HOLLIWOOD - MADELINE SMITH ACTRESS
Madeline Smith (born 2 August 1949) is an English actress. Having been a model in the late 1960s she appeared in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s Early life She was born in Hartfield, Sussex. Her father owned an antiques shop near Kew Gardens and in her late teens she had a temporary job at Biba, the famous boutique located on Kensington High Street, London. It was at the instigation of Barbara Hulanicki, founder of Biba, that she became a model. Career She first worked for Hammer Film Productions in Taste the Blood of Dracula (1969) , billed as 'Maddy Smith' prostitute. she played opposite Ava Gardner in Tam-Lin , Peter Cushing in The Vampire Lovers and Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell , Diana Dors in The Amazing Mr Blunden , Frankie Howerd in Up Pompeii and Up the Front, ...