saturday, 10 September 1983 & Friday, 12 October 1984. ISBN 978-1857991420. http://www.orionbooks.co.uk/MP-33012/Diaries:-In-Power-TV-Tie-In.htm.
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