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name: "Helen Atkinson-Wood"
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born: "14 March 1955"
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updated: "2026-09-18T09:39:56.547224+00:00"
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# Helen Atkinson-Wood

Actor. Born 14 March 1955 in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Born:** 14 March 1955, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1982–1983
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Atkinson-Wood, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13522439, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0040814/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1225541

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Blackadder*](https://film.one/tv/blackadder.md) (84)

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## Biography

Helen Atkinson-Wood is an English actress and comedian. She was born on 14 March 1955 in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire.

She studied fine art at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, where she performed with Rowan Atkinson. She appeared at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where she met Ben Elton, and took part in an OUDS production of *Richard II* alongside Tim McInnerny. Atkinson-Wood played Mrs Miggins in *Blackadder the Third* (1987) and had a small role in *The Young Ones* (1984). She was a regular cast member on the radio comedy *Radio Active* and its television version *KYTV*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, blackadder.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Blackadder* (1983), Fi1m 84, as Mrs. Miggins — [page](https://film.one/tv/blackadder.md)
- *The Young Ones* (1982), Fi1m 82, as Woman in Advert — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-ones.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization?* (2018), as Narrator
- *Joking Apart* (1993), series, as Sally
- *Tales from the Poop Deck* (1992), series, as Connie Blackheart
- *Your Cheatin' Heart* (1990), Acting
- *Your Cheatin' Heart* (1990), series, as Tamara MacAskill
- *Rita Rudner* (1990), series, Acting
- *The Craig Ferguson Show* (1990), Various, Writer
- *KYTV* (1989), series, Acting
- *Bosses From Hell* (1989), Acting
- *Chelmsford 123* (1988), series, as Functio's Wife
- *Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)* (1986), as Miranda
- *Girls On Top* (1985), series, as Jane
- *Kelly's Eye* (1985), series, Acting
- *Travelling Man* (1984), series, as TV Reporter
- *Blackadder* (1983), series, as Mrs. Miggins — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/blackadder.md)
- *Saturday Stayback* (1983), series, Acting
- *The Young Ones* (1982), series, as Woman in Advert — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-young-ones.md)
- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), series, as Miranda
- *O.T.T.* (1982), series, Acting

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