Louisa Rix

Louisa MacGregor Rix (born 2 February 1955) is a British former actress of theatre, film and television. She is perhaps best known for her role as Kevin the Teenager's mum, Mrs Patterson, in the BBC TV series Harry Enfield & Chums and its spin-off film, Kevin and Perry Go Large. In 2012, she founded the Interior Design company Forbes Rix Design with her business partner Natalie Forbes.

Early life Rix was born in Kensington, London, to actors Brian Rix and Elspet Gray. She has two brothers, one of whom is children's author and TV producer Jamie Rix. Her sister Shelley was born with Down's Syndrome, and died in 2005.

Rix studied drama at LAMDA and acted for many years on TV and in the theatre.

Career Rix gained early theatre experience at the Nottingham Playhouse while Richard Eyre was the artistic director, and in Peter Cheeseman's company at Stoke-on-Trent. Her subsequent West End appearances included roles in How the Other Half Loves and Man of the Moment by Alan Ayckbourn; The Pocket Dream by Sandi Toksvig & Elly Brewer; and Whose Life is it Anyway? by Brian Clark, as well as several productions at the National Theatre.

Rix is known for playing Mrs Patterson, the mother of Kevin the teenager, in the TV series Harry Enfield and Chums and in the movie Kevin & Perry Go Large. For Granada Television she co-starred with Tim Bentinck in Made In Heaven. She played Mel Smith's girlfriend in two series of Colin's Sandwich and starred in two series of Side By Side, both for the BBC. In Brookside she performed with Anna Friel as the solicitor representing the Jordache family in the "body under the patio" storyline. She played the vocally-challenged night club singer Melody Lane in a feature-length Coronation Street special with the QEII as the location. One of her final acting roles was as the Home Secretary in The Execution of Gary Glitter.

Personal life In 1980, Rix married actor Jonathan Coy, with whom she has two children, including Jolyon Coy. Rix and Coy divorced in 1990. She married writer Richard Ommanney in 1994.

Her paternal aunt, Sheila Mercier, played Annie Sugden in Emmerdale Farm for more than twenty years.

Rix is a long-standing member of the House Committee at Denville Hall.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1977 A Roof Over My Head Maureen Series 1, Episodes 1, 3 & 9 (recurring) 1978 Breakaway Girls Sally Wharton Series 1, Episode 4 (guest) 1978 Coronation Street Carole Gordon Episodes 1853, 1854, 1855 & 1856 (guest) 1979 Danger UXB Angie Series 1, Episodes 2 & 3 (guest) 1979 Kids Jenny Bramley Series 1, Episode 9 (guest) 1980 The Professionals Judy Shaw Series 4, Episode 13 (guest) 1981 Goodbye Darling Beth Series 1, Episode 5 (guest) 1981 A Fine Romance Ann Series 1, Episode 6 (guest) 1983 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime Mary Chilcott Series 1, Episode 3 (guest) 1987 Alas Smith & Jones Series 4, Episodes 2 & 3 (guest) 1988 French and Saunders Woman in Shower Series 2, Episode 2 (guest) 1988 Paris by Midnight Nurse Feature film 1988–89 Colin's Sandwich Jenny Anderson Series 1 & 2 (regular, 12 episodes) 1989 The Return of Shelley Donna Series 2, Episode 2 (guest) 1990 Made in Heaven Helen Nicholson Miniseries (regular, 4 episodes) 1991 Second Thoughts Hilary Series 1, Episode 4 (guest) 1991 Boon Diana Fawley Series 6, Episode 3 (guest) 1992–93 Side by Side Gilly Bell Series 1 & 2 (regular, 13 episodes) 1993 Harry Margaret Clarke Series 1, Episodes 11 & 12 (guest) 1994 The Detectives Mrs. Sharpe Series 2, Episode 6 (guest) 1994 Brookside Alison Dicks Episodes 1597 & 1600 (guest) 1994–97 Harry Enfield and Chums Mum Series 1 & 2 (supporting, 13 episodes) 1995 Coronation Street: The Feature Length Special Melody Lane Video 1997 Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's... Wife Series 2, Episode 4 (guest) 1999 Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager Mum Video 2000 Kevin & Perry Go Large Mum Feature film 2000 Always and Everyone Belinda Series 2, Episode 9 (guest) 2009 Doctors Cynthia Robertson Series 11, Episode 70 (guest) 2009 The Execution of Gary Glitter Valerie Clarke TV movie 2010 Miranda Jennifer Series 2, Episode 6 (guest) 2010 Come Fly with Me Posh Lady Series 1, Episode 2 (guest)