Vicki Michelle
Vicki Michelle, is an English actress and film producer. She is best known for her role as Yvette Carte-Blanche in the BBC television comedy series 'Allo 'Allo! and as a recurring character Patricia Foster in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale.
Early life
Her father was a fish-trader and her mother an actress. She attended Knewnham Junior School in Wanstead and West Hatch High School. After O-levels she stayed on at school to complete a secretarial course. Hoping to become a ballet dancer she joined the Aida Foster stage school. Her sister is the actress and writer Ann Michelle, with whom she appeared in Virgin Witch.Acting career
Michelle was given small television roles while still at stage school, the first being in Dixon of Dock Green. She appeared in big-screen versions of popular English sitcoms The Likely Lads and George and Mildred, and played alongside her sister Ann Michelle in the British horror film Virgin Witch and with Joan Collins in Alfie Darling, the sequel to Alfie. She also appeared regularly in the 1970s children's BBC TV series Crackerjack.In the early 1980s she appeared in some high-profile advertisements for Harp Lager. Also at this time she had small parts in Minder episode Don't Tell Them Willie Boy Was Here, as Sarah-Jane and the hard-hitting police drama The Professionals, in which she played Tina, the girlfriend of a crime boss in the episode The Untouchables.
In 2007, she appeared in a Children in Need special of Hotel Babylon and, the following year, appeared on the BBC cookery programme Celebrity MasterChef. She played the role of Amanda Newman in the 2010 TV film Resentment, and she was Deborah Whitton in the 2013 romantic comedy The Callback Queen.
After spending much of 2008 on tour with the Allo 'Allo! stage show, Michelle took a break to pursue various other projects, including appearing as the Wicked Queen in a pantomime production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Hull New Theatre. She rejoined the cast of Allo 'Allo! in March 2009, reprising her role as the waitress Yvette. Michelle made several appearances in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Patricia Foster, mother of Jonny Foster – a role which she reprised for two episodes in early 2009.
In 2014, Michelle returned to the stage in the hit play Hello Norma Jeane at London's King's Head Theatre, where she took on the role of an Essex grandma who claims to be Marilyn Monroe.
Radio
Michelle has been broadcasting a weekly chat show on Brentwood radio station Phoenix FM since October 2017, with celebrity guests including Harry Redknapp, John Challis, Ray Cooney, Linda Lusardi and Robin Askwith.Producing
In 2012, Michelle was executive producer of the film based on the Ray Cooney theatrical production Run for Your Wife.Honours
Michelle was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2010 Birthday Honours for services to charity.Filmography
Theatre
- 1969 – Play It Again Sam – Angie – West End – Joseph Hardy
- 1985 – Doctor in The House – Vera – National Tour – Paul Elliott
- 1986/87 – 'Allo 'Allo – Yvette Carte-Blanche – West End – Peter Farago
- 1987/88 – 'Allo 'Allo – Yvette Carte-Blanche – International Tour – Peter Farago
- 1993/94 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – National Tour – Peter Farago
- 1995 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – National Tour – Peter Farago
- 1996 – Dracula – Mina – National Tour – Alan Cohen
- 1996/97 – 'Allo 'Allo – Yvette Carte-Blanche – National Tour – Peter Farago
- 1998 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – National Tour – Ian Dickens
- 1998 – Women of a Certain Age – Renee – National Tour – David Simmons
- 1999 – Beauty and the Beast – Bathsheba – Landmark Theatre, Ilfracombe – Steve Shappelle
- 2000 – Round and Round the Garden – Ruth – National Tour – Ian Dickens
- 2001 – Table Manners – Ruth – National Tour – Ian Dickens
- 2001 – Business Affairs – Hilda Bigley – National Tour – John B. Hobbs
- 2001 – Annie – Miss Hannigan – Theatre Royal, Lincoln – Chris Colby
- 2002 – The Tart and the Vicar's Wife – Glenda Parry – Theatre Royal, Lincoln – Chris Colby
- 2002/03 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – International Tour – Ian Dickens
- 2004 – Out of Order – Pamela Willey – National Tour – Ian Dickens
- 2004 – Reflections – Narrator – Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone
- 2005 – Don't Dress for Dinner – Jacqueline – Overseas Tour – Chris Moreno
- 2005 – Bedside Manners – Sally – Overseas Tour – Chris Moreno
- 2005 – Annie – Miss Hannigan – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury – Eric Potts
- 2005 – Salads Days – Lady Raeburn & Asphynxia – National Tour – Matthew Townshend
- 2005 – Stepping Out – Maxine – Theatre Royal, Lincoln – Chris Colby
- 2006 – Funny Money – Betty – UK Tour – Giles Watling & Ian Dickens
- 2006 – Salad Days – Lady Raeburn & Asphynxia – National Tour – Matthew Townshend
- 2006 – Audacity – Gillian – Lyceum Theatre, Crewe – Jay Marcus
- 2007 – Double Vision – Dawn & Donna – Lyceum Theatre, Crewe – Jay Marcus
- 2007 – Annie – Miss Hannigan – Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage – Scott St. Martin
- 2008 – Lock Up Your Daughters – Mrs. Squeezum – Hoxne – Matthew Townshend
- 2008/09 – 'Allo 'Allo – Yvette Carte-Blanche – National Tour – James Robert Carson
- 2009 – The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas – Mona Stangley – New Theatre, Hull – Jonathan Parker
- 2010 – Wife Begins at Forty – Linda Harper – Grand Theatre, Blackpool – Brian Godfrey
- 2010 – Stop Dreamin' – Vi Collins – UK Tour – Ray Cooney
- 2011 – Stop Dreamin' – Vi Collins – UK Tour – Ray Cooney
- 2012 – That's Love – Sarah Daniels – UK Tour – Ron Aldridge
- 2012 – Wife Begins at Forty – Linda Harper – Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford – Ray Cooney
- 2014 – The Importance of Being Earnest – Lady Bracknell – McGrigor Hall, Frinton – Edward Max
- 2014 – Hello Norma Jeane – Lynnie – Kings Head Theatre, London – Matthew Gould
Pantomime
- 1983 – Snow White – Wicked Red Queen – Opera House, Cork
- 1988 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – The Alexandra House, Birmingham
- 1991 – Aladdin – Genie – The New Theatre, Cardiff
- 1992 – Aladdin – Genie – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield
- 1993 – Jack and the Beanstalk – Fairy – The Grand Theatre, Swansea
- 1994 – Aladdin – Genie – Theatre Royal, Plymouth
- 1996 – Mother Goose – Fairy – Hippodrome, Birmingham
- 1997 – Jack and the Beanstalk – Fairy – Churchill Theatre, Bromley
- 1999 – Aladdin – Genie – The Grand Theatre, Swansea
- 2000 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – Alban Arena, St. Albans
- 2001 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – Broadway Theatre, Lewisham
- 2002 – Aladdin – Aladdin – Civic Hall, Bedworth
- 2003 – Peter Pan – Herrietta & Mrs Darling – New Theatre, Hull
- 2004 – Cinderella – Lady Cruella – New Theatre, North Wales Theatre, Llandudno
- 2005 – Sleeping Beauty – Fairy Moan – Broadway Theatre, Peterborough
- 2006 – Sleeping Beauty – Lilac Fairy – Plaza Theatre, Stockport
- 2007 – Robin Hood – The Enchantress – Connaught Theatre, Worthing
- 2008 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – New Theatre Hull
- 2009 – Snow White – Wicked Queen – Playhouse, Weston-Super-Mare
- 2010 – Sleeping Beauty – Carabosse – Palace Theatre, Newark
- 2011 – Sleeping Beauty – Carabosse – Harlequin Theatre, Redhill
- 2012 – Beauty and the Beast – Silver Enchantress – Hexagon Theatre, Reading
- 2013 – Sleeping Beauty – Lilac Fairy – Middlesbrough Theatre
- 2015 – Sleeping Beauty – Malicious – Lincoln Theatre Royal
- 2016 – Jack and the Beanstalk – Fairy Pea Pod – King's Theatre, Portsmouth
- 2017 – Aladdin – Slave of the Ring – Northwich Memorial Court, Cheshire
- 2018 - Sleeping Beauty - Carabosse - Castleford Civic Centre
- 2019 - Snow White - Wicked Queen - Grand Opera House, York
Personal life
In 2015, Michelle was a guest on Big Brother's Bit on the Side and feared she could have been blinded after being hit on the back of the head with a champagne glass thrown by Farrah Abraham during a fight between Abraham and Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace. She later pressed charges.
Michelle now suffers from tinnitus.