Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March 1944) is a British actress who was born in Lahore, Pakistan and lived in several Far East countries (including Burma where her brother, the late singer/songwriter Nick Drake, was born). is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lahore (لاةور) is a major city in Pakistan that is the capital of the province of Punjab. ... The far east as a cultural block includes East Asia, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and South Asia. ... The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Nicholas Rodney Drake (June 19, 1948 – November 25, 1974) was an English singer-songwriter and musician best known for his acoustic, autumnal songs. ...

Drake attended Edgbaston College for Girls, Wycombe Abbey School and RADA. She is a classically-trained actress with extensive experience in Shakespearean plays, but is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the iconic Lt. Gay Ellis in the 1970 science fiction television series UFO. In the series, the character of Lt. Ellis worked on Moonbase, which was Earth's first line of defence against invading flying saucers. Edgbaston constituency shown within Birmingham Edgbaston is an area and ward in the city of Birmingham in England. ... Wycombe Abbey is an independent boarding school in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom. ... Rada is the term for council or assembly borrowed by Polish from Middle High German Rat (council) and later passed into Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... 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. ... UFO redirects here. ...

The costumes worn by Drake and her female co-stars included grey catsuits and mauve or purple-coloured wigs (the practical reason for which was never explained in the series). A woman wearing a black latex catsuit and thigh-high boots. ... This is an article about the color mauve. ... This article is about the color. ...

One of the best-remembered cast members of the series, Drake only appeared in about half the 26 episodes produced, leaving the series midway through production to pursue other opportunities. Some of her better-known films include There's a Girl in My Soup opposite Peter Sellers, Au Pair Girls and a 1985 made-for-TV version of The Importance of Being Earnest. Theres a Girl In My Soup was a 1970 comedy movie starring Peter Sellers and a very young Goldie Hawn. ... Peter Sellers, CBE (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was a British comedian and actor best known for his three roles in Dr. Strangelove and as Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther films. ... The Importance of Being Earnest is a play by Oscar Wilde, a comedy of manners on the seriousness of society in either three or four acts (depending on edition) inspired by W. S. Gilberts Engaged. ...

She has also appeared in a number of British television series, including Coronation Street, The Brothers, The Avengers, The Kelly Monteith Show and Crossroads. She continues to perform in theatre and makes occasional film and TV appearances. Coronation Street is an award-winning British soap opera. ... The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976. ... The Avengers is a British 1960s television series featuring secret agents in a fantasy 1960s Britain. ... Crossroads was a British television soap opera set in a motel near Birmingham, England. ...

External links

• Gabrielle Drake at the Internet Movie Database