Olga Grahame

Acting
1932-06-22
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK

Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles

#1Shameless

Drama Series - 2004, 16 episodes as Nana Murphy

7.6 / 10
ComedyDrama

The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.

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#2Heartbeat

Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes as Nan Parsons

7.2 / 10
CrimeDramaComedy

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.

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#3All Creatures Great and Small

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Ruth Bramley

7.8 / 10
ComedyDrama

The trials and misadventures of the staff at a country veterinary office in Yorkshire. James Herriot, a young animal surgeon, moves to a small Yorkshire town to begin his first job.

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#4Strangers

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as May Robinson

7.3 / 10
CrimeDrama

Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis. A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not. Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.

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#5Brassed Off

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m as Mrs. Foggan

7.0 / 10
ComedyRomanceDrama

A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At first mocked for being a woman, she soon becomes the only chance for the band to win.

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#6Days of Hope

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Woman at N.C.F. Meeting (uncredited)

7.0 / 10
Drama

Days of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives of a working-class family from the turmoils of the First World War in 1916 to the General Strike in 1926. It was written by Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach.

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#7Body & Soul

Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes as Dawn

5.8 / 10

A nun leaves the convent temporarily to help save her family knitting mill from bankruptcy following the death of her brother. Outside the convent she becomes a fairly shrewd businesswoman and feels attracted to one of the men who work at the mill, and thus begins to feel conflict about her religious vows.

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#8The Parole Officer

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m as Jeff's Mam

5.8 / 10
CrimeComedy

A hapless parole officer is framed for murder by a crooked police chief. To prove his innocence he must entice his former clients away from the law abiding lives they are now living to recover the evidence that will save him.

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#9The Bad Mother's Handbook

Movie - 2007, 2h 15m as Ivy

7.0 / 10
ComedyDramaFamily

Karen Cooper wants to domineer her family and believes she's its pillar. In fact she does everything wrong. Thus she messes up all their lives and futures, rather then help her loved-ones.

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#10Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love

Movie - 1993, 2h 15m as Micky's Aunt (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
Drama

Mickey Love is an aging television quiz show host who after climbing his way back to the top after conquering alcoholism has hosted the highly rated "Family Values" for over ten years. But when he hears a false rumor that his show will be axed to make way for a new one to be hosted by young upstart Greg Deane. Mickey bitterly resorts to desperate measures to cling on to his career. Little does Mickey know however is that his bosses actually have something else in store for him.

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#11Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Movie - 1978, 2h 15m as Bus Conductress

10.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother.

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#12Leeds United!

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Striker

10.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose efforts were undermined by the trade union that they belonged to.

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#13Mischief Night

Movie - 2006, 2h 15m as Old Lady Dealer #2

5.7 / 10
Drama

Everyone has Halloween, but in Yorkshire, they have Mischief Night, where madness and mayhem rule. In the course of one night, the barriers that separate two families—one white, one Asian—come tumbling down in a blaze of crime, clubbing, love and fireworks—changing all their lives forever.

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#14The Bare Necessities

Movie - 1996, 2h 15m as Mavis

6.0 / 10
Comedy

A self-organized group of unemployed miners from the industrial wasteland of northern England make it their profession to tour the country by bus, and perform in Chippendales-style, both individually and together in a grand finale.

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#15The Price of Coal, Part 2: Back to Reality

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as Salvation Army Lady

5.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

A month after the royal visit, the workers at Milton Colliery are brought crashing back down to earth by an underground explosion.

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