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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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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1911-07-07
- event Death Date 2005-07-11
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 2.1
- info Birth Place Covent Garden, London, England, UK
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The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978-11-01
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The Murder Game
1965-12-12
4.6
Before I Wake
1955-02-10
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The Trouble with Our Ivy
1961-11-19
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The Man Who Came to Die
5.2
Ticket to Paradise
1961-01-01
4.7
The Silent Playground
1963-12-31
6.4
The Four Musketeers
1974-10-31
6
Secrets
1973-08-14
6.8
Twisted Nerve
1968-12-20
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The Company Man
1970-11-06
6.8
The Three Musketeers
1973-12-11
5.8
Flame in the Streets
1961-06-19
6.3
The Night Visitor
1971-02-10
6
The High Terrace
1956-10-01
6.7
Return to Waterloo
1984-11-01
4.7
Subterfuge
1968-12-12
5.5
How I Won the War
1967-10-18
6.9
Help!
1965-07-29
7
Trottie True
1949-09-29
6.2
The Secret Place
1957-02-06
7.3
Cloak Without Dagger
1956-05-31
7
Ragtime
1981-11-20
7.6
Keeping Up Appearances
1990-10-29
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The Artful Dodger
1959-09-28
7
Budgie
1971-04-09
4.1
EastEnders
1985-02-19
7
Z-Cars
1962-01-02
6.8
Gideon's Way
1965-03-18
6.7
The Scales of Justice
1962-01-11
7.7
The Sweeney
1975-01-02
5.6
The Protectors
1972-09-29
5.3
Dixon of Dock Green
1955-07-09
7.6
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1973-02-15
5.3
Hazell
1978-01-16
7
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975-08-27
6
Black and Blue
1973-08-14
6
A Slight Case Of...
1965-09-08
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Dead Ernest
1982-02-15
6.8
George and Mildred
1976-09-06
5.5
Nicholas Nickleby
1977-03-27
5
Bowler
1973-07-29
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Castle Haven
1969-04-04
4.1
EastEnders
1985-02-19
8
Blackadder
1983-06-15
7.4
Rising Damp
1974-09-02
6
Bowler
1973-07-29
6.2
Terry and June
1979-10-24
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Danger UXB
1979-01-08
6.4
Sykes
1972-09-14
5.9
Quatermass
1979-10-24