Born in Covent Garden, West London in 1911, Gretchen Franklin was an English actress and dancer whose showbusiness career spanned over 70 years. She was best known for her role as Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC 1 soap opera EastEnders. She appeared in the very first episode in 1985 and was a regular in the series until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently until 2000 when her character was killed off, allowing Franklin t...
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The One and Only Phyllis Dixey
As Phyllis's Dresser
The Murder Game
As Landlady
Before I Wake
As Elsie
The Trouble with Our Ivy
As Mrs. Chard
The Man Who Came to Die
As Mrs. Marriot
Ticket to Paradise
As Mrs. Higginbottom
The Silent Playground
As Mrs. Elgin
The Four Musketeers
As D'Artagnan's Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)
Secrets
As Mrs. Pitt
Twisted Nerve
As Clarkie
The Company Man
As Tea Lady
The Three Musketeers
As D’Artagnan’s Mother
Flame in the Streets
As Mrs. Bingham
The Night Visitor
As Mrs. Hansen
High Terrace
As Mrs. Webb
Return to Waterloo
As Woman on Train
Subterfuge
As Bus Conductress
How I Won the War
As 2nd Old Lady
Help!
As Neighbour
Trottie True
As Martha (uncredited)
The Secret Place
As Mother (uncredited)
Cloak Without Dagger
As Emmie
Ragtime
As Elderly Woman
Keeping Up Appearances
As Daddy's Fiance
The Artful Dodger
Budgie
EastEnders
Z-Cars
Gideon's Way
As Martha Bray
The Scales of Justice
As Rose Jenkins
The Sweeney
As Florence, the Charlady
The Protectors
As Nelly Baxter
Dixon of Dock Green
As Mrs. Walcott
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Hazell
I Didn't Know You Cared
As Auntie Lil
Black and Blue
A Slight Case Of...
Dead Ernest
George and Mildred
As Mother
Nicholas Nickleby
As Miss Knag
Bowler
Castle Haven
Blackadder
As Cordelia
Rising Damp
As Aunt Maud
Bowler
As Mrs Bowler
Terry and June
As Cath
Danger UXB
As Mrs. Flack
Sykes
As Bookstall Assistant
Quatermass
As Edna