Gretchen Franklin
Acting • AGE 94
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...
Acting
Keeping Up Appearances
Daddy's Fiance
1990
EastEnders
1985
Return to Waterloo
Woman on Train
1984
Blackadder
Cordelia
1983
Ragtime
Elderly Woman
1981
Quincy's Quest
Witch
1979
Terry and June
Cath
1979
Quatermass
Edna
1979
Danger UXB
Mrs. Flack
1979
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
Phyllis's Dresser
1978
Hazell
Pearl
1978
Nicholas Nickleby
Miss Knag
1977
George and Mildred
Mother
1976
I Didn't Know You Cared
Auntie Lil
1975
The Sweeney
Florence, the Charlady
1975
Churchill's People
Mrs Baxter
1974
The Four Musketeers
D'Artagnan's Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)
1974
Rising Damp
Aunt Maud
1974
The Three Musketeers
D’Artagnan’s Mother
1973
Secrets
Mrs. Pitt
1973
Bowler
Mrs Bowler
1973
The Protectors
Nelly Baxter
1972
Sykes
Bookstall Assistant
1972
The Organization
Edna
1972
Six Days of Justice
Annie
1972
Budgie
Carrie Wetherall
1971
The Night Visitor
Mrs. Hansen
1971
Twisted Nerve
Clarkie
1968
Subterfuge
Bus Conductress
1968
Journey to the Unknown
Mrs. Barrett
1968
How I Won the War
2nd Old Lady
1967
The Murder Game
Landlady
1965
Help!
Neighbour
1965
Londoners
Mrs. Hincastle
1965
Gideon's Way
Martha Bray
1965
The Silent Playground
Mrs. Elgin
1963
The Scales of Justice
Rose Jenkins
1962
Z-Cars
1962
The Trouble with Our Ivy
Mrs. Chard
1961
Flame in the Streets
Mrs. Bingham
1961
Ticket to Paradise
Mrs. Higginbottom
1961
The Secret Place
Mother (uncredited)
1957
The High Terrace
Mrs. Webb
1956
Armchair Theatre
Miss Julia
1956
Cloak Without Dagger
Emmie
1956
Dixon of Dock Green
Mrs. Walcott
1955
Before I Wake
Elsie
1955
Trottie True
Martha (uncredited)
1949