Helen Lederer (born Llandovery, Wales, 24 September 1954) is a British comedienne, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s.
Lederer established a stand-up act at the Comedy Store in London and then won minor parts in episodes of The Young Ones, which had been written by her Comedy Store contemporaries Ben Elton and Rik Mayall. She would be linked with this scene for the rest of the 1980s...
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Helen Lederer (born Llandovery, Wales, 24 September 1954) is a British comedienne, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom at the beginning of the 1980s.
Lederer established a stand-up act at the Comedy Store in London and then won minor parts in episodes of The Young Ones, which had been written by her Comedy Store contemporaries Ben Elton and Rik Mayall. She would be linked with this scene for the rest of the 1980s, with a supporting role as housemaid Flossie in Happy Families and numerous appearances in related shows and live performances.
An attractive down-to-earth, quiet, chirpy, friendly and well loved performer, Lederer broke from the Comedy Store wing of the alternative scene in 1986 to take part in the BBC2 sketch show Naked Video, which had originated without Lederer on the radio in Scotland. Lederer played various roles, including that of a newsreader linking spoof headlines into clips which acted as punchlines, and a drunk Sloane who...
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