- Born
- DiedSeptember 19, 2023 (cancer)
- Birth nameHildegard Hope Zimmermann
- Hildegard Neil was born on May 20, 1939 in Cape Town, South Africa. She was an actress, known for Antoine et Cléopâtre (1972), King Lear (1999) and Macbeth (1997). She was married to Brian Blessed, John Cartmel-Crossley and Barry Wenn. She died on September 19, 2023.
- SpousesBrian Blessed(December 28, 1978 - September 19, 2023) (her death, 1 child)John Cartmel-Crossley(1971 - ?) (divorced)Barry Wenn(1961 - ?) (divorced)
- Mother of Rosalind Blessed.
- She first met Brian Blessed in a television drama Double Agent (1969), then they met again four years later when they were making the television series L'enfance de Dominique (1974). They lived together until their daughter Rosalind was four, then they married.
- Her second husband was a teacher named John.
- In her earliest screen appearance, in Julius Caesar (1963), Hildegard Neil played Calpurnia, Julius Caesar's wife. In Antoine et Cléopâtre (1972) she played Cleopatra, Caesar's most famous mistress.
- An avid supporter of Liverpool F.C..
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