Louise Germaine
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Louise Germaine | |
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| Born | Tina Louise Germaine 1971 (age 52–53) Margate, Kent, England |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, model |
Tina Louise Germaine (born 1971) is an English actress and model best known for her appearance as usherette Sylvia Berry in the 1993 Dennis Potter serial Lipstick on Your Collar.
Early life
[edit]Germaine's father, David, left her mother, Yvonne, and two elder brothers, Ian and Mark, before she was born.[1]
As Tina Reid, she posed for magazine shoots, when aged fifteen. Her mother ran a guest house on Second Avenue in Cliftonville. Her boyfriend was 19-year-old Lane Abrahams.[2][3]
Career
[edit]She played chambermaid Kate Hargreaves in the six-part 1994 comedy The House of Windsor.[4]
Germaine is said to have inspired one of Dennis Potter's final scripts, Karaoke, but her pregnancy prevented being cast in the production.[5]
Personal life
[edit]On 14 February 1994, she married hairdresser Lea Carter, in Gretna Green.[6][7]
By 1996 she had moved from Thanet District to Surrey.[8] Louise now resides in south west France.
References
[edit]- ^ Kate Thornton, Sunday Mirror, 15 May 1994
- ^ Thanet Times Tuesday 3 March 1987, page 1
- ^ Thanet Times Tuesday 23 February 1993, page 10
- ^ "Louise Germaine". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Pouty in his hands". Herald Scotsman. 26 April 1996. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- ^ "The Girl Dennis Potter Made A Star" OK! 5 May 1996
- ^ Thanet Times Tuesday 14 October 1997, page 7
- ^ Thanet Times Tuesday 5 November 1996, page 5