Isobel Barnett
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As well as ''Many a Slip'', she also appeared on another [[Ian Messiter]] show, the women's discussion show ''Petticoat Lane''. | As well as ''Many a Slip'', she also appeared on another [[Ian Messiter]] show, the women's discussion show ''Petticoat Lane''. | ||
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Revision as of 10:08, 4 April 2007
Biography
Practising doctor and actress who found particular fame as a panellist of the BBC version of What's My Line?. Her solicitor husband was knighted, so she was sometimes referred to as Lady Isobel Barnett.
After her TV career took a downturn, she descended into a reclusive livelihood and became a kleptomaniac. She committed suicide in 1980 after being convicted of stealing a tin of salmon.
Trivia
As well as Many a Slip, she also appeared on another Ian Messiter show, the women's discussion show Petticoat Lane.
She had at least two flowers named after her, a hosta and a fuchsia.
