Born in Warwickshire, England, UK. At age of 15, she auditioned for and was accepted to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Stephanie began her career at age 17 playing a 90-year-old woman. She went on to play beloved characters on the shows Waiting for God (1990) and Doc Martin (2004).
Peter Birrel (m. 1998–2004), Henry Marshall (m. 1973–1986)
Children
Emma Marshall
Siblings
Paul Lees
Awards
The British Soap Award for Best Comedy Performance, British Comedy Award for the Best TV Comedy Actress
Movies
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, The Lady Vanishes
TV Shows
Talking Heads, Waiting for God, A Bit of a Do, Open All Hours, Tenko, Doc Martin, Coronation Street, The Return of the Antelope, Keeping Mum, Life as We Know It (UK)
Star Sign
Libra
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Writers and producers today are, in general, out of touch with what people want. The people in charge bugger it up and muck the best writers about.
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Thinking outside the box doesn't really happen nowadays. Something like The Hour (2011) is extremely good, but it is so rare.
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I'm not knocking Downton Abbey (2010) - it contains some wonderful acting - but it's anodyne. It doesn't make the viewer ask questions.
She was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts degree from the University of Bristol in 2002.
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She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Drama, Elderly People, and to Mental Health Charities.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Man Down
2014-2016
TV Series
Nesta
Comedy Playhouse
2016
TV Series
Pearl
Still Open All Hours
2013-2016
TV Series
Mrs. Delphine Featherstone
Coronation Street
2011-2013
TV Series
Sylvia Goodwin
The Lady Vanishes
2013
TV Movie
Evelyn Floodporter
George and Bernard Shaw
2011
TV Series
Hyacinth
Doc Martin
2004-2009
TV Series
Joan Norton
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
2008
Miss Holt
Midsomer Murders
2007
TV Series
Dorothy Hutton
Housewife, 49
2006
TV Movie
Mrs Waite
Born and Bred
2003
TV Series
Prudence
Doctors
2003
TV Series
Doris
Back Home
2001
TV Movie
The Honourable Lady Beatrice 'Beattie' Langley
Life as We Know It
2001
TV Series
Lizzie Cameron
Other Animals
1999
TV Series
Lizzie Cameron
Grey Owl
1999
Ada Belaney
Keeping Mum
1997-1998
TV Series
Peggy Beare
Jeremy Hardy Gives Good Sex
1995
Video
Waiting for God
1990-1994
TV Series
Diana Trent
Screen Two
1992-1994
TV Series
Alice / Dame Lettie Colston
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1991
TV Series
Mrs Lacey
About Face
1991
TV Series
Sheila
A Bit of a Do
1989
TV Mini-Series
Betty Sillitoe
Tears in the Rain
1988
TV Movie
Billie Cooper
Rockliffe's Folly
1988
TV Series
Mrs. Pickering
The Return of the Antelope
1986-1988
TV Series
Sarah Mincing
Room at the Bottom
1988
TV Series
Audrey
Talking Heads
1988
TV Mini-Series
Muriel
Fresh Fields
1986
TV Series
Mrs. Robertson
Tenko Reunion
1985
TV Movie
Dr. Beatrice Mason
Open All Hours
1982-1985
TV Series
Mrs. Delphine Featherstone
Affairs of the Heart
1985
TV Series
Miss Cartwright
Jamie Running
1985
TV Movie
Ruth Edwards
Tenko
1981-1984
TV Series
Dr. Beatrice Mason
Beatrice Mason
Jackanory Playhouse
1984
TV Series
Amy
1984
TV Movie
Cis Johnson
Terry and June
1983
TV Series
Mrs. Hunt
Crown Court
1983
TV Series
Beatrice
Saturday Night Thriller
1982
TV Series
Jane Petrie
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
TV Series
Princess Anna
BBC2 Playhouse
1981
TV Series
Gladys Flood
Christmas Spirits
1981
TV Movie
Mrs Purvis
Tales of the Unexpected
1980
TV Series
Miss Harrison
Screenplay
1980
TV Series
Mona
Enemy at the Door
1980
TV Series
Alice Glover
The Glums
1979
TV Series
Counsellor
Two People
1979
TV Series
Margery
Tropic
1979
TV Series
Miss. Dogfoot
Sally Ann
1979
TV Series
Mrs. Gibbs
Play for Today
1977-1979
TV Series
Dr. Monday / Enid
That Summer!
1979
Mrs. Mainwaring
Agony
1979
TV Series
Mrs. Manfield
Afternoon Off
1979
TV Movie
Customer
Lillie
1978
TV Mini-Series
Agnes Langtry
Betzi
1978
TV Movie
Mrs. Balcombe
International Velvet
1978
Teacher
Within These Walls
1978
TV Series
Kitty Fenner
Emmerdale
1978
TV Series
Mrs. Bulstrode
The Fosters
1977
TV Series
Receptionist
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
TV Series
Sister Horton
Just William
1977
TV Series
Vicar's Wife
The Velvet Glove
1977
TV Series
Sybil Thorndike
Angels
1976
TV Series
Miss. Hombro
Bill Brand
1976
TV Mini-Series
Marjorie
Eskimo Nell
1975
Traffic Warden (uncredited)
Take Three Girls
1969
TV Series
Continuity Girl
Armchair Theatre
1968
TV Series
Betty
Z Cars
1968
TV Series
Sick Woman
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Waiting for God
1990
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The One Show
2014
TV Series
Herself (in photo)
Open All Hours: A Celebration
2013
TV Movie documentary
Herself / The Black Widow
Food in England: The Lost World of Dorothy Hartley