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Gretchen Franklin
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Film & TV
Covent Garden, London, England, UK
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…
Known for
- Keeping Up Appearances — Daddy's Fiance1990
- EastEnders1985
- EastEnders — Ethel Skinner1985
- Return to Waterloo — Woman on Train1984
- Blackadder — Cordelia1983
- Dead Ernest1982
- Ragtime — Elderly Woman1981
- Quincy's Quest — Witch1979
- Terry and June — Cath1979
- Danger UXB — Mrs. Flack1979
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1942-03-25
- Active to
- 2018-08-16
aln-shdeep soulgospeljazzquiet stormr&b
Discography
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gretchen
- Family name
- Franklin
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Barnes
- Occupation
- stage actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1911-07-07
- date of death
- 2005-07-11
- start of work period
- 1929-00-00
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