Elizabeth Bellamy

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Elizabeth Bellamy
Elizabeth with her husband Lawrence Kirbridge on her Wedding Day
First appearance	"The Path of Duty"
Last appearance	"A Family Gathering"
Portrayed by	Nicola Pagett
In-universe information
Nickname	Miss Lizzie
Family	Richard Bellamy (father) Lady Marjorie Bellamy (mother) Virginia Bellamy (stepmother) James Bellamy (brother) Alice Hamilton (stepsister) William Hamilton (stepbrother)
Spouse	Lawrence Kirbridge Dana Wallace
Children	Lucy Elizabeth Kirbridge
Relatives	Charles Bellamy (grandfather) Hannah Bellamy (grandmother) Walter Talbot-Carey, 12th Earl of Southwold (grandfather) Mabel Talbot-Carey, Countess of Southwold (grandmother) Arthur Bellamy (uncle) Hugo Talbot-Carey, 13th Earl of Southwold (uncle) Lady Katherine Castleton (great-aunt) Georgina Worsley (step-cousin)

Elizabeth Bellamy (also Kirbridge) is a fictional character in the ITV period drama Upstairs, Downstairs, originally broadcast for five series from 1971 to 1975. She was portrayed by Nicola Pagett.^[1]

Elizabeth is the daughter of Richard and Lady Marjorie, and was a main character for the first two series, appearing in 13 episodes. She grew up at 165, Eaton Place (exterior shots were the actual 65 Eaton Place, with a "1" painted in front of "65") in fashionable Belgravia. The spoiled, self-absorbed younger sister of James, Elizabeth takes a somewhat fleeting, but serious, interest in various social causes, including socialism and the Suffragette movement. The impulsive Elizabeth marries a poet, Lawrence Kirbridge, but he turns out to have no interest in sex and arranges for his publisher to make love to Elizabeth, and a child is conceived. Soon after, Lawrence is sent abroad with an allowance, and Elizabeth has a relationship with an Anglo-Armenian. Elizabeth is close to the maid Rose, who frequently calls her "Miss Lizzie", even after marriage.

Elizabeth leaves Upstairs, Downstairs between the second and third series when she moves to New York. The reason for the departure was Nicola Pagett's refusal to appear again, after she was not selected to appear in an Upstairs, Downstairs film. The film was never made.^[1]