Deborah Grant
English actress (born 1947)
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Deborah Jane Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress.[1] Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series Bergerac. From 2007 to 2023, she appeared in the sitcom Not Going Out as Wendy Adams, the mother of Tim (Tim Vine) and Lucy (Sally Bretton).[2]
Deborah Grant | |
|---|---|
| Born | Deborah Jane Snelling 22 February 1947 |
| Alma mater | Royal Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1967–2023 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Early life
Grant was born Deborah Jane Snelling, in Perivale, Middlesex, to Henrietta (née Finn) and Henry Percival Snelling, on 22 February 1947.
Grant trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and appeared on stage at the Bristol Old Vic and in the West End of London.[3][4]
Career
Grant had a successful television acting career.[5]
Personal life
Grant became Lady Child in 1971 when she married the baronet and actor Sir Jeremy Child, with whom she had a daughter.[6]
Filmography
Television
- Public Eye – Rosemary (episode "A Fixed Address")
- Edward the Seventh – Young Princess Alexandra of Denmark/Princess of Wales
- Moonlight on the Highway - Marie Holdsworth
- The Power Game
- Danger UXB
- Crown Prosecutor
- Jonathan Creek
- Brum – Police lady
- Bread - Leonora
- UFO – Linda Simmonds (episode "The Psychobombs", 1970)
- Casualty
- Doctors
- Peak Practice – receptionist Carol Johnson
- Bergerac – Deborah
- Bouquet of Barbed Wire – Sarah Francis
- Another Bouquet – Sarah Roberts (née Francis)
- Minder – Lady Ingrave (episode "You Gotta Have Friends")
- Room at the Bottom – Celia Pagett-Smythe
- Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
- Victoria Wood
- Outside Edge
- Pat and Margaret – Stella Kincaid
- Not Going Out – Wendy Adams
- Mr Palfrey of Westminster – Yelena
Theatre
- Barnum (London Palladium, 1981)
Film
- I Want What I Want (1972)
- Scandal (1989) – Valerie Hobson
- London Has Fallen (2016) – Doris
