Helli Louise
Born(1949-08-02)2 August 1949
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died22 June 2018(2018-06-22) (aged 68)
England

Helli Louise Brunchmann Jacobson, often billed as Helli Louise (2 August 1949 – 22 June 2018),[1] was a Danish born actress who appeared in British films and television, including The Benny Hill Show, during the 1970s.

Career

Jacobson was born on 2 August 1949 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She moved to the United Kingdom in the early 1970s, studying at the London Film School c. 1971, and developing a curious Copenhagen/Cockney accent along the way. Represented by Barrie Stacey Promotions during her British acting career, she appeared in John Jesnor Lindsay's film The Hot Girls (1974), a fake exposé of the modelling world.[2] More mainstream work included guest appearances in The Sweeney and The Goodies, and roles in Carry On Behind (1975) and several other British sex comedies.[3] Jacobson was also active on stage appearing in a touring production of Hair in 1974, and in the stage farce Pyjama Tops (c. 1973) where co-stars included Fiona Richmond, Jess Conrad and Lucienne Camille.[4][5]

Aside from her acting career Jacobson was also the managing director of a clothing firm, and worked in the music industry managing a band called Ix. After a role in 1979's The World Is Full of Married Men, she left acting to pursue work in the music industry full-time, and then worked for Harvey Goldsmith.[3]

Filmography

TV films

  • Udsigt til garden og gaden (1970) - Susanne, datteren
  • Lille dosis strindberg (1970) - Martha Magdalene
  • The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1973) - Girl with the Puppies

TV appearances

  • Salto Mortale – "Helli Louise Brunchmann" in the episode "Gastspiel in Kopenhagen" (1971)
  • The Benny Hill Show – various roles in the episode "Jackie Wright's Holiday" (1973)
  • Up Sunday - in the episode? (197?)
  • The Goodies - Girl with the Puppies in "The Goodies and the Beanstalk (1973), Eskimo Nell in the episode "Winter Olympics" (1973), and Dana in the episode "The Race" (1974)
  • Love Thy Neighbour, Angie - in episodes No. 4.4 (1974) and No. 5.3 (1975)
  • The Sweeney - 2nd girl in pub in the episode "Golden Boy" (1975)

Stage plays

  • Pyjama Tops (1973?) – Claudine Amour
  • The Empire Builders (197?)
  • The Marriage-Go-Round (197?)
  • The Bed (197?)
  • The Informer (197?)
  • Hair (1974) – Tribe member

External sources

  • Keeping the British End Up: Four Decades of Saucy Cinema by Simon Sheridan (Titan Books) (4th edition) 2011
  • Titbits magazine No. 4721, September 9–15, 1976 – Helli's Biggest Sin by Douglas Marlborough

References

  1. "Helli Louise". www.aveleyman.com.
  2. "The Hot Girls (1974)". BFI. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Helli Louise". BFI. Archived from the original on January 4, 2018.
  4. "Helli Louise | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  5. Ross, Robert (October 30, 2014). Benny Hill - Merry Master of Mirth. Batsford. ISBN 9781849942584 via Google Books.
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