This dark-haired barrel-shaped comedienne and character actress was the daughter of a Lancashire comedian. She made her professional stage debut in 1915 aged 10 and toured for decades in variety and second rank revues, several of which she produced herself. She had a reputation for being difficult to work with, but this was probably because she ...
Recorded a version of "You're The One That I Want" from 'Grease' with Arthur Mullard. The song with comically altered text as if the words had been slightly misheard (a trade mark for Hylda) such as "if you're chilled with infection, you're too sly to convey" made number 22 in the British charts in 1978. This earned the pair an appearance on BBC TV's Top of the Pops.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Not on Your Nellie
1974-1975
TV Series
Nellie Pickersgill
Nearest and Dearest
1968-1973
TV Series
Nellie Pledge
Nearest and Dearest
1972
Nellie Pledge
All Star Comedy Carnival
1972
TV Movie
Nellie Pledge
Oliver!
1968
Mrs. Sowerberry
Up the Junction
1968
Winnie
Z Cars
1963-1967
TV Series
Mrs. Nesbitt / Madge Mills
Emergency-Ward 10
1966
TV Series
Nellie Staines
Out of Town Theatre
1966
TV Mini-Series
Gran
ITV Play of the Week
1966
TV Series
Mrs. Wiltshire
Best of Friends
1963
TV Series
Hylda
She Knows Y'Know
1962
Hylda Worswick
Our House
1961-1962
TV Series
Henrietta
Where the Difference Begins
1961
TV Movie
Auntie Beattie
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960
Aunt Ada
Be Soon
1957-1958
TV Series
Hylda
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Top of the Pops: The Story of 1978
2013
TV Movie documentary performer: "You're the One That I Want"
Get It Together
1978
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Top of the Pops
1978
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Not on Your Nellie
TV Series lyrics - 1 episode, 1974 music - 1 episode, 1974 performer - 1 episode, 1974
Nearest and Dearest
1972
lyrics: "Nearest and Dearest" / performer: "Nearest and Dearest"
Nearest and Dearest
1972
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Omnibus
1978
TV Series documentary
Herself
Get It Together
1978
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Top of the Pops
1978
TV Series
Herself
The Good Old Days
1955-1976
TV Series
Herself - Performer / Herself
This Is Your Life
1972
TV Series documentary
Herself
Saturday Variety
1972
TV Series
Herself
The Val Doonican Show
1971
TV Series
Herself
David Nixon's Comedy Bandbox
1966
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Comedy Bandbox
1963-1965
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself
Big Night Out
1964
TV Series
Herself
Showtime
1961
TV Series
Herself
Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z
1958
TV Series
Herself
These Are the Shows
1957
TV Movie
Herself
Blackpool Show Parade
1957
TV Series
Herself
Call Boy
1957
TV Series
Herself
She Knows Y'Know
1956
TV Short
Herself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium