Education
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Artist
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Artist
A versatile and respected actress, Littler is perhaps best remembered for her British Academy of Film and Television Arts-nominated role in the 1977 British Broadcasting Corporation Play for Today production Spend, Spend, Spend (1977), directed by John Goldschmidt. Her film career included roles in the 1973 film version of The Lovers, and Rough Cut (1980) starring Burt Reynolds. Towards the end of her career, Littler appeared in a number of critically acclaimed and/or high profile London theatre productions.
These included:
The Country Wife by William Wycherley (National Theatre, 1977)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby adapted by David Edgar (Aldwych Theatre, 1980)
Enjoy by Alan Bennett (Vaudeville Theatre, 1980)
Littler died of cancer on 11 July 1982, aged 34.
Obituaries noted the loss of a talent of great promise before she had been able to realise her full potential. The Daily Telegraph described Littler"s early death as "the greatest premature loss (of a British actress) since Kay Kendall".
On 24 October 1982, Albert Finney hosted a special programme in Littler"s memory at London"s National Theatre, with proceeds donated to cancer research.