Petra Markham

Petra Markham
Born	Petra Mavis Markham (1944-03-17) 17 March 1944 (age 81) Prestbury, Cheshire, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1964–present
Spouse	David Walsh
Parent(s)	David Markham Olive Dehn
Relatives	Kika Markham (sister)

Petra Mavis Markham (born 17 March 1944) is a British theatre, television and film actress.

Biography

Born on 17 March 1944, ^[1] she is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She had three sisters: actress Kika Markham (born 1940), poet and playwright Jehane Markham (1949–2024), ^[2] and make-up artist Sonia Markham (1938–2016). ^[3]

Filmography

• The Deadly Affair (1966) – Daughter at Theatre
• Fragment of Fear (1970) – Schoolgirl
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) – Designer's Girlfriend
• Get Carter (1971) – Doreen Carter
• The Raging Moon (1971) – Mary
• The Hireling (1973) – Edith
• Out of Depth (2000) – Edna Walker
• Lady Godiva (2008) – Jemima's Mother (Pink Dragon)
• Back to the Garden (2013) – Penny

Television appearances

• Z-Cars episode "First Foot" (1964) – Elizabeth Cooper
• The Children of the New Forest (1964) – Alice Beverley
• Doctor Who serial The Crusade (1965) – Safiya
• Armchair Theatre episode "Barrett Keller: His Mark" (1966) – Dinky
• Shotgun (1966) – Vicky
• The Wednesday Play episode "Ape and Essence" (1966) – Loola
• Thirty-Minute Theatre episode "Not Just For An Hour" (1966) – René
• Who Is Sylvia? (1967)
• Play of the Month episode "Girls in Uniform" (1967) – Edelgard
• Softly, Softly episode "An Eye for an Eye" (1967) – Marie Berry
• Z Cars episodes "Vigilance: Part 1" and "Vigilance: Part 2" (1968) – Jill Scanlon
• Curry and Chips episode No.1.2 (1969) – Norman's daughter
• Detective episode "Hunt the Peacock" (1969) – Renee
• The First Lady episode "A Banner with a Strange Device" (1969)
• Ryan International episode "Pirouette" (1970)
• Albert and Victoria (1970) – Lydia Hackett
• Follyfoot episode "The Standstill Horse" (1971) – Ginny Tuckwood
• Thirty-Minute Theatre episode "Something for the Children" (1971) – Girlie
• Ace of Wands 20 episodes (1972) – Mikki Diamond
• Public Eye episode "The Trouble with Jenny" (1973) – Jenny Wellard
• Thriller episode "A Killer in Every Corner" (1974) – Helga
• Ripping Yarns episode "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite" (1977) – Enid Bag
• After Julius (1978)
• Angels episodes No.9.12, No.9.22 and No.9.24 (1983) – Felicity
• Bergerac episode "Sins of the Fathers" (1985) – Suzie Borden
• Love's Labour's Lost (1985) – Katharine
• Aliens in the Family (1987) – Pet
• The Bill episode "Tourist Trap" (1989) – Mrs. Belcham
• The Ruth Rendell Mysteries episode "Some Lie and Some Die" (1990) – hotel receptionist
• EastEnders 13 episodes (1993) – Rose Chapman
• Peak Practice episode "Coming Out" (1995) – Cissy Banks
• Rich Deceiver (1995) – Bella Beasley
• Plotlands (1997) – Grace Foster
• Doctors episode "Post Mortem" (2007) – Penny Cable

References

1. birth registered 1st quarter (Jan, Feb, Mar) 1944
2. Markham, Petra (3 November 2024). "Jehane Markham obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
3. Nicholas Tucker, "Obituary. Olive Dehn: Poet and children's writer", The Independent , 7 April 2007

External links

• Petra Markham at IMDb