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Petra Markham
Born	Petra Mavis Markham (1944-03-17) 17 March 1944 (age 80) Prestbury, Cheshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1964–present
Spouse	David Walsh
Parent(s)	David Markham Olive Dehn
Relatives	Kika Markham (sister)

Petra Mavis Markham (born 17 March 1944) is a British theatre, television and film actress.

Biography

Born on 17 March 1944, she is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She had three sisters: actress Kika Markham (born 1940), playwright Jehane Markham (1949–2024), and make-up artist Sonia Markham (1938–2016).

Filmography

The Deadly Affair (1966) – Daughter at Theatre
Fragment of Fear (1970) – Schoolgirl
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) – Designer's Girlfriend
Get Carter (1971) – Doreen Carter
The Raging Moon (1971) – Mary
The Hireling (1973) – Edith
Out of Depth (2000) – Edna Walker
Lady Godiva (2008) – Jemima's Mother (Pink Dragon)
Back to the Garden (2013) – Penny

Television appearances

Z-Cars episode "First Foot" (1964) – Elizabeth Cooper
The Children of the New Forest (1964) – Alice Beverley
Doctor Who serial The Crusade (1965) – Safiya
Armchair Theatre episode "Barrett Keller: His Mark" (1966) – Dinky
Shotgun (1966) – Vicky
The Wednesday Play episode "Ape and Essence" (1966) – Loola
Thirty-Minute Theatre episode "Not Just For An Hour" (1966) – René
Who Is Sylvia? (1967)
Play of the Month episode "Girls in Uniform" (1967) – Edelgard
Softly, Softly episode "An Eye for an Eye" (1967) – Marie Berry
Z Cars episodes "Vigilance: Part 1" and "Vigilance: Part 2" (1968) – Jill Scanlon
Curry and Chips episode No.1.2 (1969) – Norman's daughter
Detective episode "Hunt the Peacock" (1969) – Renee
The First Lady episode "A Banner with a Strange Device" (1969)
Ryan International episode "Pirouette" (1970)
Albert and Victoria (1970) – Lydia Hackett
Follyfoot episode "The Standstill Horse" (1971) – Ginny Tuckwood
Thirty-Minute Theatre episode "Something for the Children" (1971) – Girlie
Ace of Wands 20 episodes (1972) – Mikki Diamond
Public Eye episode "The Trouble with Jenny" (1973) – Jenny Wellard
Thriller episode "A Killer in Every Corner" (1974) – Helga
Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" (1977) – Enid Bag
After Julius (1978)
Angels episodes No.9.12, No.9.22 and No.9.24 (1983) – Felicity
Bergerac episode "Sins of the Fathers" (1985) – Suzie Borden
Love's Labour's Lost (1985) – Katharine
Aliens in the Family (1987) – Pet
The Bill episode "Tourist Trap" (1989) – Mrs. Belcham
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries episode "Some Lie and Some Die" (1990) – hotel receptionist
EastEnders 13 episodes (1993) – Rose Chapman
Peak Practice episode "Coming Out" (1995) – Cissy Banks
Rich Deceiver (1995) – Bella Beasley
Plotlands (1997) – Grace Foster
Doctors episode "Post Mortem" (2007) – Penny Cable

References

birth registered 1st quarter (Jan, Feb, Mar) 1944
Markham, Petra (3 November 2024). "Jehane Markham obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
Nicholas Tucker, "Obituary. Olive Dehn: Poet and children's writer", The Independent, 7 April 2007

External links

Petra Markham at IMDb

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