Re: Lucy Benjamin, > >Just wrote to ask if anyone knows why Lucy Benjamin changed her name? In > >"The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole" she is listed in the credits as > >Lucy-Jane Baker. While marriage could be a reason it doesn't seem likely > >as she doesn't look that different in age in "The Secret Diary of Adrian > >Mole" to "Press Gang". I don't know why she changed it, but Benjamin is her stage name (her brother's name is Benjamin, which I assume is where it comes from); Lucy-Jane Baker is her real name, which she used professionally until the mid-eighties. Many actors assume a stage name to maintain their privacy, or because they want to distance themselves from something they've done before. An example of the latter is Clare Woodgate (formerly Jenny in 2point4 Children) who now uses the stage name Georgina Cates; in her case, she went for a role in a film where they wanted someone with no previous experience, and she had to hide the fact she had an established TV career. Also is it possible that her father is either Tom > >Baker or Colin Baker who played the doctor in "Doctor Who". Could that > >be why she got a small uncredited part?? As far as I know, she's not related to either (although Colin Baker does have a daughter called Lucy); her appearance was in a story starring Peter Davison anyway - he was after Tom and before Colin. In this story, "Mawdryn Undead", the production documentation credits her as "Lucy Baker". Hope that helps, Ade _| Adrian E.C. Petford "Well,I could improve Teletubbies by taking |_ _| adrian@petford.demon.co.uk it off" - HARTLEY HARE live |_ _| http://www.petford.demon.co.uk/adrian.html at Kaleidoscope, 2/8/97 |_ _| Kaleidoscope UK TV: http://www.petford.demon.co.uk/kaleidoscope.html |_ -- T H E P R E S S G A N G M A I L I N G L I S T By default, pressing 'reply' will send mail back to the list, not to the author of the message you're replying to. To unsubscribe, mail "subscribe" to "pressgang-request@yoyo.org" |