Claire Nielson
Biography
Claire Nielson (née Isbister; born 8 April 1937) is a Scottish actress primarily known for her television roles. On television, she played the wife of the belligerent American guest, Mr. Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of Fawlty Towers, appeared as Jean 'Porridge' Carter, Geoffrey Stock's secretary, in the popular 1960s crime series Ghost Squad and played the wife of Rikki Fulton's character in many sketches of the Scottish Hogmanay show Scotch and Wry from 1978 until 1993. Other TV cre…
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Filmography
Acting (33)
Movies (14)
Rikki
2024as Self
A Is for Acid
2002as Amy McSwan
Rikki Fulton - Prince of Pochlers in Scotch & Wry 4
1992as Various
Triple Scotch & Wry
1990as Various
Double Scotch & Wry
1987as Various
Scotch & Wry
1986
Degree of Uncertainty
1979as Diana
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
1976as Ellen Simpson
The Crazy Kill
1975as Hilary
Kidnapped
1971as Barbara Grant
Orkney
1971as Ingi
The Wild Affair
1965as Perfume Saleslady
Backfire!
1962as Valentina Chenko
The Kitchen
1961as Waitress
Television (19)
The Very Best of Scotch And Wry
2005
Monarch of the Glen
2000as Edith Rankin
The Crow Road
1996as Aunt Antonia
Pie in the Sky
1994as Anita Block
I, Lovett
1993as Mrs. Lovett
Taking the Floor
1991as Mrs. Tranter
Taggart
1983
Scotch and Wry
1978
Fawlty Towers
1975as Mrs. Hamilton
Thriller
1973as Hilary
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973as Miss Dixon
Crown Court
1972as Terry Greene
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971as Ellen Bouverie
Justice
1971as Mary Lurcock
The Revenue Men
1967 The Revenue Men
1967as Luke Frazer
The Wednesday Play
1964as Alison Grant
Ghost Squad
1961
No Hiding Place
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