Claire Nielson
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday8 April 1937
Died29 April 2026 (age 89)
Place of birthScotland, UK
Known credits36
Biography
Claire Nielson (née Isbister) was 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 credits include Warship, Sutherland's Law, Upstairs, Downstairs, Monarch of the Glen, The Brothers, The Two Ronnies, Take…
Rikki
2024 · Self
The Very Best of Scotch And Wry
2005
A Is for Acid
2002 · Amy McSwan
The Jury
2002 · Eleanor Colchester
Monarch of the Glen
2000 · Edith Rankin
The Crow Road
1996 · Aunt Antonia
Pie in the Sky
1994 · Anita Block
I, Lovett
1993 · Mrs. Lovett
Rikki Fulton - Prince of Pochlers in Scotch & Wry 4
1992 · Various
Taking the Floor
1991 · Mrs. Tranter
Triple Scotch & Wry
1990 · Various
Double Scotch & Wry
1987 · Various
Scotch & Wry
1986
Taggart
1983
Degree of Uncertainty
1979 · Diana
Scotch and Wry
1978
Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
1976 · Ellen Simpson
Fawlty Towers
1975 · Mrs. Hamilton
The Crazy Kill
1975 · Hilary
Thriller
1973 · Hilary
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973 · Miss Dixon
Crown Court
1972 · Terry Greene
Late Night Theatre
1972 · Helen
The Scobie Man
1972 · Judy
Kidnapped
1971 · Barbara Grant
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 · Ellen Bouverie
Justice
1971 · Mary Lurcock
Orkney
1971 · Ingi
Boy Meets Girl
1967 · Mary Panton
The Revenue Men
1967
The Revenue Men
1967 · Luke Frazer
The Wild Affair
1965 · Perfume Saleslady
The Wednesday Play
1964 · Alison Grant
Backfire!
1962 · Valentina Chenko
Ghost Squad
1961
The Kitchen
1961 · Waitress
No Hiding Place
1959
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