Carole Ann Ford

'Carole Ann Ford' (qv) was born in June 1940 and first appeared in a film at the age of eight. Following acting and elocution lessons, she started doing commercials and walk-on work, and her first proper role was in the play "Women of the Streets." She continued working in theatre, film (including _Invasion of the Triffids (1963)_ (qv)) and television (including _Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)_ (qv), _Moonstrike (1963)_ (qv), _Compact (1962)_ (qv) and _Z Cars (1962)_ (qv)). Aftering leaving _Doctor Who (1963)_ (qv), Carole worked mainly in the theatre. Her second daughter, Tara, was born in 1977. The same year she hurt her back filming a commercial, and suffered an extreme reaction to the pain-killers she was given. She subsequently became very ill, and has acted only occasionally since - though she did reprise her role as Susan in the twentieth-anniversary story _Doctor Who: The Five Doctors (1983)_ (qv). She is currently teaching voice, presentation skills and dialogue coaching to politicians, businessmen, after dinner speakers and actors.::Anonymous