Gretchen Franklin Net Worth

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Gretchen Franklin Net Worth is
$17 Million

Gretchen Franklin Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Gretchen Franklin (7 July 1911 – 11 July 2005) was an English actress with a career in showbusiness that spanned over eighty years. She was born in Covent Garden, west London; a cousin was the actor Clive Dunn. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC One soap opera EastEnders on a regular basis from 1985 until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently. These appearances became briefer and more widely spaced as time went on. Her final appearance was in 2000, when her character was killed off.

Date Of BirthJuly 7, 1911
Died2005-07-11
Place Of BirthCovent Garden, London, England, UK
Height5' 1" (1.55 m)
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack
SpouseJohn Caswell Garth
Star SignCancer
#Quote
1I didn't miss the show, only the money! [In reference to BBC Soap Eastenders]
2At my age one isn't buying new fur coats or diamonds. [In reference to giving all the money earned from the television repeats of her work to charity]
#Fact
1As of 2016 she is the 7th-longest serving actress in the history of EastEnders (1985) (tied with Patsy Palmer and Gillian Wright, and behind only June Brown, Pam St. Clement, Wendy Richard, Letitia Dean, Barbara Windsor, and a tied Gillian Taylforth, Natalie Cassidy and Laila Morse), having played the character Ethel Skinner for 12 years (initially from 1985 until 1997 and then briefly in 2000).
2Ranked #91 in The 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Ethel Skinner (2015).
3Ranked #80 in the 100 Greatest EastEnders (1985) Characters of All Time for her performance as Ethel Skinner (2010).
4Cousin of Clive Dunn.
5Donated all the money she made from repeats of her television programmes to animal charities.
6In 1929, she went to dance lessons at the Theatre Girls Club in Soho, London and became a noted tap dancer and founded a quartet called Four Brilliant Blondes.
7She made her stage debut as a pantomime chorus girl in Bournemouth, earning £2 a week.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Fenn Street Gang1971TV SeriesAunt Harriet
The Night Visitor1971Mrs. Hansen
Armchair Theatre1957-1970TV SeriesTea Lady / Mrs. Marriot / Edie Tidy / ...
Never Say Die1970TV SeriesGlenda Catchpole
Comedy Playhouse1965-1970TV SeriesLily Oakley / Else Ramsey
The Doctors1970TV SeriesWaitress
Castle Haven1969TV SeriesSarah Meek / Sara Meek
Journey to the Unknown1968TV SeriesMrs. Barrett
Subterfuge1968Bus Conductress
Twisted Nerve1968'Clarkie'
The Very Merry Widow1968TV SeriesMrs. Fleming
Gazette1968TV SeriesMrs. Page
Ooh La La!1968TV SeriesAunt Margueritte
Dixon of Dock Green1961-1967TV SeriesMaggie Briggs / Mrs. Walcott / Ella Mann / ...
No, That's Me Over Here!1967TV SeriesMother
How I Won the War19672nd Old Lady
Before the Fringe1967TV Series
Sanctuary1967TV SeriesPassenger
The Marriage Lines1966TV SeriesMrs. Baker
Gideon C.I.D.1966TV SeriesMartha Bray
Frankie Howerd1966TV Series
Hugh and I1966TV Series
Secret Agent1965TV SeriesMiss Wallace
The Murder Game1965Landlady
Die, Monster, Die!1965Miss Bailey (uncredited)
Steptoe and Son1965TV SeriesAunt Daphne
A Slight Case of...1965TV Series
Help!1965Neighbor (uncredited)
Pardon the Expression1965TV SeriesGrandma
Londoners1965TV SeriesMrs. Hincastle
Story Parade1965TV SeriesMrs. Huxtable
Our Man at St. Mark's1965TV SeriesAlice Perry
Public Eye1965TV SeriesIris
ITV Play of the Week1963-1965TV SeriesMrs. Morton / Mabel Dunnock
The Scales of Justice1965TV SeriesRose Jenkins
Compact1963TV SeriesElla Bedford
Silent Playground1963Mrs. Elgin
BBC Sunday-Night Play1960-1963TV Mini-SeriesWoman / Mrs. Decker / Mrs. Brooks / ...
Bootsie and Snudge1963TV Series
Suspense1963TV SeriesClara
Raise Your Glasses1962TV Series
Young and Willing1962Woman (uncredited)
Silent Evidence1962TV SeriesLily
The Jelly End Strike1961TV MovieNell
Citizen James1961TV Series
Yorky1961TV SeriesNora
Flame in the Streets1961Mrs. Bingham
Ticket to Paradise1961Mrs. Higginbottom
A Lady with Friends1960TV ShortIvy Lea
The Poet1960TV ShortErminia
Saturday Playhouse1959-1960TV SeriesMrs. Catt Mrs. Wilson Susan Sillsby
Stuff and Nonsense1960TV MovieMrs. Flower
Charlie Drake1960TV SeriesAda
Emergency-Ward 101960TV SeriesMrs. Parkin
The Men from Room 131960TV SeriesMrs. Paterson
A Kiss for Cinderella1959TV MovieMarion
Bleak House1959TV SeriesMrs. Guppy
ITV Television Playhouse1956-1959TV SeriesMrs. Gravas / Nellie
The Artful Dodger1959TV SeriesSylvia Morris
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre1950-1959TV SeriesMiss Turner / First Woman in Pub / Laura Friswell / ...
The Common Room1959TV SeriesMiss Parkins
The Secret Place1957Mother (uncredited)
Bullet from the Past1957ShortMrs. Roper
David Copperfield1956TV SeriesMrs. Heep
High Terrace1956Mrs. Webb
Operation Conspiracy1956Emmie
Portrait of Alison1955TV SeriesChambermaid
Shadow of Fear1955Elsie
The Walking Stick1954TV ShortFlowerwoman
Dear Dotty1954TV SeriesMrs. Fuller
A Place of Execution1953TV SeriesCharlady
The Passing Show1951TV Series
The Gay Lady1949Martha (uncredited)
Halesapoppin!1948TV Movie
EastEnders1985-2000TV SeriesEthel Skinner Ethel
Monster Cafe1994TV Series 1995
Keeping Up Appearances1990TV SeriesDaddy's fiance
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV1985TV SeriesOld Lady in Library
Hallelujah!1984TV SeriesOld Lady
Return to Waterloo1984Woman on train
Pull the Other One1984TV SeriesElsie
In Loving Memory1983TV SeriesAunt Gertrude
The Black Adder1983TV SeriesCordelia
Dead Ernest1982TV SeriesAlice
Terry and June1981TV SeriesCath
Kelly Monteith1981TV Series
Ragtime1981Elderly Woman
You're Only Young Twice1981TV SeriesGypsy Magdalena
The Other 'Arf1981TV SeriesVi
The Dick Emery Hour1980TV Movie
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1980TV MovieCook
How's Your Father?1980TV SeriesCoral
Fox1980TV Series
Potter1980TV SeriesLady with Dog
George & Mildred1976-1979TV SeriesMother
Quincy's Quest1979Witch
Quatermass1979TV Mini-SeriesEdna
The Other One1979TV SeriesMrs. Tanner
The Dick Emery Show1979TV Series
Jackanory Playhouse1979TV SeriesMiss Lockspith
Danger UXB1979TV SeriesMrs. Flack
The Quatermass Conclusion1979Edna
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em1978TV SeriesMrs. Welch
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey1978TV MoviePhyllis's Dresser
The Sweeney1978TV SeriesFlorence, the Charlady
The Famous Five1978TV SeriesMrs. Janes
Rising Damp1978TV SeriesAunt Maud
Hazell1978TV SeriesPearl
Nicholas Nickleby1977TV Mini-SeriesMiss Knag
I Didn't Know You Cared1975TV SeriesAuntie Lil
Churchill's People1975TV SeriesMrs. Baxter
Crossroads1974TV SeriesMyrtle Harvey
The Protectors1974TV SeriesNelly Baxter
The Three Musketeers1973D'Artagnan's Mother
The Adventures of Black Beauty1973TV SeriesMrs. Rodgers
Bowler1973TV SeriesMrs. Bowler
Follyfoot1972-1973TV SeriesMrs. Porter
Black and Blue1973TV SeriesMrs. Pitt
Six Days of Justice1972-1973TV SeriesMrs. Silk / Annie
Z Cars1964-1973TV SeriesAlice Hulme / Mrs. Rogers / Mrs. McKenna
Softly Softly: Task Force1973TV SeriesMrs. Walters
Sykes1972TV SeriesBook Stall Assistant
Budgie1972TV SeriesCarrie Wetherall
The Organization1972TV SeriesEdna
Tarbuck's Luck1972TV Series

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
EastEnders1987-2000TV Series performer - 3 episodes

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
This Is Your Life1995-2002TV Series documentaryHerself
The Best of British1999TV SeriesHerself
Happy Birthday, Coronation Street!1990TV MovieHerself
A Night of Comic Relief 21989TV SpecialHerself
Àngel Casas Show1988TV SeriesHerself
Comic Relief1988TV SpecialHerself
Just Another Day1986TV Series documentaryHerself
Round the Bend1956TV SeriesHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
EastEnders Revealed2010TV Series documentaryEthel Skinner
EastEnders2010TV SeriesEthel Skinner
Comedy Connections2008TV Series documentaryElse Ramsey
The Life and Times of Alf Garnett1997TV Movie documentaryElse Ramsey
The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge1974D'Artagnan's Mother (uncredited)

Known for movies

Ethel Skinner / Ethel

EastEnders (1985-2010)
as Ethel Skinner / Ethel

D'Artagnan's Mother

The Three Musketeers (1973)
as D'Artagnan's Mother

'Clarkie'

Twisted Nerve (1968)
as 'Clarkie'

Elderly Woman

Ragtime (1981)
as Elderly Woman

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IMDB Wikipedia

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