Lynda Bellingham

Lynda Bellingham, OBE was an English actress who played Inquisitor Darkel.

Bellingham was born in Montreal, Canada on 31 May 1948. She died on 19 October 2014 from colon cancer.

She played Darkel in the Doctor Who television story The Trial of a Time Lord, the Big Finish Productions audio Trial of the Valeyard and the Big Finish Productions audio series Gallifrey.

She was a former presenter of the ITV chat show.

Personal life
Bellingham was an adopted child.

Bellingham married her first husband, Greg Smith, in the mid ’70s. She was married to Nunzio Peluso from 1981 through 1996; this marriage resulted in two sons, Michael and Robbie Peluso. She was married to Michael Pattemore from 2008 to her death in 2014.

She was awarded an OBE in the 2014 Queen's New Year Honours for her charity work.