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Pamela Helen Stephenson, Lady Connolly (born 4 December 1949) is a New Zealand-born psychologist, writer, and performer who is now a resident in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America. She is best known for her work as an actress and comedian during the 1980s, particularly in Not the Nine O'Clock News; History of the World, Part I; and Superman III. She has written several books, which include a biography of her husband Sir Billy Connolly, and presented a psychology-based interview show called Shrink Rap on British and Australian television.

Pamela Stephenson
Stephenson in 1992
Born	Pamela Helen Stephenson (1949-12-04) 4 December 1949 (age 72) Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation	Actress, clinical psychologist
Years active	1971–present
Spouses	Nicholas Ball ​ ​ (m. 1978, divorced)​ Billy Connolly ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	3

Early life

Pamela Helen Stephenson was born on 4 December 1949 in Takapuna, Auckland. In 1953, she moved to Australia with her scientist parents and two sisters.[1] She attended Boronia Park Primary School in Sydney and then Sydney Church of England Girls' Grammar School, Darlinghurst.

According to her own autobiography, Stephenson was raped at age 16 while she was living in Australia by a 35-year-old heroin addict, contracting an STD as a consequence.[2] She concealed the fact but was expelled from her home by her parents once her medical condition was known: "I remember the feeling well, because I still experience it every time someone rejects me, even in some relatively small way."[3]

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Comedy and acting

Stephenson began her acting career in television. In 1972, she starred as Elsie in the ABC-TV production of the opera The Yeomen of the Guard.[4] She starred during 1972–73 as Julie King in the Australian TV series Ryan. She made numerous television and film appearances, including as Michelle Osgood in the Space: 1999 episode "Catacombs of the Moon" (1976),[5] Josephine in the 1977 ABC production of Malcolm Williamson's opera The Violins of Saint-Jacques, and Wendy in the 1977 New Avengers episode "Angels of Death". She had a supporting role in the inaugural episode of Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected in 1979. She had another recurring role as Iris Reade in the UK series Funny Man (1981). She made a TV comedy sketch show pilot, Stephenson's Rocket, which was not taken up.[6] Among her first appearances in the UK, she joined the live on-stage team at The Comic Strip led by Rik Mayall, Peter Richardson and Alexei Sayle at the Raymond Revuebar in Soho. This was not a happy experience, according to an interview she gave in 2014: "Doing stand-up was like a war with everyone playing this game of "I can be funnier than you".[7][8]

Probably her most widely recognised television role was in the 1980s UK comedy television sketch show Not The Nine O'Clock News, alongside Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones (1979–82). Her parodies included Kate Bush in a song called "Oh England, My Leotard" (referencing "Oh England My Lionheart"), and Olivia Newton-John in a song called "Typical Bloody Typical" (referencing "Physical"). She also had a small part in three episodes of the British crime-action television drama series The Professionals. Her personal contribution as a comedian added to the success of Not the Nine O'Clock News, and led to a collaboration with comedy and satire writers Mike Lepine and Mark Leigh. This spawned a book, How To Be A Complete Bitch, and a board game. In 1982–83, she starred in the West End production of Joseph Papp's version of The Pirates of Penzance.[9][10]

She also featured in the American comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL) (1984–85) making her the first female SNL cast member born outside North America, and the second overall, joining Tony Rosato.[11] Her characters on the show included Angela Bradleigh (Weekend Update commentator) and celebrity impersonations of Madonna (in a fake commercial parodying the singer's "Lucky Star" music video), Billy Idol, Debby Douillard, Peggy Ashcroft, Joan Collins and Cyndi Lauper.^{[citation needed]}

Stephenson acted in a number of films.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Type
1970	Willy Willy	unknown role	Film short AUSTRALIA
1972	Private Collection	Mary-Ann Phillips	Feature film AUSTRALIA
1972	Yeoman Of The Guard	unknown role	TV film AUSTRALIA
1974	The Violins Of Saint-Jacques	Josephine	TV film AUSTRALIA
1975	McManus M.P.B.	Kylie Charles	TV film AUSTRALIA
1977	Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers	Bernice	Feature film UK
1978	The Comeback	Linda	Feature film UK
1981	History of the World, Part I	Mademoiselle Rimbaud	Feature film US
1981	Doctors And Nurses	Permanent Wave	Feature film AUSTRALIA
1982	The Secret Policeman's Other Ball	Herself - Various roles	Feature film documentary UK
1982	Landscape: My Name Is Norman Bates	Janet	Film short UK
1983	Superman III	Lorelei	Feature film UK/US
1984	Scandalous	Fiona Maxwell Sayle	Feature film UK/US
1984	Bloodbath at the House of Death	Barbara Coyle	Feature film UK
1984	Finders Keepers	Georgiana Latimer	Feature film US
1986	Spitting Image: Down And Out In The White House	(voice)	TV film US
1987	Les Patterson Saves the World	Veronique Crudite	Feature film AUSTRALIA
1987	Those Dear Departed	Marilyn Falcon	Feature film AUSTRALIA

TELEVISION

Television

Year	Title	Role	Type
1971-1973	Division 4	Sue Lee/Lisa Clark	TV series AUSTRALIA, 2 episodes
1972;1975	Homicide	Joan Kendall/Georgina Pearce	TV series AUSTRALIA, 2 episodes
1972	Matlock Police	Liz Johnson/Lisa Summers/Jenny Grant	TV series AUSTRALIA, 3 episodes
1972	Redheap	Milline Kneebone	TV series AUSTRALIA, 3 episodes
1973-1974	Ryan	Julie King	TV series AUSTRALIA, Lead role 39 episodes
1975	Behind The Legend	Fanny Cathcart	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1976	Ryan	Diane Quail	TV series, 1 episode
1976	The Lively Arts	Josephine	TV series UK, 1 episode
1976	Space 1999	Michelle Osgood	TV series UK, 1 episode
1976;1978	Within These Walls	Prison Officer Dove	TV series UK, 2 episodes
1977	The New Avengers	Wendy	TV series UK, 1 episode
1977	Target	Susan Clegg	TV series UK, 1 episode
1978	Hazell	Gloria	TV series UK, 1 episode
1978	The Professionals	Maggie Briggs/Attractive Blonde/Nurse Emma Bolding	TV series UK, 3 episodes
1978	Something Special	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1979	Tales Of The Unexpected	Cathy	TV series UK, 1 episode
1979-1982	Not The Nine O'Clock News	Various roles (as Pam Stephenson)	TV series UK, 27 episodes
1980	Mike Yarwood In Persons	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1980;1981	Friday Night, Saturday Morning	Herself	TV series UK, 2 episodes
1981	Call My Bluff	Herself	TV series UK, 2 episodes
1981	Scoop	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1981	Funny Man	Iris Reade	TV series UK, 9 episodes
1981	Fundamental Frolics	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1981	The Mike Walsh Show	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1981	Parkinson In Australia	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1982	Saturday Live	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1982	The Royal Variety Performance 1982	Herself	TV special UK
1982	The Kenny Everett Video Show	Various roles	TV series UK, 1 episode
1983	Film '72	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1983	The Don Lane Show	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1984	Aspel & Company	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1984	Spitting Image	Various voices	TV series UK
1984-1985	Saturday Night Live	Various roles	TV series US, 18 episodes
1984	Hollywood Celebrates The Olympics	Herself	TV special US
1984	Late Night With Johnny Carson	Herself	TV series US, 1 episode
1985	Friday People	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1985	The Making Of 'Superman III'	Herself/Lorelei (uncredited)	TV special UK
1985	Des O'Connor Tonight	Herself, 1 episode	TV series UK
1985-1989	The Midday Show	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA
1986	Saturday Live	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1986	The Dame Edna Satellite Experience	Herself	TV special UK
1986	Clive James Show	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1986	The Bob Monkhouse Show	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1986	Good Morning Australia	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1986	Lost Empires	Lily Farris	TV miniseries UK, 2 episodes
1986	The 1986 Australian Film Institute Awards	Herself - Host	TV special
1987	Ratman	Wombat Woman	TV series UK, 3 episodes
1987	The Grand Knockout Tournament	Herself	TV special UK
1988	The N.S.W. Royal Bicentennial Concert	Herself	TV special AUSTRALIA
1989	Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1989	A Night Of Comic Relief 2	Herself	TV special UK
1989	The Bert Newton Show	Herself	TV series, 1 episode
1989	Open To Question	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1989	Wogan	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1989	Cilla's Goodbye To The '80s	Herself	TV special UK
1989	Joy To The World	Herself	TV special UK
1990	Dame Edna Experience	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
1990	Tonight Live With Steve Vizard	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1990	MTV	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1990	Let's Do Lunch... And Save The World	Herself	TV special UK
1990	Hey Hey It's Saturday	Herself	TV series, AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1991	Comic Relief	Herself	TV special UK
1993	Sex	Herself - Host	TV series AUSTRALIA
1993	Ray Martin's Top Sorts & Superstars	Herself	TV special AUSTRALIA
1993	Ray Martin At Midday	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1993	Inside Edition	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA/US
1994	Columbo	Jennifer Chambers - Soap opera actress	TV series US, 1 episode
1994	Midday With Derryn Hinch	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
1999	Billy Connolly: Erect For 30 Years	Herself	Video UK
2001;2003	Parkinson	Herself	TV series UK, 2 episodes
2001	Rove Live	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2002	Billy Connolly: A BAFTA Tribute	Herself	TV special UK
2003	The Late Late Show	Herself	TV series IRELAND, 1 episode
2003	Today With Des And Mel	Herself	TV series UK, 2 episodes
2005	Kelly	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2006	The Paul O'Grady Show	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2006	Life Of Pryor: The Richard Pryor Story	Herself	TV special UK
2006	Murder Or Mutiny	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA
2007	Richard & Judy	Herself (as Dr Pamela Connolly)	TV series UK, 1 episode
2007	Mornings With Kerri-Anne	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2007	Enough Rope With Andrew Denton	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2007	The Funny Side Of The News	Herself	TV special UK
2007;2014	Loose Women	Herself (as Pamela Stephenson Connolly, Dr. Pamela Stephenson Connolly)	TV series UK, 4 episodes
2007-2010	Shrink Rap	Herself - Psychologist (as Dr Pamela Connolly)	TV series UK, 14 episodes
2010;2011	Daybreak	Herself	TV series UK, 2 episodes
2010	The Graham Norton Show	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2010	TV Burp	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2010	Breakfast	Herself - Celebrity dancer	TV series UK, 2 episodes
2010-2016	Strictly Come Dancing	Herself - Contestant	TV series UK, 28 episodes
2010-2011	Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two	Herself (as Dr. Pamela Stephenson)	TV series UK, 15 episodes
2011	That Saturday Night Show	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2011	The One Show	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2011	The TV Book Club	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2011	My Favourite Joke	Herself	TV series UK, 2 episodes
2011	The Book Show	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2011-2012	This Morning	Herself	TV series UK, 7 episodes
2012	My Life In Books	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2012	War Hero In My Family	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2012	Today	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2012	Today Extra	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2012	ABC News Breakfast	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2012	Sunrise	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2012	The Morning Show	Herself	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2012	Q&A	Herself - Panel	TV series AUSTRALIA, 1 episode
2012	Intrepid Journeys	Herself	TV series NZ
2014	Weekend	Herself	TV series UK, 1 episode
2020	Billy Connolly: It's Been A Pleasure	Herself (as Pamela Stephenson-Connolly)	TV special UK
2021	Billy Connolly: My Absolute Pleasure	Herself (as Pamela Stephenson-Connolly)	TV special UK
2022	Billy Connolly Does...	Herself	TV series UK, 7 episodes

Other media appearances

In 1987, Stephenson participated in Prince Edward's charity television special The Grand Knockout Tournament. In 1993, she hosted the Australian lifestyle program Sex.

In December 2010, Stephenson competed in the eighth series of the BBC1 television show Strictly Come Dancing, consistently winning praise. She received on 4 December a perfect score of 10 from each of the four judges for her Viennese Waltz, becoming only the eighth celebrity (up until that point) to do so. She then reached the final along with Matt Baker and Kara Tointon. On 18 December, with dancing partner James Jordan, she came third in the competition.[12]

Also in December 2010, Stephenson was the guest on BBC Radio 3's Private Passions, with a choice of music including Bellini, Satie and Debussy.[13] In 2012, Stephenson travelled as a backpacker to Papua New Guinea in the Television New Zealand travel show Intrepid Journeys.

Psychology

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Stephenson is a US-licensed psychologist who practices and publishes under the name Pamela Stephenson-Connolly. In her private practice in Beverly Hills, she provided mental health care to adult individuals and couples for a range of psychological complaints. Stephenson's professional specialties include human sexuality. She was founder and president of the Los Angeles Sexuality Center, an online sexual research engine that operated for five years until she moved to New York. Stephenson is a past Secretary of the American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists (AASECT). In 2002 and 2003, she served as conference program co-chair of the annual AASECT Conference. Stephenson is also a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association and the International Society for the Study of Women's Sexual Health.

Stephenson was an adjunct professor at the California Graduate Institute (CGI – now a part of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology) for six years. She taught Human Sexuality and Sex Therapy, Advanced Human Sexuality and Sex Therapy, and Clinical Practicum in Sex Therapy. She also taught clinical hypnosis at CGI. She received her PhD in 1996, and then in 2009 received an Honorary Doctorate in Science from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen for her contributions to the field of human sexuality.[14]

Stephenson has completed research projects and other field studies on the gender-liminal people of Samoa, Tonga, and India.[15] She has also presented the TV show Shrink Rap, in which she conducted psychologically-based interviews with well-known people, including Salman Rushdie, Carrie Fisher and Robin Williams. The programme premièred on More4 on 2 April 2007 and was aired in Australia on ABC2 in 2008.[16]

Activism

From the 1980s, Stephenson campaigned to raise awareness of food additives and colours, particularly in children's confectionery. She appeared on the daily variety show Midday with Ray Martin, and painted a picture using the colours she extracted from children's lollies in order to demonstrate how many are contained in them. She became involved in the Parents for Safe Food Movement. In 2010, Stephenson travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo with the international medical aid charity Merlin to meet the survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV).[17]

Personal life

Stephenson started practising Buddhism in 1979.[18]

Stephenson married actor Nicholas Ball in 1978 but left him shortly afterwards to be with Billy Connolly.[19] She lived with Connolly for ten years before they married in Fiji on 20 December 1989.[20]

Politics

In the 1987 United Kingdom general election, Stephenson was a candidate in the Windsor and Maidenhead constituency on behalf of the Blancmange Throwers Party;[21][22] she came sixth with 328 votes.

Travels

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In late 2004, she sold her house in Hollywood and spent a year on a sailing cruise around the South Pacific Ocean, following the path of Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Stevenson. She said she was inspired by Fanny (also married to a Scotsman) who had convinced her husband to travel to the tropics for the sake of his fragile health. Her travels were documented in her book Treasure Islands. The boat she bought was renamed "Takapuna" after her birthplace.

A year later, she went on another voyage to discover the fate of an ancestor, a sailing captain who had disappeared in the South Seas. The voyage was the subject of a documentary for Australian television, Murder or Mutiny.

Theatre production

Stephenson formed a dance company in collaboration with Brazilian lambazouk dancer Braz Dos Santos, and wrote and produced a dance-drama stage production called Brazouka. Harley Medcalf was lead producer and Arlene Phillips director. The biographical show told the story of Dos Santos and his dancing. Dos Santos also performed in the show. It premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2014 and toured South Africa and Australia through January 2015.[23][24]

Books

As an author, Pamela Connolly has published seven books. Her biography Billy topped best-seller lists in Britain and several other countries. Head Case describes self-help approaches for a variety of mental health problems. She has been a regular contributor to Psychologies magazine, writes a column on relationships for The Australian Women's Weekly and has a weekly sex therapy column in The Guardian, written under the name Pamela Stephenson Connolly.[25]

• Stephenson, Pamela (2002). Billy. Overlook Hardcover. ISBN 978-1-58567-308-7.
• Stephenson, Pamela (2003). Bravemouth: Living with Billy Connolly. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7553-1284-9.
• Stephenson, Pamela (2005). Treasure Islands: Sailing the South Seas in the Wake of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7553-1285-6.
• Stephenson, Pamela (2005). Murder or Mutiny. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-1-84188-270-3.
• Stephenson, Pamela (2009). Head Case: Treat Yourself to Better Mental Health. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7553-1282-5.
• Stephenson, Pamela (2011). Sex Life: How Our Sexual Encounters and Experiences Define Who We Are. Vermilion. ISBN 978-0-09-192985-5.
• Stephenson, Pamela (2012). The Varnished Untruth MY STORY. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-84983-921-1.

References

Sources

External links

• Pamela Stephenson at IMDb
• Pamela Stephenson interview on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs, 23 July 1982

На других языках

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[de] Pamela Stephenson

Pamela Helen Stephenson Connolly (* 4. Dezember 1949 in Takapuna, Auckland, Neuseeland) ist Schauspielerin, Psychologin, Fernsehmoderatorin und Autorin. Bekannt wurde sie insbesondere als Ensemblemitglied der satirischen Fernsehsendungen Not The Nine O’Clock News und Saturday Night Live, sowie durch ihr Buch Billy, eine Biografie ihres Ehemannes Billy Connolly.

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- [en] Pamela Stephenson

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[es] Pamela Stephenson

Pamela Helen Stephenson Connolly (Takapuna, Auckland, 4 de diciembre de 1949), también conocida por su nombre de casada Pamela Connolly, es una psicóloga clínica y escritora neozelandesa residente en el Reino Unido.

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[ru] Стивенсон, Памела

Паме́ла Хе́лен Сти́венсон, леди Ко́ннолли (англ. Pamela Helen Stephenson, Lady Connolly; род. 4 декабря 1949, Такупана  (англ.) (рус., Окленд, Новая Зеландия) — новозеландская актриса, комедиантка, певица и психолог. Наиболее известна как участница музыкально-юмористической телепрограммы «Субботним вечером в прямом эфире» в 1984—1985 годах. В конце 1980-х годов, после ухода из кинематографа, занялась клинической психологией.

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