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In 1966, she was introduced to American TV viewers in the pilot episode of ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' as a young passenger on the ''Titanic'' who befriends Dr. Tony Newman. She later portrayed conservationist [[Joy Adamson]] in ''[[Living Free]]'', the sequel to ''[[Born Free]]''. In 1972, she played three different characters in ''[[Malpertuis (film)|Malpertuis]]'', directed by [[Harry Kumel]]. She is well known for her work on television. She appeared in several popular television serials, including ''[[The Andromeda Breakthrough]]'' (1962) in which she replaced [[Julie Christie]], who was not available for the show but had played the part of Andromeda in the first season ''[[A for Andromeda]]'' (1961). Her most notable television role in the 1960s came in the [[BBC]]'s 1967 adaptation of ''[[The Forsyte Saga (1967 series)|The Forsyte Saga]]'', in which she played Fleur.

1973 saw Hampshire again on U.S. television with [[Kirk Douglas]] in a musical version of ''[[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''. More recent TV roles include Molly Macdonald in ''[[Monarch of the Glen (TV series)|Monarch of the Glen]]'' (2000–05), and an appearance in ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (Series 26, No Goodbyes, 19 November 2011) as Caitlin Northwick (alongside [[Michael Jayston]]). She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1992 when she was surprised by [[Michael Aspel]] at the [[The Ritz London Hotel|Ritz Hotel]]. She received [[Emmy Awards]] from the [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] for her roles in ''[[The Forsyte Saga]]'' (1970), ''[[The First Churchills]]'' (1971) and ''[[Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]'' (1973). Other miniseries in which she appeared are ''[[The Pallisers]]'', ''[[The Barchester Chronicles]]'' and ''[[Coming Home (TV serial)|Coming Home]]''. In 1997 she appeared in the ITV television series ''[[The Grand (TV series)|The Grand]]''. She played a madame residing in the hotel.