
Claire Nielson
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Claire Nielson (née Isbister) was a Scottish actress primarily known for her television roles. On television, she played the wife of the belligerent American guest, Mr. Hamilton, in the "Waldorf Salad" episode of Fawlty Towers, appeared as Jean 'Porridge' Carter, Geoffrey Stock's secretary, in the popular 1960s crime series Ghost Squad and played the wife of Rikki Fulton's character in many sketches of the Scottish Hogmanay show Scotch and Wry from 1978 until 1993. Other TV credits include Warsh...
Known For
Filmography

Rikki
2024
as Self
The Very Best of Scotch And Wry
2005

A Is for Acid
2002
as Amy McSwan

The Jury
2002
as Eleanor Colchester

Monarch of the Glen
2000
as Edith Rankin

The Crow Road
1996
as Aunt Antonia

Pie in the Sky
1994
as Anita Block

I, Lovett
1993
as Mrs. Lovett

Rikki Fulton - Prince of Pochlers in Scotch & Wry 4
1992
as Various

Taking the Floor
1991
as Mrs. Tranter

Triple Scotch & Wry
1990
as Various

Double Scotch & Wry
1987
as Various

Scotch & Wry
1986

Taggart
1983

Degree of Uncertainty
1979
as Diana

Scotch and Wry
1978

Clay, Smeddum and Greenden
1976
as Ellen Simpson

The Crazy Kill
1975
as Hilary

Fawlty Towers
1975
as Mrs. Hamilton

Thriller
1973
as Hilary

Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Miss Dixon

Crown Court
1972
as Terry Greene
Late Night Theatre
1972
as Helen
The Scobie Man
1972
as Judy

Kidnapped
1971
as Barbara Grant

Orkney
1971
as Ingi

Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Ellen Bouverie

Justice
1971
as Mary Lurcock
The Revenue Men
1967
The Revenue Men
1967
as Luke Frazer

Boy Meets Girl
1967
as Mary Panton

The Wild Affair
1965
as Perfume Saleslady

The Wednesday Play
1964
as Alison Grant

Backfire!
1962
as Valentina Chenko

The Kitchen
1961
as Waitress

Ghost Squad
1961

No Hiding Place
1959