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Deddie Davies (born Gillian Nancy Davies, 2 March 1938 – 21 December 2016)[1] was a Welsh character actress.[2]

Deddie Davies
Born	Gillian Nancy Davies (1938-03-02)2 March 1938 Bridgend, Wales
Died	21 December 2016(2016-12-21) (aged 78)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967–2016

Biography

Davies was born in Bridgend, Wales.[2] 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.[2][3]

She appeared in non-comedic roles in series such as The Bill, Upstairs, Downstairs, The Forsyte Saga and Grange Hill.[2] Her film roles include that of Nell Perks in The Railway Children (1970), and The Amazing Mr Blunden (1972).[2]

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.[4] 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.[5][6] She became a trustee and recorded a video for UK registered charity Compassion in Care.[7]

From 2012, she appeared as Marj Brennig in the British TV series Stella.[8][9]

She died of ovarian cancer on 21 December 2016, aged 78.[10]

Filmography

TV

Year	Title	Character	Production Company	Notes
1967	Vanity Fair	Lady Crawley	BBC Two
1973	Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em	Miss Thomas	BBC One	Series 1 "The Hospital Visit"
1975	Upstairs Downstairs	Mrs Tibbitt	London Weekend Television	Series called Noblesse Oblige
1977-1978	The Rag Trade	Mabel	London Weekend Television
1978	The Mayor of Casterbridge	Nancy	BBC Two
1984	Titus Andronicus	Nurse	BBC	[11]
1984–1986	Chance in a Million	Doreen Little	[12]
1984–1986	That's My Boy	Miss Edith Parfitt/Polly Bennett	Yorkshire Television
1987	My Husband and I	Bambi Bamber	Yorkshire Television	15 episodes
1987	C.A.T.S. Eyes	Mrs Best	TVS	"Country Weekend"
1993	Time After Time	Auntie Dot	London Weekend Television	[13]
1997	Cows	Cook	Channel 4	[13]
2007	Sensitive Skin	Deddie	BBC Two	Series 2[14]
2009	Midsomer Murders	Mrs Fuller	ITV	S12 E7. The Great and The Good.
2011	The Catherine Tate Show		BBC Two	[15]
2012	The Neighbourhood		BBC North	Comedy pilot, screened at BBC's Salford Comedy Festival[16]
2013	Whitechapel	Dorothy Cade	Carnival Films	3 episodes
2012–2016	Stella	Marj	Sky 1	Series 1–5

Film

Year	Title	Character	Notes
1970	The Railway Children	Nell Perks
1972	The Amazing Mr Blunden	Miss Meakin	[17]
1986	The Canterville Ghost	Aunt Caroline	[18]
	Murder at the Vicarage	Mrs Salisbury	BBC film based on the novel by Agatha Christie[19]
1990	The Purity of the Turf (U.S) The Village Sports Day at Twing (U.K.)	Serving Lady	Based on stories by P.G. Wodehouse[20]
1988	Consuming Passions	Mrs Coot
2010	Bad Night for the Blues	Dorothy	Short film
2011	Swinging with the Finkels	Older woman
2014	Pride	Old Lady

References

External links

• Deddie Davies at IMDb 

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