Carol Leader

Carol Leader

Carol Leader (b. 10 November, 1950 in Colchester, Essex) is an English theatrical and television actress.

She played Sadie Tomkins in "Casualty" from 1988 to 1989, Barbara Charlton in "Young at Heart" from 1980 to 1981 and has also been in "Flambards", "First and Last", "Safe", "Peak Practice", and 1992 TV series Kevin and Co. She has also appeared in UK television series including "The Bill", "Tales of the Unexpected" and "The Knock". She is perhaps best known, however, to those who were young children in the 1970s and 1980s as a presenter of long running UK children's TV series "Play School", and children's TV show "Chock-A-Block", which she co-presented with fellow former "Play School" host Fred Harris [ [http://www.holby.tv/db/index.php?id=38,96,0,0,1,0 holby.tv | Casualty | Carol Leader ] ] .

Leader's acting career began at the University of York where she studied History and feature in drama productions, including the role of Charlotte Corday in Y.U.D.S. "Marat-Sade" production in 1971 [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494906/bio Carol Leader - Biography ] ] .

Despite a successful stage and television career, Leader eventually quit acting and now works as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in Ealing, London, and is a senior member of the Association for Group and Individual Psychotherapy and a senior associate of Management Training Company Maynard Leigh Assosciates. She also lives in Ealing with fellow former actor Michael Maynard. They have one son, Jonathan Leader Maynard b. 1987.


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