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Hilda Braid

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Hilda Braid
Braid as Nana Moon in EastEnders
Born
Hilda Braid

(1929-03-03)3 March 1929
Northfleet, Kent, England
Died6 November 2007(2007-11-06) (aged 78)
Brighton, Sussex, England
Resting placeWoodvale Crematorium, Brighton
OccupationActress
Years active1948–2005
Spouse
Brian Badcoe
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(died 1992)​
Children2

Hilda Braid (3 March 1929 – 6 November 2007) was an English actress who had a long career on British television. She became well known in her later years for playing Victoria "Nana" Moon on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

Early life

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Braid was born in Northfleet, Kent.[1] She trained as an actress and dancer at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, having won a scholarship to train there.[1][2] At RADA, she won the Lord Lurgan Award.[2]

Career

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After graduating from RADA, Braid did rep and was cast in West End theatre productions, including parts in The Waltz of the Toreadors from 1956 to 1957, and Pickwick from 1963 to 1964.[2] Later, she was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company,[1][2][3] performing in productions of Richard II in 1974,[4] and King John in 1974 to 1975.[5] Braid made her television debut in the police drama No Hiding Place, playing Alice Flinders in an episode that aired on 14 October 1960.[2][6] In 1963, she appeared in Suspense. In the 1960s and 1970s, she also appeared in Crossroads, Softly, Softly, Catweazle, Z-Cars, Play for Today, The Onedin Line, The Crezz, Emmerdale, and Man About the House.[1][2][7]

Braid's first major role came in middle-age and was that of Florence Johnson in the late 1970s British sitcom Citizen Smith.[1][2][6] Around this time, she also appeared in In Loving Memory, Robin's Nest, and On Giant's Shoulders. She later had recurring roles in other sitcoms, including L For Lester (1982), The Bright Side (1985), The 10 Percenters (1994–1996), and Gogglewatch (1997–1998).[2][6] TV appearances during the 1980s and 1990s included Oliver Twist, Brookside, One Foot in the Grave, Goodnight Sweetheart, Dangerfield, The Bill, Midsomer Murders, ChuckleVision, My Family, and Casualty.[1][2][3][7] She also briefly appeared alongside Al Murray in the sitcom Time Gentlemen Please in the early 2000s. Her film roles were few, but she appeared in the film version of For the Love of Ada (1972), the cult horror film Killer's Moon (1978), The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980), and 101 Dalmatians (1996).[1][3][7]

In 2002, by then in her early 70s, Braid took up the role by which she would be best known, that of Nana Moon in EastEnders. Nana's grandson Alfie was played by Shane Richie, and following Ritchie's announcement that he was to leave the soap, her character was also written out, with the programme's makers saying it would be "unrealistic" for Nana to stay without Alfie.[1] In Eastenders, her character Nana developed an aortic aneurysm, and before her death, wished to visit the grave of her husband (who had died during World War II) in France.[2] The Normandy-set episode with Alfie and Nana won a British Soap Award for "Best Single Episode" in 2006.[1][7] Braid left the soap, with Nana's death on 16 December 2005.[1]

Personal life and death

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During her later years on EastEnders, Braid was having problems remembering her lines. Her departure from EastEnders proved to be the end of her acting career.[1] She died on 6 November 2007 at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, Sussex.[3] She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease shortly after her departure from EastEnders, and subsequently moved into a nursing home in Hove.[3][8] Braid was married to Brian Badcoe, an actor who died in 1992, and was survived by their son and daughter.[2][9] Her funeral service took place on 25 November 2007 at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1959 Twelfth Night Maria TV film, for schools
1970 Scrooge Party Guest Uncredited
1972 For the Love of Ada Mrs. Armitage
1978 Killer's Moon Mrs. May
1980 The Wildcats of St Trinian's Miss Summers
1996 Kiss and Tell Gloria Sumner TV film
101 Dalmatians Woman on Park Bench
1997 Mrs Dalloway Woman in deckchair
Cold Enough for Snow Customer at the Dry Cleaners TV film
1998 Romeo Thinks Again Mrs. Sudberry Short

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1977–1980 Citizen Smith Mrs Florence Johnson Shirley's Mother
1984 Brookside Molly Partridge
1994 The 10%ers Enid
1995 Moving Story Marie
1996 Lloyds Bank Channel 4 Film Challenge Sarah
Dangerfield Mrs Blythe
1999 Midsomer Murders Doreen Beavis Series 2 Episode 3 "Dead Man's Eleven"
Bodger and Badger Miss Piper
2000 Time Gentlemen Please Old Woman
2001 My Family Aunt Kate
Doctors Sylvie Connors
ChuckleVision Mrs Halibut
2002 Ultimate Force Bank customer
Casualty Winnie Howard
2002–2005 EastEnders Nana Moon 211 episodes
2003 Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do Television special

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Obituary – Hilda Braid". The Daily Telegraph. 8 November 2007.[dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Hayward, Anthony (8 November 2007). "Obituary – Hilda Braid". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e "EastEnders' Nana Moon star dies". BBC. 6 November 2007.
  4. ^ The Life and Death of King Richard II, The RSC Shakespeare
  5. ^ The Life and Death of King John, The RSC Shakespeare
  6. ^ a b c "Hilda Braid 1929–2007". BrokenTV. 8 November 2007.
  7. ^ a b c d "Obituary – Hilda Braid". The Times. London. 8 November 2007. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011.
  8. ^ a b "EastEnders co-star mourns 'Nana'". BBC. 25 November 2007.
  9. ^ Gaughan, Gavin (8 November 2007). "Obituary – Hilda Braid". The Guardian. London.
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