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...


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