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Deddie Davies

( 1938 Births )

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Deddie Davies (born Gillian Nancy Davies, 2 March 1938 – 21 December 2016) was a Welsh people character actress.

Biography

Davies was born in Bridgend, Wales. She trained at RADA and is most familiar to television viewers for comedy roles in a host of series, including The Rag Trade, That's My Boy, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and Chance in a Million.

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She appeared in non-comedic roles in series such as The Bill, Upstairs, Downstairs, The Forsyte Saga and Grange Hill. Her film roles include that of Nell Perks in The Railway Children (1970), and The Amazing Mr. Blunden (1972).

In her later life, Davies was concerned for issues facing the elderly. In May 2007 she had musical success as a member of superannuated pop group The Zimmers. Their cover version of "My Generation" reached number 26 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2008, Davies investigated the quality of life in elderly care facilities by posing as the aunt of a BBC reporter, being admitted to a rest home, and spending five days there. She recorded her experiences and treatment and concluded that life in many facilities was a "slow death", featuring inactivity, loneliness and minimal interpersonal interaction. Davies's research was reported on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. She became a trustee and recorded a video for UK registered charity Compassion in Care.

From 2012, she appeared as Marj Brennig in the British TV series Stella.

She died of ovarian cancer on 21 December 2016, aged 78.

Partial filmography

1967	The Forsyte Saga	Millie	BBC Two	2 episodes
1967	Vanity Fair	Lady Crawley		2 episodes
1968	Late Night Horror	Yvonne		Episode: "The Kiss of Blood"
1971	Doctor at Large	Mrs. Coates	London Weekend Television	Episode: "Upton Sells Out"
1972	Both Ends Meet	Flo	London Weekend Television	7 episodes
1972	Clochemerle	Madame Fouache	BBC Two	7 episodes
1973	Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	Miss Thomas	BBC One	Episode: "The Hospital Visit"
1973	The Adventures of Black Beauty	Miss Hudson	London Weekend Television	Episode: "Wild Justice"
1975	My Old Man	Bride	ITV Yorkshire	1 episode
1975	Upstairs, Downstairs	Mrs Tibbitt	London Weekend Television	Episode: "Noblesse Oblige"
1977	Just William	Miss Fairman		Episode: "Waste Paper Please"
1977–78	The Rag Trade	Mabel		22 episodes
1978	Get Some In!	Akela	Thames Television	Episode: "Labrador"
1978	The Mayor of Casterbridge	Nancy	BBC Two	2 episodes
1981	You're Only Young Twice	Flo	Yorkshire Television	Episode: "Breakfast at Peabody's"
1982	A.J. Wentworth, B.A.	Miss Coombes	Thames Television	4 episodes
	The Gentle Touch	Miss Thing	London Weekend Television	Episode: "One of Those Days"
	Solo	Mrs McNally	BBC One	1 episode
1983	Give Us a Break	Penny		Episode: "When It Rains, It Pours"
1983	Grange Hill	Cook		1 episode
1984–86	Chance in a Million	Doreen Little	Channel 4	6 episodes
1984–86	That's My Boy	Miss Edith Parfitt/Polly Bennett	Yorkshire Television	12 episodes
1985	The Pickwick Papers	Mrs. Cluppins	BBC One	2 episodes
1985	Titus Andronicus	Nurse	BBC Two	TV Movie
1986	Miss Marple	Mrs. Salisbury	BBC1	Episode: "The Murder at the Vicarage"
1987	C.A.T.S. Eyes	Mrs Best	Television South	Episode: "Country Weekend"
	My Husband and I	Bambi Bamber	Yorkshire Television	15 episodes
	No Place Like Home	Mrs. Dagwood	BBC One	Episode: "Hero"
	The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole	Flapper	Thames Television	1 episode
1989	Forever Green	Rose	London Weekend Television	1 episode
1990	Close to Home	Miss Trible	London Weekend Television	Episode: "And Then There Was One"
	Jeeves and Wooster	Serving Lady	ITV Granada	Episode: "The Purity of the Turf"
	You Rang M'Lord?	Queen of Dalmatia	BBC One	Episode: "Royal Flush"
1991	The Upper Hand	Mrs. Olive	ITV Central	Episode: "Common Evidence"
1991	Trouble in Mind	Charlotte	London Weekend Television	Episode: "The Chance to Dream"
1992	Covington Cross	Sybil	ABC	Episode: "Blinded Passions"
1992-4	Waiting For God	Sister Sheila	BBC One	4 episode
1994–95	Time After Time	Auntie Dot	London Weekend Television	10 episodes
1995	Coogan's Run	Post Office Barbara	BBC2	Episode: "Handyman For All Seasons"
1997	Casualty	Marjorie	BBC1	Episode: “Monday Bloody Monday”
1997	Cows	Cook	Channel 4	TV Movie
1998	Dangerfield	Mrs. Robinson	BBC One	Episode: "The Last Picture"
1998	Keeping Mum	Elsie	BBC One	Episode: "The Picnic"
2001	Bernard's Watch	Agnes Bell	Central	5 episodes
2005	My Hero	Mrs. Osborne	BBC One	Episode: "The First Husband's Club"
2005	Ultimate Force	Sylvia	ITV	Episode: "Deadlier Than the Male"
Episode: "Three Lost Loves"
2009	Midsomer Murders	Mrs Fuller	ITV	Episode: "The Great and The Good"
2009	The Catherine Tate Show	Gail	BBC Two	1 episode
2011	Land Girls	Miss Betty Ganderton	BBC One	Episode: "Fight the Good Fight"
2011	White Van Man	Irene	BBC Three	Episode: "The Stand"
2012	The Neighbourhood	TBC	BBC North	Comedy pilot, screened at BBC's Salford Comedy Festival
2013	3 episodes
Series 1,3–5