A familiar face from beloved British television has died, leaving behind decades of memorable performances and a career that touched generations of viewers.
Cheryl Hall, the actress best known for Citizen Smith and Doctor Who, has died at the age of 76.
The heartbreaking news was shared by actor Robin Askwith, who dated Hall for three years in the 1970s. In an emotional tribute, he remembered her not simply as a talented actress, but as a woman whose personality and courage left a lasting mark on everyone around her.
“What a force of nature she was. A really innovative working class, charismatic actress coming out of the late 60s. Brave in every way.
“And now I have the sad news she has passed away. I am devastated…
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“She was my beginning. RIP Cheryl Hall.”
Hall began acting in the late 1960s, building a career that would take her from British sitcoms to some of television’s most iconic dramas.
Her breakthrough came in 1971 with On the Buses, and she went on to appear in the 1973 Doctor Who story Carnival of Monsters as Shirna, a carnival worker and glamorous assistant.
She became particularly well known to sitcom audiences as Shirley Johnson on Citizen Smith, where she played the girlfriend of Robert Lindsay’s famously rebellious character, Wolfie Smith. Their on-screen romance eventually became a real-life one as well, with the pair marrying in 1974 and remaining together until 1980. In 1980, Lindsay left Cheryl and began a relationship with actress Diana Weston.
