[1] Born in South Africa,[2] she came to England in 1961 and went to RADA for two years.
She has also appeared in several films and on stage, both in the West End and touring.
[3] Neil was married to actor Brian Blessed and had a daughter with him, Rosalind,[4] who is also an actress and represented by the same agent as her mother.
On 23 May 2009, Neil appeared with her husband on the ITV entertainment show, All Star Mr & Mrs, on which it was established that she was a keen Liverpool F.C.
Hildegarde Neil died of cancer on 19 September 2023, at the age of 84.