Hildegard Neil

Biography

Hildegard Neil, born in London and raised in South Africa, began her acting career at a young age with the BBC schools' television production of Julius Caesar in 1963. She later spent a season at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1969-70 and appeared as Lady Macbeth in Ewan Hooper's production of Macbeth at the Greenwich Theatre. A longtime fan of Liverpool F.C., Neil was featured on the ITV show All Star Mr & Mrs with her husband Brian Blessed in 2009.