The phones haven't stopped here with fantastic feedback. She repeated her Lady Macbeth and appeared again for Brook in Friedrich Dürrenmatt's The Physicists. When he learns that Gail's mother Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) is worth £250,000, he hatches a plan to save his business from being on the verge of financial bankruptcy. She won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress for the 1958 film Orders to Kill. In 1962, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Aldwych Theatre, and it was there that she gave some of her great performances. He then goes to the squat where Sarah's tearaway boyfriend Aiden Critchley (Dean Ashton) is staying and since he drugged him he is able to take and use Critchley's coat and shoes without him waking up. She continued to act, and in September 2001, one of her later appearances was with Paul Scofield at the Almeida Theatre in the two-handed play I Take Your Hand in Mine, by Carol Rocamora based on the love letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper. The impresario Joseph Papp persuaded her to repeat Volumnia off-Broadway in a production by Steven Berkoff, when she again was partnered by Christopher Walken as Coriolanus. A source commented: "It’s Carolyn ‘Chainsaw’ Reynolds from here on in. Plays and Players London Theatre Critics Award Best Actress, OBIE Award, Sustained Achievement 1988-89. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress, Irene Worth was appointed an honorary Commander of the, This page was last edited on 2 February 2021, at 22:13. Knowing that Richard and Marian had tried unsuccessfully to have a child, Patricia believes that Richard has deceived her about his fertility though Richard later tells his third wife Gail Platt (Helen Worth) that he had always believed that Marian was at fault and was stunned to discover that he was responsible. Although Jack gradually copes with the result, Vera begins harassing Gail and even goes as far as to smash their window when Gail is forced to tell them that she cannot afford to repay the money Richard stole from them. The situation continues to build for Gail when Jack and Vera later learn that Richard has conned them out of their investment. Bienvenue sur la page Boursorama, portail d'informations économiques et financières. Richard also goes into business with the new Rovers Return landlord Duggie Ferguson (John Bowe), building an estate of new homes. Disguised as Critchley, he enters the house owned by Doreen's daughter Maxine (Tracy Shaw) - where Emily is babysitting. During their separation, Marian dies. She joined the National Theatre at the Old Vic in 1968 to play Jocasta in Peter Brook's production of Seneca's Oedipus, opposite Gielgud. As Richard goes on the run, becoming the most wanted man in Britain, his crimes are publicly exposed; with Emily finally learning that Norris was right about Richard all along, while Ashley learns that Richard was the one who killed his wife - not Ade. However, he only dials "99" before stopping, then he goes to Duggie's flat to steal the cash Duggie stored there. [5], At the 2003 British Soap Awards, Capron swept the board for his portrayal of Richard, winning for 'Best Actor', 'Best Exit' and 'Villain of the Year'. Gail returns home in the evening, and has her hands tied by Richard, however, she manages to smuggle a pair of nail scissors into her hands on the way out of the house. Harriet Elizabeth Abrams was born in Fairbury, Nebraska to a Mennonite family. As she was moving to Australia, Patricia wants to cash in her directorship of Kellett Holdings, Richard's property company. The character's story arc began with Richard appearing in Weatherfield for the funeral of his late cousin, Alma Baldwin (Amanda Barrie) – following her recent death from cervical cancer a couple days prior. [2] She was educated at Newport Harbor High School, Santa Ana Junior College, and UCLA. Rich people love to help people in times of need. He first appeared on 20 June 2001 and became the show's main antagonist until his eventual departure on 14 March 2003. During a birthday party at The Rovers, where Gail and the others are helping their friend Doreen Heavey (Prunella Gee) celebrate her 50th Birthday, Richard leaves the pub. Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (メタルギアソリッド2 サンズ・オブ・リバティ, Metaru Gia Soriddo 2 Sanzu Obu Ribati?, commonly abbreviated as MGS2) is a stealth action game directed by Hideo Kojima, developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. In 1953, she joined the fledgling Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario for its inaugural season. He is in the house when David returns home, and keeps him silent when David's new friend Craig Harris (Richard Fleeshman) calls through the window. Richard got so pissed he couldn't even find his car door, though god knows how, he drove home to London from East Sussex. The children are safe, but are bound and gagged in the family's car. He has been rated one of the best soap villains of all time and in the programme itself, alongside the likes of Alan Bradley (Mark Eden) and Pat Phelan (Connor McIntyre). The next day, her body is covered in tons of cement for the underpinnings. His attempts to uphold his marriage to Gail are threatened when Patricia's best-friend, Charlotte Morris (Joanne Zorian), visits the street about the circumstances of her disappearance; however, Richard manages to convince her otherwise and Charlotte leaves Weatherfield for good. Richard is horrified by Gail's words and reluctantly leaves. On screen in 1982, Worth co-starred with Michael Caine and Christopher Reeve in the film version of a Broadway murder mystery Deathtrap, playing a psychic. She was Madame Ranevskaya in The Cherry Orchard, for which she received another Tony nomination and which featured Raúl Juliá, Mary Beth Hurt and Meryl Streep, whose career was in its beginning stages. She joined the Old Vic company in 1951, worked with Tyrone Guthrie and there played Desdemona, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Portia in The Merchant of Venice and her first Lady Macbeth. She was seen in David Hare's The Bay at Nice (National, 1987) and in Chère Maître (New York, 1998 and Almeida, London 1999), compiled by Peter Eyre from the letters of George Sand and Gustave Flaubert. They moved from Nebraska to California in 1920. He seemingly departs Weatherfield for good after Gail ends their marriage and his criminal activities subsequently become public knowledge, but Richard returns weeks later with the intent on killing his stepfamily and himself. Gail and Richard are married on 26 July 2002. This involves Richard leaving his business partner Duggie Ferguson (John Bowe) to die after the latter ends up having a fatal accident; murdering his ex-wife Patricia (Annabelle Apsion) with a shovel when she attempts to expose his fraudulent dealings; clashing with Gail's former ex-husband Martin (Sean Wilson) after upsetting their young son, David (Jack P. Shepherd), for going on his laptop without permission; forming a business partnership with fellow entrepreneur Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson); swindling neighbors Jack Duckworth (Bill Tarmey) and his spouse Vera (Liz Dawn) from their financial investment; kidnapping local gossip Norris Cole (Malcolm Hebden) to stop him from investigating the truth about Kellett Holdings and after he prevents his childhood friend Rita Fairclough (Barbara Knox) from being conned as well; befriending Gail's eldest son Nick Tilsley (Adam Rickitt) when he gets invited to their wedding; attempting to bribe the street's Councillor Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy) with the discovery that a Bail Hostel operation threatens to jeopardize his scheme; forces Patricia's best-friend Charlotte Morris (Joanne Zorian) into leaving Weatherfield after she threatens to uncover the true circumstances behind her fate; plotting to kill his mother-in-law Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) by setting her house on fire, after which he exploits his failure to doing so with the conclusion that she has Alzheimer's disease; becoming enemies with Audrey's companion Archie Shuttleworth (Roy Hudd) in light of setting fire to her house; killing Audrey's co-worker Maxine Peacock (Tracy Shaw) with a crowbar after using it to unsuccessfully murder Norris' roommate Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) as part of his plan to extract her house as a result of his equity release scheme that Emily signed with his company; and framing David's new schoolmate Aiden Critchley (Dean Ashton) for Emily's attack and Maxine's murder in retribution for Aidan causing an earlier car crash that hospitalized Gail's only daughter Sarah-Louise (Tina O'Brien). Speaking of playing Richard, Capron said: "He’s a wonderful character to play and I’m enjoying every minute of it. Of course there are some rich people who never give out money however the majority of millionaires and billionaires are very active in their philanthropic work. After she has seen Todd out, Richard takes them captive. This soon leads to David smashing Vera's window as she continues harassing his mother. He and his first wife Marian tried for many years to have a baby without success. Eliot and Edith Sitwell and then from Shakespeare. Worth also starred along with Michael Hordern in George Bernard Shaw's play You Never Can Tell at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in 1987 and 1998. Shortly afterwards, Gail returned to join the rest of the community in celebrating Maxine's memorial. Whilst Richard blissfully looks to the future, drug tests show that Aiden was drugged with the tranquillisers prescribed for Audrey. Steve then reveals that he had found a necklace on the building site that Gail was currently wearing, the necklace Richard claimed he bought for her. He is wracked with guilt, realising that the attempt on Emily's life and Maxine's murder had been pointless. He also forms an unlikely mutual friendship with Gail's ex-husband Martin Platt (Sean Wilson); they initially became hostile to each other after Richard shouts at David for going on his computer without permission, but the pair soon befriend each other as time goes on. Gail's troubles seem to have finally ended when she recovers from her trauma and manages to recoup her relationship with both her mother and children. Richard Hillman makes his first appearance in Weatherfield when he attends the funeral of a local female resident, Alma Baldwin (Amanda Barrie), in summer 2001 - claiming to be her cousin. In 1999, she appeared in the film Onegin. Richard becomes desperate for money and resolves to kill again. She recreated her implacable Goneril in the stark, black-and-white film version of this production. The second episodes peaked at 19.4 million. In the ensuing argument between them, Richard finally comes clean about his other crimes to Gail - explaining in full detail how he left Duggie for dead after seeing him fall, and then covering up Patrica's disappearance when he himself murdered her. She joined the Midland Theatre Company in Coventry for Ugo Betti's The Queen and the Rebels. Fudge was born in Wichita, Kansas. Gail then tells the police everything, including the location of Patricia's body and they dig it out of the cement - thus confirming Richard as a guilty man. [7], Fictional character from the British soap opera Coronation Street, "Actor Brian Capron on "Corrie's" Richard - Soaps Interview", "Street axes further eight characters - TV News", "Entertainment | Street killer attracts 15m viewers", "Entertainment | Street drama hits ratings high", "Entertainment | ITV1's Street heads 2003 ratings", "Entertainment | Street sweeps soap awards", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Hillman&oldid=1000223048, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 14 January 2021, at 05:04. Alan Fudge, Actor: The Natural. Playing an asylum superintendent, she showed the darker side of her acting. After making a farewell speech at everyone's request, Richard spots Gail heading home and follows her. Duggie is critically injured and Richard leaves him to die, opportunistically allowing the incident to remove his unwanted business partner. The two episodes caused a power surge; a National Grid spokesman said: "Obviously, there was a huge audience which meant at the end of the programme people were getting up, turning lights on, going to the toilet, opening fridge doors and boiling kettles. [4], On 12 March 2003, 19.4 million viewers (62% audience share) tuned in to see Richard drive the Platt family into the canal. In the mid-1990s, she devised and performed a two-hour monologue Portrait of Edith Wharton, based on Wharton's life and writings. The former producer Brian Park chopped his way through nine characters, but Carolyn is close to knocking off a dozen. Books, literature, contemporary and literary fiction and non-fiction, reading as an experience, a Devonshire based bookaholic,sock-knitting quilter who happens to be a community nurse in her spare time. One of her later stage performances was opposite Paul Scofield in the 2001 production of I Take Your Hand in Mine at the Almeida Theatre in London. By that year, however, it had transpired that Richard withholds a homicidal streak – which is thoroughly explored outside his marriage with Gail as he strives to maintain his financially bankrupt property company, "Kellett Holdings". In response to the news, Ashley confronts Gail over Maxine's murder and wishes her dead. The downfall of Richard ironically begins on the day that his money troubles end. New "strong" characters will be brought in over the coming months, but the number will be limited in order to keep the wage bill down." The company went to South Africa with Worth as one of the leading ladies. During the argument, Duggie falls several floors when a banister gives way - ironically, due to his own shoddy workmanship. Her other film appearances included Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and Deathtrap (1982). However, Richard soon returns to Weatherfield with a last-ditch familicide intent: he seeks to be with Gail and her children by his side forever by killing them and himself altogether. Mu threatens world U20 indoor 800m record, Lightfoot tops 5.94m, Browning scorches wind-assisted 9.96 - weekend round-up. Sometime later, Richard's mother has died and Richard married his second wife - Patricia (Annabelle Apsion). She then went to New York City in 1965 for the opening of Edward Albee's enigmatic Tiny Alice, in which she co-starred with John Gielgud and which won her the first of her three Tony Awards. Irene Worth, CBE (June 23, 1916 – March 9, 2002) was an American stage and screen actress who became one of the leading stars of the British and American theatre. The whole nation has woken up and is talking about it." Among the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings 2019, it is committed to providing inspirational teaching and outstanding research. Gail, Bethany, David and Sarah manage to free themselves from the vehicle and are rescued by Tommy and Martin on shore. With her husband dead and all the troubles he inflicted upon both her family and the Weatherfield community over at last, Gail heads home with Audrey after throwing the rings that Richard gave her into the canal. Richard then proceeds to drive off with his captive stepfamily. Only last year the top earners had to sign up for pay cuts or face the chop themselves. She was Goneril to Paul Scofield's Lear in Peter Brook's acclaimed King Lear, the first of many collaborations with Brook. On 13 January 2003, an estimated 15.3 million viewers watched the first instalment of Coronation Street with 15.6 million tuning in to watch Richard murder long-standing character Maxine Peacock in the second episode. Worth took the roles of Gertrude in Hamlet, Madame Arkadina in Chekhov's The Seagull, and Mrs Alving in Ibsen's Ghosts. Athing Mu missed world indoor U20 800m record by 0.04, KC Lightfoot topped an early-season world lead of 5.94m in Lubbock while Rohan Browning sped to a wind-assisted 9.96 clocking over 100m at the Illawarra Track Challenge in Wollongong, Australia. Worth made her Broadway debut in 1943, joined the Old Vic company in 1951 and the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962. Richard confronts Duggie at an under construction block of flats during a disagreement about Duggie's shoddy workmanship. He’s definitely going to get nastier before he gets his comeuppance". She recalls seeing Richard at the cabinet where the tranquillisers were kept on the night of Maxine's murder. Everyone just wants to know what he's going to do next and if he'll kill Gail. Upon returning from their honeymoon, Richard learns that his business is going downhill. Eventually, Richard confessed his crimes to Gail in a two-hander episode on 24 February 2003. 884 talking about this. 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