Gabrielle Drake

Person · Open Library

Works

4

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Film & TV

Lahore, Punjab Province, British India [now India]

Gabrielle Drake is a British actress. She is educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and spent three years at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool before moving on to the Malvern Theatre Company, the Birmingham Repertory Company, the Bristol Old Vic, the New Shakespeare Company, and the Young Vic. She became well known in the 1970s for her appearance in television series, most notably The…

Known for

• National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses — Madame de Rosemonde2026
• Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 — Troubadour (Red)2025
• Hepworth — Voice of Barbara Hepworth2021
• The Royal — Margo Price2003
• A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake2002
• The Inspector Lynley Mysteries — Lady Asherton2002
• The Steal — Anthea1995
• Peak Practice — Viv Wilson1993
• Heartbeat — Lady Lonsdale1992
• Mr. H Is Late1988

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Canada

Active from

1986-10-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,998

Total plays

4,331

Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March 1944) is a Pakistan-born actress. She is a classically-trained actress with extensive experience in Shakespearean plays, but is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Lt. Gay Ellis in the 1970 science fiction television series UFO. She is the sister of the late musician Nick Drake (19 June 1948-25 November 1974) and has taken part in the compilation "Family Tree," which includes several of Nick's home recordings. She has also been interviewed for the BBC's docume

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Gabrielle

Family name

Drake

Gender

female

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Place of birth

Lahore

Sibling

Nick Drake

Occupation

film actor

Educated at

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

Languages spoken

English language

Hair colour

brown hair

Residence

Much Wenlock

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