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Virginia Wetherell

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English actress

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Virginia Wetherell, also known as Virginia Bates, is an English actress and vintage clothing expert. As an actress she is known for her roles in Hammer horror films. She has acted in films and television programmes from the 1960s to the 1990s; her peak period as an actress was the '60s and early '70s.

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Filmography 19

A Clockwork Orange1971 · ★ 8.2
Dracula1974 · ★ 6.3
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde1971 · ★ 6.1
Curse of the Crimson Altar1968 · ★ 5.2
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon1998 · ★ 6.0
Demons of the Mind1972 · ★ 5.3
Doctor Who: The Daleks1964
Man of Violence1970
The Big Switch1968
Disciple Of Death1972
Doctor Who: The Daleks in Colour2023
Fanex Files: Hammer Films2008
Ricochet1963
The Partner1963
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story2022
Thank You Very Much1971
Cellar Club Live2026
The Man From Bristol: Ralph Bates Remembered2026
Monster Madness: The Counter Culture To Blockbusters2015

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Television 4

Doctor Who1963
Minder1979
No Hiding Place1959
The Protectors1972

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About this person

Virginia Wetherell, also known as Virginia Bates, is an English actress and vintage clothing expert. As an actress she is known for her roles in Hammer horror films. She has acted in films and television programmes from the 1960s to the 1990s; her peak period as an actress was the '60s and early '70s. From 1971 onwards she had a career owning and running a successful vintage clothing store, Virginia, in Holland Park in London. She has been described as 'the doyenne of London fashion' by The Times.

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United Kingdom
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Actor
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Born 1943 · age 83
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