Petra Markham (born 17 March 1947 in
Prestbury, CheshirePrestbury is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is about 1.5 miles north of Macclesfield....
) is a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
television and film actress. She is the daughter of
David MarkhamDavid Markham was a respected English stage and film actor for over forty years.He was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire, England and died in Coleman's Hatch, East Sussex, England, aged 70....
and Olive Dehn, and sister of
Kika MarkhamKika Markham is an English actress.She is the daughter of actor David Markham and has led a long career in the cinema, television, and theatre as a respected actress...
and Jehane Markham.
- Z Cars episode "First Foot" (1964) - Elizabeth Cooper
- The Children of the New Forest (1964) - Alice Beverley
- Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
- The CrusadeThe Crusade is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from March 27 to April 17, 1965. The story is set in Palestine, near Jerusalem, during the Third Crusade.-Synopsis:...
(1965) - Safiya
- Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 until 1968 in its original form, and was resurrected intermittently during the 1970s...
episode "Barrett Keller: His Mark" (1966) - Dinky
- Shotgun (1966) - Vicky
- The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play was a series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from 1964 to 1970. Every week this drama anthology series presented a different play, usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources were also presented...
episode "Ape and Essence" (1966) - Loola
- Play of the Month
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles...
episode "Girls in Uniform" (1967) - Edelgard
- Softly Softly
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern - supposedly in the Bristol and Chepstow area of the UK...
: episode "An Eye for an Eye" (1967) - Marie Berry
- Z Cars episodes "Vigilance: Part 1 and Part 2" (1968) - Jill Scanlon
- Curry and Chips
Curry and Chips was a controversial 1969 British sitcom from London Weekend Television.Set on a factory floor of 'Lillicrap Ltd', it starred a blacked up Spike Milligan as an Asian immigrant who went by the name of Kevin O'Grady. It also featured Eric Sykes as the foreman, Norman Rossington as the...
"episode #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)
- Fragment of Fear (1970) - Schoolgirl #1
- Albert and Victoria (1970) - Lydia Hackett
- Follyfoot
Follyfoot was a children's television series co-produced by Yorkshire Television and the independent West German company TV Munich...
episode "The Standstill Horse" (1971) - Ginny Tuckwood
- Thirty-Minute Theatre episodes "Not Just For An Hour" (1966), "Something for the Children" (1971) - René
- Get Carter
Get Carter is a 1971 crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the North Eastern English...
(1971) - Doreen Carter
- The Raging Moon (1971) - Mary
- Ace of Wands
Ace of Wands was a fantasy-based British children's television show on ITV between 1970 and 1972, created by Trevor Preston and Pamela Lonsdale and produced by Thames Television. The title, taken from the name of a Tarot card describes the principal character, called "Tarot" who combined stage...
(1972) - Mikki Diamond
- The Hireling (1973) - Edith
- Public Eye
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975 . It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series...
episode "The Trouble with Jenny" (1973) - Jenny Wellard
- Thriller episode "A Killer in Every Corner" (1974) - Helga
- Ripping Yarns
Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series, written by two members of the Monty Python team, Michael Palin and Terry Jones. The series ran on the BBC from 1976 to 1979. Each episode had a completely different setting and completely different characters, each looking at a different aspect...
episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" (1977) - Enid Bag
- After Julius (1978)
- Angels (1983, episodes #9.12, #9.22, #9.24) - Felicity
- Bergerac
Bergerac can refer to:* Bergerac, Dordogne, a French market town* Cyrano de Bergerac, a French dramatist and duelist* Cyrano de Bergerac , a French play of 1897 based around the life of the dramatist...
episode "Sins of the Fathers" (1985) - Suzie Borden
- Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598.-Etymology:The name of the play comes from a poem written by the Greek Theognis:...
(1985) - Katharine
- Aliens in the Family (1987) - Pet
- The Bill
...
episode "Tourist Trap" (1989) - Mrs.
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Petra Markham (born 17 March 1947 in
Prestbury, CheshirePrestbury is a village, civil parish and ecclesiastical parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is about 1.5 miles north of Macclesfield....
) is a
BritishThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
television and film actress. She is the daughter of
David MarkhamDavid Markham was a respected English stage and film actor for over forty years.He was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire, England and died in Coleman's Hatch, East Sussex, England, aged 70....
and Olive Dehn, and sister of
Kika MarkhamKika Markham is an English actress.She is the daughter of actor David Markham and has led a long career in the cinema, television, and theatre as a respected actress...
and Jehane Markham.
Filmography
- Z Cars episode "First Foot" (1964) - Elizabeth Cooper
- The Children of the New Forest (1964) - Alice Beverley
- Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box...
- The CrusadeThe Crusade is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from March 27 to April 17, 1965. The story is set in Palestine, near Jerusalem, during the Third Crusade.-Synopsis:...
(1965) - Safiya
- Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series, which ran on the ITV network from 1956 until 1968 in its original form, and was resurrected intermittently during the 1970s...
episode "Barrett Keller: His Mark" (1966) - Dinky
- Shotgun (1966) - Vicky
- The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play was a series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from 1964 to 1970. Every week this drama anthology series presented a different play, usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources were also presented...
episode "Ape and Essence" (1966) - Loola
- Play of the Month
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles...
episode "Girls in Uniform" (1967) - Edelgard
- Softly Softly
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern - supposedly in the Bristol and Chepstow area of the UK...
: episode "An Eye for an Eye" (1967) - Marie Berry
- Z Cars episodes "Vigilance: Part 1 and Part 2" (1968) - Jill Scanlon
- Curry and Chips
Curry and Chips was a controversial 1969 British sitcom from London Weekend Television.Set on a factory floor of 'Lillicrap Ltd', it starred a blacked up Spike Milligan as an Asian immigrant who went by the name of Kevin O'Grady. It also featured Eric Sykes as the foreman, Norman Rossington as the...
"episode #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)
- Fragment of Fear (1970) - Schoolgirl #1
- Albert and Victoria (1970) - Lydia Hackett
- Follyfoot
Follyfoot was a children's television series co-produced by Yorkshire Television and the independent West German company TV Munich...
episode "The Standstill Horse" (1971) - Ginny Tuckwood
- Thirty-Minute Theatre episodes "Not Just For An Hour" (1966), "Something for the Children" (1971) - René
- Get Carter
Get Carter is a 1971 crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter, a mobster who sets out to avenge the death of his brother in a series of unrelenting and brutal killings played out against the grim background of derelict urban housing in the North Eastern English...
(1971) - Doreen Carter
- The Raging Moon (1971) - Mary
- Ace of Wands
Ace of Wands was a fantasy-based British children's television show on ITV between 1970 and 1972, created by Trevor Preston and Pamela Lonsdale and produced by Thames Television. The title, taken from the name of a Tarot card describes the principal character, called "Tarot" who combined stage...
(1972) - Mikki Diamond
- The Hireling (1973) - Edith
- Public Eye
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975 . It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series...
episode "The Trouble with Jenny" (1973) - Jenny Wellard
- Thriller episode "A Killer in Every Corner" (1974) - Helga
- Ripping Yarns
Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series, written by two members of the Monty Python team, Michael Palin and Terry Jones. The series ran on the BBC from 1976 to 1979. Each episode had a completely different setting and completely different characters, each looking at a different aspect...
episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" (1977) - Enid Bag
- After Julius (1978)
- Angels (1983, episodes #9.12, #9.22, #9.24) - Felicity
- Bergerac
Bergerac can refer to:* Bergerac, Dordogne, a French market town* Cyrano de Bergerac, a French dramatist and duelist* Cyrano de Bergerac , a French play of 1897 based around the life of the dramatist...
episode "Sins of the Fathers" (1985) - Suzie Borden
- Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost is one of William Shakespeare's early comedies, believed to have been written in the mid-1590s, and first published in 1598.-Etymology:The name of the play comes from a poem written by the Greek Theognis:...
(1985) - Katharine
- Aliens in the Family (1987) - Pet
- The Bill
...
episode "Tourist Trap" (1989) - Mrs. Belcham
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries is a British television series made by TVS and Meridian Television for ITV between 1987 and 2000.The series comprised adaptations of the works of Ruth Rendell. Many are based on her extensive range of short stories...
episode "Some Lie and Some Die" (1990) - hotel receptionist
- EastEnders
EastEnders is a long-running, popular and award-winning television soap opera, first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 19 February 1985...
(1993) - Rose Chapman (13 episodes)
- Peak Practice
Peak Practice was a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 1993 to 2002, and was one of their most successful series at the time...
episode "Coming Out" (1995) - Cissy Banks
- Rich Deceiver (1995) - Bella Beasley
- Plotlands (1997) - Grace Foster
- Out of Depth (2000) - Edna Walker
- Doctors episode "Post Mortem" (2007) - Penny Cable
- Lady Godiva (2008) - Jemima's Mother (Pink Dragon)