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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!
Hill's Angel Cheryl Mortimer, from the "Street Party" (top) & the "Strip Tease" number (bottom) of Feb. 10, 1982. She also appeared in the Jan. 6, 1982, March 16, 1983 and May 27, 1985 shows. Also had a cabaret act with fellow Angel Lesley Young (qv) around the time of this show.
A headshot of Lisa Mulidore from the 1984/85 Spotlight. She was one of the Hill's Angels from the Jan. 16, 1984 show; she was the one on the far left (stage right) who wore a Nazi helmet during Louise English's "Milord" number towards the end of the "Club Bizarre" routine. She is the daughter of Aimi MacDonald, a popular actress from the 1960's onwards whose credits include the 1967 TV series At Last the 1948 Show (one of several Monty Python prototypes), the final year of the 1976-1984 series Rentaghost, and many game shows of the era. She is the daughter of Aimi MacDonald, a popular actress from the 1960's onwards whose credits include the 1967 TV series At Last the 1948 Show (one of several Monty Python prototypes), the final year of the 1976-1984 series Rentaghost, and many game shows of the era.
Jumping ahead to 1984, and seen here is Lindsay Neil, one of the Hill's Angels who came to the scene after ex-Love Machinist Libby Roberts took over the choreographer's reins - and the outfits became more conservatized. A closeup from the April 25, 1984 "Workout", (bottom).
A pose of Jane Paris from "The Lovely Girls of Crete" opening number from March 25, 1981. Also played the female patient examined by Dr. Albert Jardine (Benny) in "Big Poppa" and, most famously, appeared as the biker girl with the sunglasses in the "Remote Control Hill's Angels" (Street Dance) number. This was her only known - and only credited - TBHS appearance.
A closeup of Lisa Price, from the Feb. 10, 1982 "Mimed Striptease" routine. Lisa could be considered a "bookend Angel," as she appeared on the very first show to feature the Angels, Feb. 6, 1980 (she was one of the girls in the "Chez Ben Grand Gala" routine), as well as the aforementioned 1982 edition which was the very last to credit individual Angels on the show (she was also one of the dancers in the "Little Dimpton Street Party" number.) Coincidentally, Ms. Price had entries in The Spotlight (London) in each of the years she appeared on TBHS - in the 1980/81 and 1982/83 editions, respectively, with her look pretty much mirroring how she appeared on each of the shows in question.
From the 1985/86 edition of The Spotlight (London), a headshot of Katie Randall who was one of the 1986 Hill's Angels. Not much more is known about her, or what else she appeared in on stage, film or TV. One of the half-hour syndicated episodes credited her as Cathy Randall.
1. Mayfair Magazine, circa 1983
2. Swimstyles Magazine, 1989
3. German "Lui" Magazine, posing as Jayne Mansfield
4. The "Holiday" sketch of The Benny Hill Show, March 16th, 1983.
Corine Russell was born in 1963 in Birmingham, England. She became an accomplished student of gymnastics and dance as a young schoolgirl. She even went on to become an instructor herself, teaching acrobatic and ballroom dancing and specializing in Latin-American dance. Corinne even spent six weeks in a Greek hotel displaying her own style of Terpsichore. Her dancing skills even led her to become a dancer on "Top Of The Pops". She also worked as an office girl and a barmaid in a pub, where while she worked she grew in skill as a dart player. So much so that she went on to captain a women's dart team. It was while working as a barmaid that a fashion photographer eventually noticed her and her modeling career began. She went on to become one of The Sun's most popular Page Three Girls. She became one of the "Hill's Angels" on the 1983 cycle of TBHS. It was here that Corinne's contortionist talents were utilized to maximum effect during the "Keep Fit" section of "The Cruise Liner" Hill's Angels routine, and her end chase moments during the controversial "Super Teech" sketch and the "Mahala Balloon Dance" number. She also appeared in the "Holiday" sketch and the Hill's Angels routine "Wild, Wild West". Corinne's modeling work and her appearances on TBHS led her to be featured in an issue of Mayfair photographed by Mario Marnoto. In the article Corinne spoke of working on the outdoor sequences of TBHS, "It was freezing when we filmed that, but good fun. He is such a nice man to work with." She also appeared in the May 1983 issue of the German "Lui" magazine in a 3D layout of her in poses of various famous pin-ups, such as Bridget Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield as well as in German "High Society" in May of 1988. Corinne has also graced many print ads for swimsuits and lingerie (mainly appearing in Europe), and was also featured as a character in the video game "Vixen", released in 1988, and was in the AC/DC rock video, You Shook Me All Night Long (1980) riding a mechanical bull. At the end of the video she performs one of the moves she did in the Cruise Liner routine and that is the splits while standing up. Corinne's film work includes "Absolute Beginners", "Highlander", and was chosen along with Janine Andrews and Joni Flynn to dance in silhouette during the opening credits of the 1983 James Bond flick "Octopussy". She had a minor role in the notorious bomb "Bolero" which starred Bo Derek that was directed by Bo's then husband John Derek. Corinne was in an outdoor hot tub in her only scene.
From the 1989/90 edition of The Spotlight, here is Debbie Scamp (b.1967) who was among the Hill's Angels of Benny's final 1989 series for Thames Television. Had also appeared on stage in a 1987 production of Jesus Christ Superstar in Hornchurch, Essex. A bio of her can be found online at www.robcrusade.com.
A portrait of Fiona Sloman (top), from 1985, as published in The Spotlight and (bottom), from the 1984 Hill's Angels Aerobatics (a.k.a. Workout) number. She appeared as a Hill's Angel in the 1984 series, as based on end credits of syndicated half-hour TBHS episodes which featured sketches and musical numbers from that series where her name was featured on the end, however as with most Angels who appeared on the show post-1983 she was never credited on the actual original shows themselves. Was in the 1988 movie Stormy Monday as a hotel receptionist.
Another popular Hill's Angel, Clare Smalley, as seen: (top) in the "New York, New York" number of April 16, 1980, and (bottom) in the "Keep Young and Beautiful" routine from Feb. 11, 1981. She was a charter Hill's Angel, figuring prominently in the dance routines in the first five shows to feature the group. In her last credited appearance (the aforementioned 1981 show), she was the woman at the bus stop who, after many aggravations, turns into a "She-Hulk" (as played by Alison Bell). Post-TBHS, she was part of another troupe called "Auto Angels," and made an appearance in an episode of Not the Nine O'Clock News, as well as appearing with some once and future Angels as dancers in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. On her last two credited TBHS appearances, her name was spelled Claire Smalley.
Two shots of Tracy Smith (also known as Tracey Smith), both from the March 12, 1986 "Hill's Angels: Chez When" routine. She first appeared on TBHS on Jan. 16, 1984 (she was the one in green in the closing "Milord" number of the "Club Bizarre" routine), and was briefly seen in the Jan. 2, 1985 history-themed "missing link" sketch. In the 1986 series, besides the aforementioned "Chez When" (where she was among the Angels who performed "Last Tango"), there was the March 31, 1986 "Come to the Cabaret" where she was decked out in orange. Ms. Smith also had a role as a dancer in the 1986 movie Whoops Apocalypse which also featured fellow Angels Lorraine Doyle, Emma Bryant and Laura Wynne as dancers. She, Ms. Doyle, Ms. Bryant, Ms. Wynne, Sue Upton and Louise English joined Mr. Hill for a publicity photocall in relation to the unveiling of a wax figure of Benny as "Fred Scuttle" at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London in 1985. In addition, Gary Morecambe's 1989 book The Illustrated Benny Hill featured a picture of her, Emma, Laura, Sue and Alison Thomas flanking themselves around Benny and Minder star Dennis Waterman, taken around the same time.