"and Series 1 starred Pauline Collins as Dawn and Polly James as Beryl Hennessey. In Series 2, Nerys Hughes debuted as Sandra Hutchinson, replacing Dawn for the rest of the programme's run. The Beryl-and-Sandra pairing is generally regarded as the programme's best period. Beryl was the more 'common' one, while Sandra was soft-spoken and more refined, due to the influence of her snobbish, overbearing mother (Mollie Sugden). Carla Lane drew on her own mother for the character – ""Mrs Hutchinson, I think she was my mother. I'm sure she was my mother"". Beryl's 'common' mother (the Hennesseys live in Bootle,"
"Nerys Hughes Nerys Hughes (born 8 November 1941) is a Welsh actress, known primarily for her television roles, including her part in the BBC TV series ""The Liver Birds"". She was born in Rhyl, Flintshire. Her parents were Myfi and Ted Kerfoot-Hughes, who raised her as a Methodist and sent her to Howell's School in Denbigh, where she took an interest in drama. Her first language was Welsh, although she said in 2009 that by then she had lost some competence. She studied drama at Rose Bruford College and in 1960 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton"
"Polly James Polly James (born 1941) is an English actress with a career in theatre, film, television and radio. She was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, under the name Pauline Devaney. After graduating from RADA, James's TV career began in BBC2's ""Thirty-Minute Theatre"", followed by the role of a drug addict in ""Z-Cars"" in 1967. She played Audrey Hargreaves in ""Coronation Street"" in 1967. She is best known for her role as Beryl Hennessey in the first four series of the British sitcom ""The Liver Birds"" (1969–74), mostly alongside Nerys Hughes. She played Cicely Courtneidge in the biographical musical of the"
"Todd, alongside actors Peter Davison, Richard Todd and Simon Rouse. She also appeared in the ""Torchwood"" episode ""Something Borrowed"" as Brenda Williams. She is also known for her role as Glenda in ""The Queen's Nose"" (1998–2000). Hughes is married to television cameraman Patrick Turley and has a son and a daughter. Half Man Half Biscuit released a song ""I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)"" on the album ""Back in the D.H.S.S."". Nerys Hughes Nerys Hughes (born 8 November 1941) is a Welsh actress, known primarily for her television roles, including her part in the BBC TV series ""The Liver"
"Camryn Manheim Camryn Manheim (born March 8, 1961) is an American actress known primarily for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's ""The Practice"", Delia Banks on CBS's ""Ghost Whisperer"", as Elvis's mother, Gladys Presley in the 2005 mini-series ""Elvis"", and ""Control"" on ""Person of Interest"". In 1998 she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on ""The Practice"". Manheim was born in Caldwell, New Jersey and grew up in Peoria, Illinois. She is the daughter of Sylvia, a teacher, and Jerome Manheim, a mathematics professor. Her family is Jewish."
"Suzzanne Douglas Suzzanne Douglas (born April 12, 1957) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as matriarch Jerri Peterson on the WB sitcom ""The Parent 'Hood"", starring Robert Townsend which ran from 1995–1999. Douglas portrayed Amy Simms in the 1989 dance/drama film ""Tap"" alongside Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr; for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In addition to Tap, Douglas has starred in several other motion pictures, among them ""How Stella Got Her Groove Back"" (1998), ""Jason's Lyric"" (1994), ""The Inkwell"" (1994) as well as"
"was the elderly ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's ""The Birds"" (1963). She also performed in Billy Liar 1963 the same year as The Birds. Ethel Griffies Ethel Griffies (born Ethel Woods, 26 April 1878 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire – 9 September 1975 in London) was an English actress of stage, screen and television. She is perhaps best-known to modern audiences as the ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's ""The Birds"" (1963). Griffies was the daughter of actors Samuel Rupert Woods and Lillie Roberts. Taken onstage at the age of three, she continued to act for the next"
"Elizabeth Hoffman (actress) Elizabeth Hoffman (born February 8, 1927) is an American character actress. Hoffman was born in Corvallis, Oregon. She is best known for her regular role as Beatrice Reed Ventnor, Swoosie Kurtz', Sela Ward's, Patricia Kalember's and Julianne Phillips' characters' mother, on the NBC drama series ""Sisters"" (1991-1996). Hoffman also guest-starred in a number of television shows and mini-series such as ""Little House on the Prairie"", ""War and Remembrance"", ""Matlock"" and ""thirtysomething"", and well as several movies including playing the role of Grandma Ruth in ""Dante's Peak"". She also played the role of Catherine Langford in ""Stargate SG-1""."
"Elizabeth Hoffman (actress) Elizabeth Hoffman (born February 8, 1927) is an American character actress. Hoffman was born in Corvallis, Oregon. She is best known for her regular role as Beatrice Reed Ventnor, Swoosie Kurtz', Sela Ward's, Patricia Kalember's and Julianne Phillips' characters' mother, on the NBC drama series ""Sisters"" (1991-1996). Hoffman also guest-starred in a number of television shows and mini-series such as ""Little House on the Prairie"", ""War and Remembrance"", ""Matlock"" and ""thirtysomething"", and well as several movies including playing the role of Grandma Ruth in ""Dante's Peak"". She also played the role of Catherine Langford in ""Stargate SG-1""."
"Judith Chapman Judith Chapman (born Judith Shepard on November 15, 1951) is an American actress, best known for soap opera roles, particularly as Natalie Bannon Hughes in ""As the World Turns"", Charlotte Greer on ""Ryan's Hope"", Ginny Blake Webber on ""General Hospital"", Sandra Montaigne on ""One Life to Live"", Anjelica Deveraux Curtis on ""Days of Our Lives"", and as Gloria Abbott Bardwell on ""The Young and the Restless"". Chapman was born in Greenville, South Carolina. She is the daughter of retired United States Air Force general Leland C. Shepard Jr.. Her older sister Patty Shepard (born 1945) also worked as"
"Gertrude Flynn Gertrude Flynn (January 14, 1909 – October 16, 1996) was an American stage, film and television actress. She was married to Asa Bordages, a feature writer for the ""New York World-Telegram"" and playwright known for the 1941 play ""Brooklyn USA"". Flynn's film and television career began in 1954 in ""The Barefoot Contessa"" as ""Lulu McGee"". She played ""Maggie Blake"" in the ""Sherlock Holmes"" episode, ""The Case of the Belligerent Ghost"". She made four guest appearances on ""Perry Mason"" in the early 1960s, including as ""Agatha Culpepper"" in ""The Case of the Floating Stones"", as Mrs. Nichols in ""The"
"Barbara Berjer Barbara Berjer (June 12, 1920 – October 20, 2002) was a well-known American television actress born in Seattle, Washington. Among her many soap opera credits were her long-term roles as alcoholic actress Lynn Franklin on ""From These Roots"" (1958–1961); the fourth Claire English Lowell Cassen Shea (Ellen Stewart's mother) on ""As the World Turns"" (1965–1971); Barbara Norris Thorpe (replacing Augusta Dabney) on ""Guiding Light"" (1971–1981; she reprised the role for a few episodes in 1989, and on a recurring basis from 1995 to 1996); and Scottish nanny Bridget Connell on ""Another World"" (1985–1996) who raised both Victoria Love"
"Nia Peeples Virenia Gwendolyn ""Nia"" Peeples (born December 10, 1961) is an American R&B and dance music singer and actress. Peeples is known for playing Nicole Chapman on the hit TV series ""Fame"", Pam Fields, the mother of Emily Fields on hit TV drama ""Pretty Little Liars"", as Karen Taylor Winters on ""The Young and the Restless"", and as Sydney Cooke on ""Walker, Texas Ranger"". Her most recent role is Grace's mom, Susan, on ""The Fosters"". Peeples was born in Hollywood, California, the daughter of Elizabeth Joan (née Rubic), a flamenco dancer, and Robert Eugene Peeples. She was raised in"
"Marlyne Barrett Marlyne Nayokah Barrett (born Afflack, on September 13, 1978) is an American actress, known for her roles on television. She had a recurring role from 2006 to 2008 as Nerese Campbell in the HBO crime drama ""The Wire"" and in 2007, she had a recurring role as Felicia Marquand in the FX legal drama ""Damages"". In 2015, she began starring as Head Charge Nurse Maggie Lockwood in the NBC medical drama ""Chicago Med"". Barrett was born as Marlyne Nayokah Afflack in Brooklyn, New York. She began her career appearing on stage and television, before she co-starred with Hill"
"Sarah Clarke Sarah Clarke (born February 16, 1972) is an American actress, best known for her role as Nina Myers on ""24"", and also for her roles as Renée Dwyer, Bella Swan's mother, in the 2008 film ""Twilight"", Erin McGuire on the short-lived TV show ""Trust Me"", and CIA Agent Lena Smith on the USA Network show ""Covert Affairs"". She currently stars as Eleanor Wish in Amazon Studios' police procedural drama ""Bosch"". Clarke was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Carolyn, a homemaker, and Ernest Clarke, an engineer. She attended John Burroughs School in St. Louis, Missouri (along"
"Lady Bird (film) Lady Bird is a 2017 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith. Set in Sacramento, California, in 2002, it is a coming-of-age story of a high-school senior and her turbulent relationship with her mother. ""Lady Bird"" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2017, and was released in the United States on November 3, 2017, by A24. Critics praised the film's screenplay, direction, and Ronan and Metcalf's performances, and it grossed over"
"Ethel Griffies Ethel Griffies (born Ethel Woods, 26 April 1878 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire – 9 September 1975 in London) was an English actress of stage, screen and television. She is perhaps best-known to modern audiences as the ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's ""The Birds"" (1963). Griffies was the daughter of actors Samuel Rupert Woods and Lillie Roberts. Taken onstage at the age of three, she continued to act for the next 86 years. Griffies married actor Walter Beaumont in 1900, and he died in 1910. In 1914, she married actor Edward Cooper, who predeceased his wife"
"and three episodes of ""Murder, She Wrote"". Her most recent film role was the mother of Judy (Parker Posey) in the 2002 romantic comedy, ""The Sweetest Thing"". Judith Chapman Judith Chapman (born Judith Shepard on November 15, 1951) is an American actress, best known for soap opera roles, particularly as Natalie Bannon Hughes in ""As the World Turns"", Charlotte Greer on ""Ryan's Hope"", Ginny Blake Webber on ""General Hospital"", Sandra Montaigne on ""One Life to Live"", Anjelica Deveraux Curtis on ""Days of Our Lives"", and as Gloria Abbott Bardwell on ""The Young and the Restless"". Chapman was born in Greenville,"
"Cara Williams Cara Williams (born Bernice Kamiat; June 29, 1925) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role as Billy's Mother in ""The Defiant Ones"" (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for her role as Gladys Porter on the 1960-1962 CBS television series ""Pete and Gladys"", for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy. Cara Williams was born Bernice Kamiat in Flatbush, Brooklyn, the daughter of New York-born Florence ""Flora"" (née Schwartz 1897–1990), whose parents were Romanian"
"debut, ""Not Alone"". Kika Mirylees Kika Mirylees (born Christina Kika Le Fleming Mirylees) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Julie Johnston in Bad Girls, Doc Newton in Red Drawf and Hazel hobbs in Eastenders the Mother of Gary Hobbs and Fliss in Not Going Out. Mirylees played Angela Snow in ""The Darling Buds of May"", and Doc Newton in ""Red Dwarf"". Her guest roles include Zola Zbzewski in ""Jonathan Creek"", Sylvana Watson in ""Taggart"", Maria Huntly in ""The Bill"", and Barbara Wells in ""Casualty"". In the 1980s she played Carinna in ""Lovejoy"". Mirylees is"
"Kelly Bishop Carole ""Kelly"" Bishop (born February 28, 1944) is an American actress and dancer, best known for her roles as matriarch Emily Gilmore on the series ""Gilmore Girls"" and as Marjorie Houseman, the mother of Jennifer Grey's Frances ""Baby"" Houseman in the film ""Dirty Dancing."" Bishop originated the role of Sheila in ""A Chorus Line,"" for which she won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical. She also starred as Fanny Flowers in the ABC Family short-lived comedy-drama series ""Bunheads."" Bishop was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Jane Lenore (née Wahtola) and"
"Reagan Gomez-Preston Reagan Amyre Gomez-Preston (born April 24, 1980) is an American television and film actress and voice actress. She is best known for her roles as Zaria Peterson on The WB sitcom ""The Parent 'Hood"" (1995–1999) and Roberta Tubbs on Fox animated comedy ""The Cleveland Show"" (2009–2013). Gomez-Preston was born in Detroit, Michigan to a Puerto Rican mother, Cheryl Gomez, and an African American father, Bennett Preston. She has a younger brother named Kyle. Gomez-Preston's father, Bennett Preston, is a medical examiner/pathologist in Philadelphia. When Gomez-Preston was young her mother worked for the Detroit Police Department. Cheryl Gomez was"
"she reprised for the 2014 season. She has also appeared in several works directed by her husband, Charles Sturridge, including his 1995 television adaptation of ""Gulliver's Travels"", where she portrayed the Liliputian Empress, the 1997 film """" and ""Shackleton"" in 2002. Phoebe Nicholls Phoebe Sarah Nicholls (born 1957) is an English film, television, and stage actress. She is known for her roles as Cordelia Flyte in ""Brideshead Revisited"" and as the mother of John Merrick in ""The Elephant Man"". Nicholls is the daughter of actors Anthony Nicholls and Faith Kent. She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama."
"California. Jane Darwell Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard, October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than one hundred major motion pictures spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's ""The Grapes of Wrath"", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Disney's musical family film, ""Mary Poppins"". Darwell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of"
"member of Girl Scouts of America, The National Council of Negro Women, Sigma Alpha Lambda (a national leadership and honors organization) and Jack and Jill of America. Suzzanne Douglas Suzzanne Douglas (born April 12, 1957) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as matriarch Jerri Peterson on the WB sitcom ""The Parent 'Hood"", starring Robert Townsend which ran from 1995–1999. Douglas portrayed Amy Simms in the 1989 dance/drama film ""Tap"" alongside Gregory Hines and Sammy Davis, Jr; for which she received an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. In addition to"
"Barbara Young (actress) Barbara Young (born 9 February 1936, Brighouse, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English actress. She is known for her role as the future Emperor Nero's mother, Agrippina, in the landmark 1976 BBC serial ""I, Claudius"". She also played Miss Scatcherd in the 1970 film of ""Jane Eyre"", Eileen Clancy in the 1975 TV series ""Looking For Clancy"", Dot Wilmington in the TV series ""Hazell"", and appeared in ""On Giant's Shoulders"" for the BBC in 1979. She played the long-running role of gossipy yet lovable Sadie Hargreaves Lloyd in soap opera ""Family Affairs"". Sadie, a former theatre"
"Kristen Rutherford Kristen Rutherford (born October 15, 1968) is an American writer, producer and actress. She may be best known for her work as the head writer/creative producer of The Nerdist on BBC America, and for being the host of the “#parent” show on Felicia Day’s Geek & Sundry network. She also has gained a cult following for playing the voice of “Melissa” in the alternate reality game I Love Bees. She has written for many shows including Pop Up Video, Attack of the Show! and Ninja Warrior. Rutherford has also worked for LucasFilm; first in 2009 with Olivia Munn,"
"Jane Darwell Jane Darwell (born Patti Woodard, October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than one hundred major motion pictures spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's ""The Grapes of Wrath"", for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Disney's musical family film, ""Mary Poppins"". Darwell has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame."
"Patsy Byrne Patricia ""Patsy"" Byrne (13 July 1933 – 17 June 2014) was an English actress, best known for her role as ""Nursie"" in ""Blackadder II"" as well as Malcolm's domineering mother in the ITV comedy series ""Watching"". Byrne was educated at Ashford County Grammar School. She studied drama at Rose Bruford College before joining the Royal Shakespeare Company playing parts such as Maria in ""Twelfth Night"" and Gruscha in ""The Caucasian Chalk Circle"" at the Aldwych Theatre in the early 1960s. In the 1980s she also worked at Chichester Festival Theatre. Byrne starred alongside Tony Robinson in a Series"
"solo directorial debut (after having co-directed ""Nights and Weekends"") with the teen comedy-drama film ""Lady Bird"", which she also wrote. The film's cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith. ""Lady Bird"" premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2017, was theatrically released in the United States on November 3, 2017 by A24, and in the United States it has grossed more than $50 million against its $10 million budget. Upon release, critics praised Gerwig's screenplay and direction. The film was later chosen by the National"
"Noreen Kershaw Noreen Kershaw is an English television actress and director. She trained at the Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre and, at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre, originated the title role of the play ""Shirley Valentine"", later made famous by Pauline Collins. She was seen in the BBC television series ""Life on Mars"", as WPC Phyllis Dobbs, the desk officer. She had previously played the roles of Kathy Roach in Channel 4's ""Brookside"" 1988-1990, Lynne Harrison in Granada Television's ""Albion Market"" 1985-1986, and Joyce Wilson in the long running Granada TV sitcom, ""Watching"" She has directed episodes of the top rated ITV1"
"Mary Scheer Mary Scheer is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer. She is best known as one of the original cast members of the sketch comedy series ""MADtv"" and for playing Freddie's mother, Marissa Benson, on ""iCarly"". She also played Alice the Zookeeper on ""The Penguins of Madagascar"". She played Gladys on Disney Channel's TV series, ""Bunk'd"". She is known for playing comedic characters in sitcoms and movies. Scheer was one of the original nine cast members of ""MADtv"" when the series debuted in 1995. She came to the show with a background in sketch comedy from her Groundling"
"series 17 of ""Silent Witness"". In 2015 Wragg appeared as Izzy Cartwright in the BBC TV series ""Death in Paradise"" Series 4 Episode 7. Having been together for 14 years, Wragg married Jamie Darling at Tatton Park, Cheshire, on 17 November 2007. They have two daughters Matilda and Molly. Kaye Wragg Kaye Michelle Wragg (born 15 December 1972 in Stockport, Cheshire) is an English actress best known for her television roles as Sergeant Diane Noble in ""The Bill"", Kate Oakley in ""No Angels"", Essie Harrison in ""Holby City"" and Lucy Archer in ""The Lakes"". She studied at the University of"