Gabrielle Drake

Personal

Born 30 March, 1944.
5'5 1/2", light brown hair and green eyes. She was born in Lahore, British India. Her father worked in an import/export company, and she spent her first 8 years traveling around Burma, India, and the Orient.
After this they moved back to England near Stratford-upon-Avon where she attended the Wycombe Abbey School for Girls.

After graduating she worked for a year as an au pair in Paris. She trained 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.

Married artist Louis De Wet in 1977. They live in the Shropshire town of Much Wenlock and she continues to perform in theater.

Gabrielle is the sister of the late singer/songwriter Nick Drake.

Gabrielle was unavailable for shooting UFO during episodes 5-7, and later for episodes 18-26.

Gabrielle Drake on Wikipedia
2004 article by Elizabeth Brice in the Telegraph
Getty Images - Louis De Wet
Gabrielle Drake blog (in Italian)
Gabrielle Drake Videos.

Film Credits

• All About a Prima Ballerina (1980, Barbara)
• Au Pair Girls (1972, Randi Lindstrom)
• Commuter Husbands (1973, Carol Appleby)
• Connecting Rooms (1971, Jean)
• Crossplot (1969, Celia)
• The Late Mr. H (1989)
• The Man Outside (1968, BEA Girl)
• Steal (1995)
• Suburban Wives (1973, Secretary)
• There's a Girl in My Soup (1970, Julia Halforde-Smythe)

TV Credits

• The Adventure (1972, "The Good Book", Marian)
• The Avengers (1967, "The Hidden Tiger", Angora)
• The Brothers (1972-75, Jull Hammond)
• The Champions (1968, "Full Circle", Sara)
• Commercial (1989, "The Talking Telephone Book", wife)
• Coronation Street (1968, 3 episodes, Inga)
• Crossroads (1985-7, Nicola Freeman)
• Crosswits (1988, TV game show)
• Family Pride (1991 soap opera)
• File on Harry Jordan (1978, "The Haunted Butterfly")
• Haunted (60s, university student)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1982, Gwendolyn)
• Intrigue (1966, TV debut)
• Journey into the Unknown (1969, "The Beckoning Fair One")
• The Kelly Monteith Show (1979-80, Susan Monteith)
• Kill Two Birds (aka Cry Terror) (1974, Tracey)
• Man at the Top (1971)
• A Man Without Friends
• The Marriage Counsellor (1978)
• Medics (1995, senior researcher, 5 episodes)
• Never the Twain (1981)
• The New Avengers (1977, "Dead Men are Dangerous", Penny Redfern)
• No 10: Wellington (1982, "The Duke of Wellington", Harriet Arbutnot)
• The Professionals (1977, "Close Quarters", Julia)
• The Saint (1966, "The Best Laid Schemes", Diane Fleming)
• Special Branch (1970, "Sorry is Just a Word", Karolina)
• This is Your Life (1990s)
• UFO (1969, Gay Ellis, recurring role)
• The Upchat Line (1977)
• Villians (1972)
• Virgin of the Secret Service (1968, "Russian Roundabout", Countess Kolinsky)
• Who is Sylvia (1968, Sylvia and two other roles)
• Wodehouse Playhouse (1975)

Radio Credits

• Pride and Prejudice (1986, Jane, seven 30 minute episodes)

Theater Credits

• An Absolute Turkey (1994)
• Androcles and the Lion
• Cavalcade (Aug-Sept 1995, lead role)
• The Cherry Orchard (1979)
• A Comedy of Errors
• Court in the Act (1986, Gobette)
• Cinderella
• Cyrano De Bergerac (1967, Roxanne)
• Dangerous Obsession (1989, Sally Driscoll)
• Edward II (Isabella)
• Exit the King (1968)
• French without Tears
• Getting Married (60s)
• How the Other Half Loves (1988)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1966, Cecily, professional debut)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1982 & 1987, Gwendolyn)
• Inadmissible Evidence
• Jeeves (1974, Madeline Bassett)
• Jumpers (1978, Dorothy)
• Look No Hans (1984)
• The Lower Depths (1979)
• The Merchant of Venice (1980, Portia)
• Mr. Kettle and Mrs. Moon (60s, shop-girl)
• Night and Day (1980)
• Noises Off (1983)
• A Phoenix too Frequent (1976, Doto)
• Po' Miss Julie (1972, Julie)
• Present Laughter (1993)
• Private Lives (Sybil Chase)
• The Provok'd Wife (1978)
• The Servant (60s, Vera)
• Simpleton or the Unexpected Isles
• A Slight Accident (1976, Penelope)
• Tea Party (1970, the wife)
• Titus Andronicus (1978)
• Twelfth Night (Olivia)

Audio-book

• The Kama Sutra (1994)