Patricia Franklin

Patricia Franklin

Acting
1942-09-11
London, England, UK

Biography

Patricia Franklin (born 11 September 1942) is an English actress best known for her roles in five Carry On films.

Known For & Full Filmography21 Titles

#1Call the Midwife

Drama Series - 2012, 16 episodes as Elsie Sweeney

7.5 / 10
Drama

Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.

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#2The Alienist

Drama Series - 2018, 16 episodes as Margery

7.5 / 10
DramaCrimeMystery

New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.

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#3The Sweeney

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Mrs. Perraut

8.1 / 10
Action & AdventureDramaCrime

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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#4Shaun of the Dead

Movie - 2004, 2h 15m as Spinster

7.5 / 10
HorrorComedy

Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

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#5Black Books

Drama Series - 2000, 16 episodes as Keen Customer

8.1 / 10
Comedy

Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group’s peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.

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#6Hot Fuzz

Movie - 2007, 2h 15m as Annette Roper

7.6 / 10
CrimeActionComedy

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.

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#7The World's End

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m as Upstairs Beehive Lady

6.8 / 10
ComedyActionSci-Fi

Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.

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#8Centre Play

Drama Series - 1973, 16 episodes as Telephone Caller (voice)

7.0 / 10
Drama

Anthology series of half hour plays produced in BBC's Television Centre's studios.

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#9Hazell

Drama Series - 1978, 16 episodes as Bett Ryman

5.2 / 10
CrimeDrama

Hazell is a British television drama based on the novel series by Terry Venables and Gordon Williams (collectively known as P.B. Yuill), and starring Nicholas Bell as James Hazell, a 'smart parody' of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade. The program ran for 2 series, from January 1978 to July 1979.

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#10Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Movie - 2020, 2h 15m as Pawnshop Customer

6.5 / 10
FamilyFantasyMusic

An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.

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#11The Kindred

Movie - 2021, 2h 15m as Johanna

6.4 / 10
Horror

After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.

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#12The Legend of Robin Hood

Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes as Prioress

7.4 / 10
Action & AdventureDrama

The Legend of Robin Hood was a 1975 BBC television serial that told the story of the life of Robin Hood.

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#13Carry On Camping

Movie - 1969, 2h 15m as Farmer's Daughter

6.6 / 10
Comedy

Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Paradise Camp, they think they're off to a nudist colony—but they couldn't be more wrong, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine.

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#14Carry On Girls

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as Rosemary

5.7 / 10
Comedy

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

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#15Carry On Behind

Movie - 1975, 2h 15m as Vera Bragg

5.5 / 10
Comedy

Professors Vooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. With a randy Major owning the site, a snobbish mother, and the two professors' constant innuendos, the story ends with a sinking caravan site and a striptease performance as a replacement for the cabaret night.

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#16Carry On England

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m as Corporal Cook

4.5 / 10
Comedy

Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...

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#17Carry On Loving

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Mrs. Dreery

5.7 / 10
RomanceComedy

The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called 'The Wit to Woo'. The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches—and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble.

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#18Brief Encounter

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m as Beryl Walters

5.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.

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#19On Location: The Carry Ons

Movie - 2001, 2h 15m as Rosemary (archive footage) (uncredited)

8.8 / 10

June Whitfield takes a look at some of the locations used during the making of the legendary 'Carry On' films.

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#20Bless This House

Movie - 1972, 2h 15m as Mary

6.4 / 10
Comedy

The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home-brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, sideline come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door! What’s more, Sid’s outspoken and madcap family hinder neighbourly relations even further.

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#21Joe's Ark

Movie - 1974, 2h 15m as Sally

8.0 / 10
DramaTV Movie

The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the terminal illness of his daughter Lucy (Angharad Rees). For Potter, this play "makes more than a wry nod at possibilities which can comprehend pain, or disgust, or the implacable presence of death itself."

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