Deborah Grant

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Deborah Grant
Born
Deborah Jane Snelling

(1947-02-22) 22 February 1947 (age 78)
Perivale, Middlesex, England
Alma mater Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active1967–2023
Spouse
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(m. 1971;div. 1976)​
Children1

Deborah Jane Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress. [1] Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series Bergerac . From 2007 to 2023, she appeared in the sitcom Not Going Out as Wendy Adams, the mother of Tim (Tim Vine) and Lucy (Sally Bretton). [2]

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Early life

Grant was born Deborah Jane Snelling, in Perivale, Middlesex, to Henrietta (née Finn) and Henry Percival Snelling, on 22 February 1947.

Grant trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and appeared on stage at the Bristol Old Vic and in the West End of London. [3] [4]

Career

Grant had a successful television acting career. [5]

Personal life

Grant became Lady Child in 1971 when she married the baronet and actor Sir Jeremy Child, with whom she had a daughter. [6]

Filmography

Television

Theatre

Film

References

  1. ↑ "Deborah Grant". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Not Going Out - S9 - Episode 1: Home Improvements". Radio Times.
  3. ↑ "Interview: Deborah Grant in Absurd Person Singular at Blackpool Grand Theatre". Lancashire Telegraph. 9 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Deborah Grant - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. ↑ "BBC Radio Derby - Andy Potter, 25/11/2014, Bergerac, Scandal and Peak Practice actress Deborah Grant". BBC. 27 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Actor Jeremy Child and actress Debbie Grant at their wedding at..." Getty Images. 9 April 2004.
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