Carole Ann Ford

Carole Ann Ford (born 8 June 1940) is a British actress best known for her role as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She also appeared in 1962 film version of The Day of the Triffids. Ford has had a long and varied acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as The Jungle Book, Stranger in the House, Bakerloo to Paradise, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Rumpus, Pride and P... more

Carole Ann Ford (born 8 June 1940) is a British actress best known for her role as Susan Foreman in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. She also appeared in 1962 film version of The Day of the Triffids. Ford has had a long and varied acting career. Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as The Jungle Book, Stranger in the House, Bakerloo to Paradise, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Rumpus, Pride and Prejudice, Inadmissible Evidence, Enrico, Expresso Bongo, Sleeping Beauty, You Never Can Tell, Ned Kelly, Mother, MacBett, The Boy Friend, Have You Seen Manchester, and Private Lives. Her films include Sarah (about the life of Sarah Bernhardt), Hiding Place, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, Mix Me a Person and the part of the blind French girl Bettina in the science fiction film The Day of the Triffids. She also worked as a glamour model in the late 1950s. In addition to Doctor Who, her television appearances include Suspense (in the play... less