KNOWN FOR

Doctor Who
1988
The One Show
2011
Have I Got News for You
2000
Play for Today
1982
QI
2015
ITV Playhouse
1968
New Tricks
2007
Omnibus
1981
Would I Lie to You?
2017
Hustle
2012
Endeavour
2017
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1966

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
137
Writing
2
2026
Frank and Percy
· unreleased
2026
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Story, Our Century
as Self
2026
Have I Got News for You
as Self - Panellist
2025
Second Skin
as Cathryn
2025
VE Day 80
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Tommy Cooper: The Lost Tapes
as Herself
2024
Amol Rajan Interviews
as Self - Interviewed Guest
2024
My Life at Christmas with Anita Rani
as Self - Interviewed Guest
2024
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
as Self
2024
Mozart: Rise of a Genius
as Self
2023
The Sixth Commandment
as Elizabeth Zettl
2021
Unforgotten
as Eileen Baildon
2021
A Discovery of Witches
as Goody Alsop
2020
Great Canal Journeys
as Self
2019
From This Day Forward
as Her
2019
Celebrity Gogglebox
as Self
2018
Edie
as Edie
2018
The More You Ignore Me
as Nan Wildgoose
2018
Urban Myths
as Gala Dali
2017
The Dark Mile
as Mary
2017
Endeavour
as Dowsable Chattox
2017
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2017
Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
as Herself
2016
This Beautiful Fantastic
as Mother Superior
2016
Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach
as Self - Actress
2016
Delicious
as Mimi Vincent
2015
Toast of London
2015
QI
as Self
2014
Remember Me
as Loveday Hutton
2013
Delicious
2013
The Brilliant Brontë Sisters
as Self
2013
Perspectives
2012
Hustle
as Dolly Hammond
2012
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
as Self - Participant
2012
The Story of Musicals
as Self
2012
Playhouse Presents
as Melba
2011
Just Henry
as Gran
2011
The One Show
as Self - Interviewed Guest
2011
In Confidence
2009
The Rain Has Stopped
2009
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
as Self
2009
Kate Garraway's Life Stories
as Self
2009
My Life In Verse
as Self
2009
Moving On
as Liz
2008
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
as Grandma
2008
The Last Word Monologues
2008
This Morning
as Self
2008
The Last Word Monologues
2007
Fallen Angel
as Lady Youlgreave
2007
New Tricks
as Grace Pullman
2006
After Thomas
as Granny Pat
2006
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2006
The Catherine Tate Show
as Auntie June
2006
Parkinson
as Self - Guest
2005
Yes
as Aunt
2005
Bleak House
as Mrs. Guppy
2005
The Paul O'Grady Show
2005
Room 101
as Self
2004
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2004
Grumpy Old Women
2004
Feather Boy
as Edith Sorrel
2003
Fortysomething
as Gwendolen Hartley
2002
The Practicality of Magnolia
2002
Bait
as Pam Raeburn
2002
The BAFTA Awards
as Self
2001
Love or Money
as Teresa
2001
Bedtime
as Alice Oldfield
2001
The Russian Bride
as Dora Blossom
2000
Have I Got News for You
as Self
2000
The Thing about Vince
as Pat
1999
Hold Back the Night
as Vera
1999
Alice in Wonderland
as Cook
1998
Love and Death on Long Island
as Mrs. Barker
1998
Close Relations
as Dorothy Hammond
1997
A Night in with the Girls
1997
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Sarah Meadows
1995
The Buccaneers
as Duchess of Trevenick
1995
Dangerous Lady
as Sarah Ryan
1994
A Business Affair
as Judith
1994
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage)
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends: The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
as Anna Maria (voice)
1993
Brighton Belles
as Frances
1993
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Anna Maria (voice)
1992
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
as Self
1992
Gone to Seed
as Mag Plant
1991
My Kingdom for a Horse
as Joan Deakin
1991
Gone to the Dogs
as Jean
1990
3 Men and a Little Lady
as Vera
1990
Royal Enclosure
as Doreen
1990
Single Voices
as Doreen
1989
Jumping The Queue
as Matilda Poliport
1988
Buster
as Mrs. Rothery
1988
Hawks
as Regina
1988
Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol
as Helen A
1988
The Love Child
as Edith
1988
The Universe of Dermot Finn
as Mother of Pearl
1988
Doctor Who
as Helen A.
1987
Making Waves
as Doris
1985
Home to Roost
as Sue
1985
Dramarama
as Rita Chartell
1984
Playing Shakespeare
1983
Six Fifty-Five Special
as Self
1982
The Golden Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales
as Narrorator
1982
The Remainder Man
as Ellen
1982
Play for Today
as Ellen
1981
Omnibus
as Self
1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
as Olga Vandemeer
1980
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Scenes from the Making of a Musical
as Self/Mrs. Lovett
1971
Now Take My Wife
1971
Shadows of Fear
as Anne Brand
1970
Take a Girl Like You
as Martha Thompson
1970
Menace
as Rose
1969
The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket
as Secretary
1969
Mr Digby, Darling
1968
The Anniversary
as Karen Taggart
1968
Horizontal Hold
as Naomi Woodley
1968
Entertaining Mr. Sloane
as Kath
1968
Detective
as Mrs. Markle
1968
ITV Playhouse
as Naomi Woodley
1968
ITV Playhouse
as Kaff
1967
How I Won the War
as Mrs. Clapper's Friend
1967
Compensation Alice
as Alice
1967
Armchair Theatre
as Alice
1966
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Vi
1966
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Cynthia
1965
The Bed-Sit Girl
1965
The Wednesday Thriller
as Joyce Lambert
1964
Night Must Fall
as Dora Parkoe
1964
Carry On Cleo
as Senna Pod
1964
The Moon-Spinners
as Cynthia Gamble
1964
Festival
as Winifred
1962
Twice Round the Daffodils
as Dora
1962
The Girl on the Boat
as Jane Hubbard
1961
The Rag Trade
1960
The Bulldog Breed
as Doris (uncredited)
1960
Doctor in Love
as Librarian (uncredited)
1960
Light Up the Sky!
as Theatre Act