Andria Lawrence

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Acting

Known Credits

1.3171

Gender

Female

Birthday

20-Jun-1936

Age

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

Andrea Lawrence

Andria Lawrence

Biography

Andria Lawrence (born Maureen Smith; 20 June 1936 – 17 November 2025) was an English actress and writer, best known for her roles in On the Buses, and in Coronation Street as Janet Stockwell.

Credits

Love Affair (1974) Character: Topsy
A lonely, elderly lady strikes up a friendship with a driving instructor.

Love Thy Neighbour (1973) Character: Norma
Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...

In the Nick (1960) Character: N/A
A gang of small-time criminals is sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed, not punished. The gang leader wields his manipulative charm to take control.

The Coming Out Party (1965) Character: Sandra
When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.

For the Love of Ada (1972) Character: Sandra
Walter and Ada Bingley celebrate their first wedding anniversary, unaware that that friends and family are planning a surprise party. Based on the 1970-71 sitcom of the same name.

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight (1976) Character: Mrs. Nutbrown
Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon, manages to secure a job in a sex research institute where the patients run about the corridors naked, nude aerobics are encouraged and no man is safe from the crotch-grabbing tea lady. In his attempts to seduce pretty office secretary Cheryl, Pigeon invents a machine called Agnes that emits a 'sonic aphrodisiac' guaranteed to turn any man or woman into an slathering sex maniac. Although his attempts to zap Cheryl are singularly unsuccessful, Pigeon gets some interesting results when he accidentally turns the 'sex ray' on his bullying boss Nutbrown and the prudish Mary Watchtower.

On the Buses (1971) Character: Betty
Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of

Countess Dracula (1971) Character: Ziza
Hungary, XVII century. After being widowed, the old countess Elizabeth Nádasdy, of the Báthory lineage, fortunately discovers a way to become young again; but the price to be paid by those around her will be high and bloody.

Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) Character: Brassy Girl
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.

Man About the House (1974) Character: Miss Amelia Bird
An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are.

The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising (1962) Character: N/A
A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.

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