Carole Boyd is a British actress. She has had a career in theatre,
television, and radio, and plays Lynda Snell in BBC Radio 4's The
Archers.Boyd trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama,
where she won the principal national prize for voice and in 1966
joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary.
She is primarily recognised for her work in television, with her
portrayals of Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Virtual Murder and Mrs
Melly in Bodger and Badger among her most notable appearances. Boyd
has also performed multiple vocal roles for the popular BBC children's
programmePostman Pat. Since 1991, she has voiced every woman and child
in the franchise - including Sara Clifton, Dr Gilbertson, Mrs Goggins,
Miss Hubbard, Mrs Pottage, Dorothy Thompson, Lucy Selby, Tom and Katy
Pottage, Charlie Pringle, and Julian Clifton, among others (with the
exception of Granny Dryden, who continued to be voiced by Ken Barrie
prior to his death in 2016). In 2006, she played Esther Hartlieb in
the film The Thief Lord.Married to Patrick Harrison, Boyd has acted as
part-time carer for her husband at their home in Shepperton since he
suffered a stroke in 2003.
television, and radio, and plays Lynda Snell in BBC Radio 4's The
Archers.Boyd trained at the Birmingham School of Speech and Drama,
where she won the principal national prize for voice and in 1966
joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton Hobbs Bursary.
She is primarily recognised for her work in television, with her
portrayals of Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Virtual Murder and Mrs
Melly in Bodger and Badger among her most notable appearances. Boyd
has also performed multiple vocal roles for the popular BBC children's
programmePostman Pat. Since 1991, she has voiced every woman and child
in the franchise - including Sara Clifton, Dr Gilbertson, Mrs Goggins,
Miss Hubbard, Mrs Pottage, Dorothy Thompson, Lucy Selby, Tom and Katy
Pottage, Charlie Pringle, and Julian Clifton, among others (with the
exception of Granny Dryden, who continued to be voiced by Ken Barrie
prior to his death in 2016). In 2006, she played Esther Hartlieb in
the film The Thief Lord.Married to Patrick Harrison, Boyd has acted as
part-time carer for her husband at their home in Shepperton since he
suffered a stroke in 2003.
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