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'''Wendy Craig''' (born 20 June 1934<ref name=mbc>{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=craigwendy |title=Craig, Wendy - British Actor |first=David |last=Pickering |work=Museum.TV |publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications |location=Chicago, IL, USA |accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref>) is a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA Award]] winning [[English people|English]] [[actress]] who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'', ''[[...And Mother Makes Three]]'' and ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]''. As of the 2010s, she plays the recurring role of Matron in the TV series ''[[The Royal]]''. |
'''Wendy Craig''' (born 20 June 1934<ref name=mbc>{{cite web |url=http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=craigwendy |title=Craig, Wendy - British Actor |first=David |last=Pickering |work=Museum.TV |publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications |location=Chicago, IL, USA |accessdate=9 January 2012}}</ref>) is a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA Award]] winning [[English people|English]] [[actress]] who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms ''[[Not in Front of the Children]]'', ''[[Butterflies (TV series)|Butterflies]]'', ''[[...And Mother Makes Three]]'' and ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]''. As of the 2010s, she plays the recurring role of Matron in the TV series ''[[The Royal]]''. |
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| Born | 20 June 1934 |
| Spouse | Jack Bentley (1955–94) |
Wendy Craig (born 20 June 1934[1]) is a BAFTA Award winning English actress who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms Not in Front of the Children, Butterflies, ...And Mother Makes Three and ...And Mother Makes Five. As of the 2010s, she plays the recurring role of Matron in the TV series The Royal.
Biography
She was born in Sacriston, County Durham[1] and attended Durham High School for Girls,[citation needed] which she re-visited on 13 October 2007 when she opened a new building named after her. She began her career in British films at the end of the 1950s, and appeared in films such as The Servant (1963) and The Nanny (1965) with Bette Davis, but it was in British sitcoms of the late 1960s and 1970s which led to her becoming a household name, usually playing a scatty middle class housewife. She went from the BBC's Not in Front of the Children (1967) to ITV's ...And Mother Makes Three (1971) (in which she played a single parent), which later evolved into ...And Mother Makes Five. Then came Butterflies (1978), a comedy on BBC2, in which Craig's character was given more depth than in the earlier series.
Wendy Craig returned to drama with the series Nanny in 1981—a show she created herself—and currently plays a hospital matron in ITV's The Royal. However, she continues to be associated with comedy, having taken one of the leading roles as Annie in Brighton Belles, the UK's short-lived version of The Golden Girls.
She appeared as Reggie's mother in the BBC1 comedy Reggie Perrin (2009 Series 1, 2010 Series 2), an update of the 1970s series The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin.
In 2012 she appeared as a guest in episode 12 in the Series Masterchef along with many other '70s sitcom stars.
Personal life
She was married to Jack Bentley from 1955 until his death in 1994. They had two sons, Alaster (later principal oboist for the Birmingham Royal Ballet Sinfonia[2]) and Ross.[1] In 2004, it was revealed that her second son was the result of a short affair with John Mortimer.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Secret Place (1957)
- Room at the Top (1959)
- The Mind Benders (1963)
- The Servant (1963)
- The Nanny (1965)
- Just Like a Woman (1967)
- I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
- Joseph Andrews (1977)
Sources and references
- ^ a b c Pickering, David. "Craig, Wendy - British Actor". Museum.TV. Chicago, IL, USA: The Museum of Broadcast Communications. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Walker, Tim; Eden, Richard (12 September 2004). "Mortimer's joy at son with Wendy Craig". The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- ^ Walsh, John. (2009). The Independent, 17 January 2009. "Wit, flirt, genius: John Mortimer dies aged 85". Retrieved: 2009-01-17.