# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/heather-chasen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:55:04.501Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/heather-chasen"
name: "Heather Chasen"
slug: "heather-chasen"
description: "Heather Jean Chasen was an English actress, known for her roles in soap operas; playing Valerie Pollard in the ITV soap opera, Crossroads, from 1982 to 1986 and guest roles in Doctors, Holby City and Family Affairs. Chasen also played many roles in BBC Radio 2's The Navy Lark from 1959 to 1977, and appeared in the television series Marked Personal from 1973 to 1974. She played the recurring role of Lydia Simmonds in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role which received positive reviews from critics and EastEnders crew and cast members. Furthermore, she appeared extensively in theatre productions and film; in 2012, she appeared in a film version of Les Misérables."
tagline: "Actress (1927-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Heather_Chasen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-07-20"
deathDate: "2020-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.3
  momentum:             1.395939086294416
  historical:           5.765661333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153862/"
    handle:    "nm0153862"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هياثير تشاسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Chasen"
    title: "Heather Chasen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Chasen"
    title: "Heather Chasen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Chasen"
    title: "Heather Chasen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Chasen"
    title: "Heather Chasen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5693775"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1184005"
    title: "Heather Chasen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump