GRETCHEN FRANKLIN
ACTING
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.
- Before I Wake 1955
- Twisted Nerve 1968
- The Three Musketeers 1973
- Flame in the Streets 1961
- The Night Visitor 1971
- High Terrace 1956
- How I Won the War 1967
- Help! 1965
- The Secret Place 1957
- Cloak Without Dagger 1956
- Ragtime 1981
- The Silent Playground 1963
- The One and Only Phyllis Dixey 1978
- The Four Musketeers 1974
- Gideon's Way 1965
- The Protectors 1972
- Dixon of Dock Green 1955
- I Didn't Know You Cared 1975
- Keeping Up Appearances 1990
- Blackadder 1983
- EastEnders 1985
- Danger UXB 1979
- Quatermass 1979
- The Scales of Justice 1962
- The Sweeney 1975
- George and Mildred 1976
- Rising Damp 1974
- Terry and June 1979