Gretchen Franklin
Known for: Acting
Born: July 7, 1911
Died: July 11, 2005
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. She appeared in the very first episode in 1985 and was a regular in the series until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently until 2000 when her character was killed off, allowing Franklin to retire from acting at the age of 89. Born into a…
Known for
The Trouble with Our Ivy
1961
The Poet
1960
Before I Wake
1955
The Company Man
1970
The Man Who Came to Die
1965
Subterfuge
1968
Ticket to Paradise
1961
Twisted Nerve
1968
The Murder Game
1965
Secrets
1973
The Night Visitor
1971
Return to Waterloo
1984
The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
1978
Quincy's Quest
1979
The Silent Playground
1963
Flame in the Streets
1961
The High Terrace
1956
Help!
1965
The Secret Place
1957
How I Won the War
1967
Cloak Without Dagger
1956
The Three Musketeers
1973
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
The Artful Dodger
1959
Budgie
1971
The Four Musketeers
1974
EastEnders
1985
Z-Cars
1962
Gideon's Way
1965
Trottie True
1949
The Scales of Justice
1962
The Sweeney
1975
The Protectors
1972
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975
A Slight Case Of...
1965
Dead Ernest
1982
George and Mildred
1976
Bowler
1973
Castle Haven
1969
Blackadder
1983
Rising Damp
1974
Bowler
1973
Terry and June
1979
Danger UXB
1979
Sykes
1972
Quatermass
1979
Saturday Playhouse
1958
Londoners
1965
Nicholas Nickleby
1977
Story Parade
1964
Black and Blue
1973
Churchill's People
1974
Hazell
1978
The Organization
1972
Armchair Theatre
1956
Journey to the Unknown
1968
Six Days of Justice
1972
Ragtime
1981