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As time has gone on, William Brown and David Hawkins have been able to pretty much verify the names and identities of many of the women who appeared in the series as Hill's Angels. This section is divided into five pages for now, but could very well expand to many more as time goes on. See if your favorite Angel is here!
Though the images are not clear, they have been determined to be of Lisa Jackman, from the April 25, 1984 show which was her only credited appearance: (left) during the "Hill's Angels: Workout" number, and (right) "The Boys Are Back In Town" segment. She also appeared as a gymnast in the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy.
Liz Jobling, a Hill's Angel from the 1988 series, as seen in the "Club Chic-a-Go-Go" segment from April 27, 1988.
From the Jan. 6, 1982 "Hotel Splendide" segment, this is most likely a Hill's Angel who would be forced, come the next show, to have her name changed because it was exactly the same as one of the Monty Python writer-performers - Terry Jones, or in the case of this Angel, "Tee Jay" (as she would be credited on Feb. 10, 1982 - the last show to list individual Angels' names).
Here is Penny Kendall as she appeared in the February 11, 1981 "Keep Young and Beautiful" routine. Her time on the Benny Hill Show was short, but she did appear in Keep young and Beautiful, An occasional man, Down on the farm, Russian dolls and various others. She also worked in various TV shows such as the "Kenny Everett Show", Jim Davidson's "Whats on Next", Les Dawson's "Dawsons Watch", "The Sweeney", plus various others. Several small parts in films such as, "Valentino" with Rudolph Nureyov and Michelle Phillips, " The world is full of Married Men", "Odd Job" with David Jason, Video clips for Paul McCartney and Wings and another group called The Real Thing, numerous TV ads, modelling and fashion shows. Various theatre variety shows in England and then later in Spain. She also sang in a top variety show for 2 years in Spain. Today, apart from the odd modelling job, her time is taken up in an Estate Agency in Palma de Mallorca.
Sharon Kiel, as seen in the "How Will I Know" portion of the "Hill's Angels: Playgirl Club" segment of Jan. 13, 1988. This was her only credited TBHS appearance.
Here are two pics of Ms. Kirk from The Spotlight, one from the 1979/80 (top) edition and the second from 1984/85 (bottom). Appeared as a receptionist in the 1978 film What's Up Superdoc! which also had TBHS soon-to-be mainstay Sue Upton (qv) in the cast; she was also among once and future Hill's Angels as one of the dancers in the 1984 flick Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Two shots of Jane Leeves, from: (1) the March 16, 1983 "Personnel" quickie, and (2) the Jan. 5, 1983 remake of "Egyptian Flu." Perhaps the most famous alumna of TBHS, exceeding even those who were on the show for years, even decades. Ironically, when the Ilford-born, East Grinstead-raised dancer-turned-actress appeared on the show for the 1983 series (with leftovers therefrom also included in 1984 and 1985 episodes), following an appearance in the Monty Python troupe's final film together, The Meaning of Life, she wasn't even credited on the original episodes, but was listed in special custom credits of the post-1987 half-hour U.S. syndicated package, which was how her involvement with the program became known. Even more ironically, she had one of the shortest runs with the show, yet became more famous in the public eye to some than even the "regulars." In 1985, when the last of the sketches featuring her were first aired, Jane went to the U.S. and for the next several years toiled in guest shots on various TV series such as Murphy Brown (she was once a roommate of that show's co-star Faith Ford) and Seinfeld, a supporting role on a short-lived syndicated TV show called Throb, and an appearance as a tourist in the music video for David Lee Roth's version of The Beach Boys' "California Girls," before achieving worldwide superstardom in 1993 as psychic housekeeper Daphne Moon on the hit TV series Frasier (a piece of ironic trivia: another onetime Angel, Lisa Maxwell (qv), had auditioned for the part and lost). Ms. Leeves remained with the Emmy-winning Frasier through the end of its run in 2004. She formed a production company, Bristol Cities (a slang phrase occasionally used by Mr. Hill), together with her Frasier co-star, Peri Gilpin, and her other credits included such works as guest shots on Murder, She Wrote and Who's the Boss?, and voice work on the computer-animated feature James and the Giant Peach. Married to Marshall Coben since 1996; has a son and a daughter.
Two shots of fan favorite Erica Lynley, from: (top) the Jan. 16, 1984 "Club Bizarre" number, and (bottom) the "Wake Up!" quickie of April 25, 1984. Was known prior to 1979 as Erica Ludlow, as she was credited on her first TBHS appearance on Dec. 26, 1978, at which time she was a member of the Sam's Set dance troupe choreographed by Samantha Stevens (qv); on that show she danced in the opening "Coconut Milk" number, was the 'Manchester Tart' in the "Holiday Time: Dimton on Sea" sketch, and one of the extras in the "Friday Night Fever" disco scene. After her name change, she was one of the charter Hill's Angels at their inception in 1980, albeit as a non-dancing extra in filmed sketches. But she made her greatest splash on the programme in 1984-85, appearing in four of the five shows that aired in those years. In that time, she was one of the dancers in the "Milord" number and the Aerobatics (Workout) routine; figured in several famous sketches and quickies, including the one previously mentioned and "Any Other Lovers?"; and most notably, as the singing duet partner of Louise English in such song-and-dance numbers as "Dumbkopf Men," the opening song to the "Vagabond" sketch, and the version of "Primavera" as on the parody of The Hot Shoe Show. Besides TBHS, Ms. Lynley's other TV credits included appearances on the Little & Large, Basil Brush and Dick Emery shows, Opportunity Knocks (when with Sam's Set), Be My Guest, and two episodes of the second series (1984) of the Britcom No Place Like Home (as "Nadia"); plus serving a brief spell in future Angels choreographer Libby Roberts' Lipstick troupe. The 1980/81 edition of The Spotlight (London), the first on which she was listed by her new surname, also listed a film called Discomania (where she was cited as playing the "Head Girl") in her credits, but there are no known references to such a movie with that title from that period on the Web.
Besides her 1980 run with TBHS as one of the charter "Hill's Angels," Ms. Miles also appeared as a regular on the children's show Crackerjack from 1980 to 1982. She and another ex-Angel, Nola Haynes (qv), appeared among the chorus girls in a 1992 episode of Jeeves and Wooster. As with a few ex-TBHS dancers (e.g. Samantha Spencer-Lane, Francesca Whitburn, Yvonne Dearman), Leigh is today a choreographer.
