Trivia

Tessa Wyatt and Richard O'Sullivan (who played her on-screen boyfriend and later husband Robin Tripp in the ITV comedy series Robin's Nest (1977)) were a couple for seven years from 1978 and had a son (called Jamie) together.

She was married to Tony Blackburn for 5 years and has a son Simon.

Has a son, Jack, and a daughter, Joanna, by her marriage to Bill Harkness, and lives in Wimbledon,.

Her father Charles was an England hockey player and director general of the Council of the council of foreign bondholders.

She began in ballet then moved to stage school on finding her ankles not strong enough for point work and has been acting since the age of 12.

First professional appearance in BBC TV series Mr. Pastry's Progress (1962) when she was 12.

Married property man Bill Harkness August 1986.

Has 3 sisters and a brother.

Her family come from Mayfield in Sussex but she now lives in Datchet.

Since mid 1975 lived with Richard O'Sullivan.

First theatre tour in February 1985 in Double Cut.

Has been in show business since 1959.

Tessa played the part of 'Judy Blackburn' in the 1969 Public Eye episode 'The Comedian's Graveyard'...three years before marrying popular BBC Radio 1 DJ Tony Blackburn .