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Jill Baker | |
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| Born | Gillian Mary Baker 1952 (age 71–72) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
Jill Baker (born 1952) is a British actress who has worked extensively in theatre and television for 50 years.
Baker is a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
She and actor Bob Peck were married for 17 years, from 1982 until his death, in 1999. They had three children. [1]
She made her debut in the TV movie Savages in 1975 and has worked steadily on television and theatre since then. [2] Her theatre work includes Sufficient Carbohydrate by Denis Potter, Goosepimples, Mike Leigh, All My Sons, all in the West End and the premiere of The Secret Rapture in 1988. [3] She has also been working as an actress in British television since 1975. [4] Along with playing a recurring lead character in Rides , Screaming and Fish , she has made cameo appearances in individual episodes of Blore M.P, The Professionals (1980), Only Fools and Horses ( 1981 ), Me and My Girl (1983), "Last Bus to Woodstock" (An Inspector Morse TV-Mystery) (1988), Tales of Sherwood Forest (1989), Prime Suspect (1995), The Girl (1996) as Anne Thornton, The Broker's Man (1997–98) as Claudette Monro-Foster, The Vanishing Man (1998) as Dr. Jeffries, , Perfect Strangers (2001), New Tricks (2003), A Touch of Frost (2004), Secret Smile (2005), Waking the Dead , Holby City , (2007), Spooks (2008) and Wallander , Episode 1 in 2008. [4] [5] She has also appeared as Lady de Lesseps in Shakespeare in Love . [4] In 2009 she appeared in the ITV Drama Whatever It Takes , In 2011 she appeared in the ITV Drama Midsomer Murders "Not in My Back Yard" as Eleanor Swanscombe. [4] [6] In 2014, she appeared in Happy Valley as Helen Gallagher. [7] Baker appeared in Only Fools and Horses in the episode "The Second Time Around", as Del Boy (David Jason)'s ex-fiancée, Pauline Harris. [8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1987 | Hope and Glory | Faith | |
| 1998 | Shakespeare in Love | Lady De Lesseps | |
| 2004 | That Time of Year... | Josephine | Short film |
| 2006 | Notes on a Scandal | Sheba's Mother | |
| 2011 | Salmon Fishing in the Yemen | Betty | |
| 2012 | John Carter | Additional Voice | Voice |
| 2012 | Tower Block | Violet | |
| 2016 | A Lighthouse in Breaking Waves | Alive | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Savages | Angela Smith | Television film |
| 1975 | Get Some In! | Agnes | Episode: "36-Hour Pass" |
| 1977 | The Cedar Tree | Vendeuse | 2 episodes |
| 1980 | The Gentle Touch | Connie | Episode: "Menaces" |
| 1980 | The Professionals | Amanda | Episode: "Hijack" |
| 1981 | Only Fools and Horses | Pauline Harris | Episode: "The Second Time Around" |
| 1982 | We'll Meet Again | Mavis | Episode: "Up the Smoke" |
| 1982 | Arena | Actress in Play | Episode: "Mike Leigh Making Plays" |
| 1983 | BBC Television Shakespeare | Lady Macduff | Episode: "Macbeth" |
| 1984 | Me and My Girl | Kim Tracy | Episode: "Design for Living" |
| 1984 | On the Shelf | Jackie | Television film |
| 1987 | Harry's Kingdom | Jilly King | Television film |
| 1988 | Inspector Morse | Jennifer Coleby | Episode: "Last Bus to Woodstock" |
| 1988 | Boon | Mrs. Hains | Episode: "The Devil You Know" |
| 1989 | ScreenPlay | Jilly Taylor | Episode: "Testimony of a Child" |
| 1989 | Tales of Sherwood Forest | Sarah | 7 episodes |
| 1989 | Screen One | Priscilla Blore | Episode: "Blore M.P." |
| 1992 | Screaming | Rachael | 8 episodes |
| 1992–1993 | Rides | Patrice Jenner | 12 episodes |
| 1994 | In Suspicious Circumstances | Elizabeth Earle | Episode: "Death Scene" |
| 1994 | Ellen | Mrs. Thompson (as Gill Baker) | Episode: "The Toast" |
| 1995 | Prime Suspect | Maria Henry | Episode: "Prime Suspect: Inner Circles" |
| 1995 | Chandler & Co | Edith Cotham | Episode: "No Tomorrow" |
| 1996 | The Girl | Anne Thornton | Television film |
| 1998 | March in Windy City | Dr. Prudence Cox | Television film |
| 1997–1998 | The Broker's Man | Claudette Monro-Foster | 8 episodes |
| 1998 | The Vanishing Man | Dr. Jeffries | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Fish | Sarah Cornice | 6 episodes |
| 2001 | The Bill | Lisa Sharp | 2 episodes |
| 2001 | Perfect Strangers | Esther | 3 episodes |
| 2003 | New Tricks | Gaynor Wringer | Episode: "The Chinese Job" |
| 2003 | Real Men | Julie Ferguson | Television film |
| 2003 | Jonathan Creek | Donna Henry | Episode: "The Tailor's Dummy" |
| 2003 | Canterbury Tales | Mrs. Norman | Episode: "The Pardoner's Tale" |
| 2004 | A Touch of Frost | Elizabeth Richford | Episode: "Dancing in the Dark" |
| 2004 | Belonging | Cathy | Television film |
| 2004 | Rosemary & Thyme | Val Reeves | Episode: "Swords into Ploughshares" |
| 2005 | Secret Smile | Marcia Cotton | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Walking the Dead | Dr. Caroline Ritter | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Sea of Souls | Annie Rubenstein | 2 episodes |
| 2007 | Heartbeat | Shirley Dekin | Episode: "Where There's Smoke" |
| 2008 | Wallander | Anita Carlman | Episode: "Sidetracked" |
| 2008 | Spooks | Rachel Beauchamp | Episode: #7.6 |
| 2009 | Above Suspicion | Mrs Kenworth | Episode: "Part 1" |
| 2009 | Whatever It Takes | Estelle | Television film |
| 2011 | Midsomer Murders | Eleanor Swanscombe | Episode: "Not in My Back Yard" |
| 2011 | Law & Order: UK | Margaret Rumsfield | Episode: "Intent" |
| 2007–2011 | Holby City | Nancy Overbeck Sister John | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Doctors | Corinne Gough | Episode: "Heston's Last Testament" |
| 2014–2015 | EastEnders | Margot Summerhayes | 2 episodes |
| 2014–2016 | Happy Valley | Helen Gallagher | 7 episodes |
| 2016 | To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters | Aunt Branwell | Television film |
| 2015, 2020 | Casualty | Rosie Allen Theresa Ashby | 2 episodes |
| 2022 | Doc Martin | Professor Judy Phillips | Episode: "Return to Sender" |
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