Dolores Mantez born c.1935 is a retired British television actress of the 1960s and early 1970s best known for her appearances in the UFO television series. She was born in Liverpool to a Moroccan father and an Irish mother. 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... UFO is a British television science fiction series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grades Century 21 Productions for Grades ITC Entertainment company. ... Liverpool skyline. ...

Although she initally followed a career as a seamstress in a dress shop, Dolores was drawn to semi-professional work as a singer, work that became a full-time job when she joined a group and began to appear in cabaret. Turn of the century sewing in Detroit, Michigan An old sewing machine Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... Cabaret is a form of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue — a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting around the tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. ...

However in 1959, whilst Mantez was visiting her agent she by chance happened to meet an actor's agent who believed her exotic physical appearance was exactly what he was looking for in a film called 'Sapphire'. Despite no acting experience Dolores landed the part of a student in 'Sapphire' and this led to a succession of parts in popular television episodes in Shadow Squad and The Avengers. Following her appearance in the latter, she was romantically linked with the series' star Ian Hendry for some time. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Ian Hendry (b. ...

Then in 1962 Dolores' acting career blossomed with a role as a nurse in the Patrick McGoohan film Life For Ruth (1962), which in turn led to her appearing in two episodes of Danger Man, first as an agent working with John Drake in Africa in "Loyalty Always Pays", and then as a West Indian girl in "The Man on the Beach". She also appeared as artist Rita Bell in "The Twenty-Four Hour Man", an episode of the ABC series The Human Jungle. 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... This article focuses on the education and regulation of nurses. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the 1960s TV series which was also known as Secret Agent and shouldnt be confused with the 1990s television series Secret Agent Man. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ...

Then, in 1969 she landed the role of Happy Lee, the girl suspected of Marty Hopkirk's murder in the pilot episode of ITC's Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), "My Late Lamented Friend and Partner". For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Marty Hopkirk is the deceased fictional character played by English actor Kenneth Cope in the television private detective series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) from 1969 to 1971. ... Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a cult late 1960s British private detective television series starring Mike Pratt and Kenneth Cope as the private detectives Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk. ... My Late Lamented Friend and Partner is the pilot episode of the popular 1969 British television series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) starring Mike Pratt, Kenneth Cope and Annette Andre. ...

However Mantez is best known for her portrayal of the character of the purple haired Lieutenant Nina Barry in the sci-fi series UFO in which she starred in 23 episodes between 1970 and 1973. UFO is a British television science fiction series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grades Century 21 Productions for Grades ITC Entertainment company. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...

After UFO, Dolores guested as Miss Indigo Jones, a half-caste lady of means in "Fetch and Carry", an episode of the BBC's The Onedin Line. Photograph from Radio Times depicting Peter Gilmore as James Onedin and Jessica Benton as Elizabeth Frazer. ...

Stage work

Throughout the Sixties, Dolores also appeared in a number of stage musicals, including the Mermaid Theatre's tribute to Noel Coward Cowardy Custard , Monty Norman's The Perils of Scobie Prilt with Nyree Dawn Porter and Nigel Davenport, and the West End production of Every Other Evening with Margaret Lockwood. She also extensively toured Europe, even playing in Porgy And Bess in East Berlin. The Mermaid Theatre, opened in 1959 with a production of Lock Up Your Daughters, was the first theatre built in the City of London since the time of Shakespeare (later theatres were built in the so-called West End, outside the boundaries of the traditional City). ... Noel Coward Sir Noel Peirce Coward (December 16, 1899 – March 26, 1973) was an English actor, playwright, and composer of popular music. ... Monty Norman (born in London on April 4, 1928) is a singer and film composer best known for the creation of The James Bond Theme. Biography Norman was born in the East End of London to Jewish parents on the second night of Passover in 1928. ... Born Ngaire Dawn Porter, Nyree Dawn Porter (January 22, 1936 - April 10, 2001) was an actress. ... Nigel Davenport (born 23 May 1928) is an English actor. ... Margaret Lockwood with Michael Redgrave in The Lady Vanishes (1938) Margaret Lockwood, CBE (15 September 1916 - 15 July 1990) was a British actress. ... East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ...

Personal life

In the mid 1970s she met businessman Robert Harding in a pub during a power cut and they were married soon afterwards. Dolores left showbusiness soon afterwards with the birth of their son, Robert Jr. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ...

External links

• http://shadolibrary.org/crew/barry/indexa.htm