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Gretchen Franklin
Acting

Gretchen Franklin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-07-07,Covent Garden, London, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey

0

The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978-11-01

The Murder Game

10

The Murder Game
1965-12-12

5.1

Before I Wake
1955-02-10

The Trouble with Our Ivy

0

The Trouble with Our Ivy
1961-11-19

Ticket to Paradise

5.833

Ticket to Paradise
1961-01-01

The Silent Playground

5.25

The Silent Playground
1963-12-31

The Four Musketeers

6.5

The Four Musketeers
1974-10-31

6.375

Secrets
1973-08-14

6.787

Twisted Nerve
1968-12-20

The Company Man

8

The Company Man
1970-11-06

The Three Musketeers

6.7

The Three Musketeers
1973-12-11

Flame in the Streets

6.273

Flame in the Streets
1961-06-19

The Night Visitor

6.463

The Night Visitor
1971-02-10

The High Terrace

6.667

The High Terrace
1956-10-01

Return to Waterloo

6.813

Return to Waterloo
1984-11-01

6.9

Help!
1965-07-29

How I Won the War

5.579

How I Won the War
1967-10-18

5.25

Subterfuge
1968-12-12

7

Trottie True
1949-09-29

The Secret Place

6.6

The Secret Place
1957-02-06

Cloak Without Dagger

7.6

Cloak Without Dagger
1956-05-31

7.024

Ragtime
1981-11-20

0

The Poet
1960-10-25

The Man Who Came to Die

0

The Man Who Came to Die
1965-04-18

6

Quincy's Quest
1979-12-24

Keeping Up Appearances

7.686

Keeping Up Appearances
1990-10-29

The Artful Dodger

0

The Artful Dodger
1959-09-28

7.167

Budgie
1971-04-09

4.218

EastEnders
1985-02-19

7.286

Z-Cars
1962-01-02

7

Gideon's Way
1965-03-18

The Scales of Justice

6.7

The Scales of Justice
1962-01-11

8

The Sweeney
1975-01-02

6.077

The Protectors
1972-09-29

Dixon of Dock Green

6

Dixon of Dock Green
1955-07-09

I Didn't Know You Cared

7.143

I Didn't Know You Cared
1975-08-27

A Slight Case Of...

7.5

A Slight Case Of...
1965-09-08

0

Dead Ernest
1982-02-15

George and Mildred

6.906

George and Mildred
1976-09-06

5

Bowler
1973-07-29

0

Castle Haven
1969-04-04

4.218

EastEnders
1985-02-19

7.97

Blackadder
1983-06-15

7.45

Rising Damp
1974-09-02

8

Bowler
1973-07-29

6.5

Terry and June
1979-10-24

8

Danger UXB
1979-01-08

6.667

Sykes
1972-09-14

6.8

Quatermass
1979-10-24

Saturday Playhouse

0

Saturday Playhouse
1958-01-04

Saturday Playhouse

0

Saturday Playhouse
1958-01-04

Saturday Playhouse

0

Saturday Playhouse
1958-01-04

0

Londoners
1965-05-13

Nicholas Nickleby

7

Nicholas Nickleby
1977-03-27

8

Story Parade
1964-04-24

6.5

Black and Blue
1973-08-14

Churchill's People

5

Churchill's People
1974-12-30

5.2

Hazell
1978-01-16

The Organization

8.5

The Organization
1972-04-16

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

Journey to the Unknown

7

Journey to the Unknown
1968-09-26

Six Days of Justice

10

Six Days of Justice
1972-04-10