Hilda Braid

Hilda Braid (3 March 1929 – 6 November 2007) was an English actress who had a long career on British television. She became well known in her later years for playing Victoria "Nana" Moon on the BBC One soap opera EastEnders.

Early life Braid was born in Northfleet, Kent. She trained as an actress and dancer at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, having won a scholarship to train there. and King John in 1974 to 1975. Braid made her television debut in the police drama No Hiding Place, playing Alice Flinders in an episode that aired on 14 October 1960. In 1963, she appeared in Suspense. In the 1960s and 1970s, she also appeared in Crossroads, Softly, Softly, Catweazle, Z-Cars, Play for Today, The Onedin Line, The Crezz, Emmerdale, and Man About the House. Braid left the soap, with Nana's death on 16 December 2005. She had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease shortly after her departure from EastEnders, and subsequently moved into a nursing home in Hove. Her funeral service took place on 25 November 2007 at Woodvale Crematorium in Brighton.

Selected filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1959 Twelfth Night Maria TV film, for schools 1970 Scrooge Party Guest Uncredited 1972 For the Love of Ada Mrs. Armitage 1978 Killer's Moon Mrs. May 1980 The Wildcats of St Trinian's Miss Summers1996 Kiss and Tell Gloria Sumner TV film 101 Dalmatians Woman on Park Bench1997 Mrs Dalloway Woman in deckchair Cold Enough for Snow Customer at the Dry Cleaners TV film 1998 Romeo Thinks Again Mrs. Sudberry Short

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