"Pam Ferris Pamela E. Ferris (born 11 May 1948 in Hanover, Germany) is a Welsh actress. She starred on television as Ma Larkin in ""The Darling Buds of May"", and as Laura Thyme in ""Rosemary & Thyme"", and has played parts in family films based on works by British authors, such as Miss Trunchbull in ""Matilda"" and as Aunt Marge in ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"", and most recently as Sister Evangelina in ""Call the Midwife"". Ferris performed in her younger years at the Mercury Theatre in Auckland, and later with various regional companies in the UK. She"
"played motherly Ma Larkin in the ITV series ""The Darling Buds of May"", which ran from 1991 to 1993. She has also acted in a succession of television dramas, including ""Meantime"", in which she played the Cockney mother of Phil Daniels and Tim Roth, ""Connie"", ""Hardwicke House"", ""Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"", ""Where the Heart Is"" and ""Paradise Heights"". From 2003 to 2006, she played the gardening sleuth, Laura Thyme, in ""Rosemary & Thyme"". Her roles in costume dramas include parts in television adaptations of ""Middlemarch"", ""The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"", ""Our Mutual Friend"", ""The Turn of the Screw"","
"Love"". In 2010 she played Hyacinth Bucket in a theatrical adaptation of the BBC situation comedy ""Keeping Up Appearances"" that toured the UK. In 2017 she took on the recurring role of Eve Haskey, mother of doctor Al Haskey, in the BBC daily drama series ""Doctors"". Rachel Bell Rachel Bell (born 1950) is an English actress. Bell has many television credits to her name and has been associated as a long-running character with three series: Margaret Holmes in ""Grange Hill"" (1997–2002); Edith Pilchester in ""The Darling Buds of May"" (1991–1993); and Louise, the overbearing chair of the divorcee support group"
"Rachel Bell Rachel Bell (born 1950) is an English actress. Bell has many television credits to her name and has been associated as a long-running character with three series: Margaret Holmes in ""Grange Hill"" (1997–2002); Edith Pilchester in ""The Darling Buds of May"" (1991–1993); and Louise, the overbearing chair of the divorcee support group in ""Dear John"" (1986–1987). She also appeared in the ""Doctor Who"" story ""The Happiness Patrol"" (1988) and the ""Only Fools and Horses"" episode ""To Hull and Back"" (1985). Her films include ""Sweet William"" (1980), ""Red Mercury"" (2005) and the 2008 Keira Knightley film, ""The Edge Of"
"Abigail Rokison Abigail Rokison-Woodall (née Rokison) is an author and academic specialising in William Shakespeare, as well as a former actress. She was Director of Studies in English and Drama at Homerton College, Cambridge until the end of 2012. She is now lecturer in Shakespeare and Theatre at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford upon Avon. She previously played Primrose in ""The Darling Buds of May"". Her acting career covered both stage and screen, and included the role of Primrose Larkin in the ITV television comedy drama ""The Darling Buds of May"", first broadcast between 1991 and 1993. She went on to"
"Tony nominee, eight-time Emmy nominee (four wins) and a six-time Golden Globe nominee (one win). Valerie Harper Valerie Kathryn Harper (born August 22, 1939) is an American actress. She played Rhoda Morgenstern in the 1970s television series ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"" and in its spin-off, ""Rhoda"". She later played Valerie Hogan in ""Valerie"". She is a four-time Primetime Emmy Award winner. Her notable film roles include ""Freebie and the Bean"" (1974), and ""Chapter Two"" (1979), both of which garnered her Golden Globe Award nominations. Harper is also known for her stage work, having appeared in several Broadway productions. She"
"Cathryn Damon Cathryn Lee Damon (September 11, 1930 – May 4, 1987) was an American actress, best known for her roles on television sitcoms in the 1970s and 1980s. Born in Seattle, Damon was raised in Tacoma and graduated from Stadium High School, moved to New York City at age 16 to pursue ballet and ultimately appeared in several Broadway productions, including ""Shinbone Alley"", ""Foxy"", ""Flora, The Red Menace"", ""The Boys from Syracuse"", ""The Last of the Red Hot Lovers"", ""Sweet Bird of Youth"" and ""The Cherry Orchard"". During the 1967-68 season, she was the Mame and Vera understudy for"
"starred with her ex-husband Jeremy Brett), ""The Mayor of Casterbridge"" (1978), ""The Cherry Orchard"" (1980), and ""Anna Karenina"" (1985). She had roles in the British comedy series ""The Darling Buds of May"" (1991) and ""The Robinsons"" (2005). She also appeared in a number of mysteries and thrillers on television, including episodes of ""Inspector Morse"", ""The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries"", ""Midsomer Murders"", ""Strange"", ""Lewis"", and ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"". With Imelda Staunton, she co-devised and starred as Josephine Daunt in ""Daunt and Dervish"" on BBC radio. She was the narrator of ""This Sceptred Isle"" on BBC Radio 4, a history of Britain from"
"Florence Sundstrom Florence ""Flo"" Sundstrom (February 9, 1918 - June 25, 2001) was an American actress. She appeared in ""Pacific Heights"" (1990) as Mrs. Thayer; ""Stitches"" (1985) as a maid; ""The World's Greatest Lover"" (1977) as Aunt Tillie; ""The Last Challenge"" (1967) as Outdoors; ""Bachelor in Paradise"" (1961) as Mrs. Pickering; ""Spring Reunion"" (1957) as Mary; ""The Vagabond King"" (1956) as Laughing Margot; and ""The Rose Tattoo"" (1955) as Flora. She also appeared in the television shows: JAG: The Return of Jimmy Blackhorse (1998) as Frances Roland; Roseanne: Shower the People You Love With Stuff (1995) as Beverly's friend; Barnaby"
"Valerie Harper Valerie Kathryn Harper (born August 22, 1939) is an American actress. She played Rhoda Morgenstern in the 1970s television series ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"" and in its spin-off, ""Rhoda"". She later played Valerie Hogan in ""Valerie"". She is a four-time Primetime Emmy Award winner. Her notable film roles include ""Freebie and the Bean"" (1974), and ""Chapter Two"" (1979), both of which garnered her Golden Globe Award nominations. Harper is also known for her stage work, having appeared in several Broadway productions. She started her career as a dancer on Broadway, making her debut in the musical ""Take"
"Maria Thayer Maria Christina Thayer (born October 30, 1975) is an American actress and comedian. She first earned public recognition for her portrayal of Tammi Littlenut on the cult series ""Strangers With Candy"" in 1999. Thayer has also had supporting roles in the comedy films ""Hitch"" (2005), ""Accepted"" (2006), and ""Forgetting Sarah Marshall"" (2008). She has appeared in numerous television series, including a lead role on the Adult Swim series ""Eagleheart"" (2011–14), and a lead role as Abbey Logan on the comedy series ""Those Who Can't"". Thayer was born in Portland, Oregon, and spent her early life in the small"
"Rebecca Tope Rebecca Tope is a British crime novelist and journalist. She is the author of three murder mystery series, featuring the fictional characters of Den Cooper, a Devon police detective, Drew Slocombe, a former nurse, now an undertaker, Thea Osborne, a house sitter in the Cotswolds, and Persimmon Brown, a florist in the Lake District. Tope is also ghost writer of the novels based on the ITV series ""Rosemary and Thyme"". Tope was born in 1948 in the Midlands and raised in Cheshire, then moved to Devon with her farming family. The farming life with its cruelty, death, frustration"
"Marilyn Borden Marilyn Borden (May 29, 1932 – March 25, 2009) was an American actress and singer who with her sister, Rosalyn ""Roz"" Borden, were known as the Borden Twins. The duo are best-remembered for their appearance on ""I Love Lucy"" playing ""Teensy and Weensy"" in the episode ""Tennessee Bound"" (1955). Although never anything other than supporting players, the duo performed in several venues, including gigs on the nightclub circuit, as well as larger events including Rose Bowl. The twins also performed at countless USO shows at home and overseas, and worked with such entertainers as: Lucille Ball, Dean Martin,"
"weaving. She takes commissions for big warm pure wool throws and blankets. Three novelisations of ""Rosemary and Thyme"", credited to ITV series creator Brian Eastman, which were published in Britain by Allison and Busby and in Australia by Hardie Grant Books: Rebecca Tope Rebecca Tope is a British crime novelist and journalist. She is the author of three murder mystery series, featuring the fictional characters of Den Cooper, a Devon police detective, Drew Slocombe, a former nurse, now an undertaker, Thea Osborne, a house sitter in the Cotswolds, and Persimmon Brown, a florist in the Lake District. Tope is also"
"The Mating Game (film) The Mating Game (1959) is an MGM Metrocolor film in CinemaScope directed by George Marshall, and starring Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall and Paul Douglas in his final film role. Reynolds sings the title song during the opening credits. The film was written by William Roberts very loosely based on a British novel, ""The Darling Buds of May"" by H. E. Bates, which was later adapted into a more faithful 1991–93 British miniseries, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones in the role that Debbie Reynolds plays in the film. The film has been featured on Turner Classic Movies, and was"
"King Sharir (Thierry Lhermitte). The film was not well received at the box office, and according to de Broca's obituary in ""The Daily Telegraph"", the film ""is best remembered for its enjoyable nude scenes"". Greater success followed when she starred opposite David Jason and Pam Ferris in the British period comedy-drama television series ""The Darling Buds of May"" from 1991 to 1993. Adapted from H. E. Bates novel of the same name, Zeta-Jones played the role of the eldest daughter of a family living in the countryside in 1950s Britain. The series was the highest-rated television show in the country"
"Rosalyn Borden Rosalyn ""Roz"" Borden (May 29, 1932 – January 23, 2003) was an American actress and singer, and along with her sister, Marilyn Borden, were known as The Borden Twins. The duo are perhaps best known for their appearance on ""I Love Lucy"" playing ""Teensy and Weensy"" in the episode entitled ""Tennessee Bound"". Although never anything other than supporting players, the duo have performed in several venues, including gigs on the nightclub circuit, as well as larger events including Rose Bowl. The twins also performed at countless USO shows at home and overseas. and have worked with many famous"
"Carole Demas Carole Demas (born 26 May 1940, Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress and singer, best known for originating the roles of Sandy in the 1971 Broadway musical ""Grease"" and the title role in the original 1976 production of ""The Baker's Wife"", for many prime time television roles, hundreds of commercials, and for her role in the long-running children's television show ""The Magic Garden"". The winding path of Carole’s career, highlighted in Schirmer, Citadel and Applause Books chronicling the trials and triumphs of Broadway, has taken her from her early days as Miss Vermont in The Miss Universe"
"Blythe Danner Blythe Katherine Danner Paltrow (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Izzy Huffstodt on ""Huff"" (2004–2006), and a Tony Award for Best Actress for her performance in ""Butterflies Are Free"" on Broadway (1969–1972). Danner was twice nominated for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for portraying Marilyn Truman on ""Will & Grace"" (2001–06; 2018), and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for"
"But she did have a stepson Herman "" Ted"" Thiel III and 6 step grandchildren- Shawna Thiel, David Vargas, Lori Flores (Thiel), Naomi Thiel, Herman Thiel IV and Shelby Carr. Along with 13 great grandchildren. Marilyn Borden Thiel died of heart failure at 9:45 am on Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Modesto, California, aged 76. Marilyn Borden Marilyn Borden (May 29, 1932 – March 25, 2009) was an American actress and singer who with her sister, Rosalyn ""Roz"" Borden, were known as the Borden Twins. The duo are best-remembered for their appearance on ""I Love Lucy"" playing ""Teensy and Weensy"""
"Charlotte Coleman Charlotte Ninon Coleman (3 April 1968 – 14 November 2001) was an English actress best known for playing Scarlett in the film ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"", Jess in the television drama ""Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"", and her childhood roles of Sue in ""Worzel Gummidge"" and the character Marmalade Atkins. Coleman died of an acute asthma attack in Holloway, North London, aged 33. Coleman was the first of two daughters born to actress Ann Beach and Canadian-born television producer Francis Coleman. Her younger sister is the actress Lisa Coleman. She was educated at Camden School for"
"Charlotte Coleman Charlotte Ninon Coleman (3 April 1968 – 14 November 2001) was an English actress best known for playing Scarlett in the film ""Four Weddings and a Funeral"", Jess in the television drama ""Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit"", and her childhood roles of Sue in ""Worzel Gummidge"" and the character Marmalade Atkins. Coleman died of an acute asthma attack in Holloway, North London, aged 33. Coleman was the first of two daughters born to actress Ann Beach and Canadian-born television producer Francis Coleman. Her younger sister is the actress Lisa Coleman. She was educated at Camden School for"
"her garden, which ran from 1989 to 1998. She played the role of Marjorie Dawe. Her other roles include appearances in films such as ""It Could Happen to You"" (1975), ""Bedrooms and Hallways"" (1998), ""Hear the Silence"" (2003, as Tessa Jowell) and ""MirrorMask"" (2005), and television series including ""Dombey and Son"", ""Coronation Street"", ""Crown Court"", ""The Mallens"", ""Holby City"", and ""Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde"" (as Mum Jekyll). Victoria Williams (actress) Victoria Williams (born 1956) is a British actress. She started her career at the end of the sixties as a child actor and played various roles in different TV"
"Celia Imrie Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952) is an English actress. She is known for her television roles with Victoria Wood, including in the spoof soap opera sketches ""Acorn Antiques"" (1985–87) and the sitcom ""Dinnerladies"" (1998–2000). She won the 2006 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for reprising her role in """" Described in 2003 as ""one of the most successful British actresses of recent decades"", Imrie's film appearances include ""Hilary and Jackie"" (1998), ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" (2001), ""Calendar Girls"" (2003) and ""The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"" (2012). Her other television credits include the"
"and in more than eighty films, including some that became classics, such as ""Dead End"" (1937), ""Dark Command"" (1940), ""The Shepherd of the Hills"" (1941), ""Meet Me in St. Louis"" (1944), and ""Friendly Persuasion"" (1956), but is best known for her Ma Kettle role in the Ma and Pa Kettle film series. The ""cornball humor"" of the Kettle films endured in subsequent television shows, such as ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" and ""Green Acres"" series of the 1960s. Marjorie Main Marjorie Main is the stage name of Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), was an American character actress and"
"Laura Hartong Laura Lynn Hartong (born 1958) is a British former television actress best known for playing Charlotte Onedin in four series of ""The Onedin Line"" created by Cyril Abraham. Born in Windsor, in the 1970s Hartong attended the Elmhurst Ballet School in Camberley in Surrey, where a contemporary was the actress Hetty Baynes. Laura Hartong made her first television appearance as Naomi in six episodes of ""The Growing Summer"" (1968), and played Princess Yasmin in the episode 'The Princess and the Potion' in ""Jackanory Playhouse"" (1972). However, she is best known for playing Charlotte Onedin, the daughter of Anne"
"Diana Davies (actress) Diana Davies (born 20 July 1936 in Manchester, Lancashire) is an English actress, best known for playing roles in two long-running ITV soap operas; Norma Ford in ""Coronation Street"" and Caroline Bates in ""Emmerdale Farm"" between 1984 and 1999. Amongst her roles prior to becoming a regular in ""Emmerdale Farm"", Davies portrayed three different characters in the retrospective educational drama ""How We Used To Live"" between 1969 and 1981; her characters being Mama (1969), Alice Boothroyd (1976) and Mabel Hodgkins (1981). She also appeared in the Liver Birds as Jenny. Davies divorced her husband, Peter, in 1979,"
"2014, Thayer played the sudden wife of Forrest MacNeill (Andy Daly) on the Comedy Central show ""Review"" for the episode ""Marry, Run, Party"" of the first season. Starting in 2015, she starred in the TruTV sitcom ""Those Who Can't"" as an incompetent teacher at a Denver high school, alongside Ben Roy, Adam Clayton-Holland and Andrew Orvedahl (The Grawlix). Thayer was previously engaged to actor David Harbour. Maria Thayer Maria Christina Thayer (born October 30, 1975) is an American actress and comedian. She first earned public recognition for her portrayal of Tammi Littlenut on the cult series ""Strangers With Candy"" in"
"it. Harmony Korine has stated that the characters Dot and Helen Darby (played by Chloë Sevigny and Carisa Glucksman) in his 1997 film ""Gummo"" ""were based off a combination of Cherie and Marie Currie, home schooling, and The Shaggs."" Marie Currie Marie Michelle Currie (born November 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and artist. Currie is best known for playing in a band with her identical twin Cherie Currie called Cherie & Marie Currie. Their song ""Since You Been Gone"" charted at number 95 on the US charts. Marie played Singing Maid Marie in ""The Rosebud Beach Hotel"""
"although Bellamy did not win any awards. Laurel Thomas Laurel Thomas (also Potts and Dingle) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera, ""Emmerdale"", played by Charlotte Bellamy. She debuted on screen during the episode airing on 3 September 2002. Laurel has been off-screen at various times while Bellamy has taken maternity leave. Laurel is perhaps best known for her thoughtful and caring attitude towards other characters, however, this changed dramatically in 2015 when she developed an addiction to Alcohol , which often caused her to become violent and aggressive towards other characters. Her storylines include her marriage"
"Marjorie Main Marjorie Main is the stage name of Mary Tomlinson (February 24, 1890 – April 10, 1975), was an American character actress and singer of the Classical Hollywood period, best known as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in the 1940s and 1950s, and for her role as Ma Kettle in ten Ma and Pa Kettle movies. Main started her career in vaudeville and theatre and appeared in films classics, such as ""Dead End"" (1937), ""Dark Command"" (1940), ""The Shepherd of the Hills"" (1941), ""Meet Me in St. Louis"" (1944), and ""Friendly Persuasion"" (1956). Mary Tomlinson was born on February 24,"
"Sylvia Syms Sylvia May Laura Syms, (born 6 January 1934) is an English actress, best known for her roles in the films ""Woman in a Dressing Gown"" (1957), ""Ice Cold in Alex"" (1958), ""No Trees in the Street"" (1959), ""Victim"" (1961), ""The Tamarind Seed"" (1974) and ""The Queen"" (2006). She remains active in films, television and theatre. Syms was born in Woolwich, London, England, the daughter of Daisy (""née"" Hale) and Edwin Syms, a trade unionist and civil servant. She grew up in Well Hall, Eltham and was educated at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, on whose"
"Maureen Stapleton Lois Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress in film, theater and television. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ""Lonelyhearts"" (1958), ""Airport"" (1970) and ""Interiors"" (1978), before winning for her performance as Emma Goldman in ""Reds"" (1981). She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981. Stapleton made her Broadway debut in 1946 in ""The Playboy of the Western World"", and went on to win the 1951 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for ""The Rose Tattoo"" and the 1971"