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Unfortunately little is known about Bridget Brice's post-Professionals career and I must confess most of the information below is taken from the wonderful Internet Move Database.
Bridget starred in eight of the 13 first-season episodes as Cowley's secretary Betty. She was replaced by another actress in 'Stakeout' and the part was dropped altogether from the second season as the producers decided to give Cowley more of an outdoor role.
During her short spell on the show, Betty was portrayed as the cool-headed, ultra-efficient secretary one would expect Cowley to have. She seemed to work endless hours for her boss - indeed she never even left the confines of the office! A nice addition to the cast but rather stereotyped and character development for her was absolute zero. I think this was a shame as in later seasons Cowley tended to be ferried around in his car by a succession of anonymous blondes - usually non-speaking roles.
During the 1980s and 90s Bridget seemed to drop out of acting but in 2001 made a return to TV in an advert for PPP Healthcare.
She now works for a company called Maynard Leigh as a Personal Development Consultant and you can see a recent photo of her here. (Thanks to Richard Rees).
As ever, any further info from fans would be much appreciated!
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All shows made in the United Kingdom
| Year | Film or TV Show title and country | Character | Comments |
| 1969 | Department S episode 'A Ticket to Nowhere' (TV) | With its unusual plots, high production values and larger-than-life lead character (Jason King, portrayed by Peter Wyngard), Department S was Lew Grade's only creditable attempt to rival The Avengers. Undeserverdly killed off after just one season. | |
| 1970 | No Blade of Grass (Film) | Jill Locke | Seemingly this was some sort of eco-drama concerning a deadly virus descending on London. Anyone seen it? |
| 1970 | The Twelve Chairs (Film) | Mel Brooks comedy concerning treasure hidden in a chair(?!). Not sure where it was shot - possibly not in the UK. | |
| 1973 | Public Eye episode 'The Trouble with Jenny' (TV) | Another private detective series but one depicting perhaps a more realistic approach. Alfred Burke played the downtrodden, impecunious Frank Marker - a far less glamorous lifestyle than the usual TV gumshoe. Despite the deliberately downbeat premise, the series proved so popular it ran for over ten years. | |
| 1974 | Shoulder to Shoulder (TV miniseries) | Ruth | Miniseries charting the Pankhurst movement. Does anyone remember this? |
| 1974 | The Sweeney episode 'Thin Ice' (TV) | Secretary | Bridget appears for just a few moments (and I don't think she even had any lines) taking some dictation from John Thaw's character, Regan. |
| 1980 | Loophole (aka 'Break In', film) | Emily | Albert Finney and Martin Sheen plan a bank robbery. |
| 1980 | George and Mildred (TV movie) | Hotel Receptionist | This was a (very weak) movie spin-off from the popular 70s sitcom. |
| 1980 | Shoestring episode 'Room with a View' (TV) | Popular TV 'tec series. | |
| 1980 | Coronation Street (TV) | Soap which started in 1960 and still running today. I think Bridget was only in this for a handful of episodes. | |
| 1988 | Sorry (TV) | Long-running (seven years, I think) sitcom vehicle for popular diminutive comedian Ronnie Corbett. He starred as fortysomething timid batchelor librarian Timothy Lumsden, still living with his overbearing mother whose cooking was appalling ("Timothy - you've got a yellow streak in you!" / "Yes, mother - it's last night's curry!") and sympathetic, ineffectual father. Bridget co-starred in the final season (as Timothy's sister, possibly). | |
| 2001 | PPP Healthcare (TV advert) | Notable only for the fact that Bridget has suddenly reappeared on telly after a 21-year absence! |