Gretchen Franklin
- Schauspiel
- 7. Juli 1911 · Covent Garden, London, England, UK
- 11. Juli 2005
Biografie
Born in Covent Garden, West London in 1911, Gretchen Franklin was an English actress and dancer whose showbusiness career spanned over 70 years. She was best known for her role as Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC 1 soap opera EastEnders. She appeared in the very first episode in 1985 and was a regular in the series until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently until 2000 when her character was killed off, allowing Franklin to retire from acting at the age of 89. Born into a theatrical family (her father had a song and dance act, her grandfather was a famous music hall entertainer at the turn of the century and her cousin was Dad's Army star Clive Dunn) Gretchen Franklin made her theatre debut as a teenage chorus girl. She toured with comedians such as Gracie Fields before making the switch to serious acting. Her film appearances included Cloak Without Dagger (1956), Flame in the Streets (1961), The Murder Game (1965), Help! (1965), How I Won The War (1967), Twisted Nerve (1968), The Night Visitor (1971), The Three Musketeers (1973), Quincy's Quest (1979), and Ragtime (1981), among others. She is namechecked in The Fall's 1990 song Telephone Thing.
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Filmografie
- Mehr Schein als Sein · Daddy's Fiance
- EastEnders · Ethel Skinner
- Return to Waterloo · Woman on Train
- Blackadder · Cordelia
- Dead Ernest
- Ragtime · Elderly Woman
- Quincy's Quest · Witch
- Terry and June · Cath
- Quatermass · Edna
- Danger UXB · Mrs. Flack
- The One and Only Phyllis Dixey · Phyllis's Dresser
- Fünf Freunde · Mrs Janes
- Hazell · Pearl
- Nicholas Nickleby · Miss Knag
- George and Mildred · Mother
- I Didn't Know You Cared · Auntie Lil
- Die Füchse · Florence, the Charlady
- Churchill's People · Mrs Baxter
- Die vier Musketiere · D'Artagnan's Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rising Damp · Aunt Maud
- Die drei Musketiere · D’Artagnan’s Mother
- Secrets · Mrs. Pitt
- Black and Blue · Mrs. Pitt
- Bowler
- Bowler · Mrs Bowler
- Kein Pardon für Schutzengel · Nelly Baxter
- Sykes · Bookstall Assistant
- The Organization · Edna
- Six Days of Justice · Annie
- Budgie · Carrie Wetherall
- Der unheimliche Besucher · Mrs. Hansen
- The Company Man · Tea Lady
- Castle Haven
- Teufelskreis Y · Clarkie
- Ausflucht · Bus Conductress
- Journey to the Unknown · Mrs. Barrett
- Wie ich den Krieg gewann · 2nd Old Lady
- The Murder Game · Landlady
- A Slight Case Of...
- Hi-Hi-Hilfe! · Neighbour (uncredited)
- Londoners · Mrs. Hincastle
- The Man Who Came to Die · Mrs. Marriott
- Gideon's Way · Martha Bray
- The Four Seasons of Rosie Carr · Amy Bennett
- Story Parade · Mrs. Huxtable
- The Protectors · Mrs Bolland
- The Silent Playground · Mrs. Elgin
- Raise Your Glasses
- The Scales of Justice · Rose Jenkins
- Harold und die Stripperin · Aunt Daphne
- Z-Cars
- The Trouble with Our Ivy · Mrs. Chard
- Schwarze Fackel · Mrs. Bingham
- Ticket to Paradise · Mrs. Higginbottom
- The Poet · Erminia
- Bleak House · Mrs Guppy
- The Artful Dodger
- Saturday Playhouse · Susan Sillsby, Mrs. Wilson
- The Secret Place · Mother (uncredited)
- The High Terrace · Mrs. Webb
- Armchair Theatre · Miss Julia, Mrs. Chard
- Cloak Without Dagger · Emmie
- Dixon of Dock Green · Mrs. Walcott
- Before I Wake · Elsie
- Die Tingeltangelgräfin · Martha (uncredited)