Mary Jo Randle

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Mary Jo Randle
Born (1954-04-26) 26 April 1954 (age 70)
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Alma mater University of Birmingham
OccupationActress
Years active1982–present
Known for The Bill
The Lakes

Mary Jo Randle (born 26 April 1954) is an English actress from Rochdale, Lancashire working in theatre and television.

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After a childhood in Littleborough, Randle left home to study for a degree in drama at the University of Birmingham but switched course to Social Administration. [1] Upon graduation she applied and was accepted for a place at RADA, [2] where she was the recipient of the Bancroft Gold Medal. [3] In 1981 she won Most Promising Actress at the Ronson awards. [4]

Mary Jo Randle is best known for her roles as Jo Morgan in The Bill [5] (1993–1995) and Bernie Quinlan in The Lakes. She has also featured in Holby City , Emmerdale , Victoria Wood as Seen on TV , The Royal , Casualty , Doctors , Heartbeat , Inspector Morse , Dalziel and Pascoe , Bad Behaviour , Wire in the Blood and a public information film on smoke alarms.

Selected filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 Bad Behaviour Winifred Turner [6]
2000 Hollow Man Janice Walton [7]
2003 Gifted Mrs Gilliam [8]
2006 Pierrepoint Mrs Corbitt [9]
2007 Control Deborah Curtis' mother [10]
2008 Affinity Mrs. Jelf [11]
2010 Soul Boy Rose McCain [12]
2010 Another Year Mourner [13]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 Play for Today: Another Flip for Dominick Pilar [14]
1985 Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV Sarah Wells [15] Series 1; episode 3
1986Victoria Wood: As Seen on TVKelly-Marie's Friend [16] [17] Series 2; episodes 2 and 4
1986 London's Burning Marion Cartwright IIPilot
1989 Act of Will Sister Rodgers [18] Episode 1
1990 Inspector Morse Detective Sergeant Siobhan Maitland [19] Episode: "Driven to Distraction"
1991 The Bill Moira Smith [20] Episode: "Samaritan"
1991 Screen One Jill [21] Episode: "Ex"
1992 Screen Two Television producer [22] Episode: "My Sister-Wife"
1992 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Renie Thompson [23] Episode: "The Speaker of Mandarin"
1992 Between the Lines Kate NortonEpisode: "The Only Good Copper"
1992A Time to DanceMrs. Atkinson [24] Episode 1
1993 Olly's Prison Vera [25]
1993–1995The BillWDS Jo Morgan [26] Series regular; 78 episodes
1997 Born to Run Teresa [27] Recurring role; 6 episodes
1997–1999 The Lakes Bernie Quinlan [28] Series regular; 14 episodes
1999 Holby City Marie [29] Episode: "Brave Heart"
1999 Casualty Marie Davies [30] Episode: "Mother's Day"
1999 Heartbeat Shirley Colbourne [31] Episode: "No Surrender"
2002 Cutting It Laverne Butt [32] Series 1: episode 2; Series 2: episode 2
2003 Cambridge Spies Marge [33] Episode 2
2003 Between the Sheets Christine Ellis [34] Recurring role; 6 episodes
2004 Midsomer Murders Janet Pennyman [35] Episode: "Things That Go Bump in the Night"
2005 The Royal Fay Wallace [36] Episode: "While the Cat's Away"
2006 Dalziel and Pascoe Moira HenshawEpisode: "Fallen Angel"
2007 The Street Jean's mother [37] Episode: "The Promise"
2008 Wire in the Blood Janet Williams [38] Episode: "The Dead Land"
2009 Small Island Queenie's mother [39] Episode 1
2009 Blue Murder Carol Aspen [40] Episode: "Inside"
2009 Red Riding Eddie's mother [41] Episode: "In the Year of Our Lord 1974"
2009 Inspector George Gently Mrs Chadwick [42] Episode: "Gently in the Night"
2011 Waking the Dead Trish SomersEpisode: "Care"
2013 The Syndicate DawnSeries 2; episodes 2 and 6
2015 Wolf Hall Mercy PryorRecurring role; 3 episodes
2020 The English Game PublicanEpisodes 1 and 6

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