Private Benjamin (TV series) from Benjamin and her friends' attempts to evade the watchful eye of their sergeant. Although some of the actors from the film play the same characters on the TV show, (notably Eileen Brennan and Hal Williams, in their roles of Captain Doreen Lewis and Sgt. L.C. Ross respectively) the title role is acted by Lorna Patterson instead of Goldie Hawn. While the series was initially shot on film and featured many outdoor scenes, later episodes were more like a standard sitcom, shot on video on soundstages and complete with a laugh track. In the fall of 1982, Robert Mandan joined
Lucy Benjamin birth to a second daughter. She is a patron of the charity Rosie's Rainbow Fund. In May 2015, she was awarded £157,250 by Mr Justice Mann as part of a £1.2 million celebrity payout during the phone hacking scandal of the Mirror Group newspapers ("Trinity Mirror"), under her married name Lucy Taggart. Lucy Benjamin Lucy Benjamin (born Lucy Jane Baker, 25 June 1970) is an English actress. From 1998 to 2003 she played Lisa Fowler in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Born in Reading, Berkshire, England, she took the stage name of Benjamin after her brother. Benjamin trained at the