Carmen is also well remembered for her contribution to the 1970 Dad's Army episode Mum's Army.
She was ditsy - she always left her spectacles all over the place - she was clumsy - you had to be careful not to sit next to her during a fl tie dinner - she was fun and she had a wicked sense of humour.
Carmen's portrayal of Mrs.Gray was so good she was invited back in 1974 to recreate the role in the radio adaptation of the episode by Harold Snoad and Michael Knowles.
CarmenSilvera, the actress who shot to fame in the 1980s for her role as Edith Artois in hit BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, died yesterday afternoon at the age of 80.
Silvera was diagnosed with lung cancer in April, and resolved to battle it without treatments such as chemotherapy.
She was ditsy - she always left her spectacles all over the place - she was clumsy - you had to be careful not to sit next to her during a fl tie dinner - she was fun and she had a wicked sense of humour.
Silvera, who played a long-suffering wife in the hit sitcom, died on Saturday afternoon, aged 80.
Her agent and friend of 25 years Barry Burnett said: "Carmen was diagnosed with lung cancer in April.
When Silvera, who was a smoker, was diagnosed with lung cancer at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital she said she would battle the disease, without chemo or radiotherapy.
and Doctor Who, Toronto native CarmenSilvera became a fixture on the West End stage with her roles in You Only Live Twice, And Then There Were None, The Cemetery Club, and The Importance of Being Ernest.
Diagnosed with lung cancer in April 2002, Silvera decided to face her sickness without chemotherapy.
Following a four-month struggle, CarmenSilvera died peacefully in Northwood, West London at the Denville Hall actor's retirement home.
The guest cast are good, with Campbell Singer and CarmenSilvera both taking on no less than three separate roles, each distinct from the others.
CarmenSilvera is an actress I have long admired and her triple turn in this story, Brian Hayles brilliantly writing a large cast of characters that can be played by the same actors, is extraordinary.
The music is sympathetic to the story, deliciously odd throughout with lots of xylonophonic (huh?) cues and drum crashes to implicate how much fun this is supposed to be (for those of you who haven't figured it out already!).
Since the end of 'Allo 'Allo, Mr Kaye has gone on to appear with CarmenSilvera (his long-suffering wife Edith in 'Allo 'Allo) in the 1996 film "La Passione," and on stage starring in Harvey, with Rue McClanahan.
She later appeared with Gorden Kaye in the cast of the film "La Passione." In 1990, she was paid the great honour of being the subject of This Is Your Life!
In August 2002, CarmenSilvera succumbed to lung cancer and passed away.
The guest cast are good, with Campbell Singer and CarmenSilvera both taking on no less than three separate roles, each distinct from the others.
CarmenSilvera is an actress I have long admired and her triple turn in this story, Brian Hayles brilliantly writing a large cast of characters that can be played by the same actors, is extraordinary.
The music is sympathetic to the story, deliciously odd throughout with lots of xylonophonic (huh?) cues and drum crashes to implicate how much fun this is supposed to be (for those of you who haven't figured it out already!).
(1982) - Režie: Croft David, Hobbs John B. - Hrají: Kaye Gorden, SilveraCarmen, Siner Guy
Hrají: Gorden Kaye, CarmenSilvera, Guy Siner, Jack Haig, Richard Gibson, Kenneth Connor, Arthur Bostrom, Louis Mansi, Kim Hartman
K tomu se ještě ze všech sil snaží, aby jeho manželka Edith (CarmenSilvera) nepřišla na jeho románek se servírkou Yvette (Vicki Michelle), a aby Yvette nepřišla na to, že má současně pletky s druhou servírkou, Marií (Francesca Gonshaw).
