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Rosemary Frankau

Rosemary Frankau

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Born January 1, 1933 in Marylebone, London, England, UK

Died May 1, 2017

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She was an actress best known for playing Beattie in the BBC sitcom Terry and June.Born in Marylebone, central London, to the comedian Ronald Frankau and his wife, the actor Renee Roberts, who played the role of Miss Gatsby in Fawlty Towers, Rosie had a sister, Roberta (Robbie), and several half-siblings from her father's other marriages. She was evacuated during the blitz to the Kent countryside. Despite the doodlebugs overhead, this was the happiest period of her childhood as friends of the family provided a true hearth and home for the duration of the second world war. Afterwards she was sent to boarding school at Monkton Wyld in Dorset, paid for by an aunt.

She graduated from Rada in her 20s and learned her trade in the flourishing British repertory theatre of the 1950s, touring around the country. In the late 50s to 60s she was a star member of Hazel Vincent Wallace's repertory cast at Leatherhead theatre. As a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, Rosie played Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 1962, a production directed by Peter Hall, and starring Judi Dench and Ian Richardson. Rosie moved into screen acting, and her long career included roles in General Hospital (1973-75), Yes Minister (1981) and Ken Loach's film Ladybird Ladybird (1994), as well as her eight-year stint in Terry and June (1979-87). Rosie married, Bill Bain, a television director, in 1968. After Bill died of cancer in 1982, she worked hard to bring us up on her own, moving the family to Mortlake so we could be close to our school in Barnes. A happy marriage in 1997 to Desmond Bird gave Rosie a new lease of life. They set up home together in Beckenham, Kent, and she gained a degree in literature and history from the Open University.

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Big Women Poster

Big Women Mini-Series1998Alice's Mum

Ladybird Ladybird Poster

Ladybird Ladybird Feature Film1994Lawyer

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2point4 Children TV Series1991Sister Modesty

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Mother Love Mini-Series1989School Secretary

Boon TV Series1986Lady Elizabeth

Mitch TV Series1984Anne Allison

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No Place Like Home TV Series1983Mrs. Crump

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The Cleopatras Mini-Series1983Roman Matron at Party

The Hard Word TV Series1983Receptionist

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I Remember Nelson TV Series1982Lady Spencer

Nobody's Hero Poster

Nobody's Hero Mini-Series1982Mrs. Bailey

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Bergerac TV Series1981Museum Curator

Yes Minister Poster

Yes Minister TV Series1980Mrs. Rogers

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Terry and June TV Series1979Beattie

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Grange Hill TV Series1978Mrs. Murdoch

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Robin's Nest TV Series1977Customer

Bill Brand Mini-Series1976Liberal Candidate

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The Duchess of Duke Street TV Series1976Antonia

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Within These Walls TV Series1974Nurse Stowe

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General Hospital TV Series1972Staff Nurse Lyn Dawson

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The Dustbinmen TV Series1969Miss Potter

The Sex Game TV Series1968Dorothy Healey

Callan TV Series1967Eva Faber

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Mickey Dunne TV Series1967Kitty Speight

Trapped TV Series1967Sonia Strickland

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Intrigue TV Series1966Elizabeth Hopgood

You Can't Win TV Series1966Miss Froggatt

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Knock on Any Door TV Series1965Elida Grayson

Six Shades of Black TV Series1965Cunningham

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First Night TV Series1963Susan Arnold

Going to Work TV Series1961Mrs. Dawson

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The Wind of Change Feature Film1961Woman in Mews

No Hiding Place Poster

No Hiding Place TV Series1959Violet Donner

The Man Who Finally Died TV Series1959Hotel Receptionist

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Emergency-Ward 10 TV Series1957Helen Booth

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan Poster

The New Adventures of Charlie Chan TV Series1957Miss Dawson

Young Chippie TV Movie1957

The Adventures of Annabel TV Series1955Stewardess

The Star Without a Name TV Movie1955

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1955Self

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BBC Sunday-Night Theatre TV Series1950Joan

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