UK Sketch Actresses
by plwimsett | created - 05 Dec 2013 | updated - 08 Dec 2013 | PublicComediennes or actresses who have been in sketch shows.
1. Amanda Abbington
Actress | Sherlock
Amanda Abbington was born on February 28, 1974 in North London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Sherlock (2010), Crooked House (2017) and After You've Gone (2007).
In "Man Stroke Woman".
2. Tracy-Ann Oberman
Actress | Friday Night Dinner
Tracy-Ann Oberman was born on August 25, 1966 in Brent, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Friday Night Dinner (2011), Toast of London (2012) and Doctor Who (2005). She has been married to Rob Cowan since December 19, 2004. They have one child.
In "Big Train".
3. Julia Davis
Actress | Nighty Night
Julia Davis was born on August 25, 1966 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Nighty Night (2004), Love Actually (2003) and Camping (2016).
In "Big Train", also in "Little Britain Abroad".
4. Morwenna Banks
Actress | Damned
Morwenna Banks was born on September 20, 1961 in Flushing, Cornwall, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Damned (2016), Saxondale (2006) and Miss You Already (2015).
In "Absolutely".
5. Hattie Jacques
Actress | Carry on Again Doctor
Best known for playing Matron--as in "Ooh, Matron!"--in four films: Carry on Nurse (1959), Carry on Doctor (1967), Carry on Again Doctor (1969) and, of course Carry on Matron (1972). Key roles included: Grace Short in Carry on Teacher (1959), Sophie Bliss in Carry on Loving (1970) and Peggy Hawkins...
In "Carry On..." sketches and "Beachcomber".
6. Helen Atkinson Wood
Helen Atkinson Wood was born on March 14, 1955 in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Flushed Away (2006), KYTV (1989) and The Young Ones (1982).
In "KYTV".
7. Susie Blake
Actress | Coronation Street
Blake trained at the Arts Educational School and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She is the granddaughter of the actress Annette Mills and a grand-niece of the actor Sir John Mills. Actresses Hayley and Juliet Mills are Blake's first cousins once-removed.
Blake has appeared regularly ...
In "Victoria Wood, As Seen On TV", more monologue than sketches.
8. Josephine Tewson
Actress | Keeping Up Appearances
An English stage and television actress. She was best known for her roles in British television sitcoms, such as Elizabeth in Keeping Up Appearances (1990) and Miss Davenport in Last of the Summer Wine.
Tewson was born in Hampstead, London, England in 1931. Her father, William, was a professional ...
In "Two Ronnies" and "Frost Report". Played all six of Henry VIII's wives.
9. June Whitfield
Actress | Absolutely Fabulous
June Whitfield had a long and successful career that has included musical theatre, films and numerous radio and television performances. Her mother was into amateur dramatics and June had elocution and dancing lessons from an early age. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in ...
Must be included-the comic's tart.
10. Carol Cleveland
Actress | Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Born in England, Carol moved to the United States as a youngster after her mother remarried a man in the U.S. Air Force. She attended grammar school in San Antonio, Texas, then John Marshall Junior High and Pasadena High School both in Pasadena, California. She returned to London in 1960 and soon ...
Known as the Seventh Python, also appeared in Two Ronnies
11. Connie Booth
Actress | Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Connie Booth was born on December 2, 1940 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Monty Python's and Now for Something Completely Different (1971) and Fawlty Towers (1975). She has been married to John Lahr since August 19, 2000...
As well as in Monty Python, she was also in the Bookshop sketch for Amnesty (originally featuring Marty Feldman)
12. Joan Sims
Actress | Carry on Up the Khyber
Joan Sims, the "First Lady of Carry On", was born Irene Joan Marion Sims on 9 May 1930. The daughter of an Essex railway station master, Joan was interested in pursuing show-business, and soon became a familiar face in a growing number of amateur productions. In 1946, Joan first applied to RADA, ...
In several Carry On sketches, and sketch shows According to Dora and The Dick Emery Show.
13. Jane Leeves
Actress | Frasier
Jane Leeves has made her mark in the entertainment world, acting in television, theater, and film over the past 20 years.
She is most famous for her role as "Daphne" in the award-winning show Frasier (1993). Leeves played one of the five main characters of the sitcom, a live-in physical therapist ...
One of the Angels on the Benny Hill Show.
14. Patricia Routledge
Actress | Keeping Up Appearances
Daughter of Catherine and Isaac Routledge. Her father was a haberdasher, and, during WWII, the family lived weeks at a time in the basement of her father's shop. She attended Birkenhead High School, where she sang in the choir and ran the Sunday School. She studied English at Liverpool University, ...
Kitty in "Victoria Wood As Seen On TV".
15. Jo Kendall
Actress | The Remains of the Day
Jo Kendall was born on February 17, 1940 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Remains of the Day (1993), Howards End (1992) and Scum (1979). She died on January 29, 2022 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.
Appeared in Pre-Python show "At Last The 1948 Show" and Pre-Goodies show "Broaden Your Mind". She also was on radio shows "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again", "The Burkiss Way" and "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" (the latter not a sketch show).
16. Aimi MacDonald
Actress | No. 1 of the Secret Service
Aimi MacDonald was born on February 27, 1942 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for No. 1 of the Secret Service (1977), The Avengers (1961) and Vendetta for the Saint (1969).
The daft blonde in "At Last The 1948 Show".
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