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Jacqueline Hill

1929 - 1993

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Grace Jacqueline Hill (17 December 1929 – 18 February 1993) was a British actress known for her role as Barbara Wright in the BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who. As the history teacher of Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter, Barbara was the first Doctor Who companion to appear on-screen in 1963, with Hill speaking the series' first words. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacqueline Hill has received more than 342,099 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jacqueline Hill is the 9,667th most popular actor, the 6,319th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 1,070th most popular British Actor.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jacqueline Hill ranks 9,667 out of 13,578. Before her are Mahima Chaudhry, Pamela Franklin, Michael Angarano, Garry Chalk, Bruce Altman, and Joe Taslim. After her are Choo Ja-hyun, Robson Green, Bonnie Franklin, Kevin Weisman, Sophia Lillis, and Stan Kirsch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jacqueline Hill ranks 549. Before her are Bobby Johnstone, Tommy Banks, Barbara Murray, Keith Gardner, Surinder Kaur, and Jack Kelsey. After her are Edith Windsor, Sylvia Cheeseman, Pallonji Mistry, Pete George, Jules Feiffer, and Joi Lansing. Among people deceased in 1993, Jacqueline Hill ranks 317. Before her are Joe Fortenberry, Archie Williams, Helen O'Connell, Richard Webb, Brandon Teena, and Leslie Thorne. After her are Reggie Lewis, Claire Du Brey, Nan Grey, Ray Sharkey, Fernando Lopez, and Don DeFore.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jacqueline Hill ranks 6,319 out of 8,785. Before her are Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), Dave Morgan (1944), Pete Trewavas (1959), Pete Willis (1960), Garry Chalk (1952), and Jamie Cullum (1979). After her are Robson Green (1964), Sylvia Cheeseman (1929), Damien Magee (1945), Tina Cousins (1974), Andrew Airlie (1961), and Maddy Prior (1947).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Jacqueline Hill ranks 1,070. Before her are John Boyega (1992), John Sessions (1953), Armando Iannucci (1963), Billie Piper (1982), Ken Dodd (1927), and Garry Chalk (1952). After her are Robson Green (1964), Andrew Airlie (1961), Russell Tovey (1981), Lenny Henry (1958), Rosemary Leach (1935), and Nicola Walker (1970).

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Television and Movie Roles

Doctor Who
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The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Doctor Who: The Daleks
Barbara Wright
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Susan, Barbara, and Ian to the planet Skaro where they meet two indigenous races — the Daleks, malicious mutant creatures encased in armoured travel machines, and the Thals, beautiful humanoids with pacifist principles. They convince the Thals of the need to fight for their own survival.
Feb 1o 19647.4 / 10
Doctor Who: An Unearthly Child
Barbara Wright
Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton, two humble teachers during 1963, discover a genius student's grandfather, simply known as "the Doctor", and his police box time machine. Deciding that the pair knows too much about his otherworldly origins, they are whisked away on a journey through time and space.
Nov 23o 19637.5 / 10