Gabrielle drake biography

British actress (born )

Gabrielle Drake (born 30 March ) is a British actress. She appeared in the s in television series The Brothers and UFO.

In the early s she appeared in several erotic roles on screen.

Gabrielle drake biography

She later took parts in soap operas Crossroads and Coronation Street. She has also had a stage career.

Her brother was the musician Nick Drake, whose work she has consistently helped to promote since his death in

Early life and education

Drake was born in Lahore, British India, the daughter of Rodney Shuttleworth Drake ( - ) and amateur songwriter Molly Drake.

She is the sister of songwriter and composer Nick Drake.

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Her father was an engineer working for the Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation. The family moved from Burma to Britain when she was eight.^[2]

She later commented that,

Until then, life was fairly easy out east.

There were lots of servants not that I remember having a spoilt childhood. Then suddenly we were back in Engla