Hildegard Neil

Acting

Hildegard Neil

Born 1939-07-29 · London, England, UK

Hildegarde Neil (born 29 July 1939), also credited as Hildegard Neil, is an English actress. Born in London, and raised in South Africa, she first appeared on television in a BBC schools' television production of Julius Caesar in 1963 and after that appeared mostly as a guest artiste in a variety of TV series over the last 40 years. She has also appeared in several films and on stage, both in the West End and touring. She is married to actor Brian Blessed and has a daughter with him, Rosalind, who is also an actress and represented by the same agent as her mother. On 23 May 2009, Neil appeared with her husband on the UK ITV entertainment show, All Star Mr & Mrs, on which it was established that she is a keen Liverpool F.C. supporter. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Acting credits

The Mirror Crack'd poster
6.1

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

The Bruce poster
6.4

Robert the Bruce unites the Scots in a rebellion against the hated English, led by Edward I. He is supported by various loyal followers, notably the bishop who agrees to recognize his claim and crown him as King of the Scots.

The Bruce

1996

The Legacy poster
5.4

A couple attempts to unravel a sinister plot within the English countryside estate of a dying man who has gathered an eclectic and notable group of house guests.

The Legacy

1978

The Man Who Haunted Himself poster
6.1

Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does not belong to him anymore.

The Man Who Haunted Himself

1970

Antony and Cleopatra poster
5.7

Adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.

Antony and Cleopatra

1972

A Touch of Class poster
6.1

Steve, a happily married American man living in London meets Vicki, an English divorcée and run off to Marbella for a rollicking week of sex. They then return to London to set up a cozy menage, despite the fact that he loves his wife and children, and now realize that he and Vicki have also fallen in love.

A Touch of Class

1973

Prisoners in Space poster
NR

A desperate call for help as the residents of Moonbase Alpha are hurled into an interplanetary power struggle. As tensions rise, disaster strikes when a routine mission becomes a nightmare...

Prisoners in Space

2025

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey poster
7.6

Feature-length documentary chronicling Charlton Heston's life while filming Ben Hur. Includes behind-the-scenes content and home-movie footage from the Heston family.

Charlton Heston and Ben-Hur: A Personal Journey

2011

England Made Me poster
6.1

A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930's Germany, just before the rise of the Nazi party.

England Made Me

1973

A Talent for Murder poster
6.9

A famed mystery writer and her doctor ex-lover solve her daughter-in-law's murder.

A Talent for Murder

1983

The Suicide Club poster
8.0

Prince Florizel of Bohemia discovers a secret club where desperate men gamble with their lives, and vows to bring it to an end.

The Suicide Club

1970

King Lear poster
9.0

Brian Blessed stars and directs.

King Lear

1999

No artwork available
NR

In London, a traitor is selling information. In Moscow, a Yorkshire cloth salesman is approached by the KGB, who believe he has more to sell than cloth.

The Double Agent

1969

Macbeth poster
7.0

In eleventh century Scotland, three witches foretell that Macbeth will become King, while Banquo will beget Kings. Macbeth accordingly has King Duncan slain, and is duly crowned in his place. But that's where his problems really begin...

Macbeth

1997

Access to the Children poster
8.5

A married man forms a liaison with a woman he meets on a train, and is divorced by his wife who allows him access to their daughters on Sundays, which they usually spend at the zoo.

Access to the Children

1973