Judy Valerie Cornwell (born 22 February 1940) is an English actress best known for her role as Daisy in the successful British sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. She also played Anya Claus in the 1985 film Santa Claus: The Movie.

KNOWN FOR

Midsomer Murders
1998
Doctor Who
1987
Heartbeat
1999
BBC Play of the Month
1969
The Wednesday Play
1968
ITV Playhouse
1968
Playhouse
1982
Theatre 625
1967
Bergerac
1987
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1967
Pebble Mill
1996
Birds of a Feather
2014

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
94
2025
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
as Frieda Weekley
2023
Comedy Classic: Keeping Up Appearances
as Self
2014
Birds of a Feather
2013
A Dandy and a Clown: The Life of Jon Pertwee
2005
The Funny Blokes of British Comedy
as Self
2003
The Royal
as Martha Hooke
2001
David Copperfield
as Clara Peggotty
2000
David Copperfield
as Clara Peggotty
1999
Mad Cows
as Maddy’s Mother
1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Inkeeper's Wife
1999
Heartbeat
as Isabelle Sheba Christie
1998
The Student Prince
as Mrs. Quigley
1998
The Life and Crimes of William Palmer
as Mrs. Palmer
1998
Midsomer Murders
as May Cuttle
1997
The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket
as Daisy
1996
Pebble Mill
as Self
1995
Persuasion
as Mrs. Musgrove
1995
The Wind in the Willows
as Barge Woman (voice)
1992
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
as Heather Badcock
1992
Nice Town
as Aunt Peggy
1991
Van der Valk
as Harriet Kuyper
1990
Keeping Up Appearances
as Daisy
1987
Cry Freedom
as Receptionist
1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as Maddy
1987
Bergerac
as Belle Young
1987
Doctor Who
as Maddy
1987
Rumpole of the Bailey
as Rosemary Tuttle
1987
Farrington of the F.O.
as Sarah Lawrence
1986
Paying Guests (Part 1)
as Mrs. Bliss
1986
Paying Guests (Part 2)
as Mrs. Bliss
1986
The December Rose
as Mrs McDipper
1986
ScreenPlay
as Mrs. Bliss
1986
Dramarama
as Frances Fanshaw
1985
Santa Claus: The Movie
as Anya Claus
1985
Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie
as Self
1985
Kisses on the Bottom
as Mam
1985
There Comes A Time...
1983
Dramarama
as Mighty Mum
1983
Fair Ground!
1983
Jane Eyre
as Mrs Reed
1982
The Guest
as Hilary
1982
Playhouse
as Hilary
1981
Plays for Pleasure
as April Hollingsworth
1980
The Good Companions
as Elizabeth Trant
1980
Cribb
as Miss Crush
1979
Blankety Blank
as Self
1978
The Mill on the Floss
as Bessy Tulliver
1978
A Touch of the Tiny Hacketts
as Sylvia Collis
1978
The Mill on the Floss
as Bessy Tulliver
1978
Do You Remember?
as Joan
1977
Supernatural
as Margaret
1976
Pot Luck
as Farmer's Wife
1976
BBC Play of the Month
as Lady Gay Spanker
1976
Cakes and Ale
as Rosie Gann
1975
Private Affairs
as Frieda Weekley
1974
Moody and Pegg
as Daphne Pegg
1973
The Ruffian on the Stair
as Joyce
1973
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
as Joyce
1973
Late Night Theatre
as Lady Sims
1972
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
as Clarine
1972
Man of Straw
as Guste Daimchen
1971
The Ten Commandments
as Sarah
1971
ITV Playhouse
as Alice
1970
Wuthering Heights
as Nellie
1970
Brotherly Love
as Rosie
1970
Every Home Should Have One
as Liz Brown
1970
Paddy
as Breeda
1969
Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?
as Filigree Fondle
1969
BBC Play of the Month
as Ginny
1969
Boy Meets Girl
as Samantha
1968
The Wild Racers
as Pippy
1968
Cry Wolf
as Stella
1968
Infidelity Took Place
as Molly Panett
1968
Theatre 625
as Jill
1968
Armchair Theatre
as Audrey
1968
ITV Playhouse
as Lucy Hodges
1968
The Wednesday Play
as Molly Panett
1967
Two for the Road
as Pat
1967
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
as Lady Electra
1967
Poor Cherry
as Abbie
1967
Call Me Daddy
as Janet Smith
1967
Theatre 625
as Maria
1967
Armchair Theatre
as Miss Janet Smith
1967
Armchair Theatre
as Abbie
1967
Mickey Dunne
as Monica
1967
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Ann
1965
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
as Nurse (segment 4 "Disembodied Hand")
1964
It's a Woman's World
as Claire
1962
Out of This World
as Butch
1961
The Younger Generation
as Sophie
1961
The Younger Generation
as Joy
1961
The Younger Generation
as Ruby
1961
The Younger Generation
as Rita Churton
1961
The Younger Generation
as Irene