Françoise Pascal

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title: "Françoise Pascal" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1949-births", "british-film-actresses", "british-television-actresses", "people-from-plaines-wilhems-district", "mauritian-people-of-french-descent", "mauritian-emigrants-to-the-united-kingdom", "living-people", "penthouse-pets", "20th-century-british-actresses", "21st-century-british-actresses"] description: "British actress, singer" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françoise_Pascal" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary British actress, singer ::

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name	Françoise Pascal
image	Francoise Pascal As I Am.jpg
caption	Pascal in 2012
birth_name	Françoise Pascal
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birth_place	Vacoas, Mauritius
children	1
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years_active	1967–present
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| name = Françoise Pascal | image = Francoise Pascal As I Am.jpg | caption = Pascal in 2012 | birth_name = Françoise Pascal | birth_date = | birth_place = Vacoas, Mauritius | children = 1 | occupation = | years_active = 1967–present | known_for = | height = | alias = | website =

Françoise Pascal (born 14 October 1949) is a Mauritius-British actress, singer, dancer, fashion model, and producer. She appeared in numerous film and television productions at her peak throughout the late 1960s to early 1980s.

Early life

Pascal was born in the Mauritius colony of the United Kingdom, to Marcel and Claire Pascal, who were French citizens. She grew up with her parents and four siblings in Mauritius, until age 6 when her family moved to London. She also lived in Paris for some time where she attended La Sorbonne. Her father died when she was 14.

Career

Acting

Pascal's earliest films were Norman J. Warren's Loving Feeling and Pete Walker's School for Sex (both 1969), and she also appeared in a scene in Incense for the Damned (1970). She also played Paola in There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) with Peter Sellers. She also performed in Burke & Hare. (1972), playing Marie, and another Sellers film, Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974).

After that appearance, she moved to France where she starred in such films as Et situ n'en Vex Pas (1974) and Les Raisins de la Mort (1978), directed by Jean Rollin. Later she returned to England to appear in Keep It Up Downstairs (1976) alongside Diana Dors, Jack Wild, and Mary Millington.

Her first television work came in October 1971 with a role in Coronation Street, playing Ray Langton's friend. Then came guest starring roles in an episode of Play of the Month for the BBC in "Don Quixote" (1973) with Rex Harrison and for ITV's Sunday Night Theatre "Giants & Ogres" (1971). She was cast in guest starring appearances in many television comedy series such as Happy Ever After (1976) with Terry Scott and June Whitfield, as well as My Honourable Mrs (1975) with Derek Nimmo for the BBC. She co-starred in an episode of the thriller You're on Your Own starring Denis Quilley, for the BBC.

She played Danielle Favre in the first three series of the ITV sitcom Mind Your Language (1977–79); she then took on her stage roles in Happy Birthday (reuniting with Frazer Hines), and starring in a pantomime of Aladdin. Pascal left for the United States in 1980, where she acted in Hollywood, returning to England in 1987.

In 2015, Pascal joined the cast for a new comedy series called For the Love of Ella. The series also starred Ewen Macintosh, Bobby Ball, Alex Reid, Daniel Peacock, Melanie Sykes, Darren Day, and Billy Pearce.

Pascal is set to appear in and produce her first film Cold Sun, directed by Jason Figgis and starring Tara Reid, Patrick Bergin, and Ian Ogilvy, through her own MFC Productions Ltd and Pascal Productions Ltd.

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Loving Feeling	Model	film debut
Sympathy For The Devil	Self	documentary
1969	School for Sex	Sally Reagan
1970	There’s A Girl In My Soup	Paola
1971	Incense For The Damned		uncredited
The Anatomy of a Pin-Up	Self	documentary short
The Beloved		uncredited
1972	Burke & Hare	Marie
1973	The Iron Rose	La femme
1974	Soft Beds, Hard Battles	Madeline
1976	Le Body Shop	Margot
Keep It Up Downstairs	Mimi
Private Lives	Louise	television film
1978	The Grapes of Death	Train passenger	scenes deleted
1986	Lighting White Stallion	Marie Ward Leeman
1986	My Man Adam	Seductive Woman at Bar
2013	Symbols and Signs	Isabella	short film
2015	For The Love of Ella	Maitre’d	television film
2016	Respectable: The Mary Millington Story	Herself	documentary film
2020	Jeepers Creepers	Fantasy Lover	voice
2021	Cold Sun	Madeline Bouvier	also producer
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Coronation Street	Françoise Dubois	1 episode
ITV Saturday Night Theatre	Secretary	1 episode
1972	Go Girl	Martine	unaired series
1972–1973	BBC Play of the Month	Harlot/Rosa González	2 episodes
1974	Napoleon and Love	Elzunia	1 episode
Late Night Drama	Cynthia Crumpet	1 episode
1975	You’re On Your Own	Suzanne Fermont	1 episode
My Honorable Mrs	Anna-Maria	1 episode
Rule Britanna!	Colette	1 episode
1976	The Brothers	Thérèse d’Alamber	2 episodes
Happy Ever After	Michelle	1 episode
What’s on Next?	Self	1 episode
1977	Whodunnit	Vere Le Grand	1 episode
1977–1979	Mind Your Language	Danielle Favre	29 episodes
1978	Celebrity Squares	Herself	4 episodes
Those Wonderful TV Times	Herself	1 episode
1979	Blankety Blank	Herself	1 episode
1980	The Dick Emery Hour	Herself	TV special
1981	Mike Yarwood In Persons	Louise	1 episode
Punchlines!	Herself	1 episode
1982	Gavilan	Carla	1 episode
1995	Doing Rude Things	Herself	Documentary TV movie
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Discography

::data[format=table] | Title | Year | Album | title=When It Comes to Love / Got It Badly by Françoise Pascal|url=https://rateyourmusic.com/release/single/francoise_pascal/when_it_comes_to_love___got_it_badly/|access-date=2020-10-08}} | "Got It Badly" | title=Françoise Pascal - Woman Is Free|url=https://www.discogs.com/Fran%C3%A7oise-Pascal-Woman-Is-Free/master/752831|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Discogs|language=en}} | "Symphony Just For Me" | title=Francoise Pascal* - I Can't Get Enough|url=https://www.discogs.com/Francoise-Pascal-I-Cant-Get-Enough/release/4416726|access-date=2020-10-08|website=Discogs|language=en}} | "Make Love To Me" | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1968 | When It Comes To Love/Got It Badly-Single | | | | | | | | | 1979 | Woman Is Free-Single | | | | | | | | | 1981 | I Can’t Get Enough-Single | | | | | | | | ::

Personal life

Pascal had a child, Nicholas Johnson, with actor Richard Johnson in 1976 the same year he divorced his third wife and married his fourth.

On 4 December 2010, she joined Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood at Claygate Village to turn on the village Christmas lights and sing a solo of "Silent Night".

In December 2012, Pascal took part in the ITV1 programme Storage Hoarders, in which she sorted and sold at auction some of her more valuable possessions which she had kept in storage for months.

One of Pascal's closest friends was British actress, Lynne Frederick. She first became acquainted with Frederick in 1972, when they co-starred on an episode of the television anthology series, BBC Play of the Month. The two actresses quickly became "firm friends" and frequently saw each other during the height of their careers in the 1970s. Pascal recalled that they regretfully lost contact in 1977 after Frederick married Peter Sellers. Frederick died in 1994. In April 2020, a few weeks before the 26th anniversary of Frederick's death, Pascal tweeted a photo of herself and Frederick, with the caption "I think of her very often! Always had that fresh baby face! RIP Lynne! Xxx".

References

References

1. "For the Love of Ella (2015)". IMDb.
2. Yossman, K. J.. (2022-02-09). "Tara Reid to Play MI6 Agent in British Spy Film 'Cold Sun' (EXCLUSIVE)".
3. "When It Comes to Love / Got It Badly by Françoise Pascal".
4. "Françoise Pascal - Woman Is Free".
5. "Francoise Pascal* - I Can't Get Enough".
6. (8 June 2015). "Obituary: Richard Johnson, actor". The Scotsman.
7. "Family Album". MFC Productions Ltd.
8. Luke Jacobs, [http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2083567_ronnie_wood_lights_up_claygate_for_christmas "Ronnie Wood lights up Claygate for Christmas"], ''Surrey News'', 7 December 2010.
9. (7 February 2020). "£62,000 to Store Antiques {{!}} Storage Hoarders".
10. Pascal, Francoise. (13 April 2020). "We both worked in a BBC Play of the month called Summer and Smoke, we became firm friends. Then she met Peter S and she told me she was marrying Peter. I was happy for both of them. We lost touch and the last time I spoke to her is when Peter died. Never saw her again.".
11. Pascal, Francoise. (13 April 2020). "I think of her very often! Always had that fresh baby face! RIP Lynne! Xxxpic.twitter.com/G7ckW91bgx".

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