Mel Martin
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Paul Ridley(m. 1980–1982)
Mel Martin | |
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| Born | 7 March 1947 London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Notable work | Only Fools and Horses (1993) |
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Mel Martin (born 7 March 1947) is an English actress.
Her father was the artist Frank Vernon Martin, who died in 2005.[1]
Career
Her breakthrough role was as the star of LWT's Love For Lydia (1977), adapted from the novel by H E Bates.[2] She has appeared in British television programmes beginning with Special Branch (1969) in which she played Barbara Cartwright, Mystery and Imagination: Sweeney Todd (1970), then The Pallisers, Love For Lydia, Bergerac, Minder, Cover Her Face, Lovejoy, Cadfael, When the Boat Comes In, Inspector Morse and The Men's Room (1991), as well as films such as Quincy's Quest (1979), Business As Usual (1987), White Hunter Black Heart (1990), and Tom's Midnight Garden (1999).[3][4]
She starred as Fiona Samson, the double agent and wife of Bernard Samson (played by Ian Holm) in the television adaptation of Len Deighton's trilogy Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match (broadcast as Game, Set and Match). She portrayed Vivien Leigh opposite Anthony Higgins as Laurence Olivier in the TV biopic Darlings of the Gods.[5] In 2004, she portrayed Dorothy Huber in "They Understand Me in Paris", an episode of Rosemary and Thyme; Dorothy was the wife of millionaire Casper Hubert.[6] She played Lady Dant in Mrs 'Arris Goes to Paris (1992). In 1997 she played Dawn Langley in "Daughter of the Regiment", Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (S3:E2).[7] She has also appeared in the 1993 Christmas Special episode of Only Fools and Horses "Fatal Extraction" as Delboy's love interest Beverley.[8]
