Andria Lawrence is best remembered for her appearances in both the TV and film productions of the 1970s’ British
sitcom On the Buses. Her performance as "Turnaround Betty" in the 1971
On the Buses film exemplified the amorous type of comic role in which she was most often cast. She was cast to similar comic
type in
For the Love of Ada (1972) and
Man About the House (1974). She is also remembered for her part as a pretty barmaid in a c.1970 TV advert for Courage Tavern Keg Bitter, in which her line was "Ooooh, it's too strong for me .... but I like the men who drink it!" Lawrence demonstrated skill in drama too. She appeared in
Ken Loach's acclaimed slice of gritty realism
Cathy Come Home (1966) and in the
Hammer Films production
Countess Dracula (1971). Lawrence was also a writer, publishing novel
The Olive Tree in 2016. ==Filmography==