Mary Jo Randle was born in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. She is an actress, known for Control (2007), Another Year (2010) and Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009).
After leaving school she was considering a career in nursing but got a place at RADA to study acting. During a career break after appearing in The Lakes (1997) she decided to train as a nurse in Leicester, but has since returned to acting.
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She is bipolar and has suffered several breakdowns but now manages without medication.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Van der Valk
1992
TV Series
Ella
A Time to Dance
1992
TV Mini-Series
Mrs. Atkinson
Screen One
1991
TV Series
Jill
EastEnders
1991
TV Series
Virginia
Inspector Morse
1990
TV Series
D.S. Maitland
Act of Will
1989
TV Mini-Series
Sister Rogers
London's Burning
1988
TV Series
Marion (II)
London's Burning: The Movie
1986
TV Movie
Marion I
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV
1985-1986
TV Series
Kelly-Marie's Friend / Sarah Wells
Shades of Darkness
1983
TV Series
The Girl
Play for Today
1982
TV Series
Pilar
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
TV Series
Pauline Brown
Wolf Hall
2015
TV Mini-Series
Mercy Pryor
Doctors
2003-2014
TV Series
Pam Durrant / Mary Kolne / Frances Raynor
Da Vinci's Demons
2013
TV Series
Mad Ottavia
The Syndicate
2013
TV Series
Dawn
WPC 56
2013
TV Series
Grace Fuller
Paper Mountains
2012
Short
Mary
Waking the Dead
2011
TV Series
Trish Somers
Casualty
1992-2011
TV Series
Kathy Clements / Helen Redford / Marie Davies / ...
SoulBoy
2010
Rose McCain
Inspector Lewis
2010
TV Series
Mrs Renfield
Another Year
2010
Mourner
Small Island
2009
TV Movie
Queenie's Mother
Blue Murder
2009
TV Series
Carol Aspen
Inspector George Gently
2009
TV Series
Mrs Chadwick
Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974
2009
TV Movie
Eddie's Mum
Wire in the Blood
2008
TV Series
Janet Williams
Heartbeat
1999-2008
TV Series
Thelma Gray / Shirley Colbourne
Affinity
2008/I
Mrs. Jelf
The Street
2007
TV Series
Jean's Mother
Natasha
2007
Carol
Control
2007
Debbie's Mother (as Mary-Jo Randle)
Dalziel and Pascoe
2006
TV Series
Moira Henshaw
Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
2005
Mrs. Corbitt
The Royal
2005
TV Series
Fay Wallace
The Baby War
2005
TV Movie
Sheila
Midsomer Murders
2004
TV Series
Janet Pennyman
Between the Sheets
2003
TV Mini-Series
Christine Ellis
Gifted
2003
TV Movie
Mrs. Gilliam
Holby City
1999-2003
TV Series
Ruby Kimber / Marie Davies
Cambridge Spies
2003
TV Mini-Series
Marge
Cutting It
2002-2003
TV Series
Laverne Butt
The Lakes
1997-1999
TV Series
Bernie Quinlan
Born to Run
1997
TV Series
Teresa
The Bill: Target
1996
Video
W.D.S. Jo Morgan
The Bill
1991-1995
TV Series
W.D.S. Jo Morgan
W.D.C. Jo Morgan
W.D.S Jo Morgan
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