Acting is in her blood

Press, 4 May 1988, Page 19

Acting is in her blood

Carol Royle, who plays the dilemma-struck Jenny in “Life without George” (9.30 p.m. on One), comes from a background of pure show business, with her father an actor and her mother a make-up artist.

Born in Blackpool during a theatrical run her father was in, Royle says she acquired a taste for the stage right from the beginning. “I used to go into the wings and try to ease myself • on to the stage.” Leaving school at 16,

Royle trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Six months after graduating she was offered the part of Laura Collins in “The Cedar Tree,” a long-run-ning serial set in the 19305. Royle’s other television credits include the 1980 comedy series “Girl Talk,” plus “Heartland,” “The Racing Game,” and two of Frederic Raphael’s Oxbridge Blues plays. She also had a two-year spell with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

“Finding good work for women is still something of a difficulty,” she says. “You learn to be determined and philosophical at the same time. You’re either struggling because there’s no work at all, or the work you’re being asked to do is horrendous.” Royle lives with her husband and five-year-old son in London. “Life without George” screens Wednesdays at 1 9.30 p.m. on One.