---
name: "Brigit Forsyth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brigit-forsyth"
fi1m_id: "brigit-forsyth"
imdb_id: "nm0287027"
tmdb_id: 197235
wikidata_id: "Q4967870"
roles: []
born: "28 July 1940"
died: "1 December 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T11:26:37.665737+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Brigit Forsyth

## Identity

Brigit Forsyth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brigit-forsyth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brigit-forsyth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0287027
- **TMDB ID:** 197235
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4967870
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigit_Forsyth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4967870, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287027/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/197235

Actor. Born 28 July 1940 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Died 1 December 2023.

## Details

- **Born:** 28 July 1940, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- **Died:** 1 December 2023
- **Also known as:** 브리짓 포사이스
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigit_Forsyth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4967870, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287027/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/197235

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Agatha Christie's Poirot*](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md) (83)

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## Biography

Brigit Forsyth (born Brigit Dorothea Connell) was an English actress. She was born on 28 July 1940 in Malton, North Yorkshire, and brought up in Edinburgh. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art after initially working as a secretary, and began her professional career in repertory theatre.

Forsyth was best known for playing Thelma Ferris in the BBC sitcom *Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?* (1973–74) and its 1976 film adaptation. Her other television credits include Ruth Maxtible in *Doctor Who* (1967), Mrs Todd in *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Francine Pratt in *Playing the Field* (1998–2002), and Madge in *Still Open All Hours* (2013–19). She also appeared in *Boon*, *The Bill*, *Casualty* and *Midsomer Murders*, and had an extensive stage career.

She was married to television director Brian Mills from 1975 until their separation in 1999; he died in 2006. They had two children. Forsyth died on 1 December 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Fi1m 83, as Mrs. Todd — [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Time & Again* (2019), as Isabelle
- *Still Open All Hours* (2014), series, as Madge
- *Waterloo Road* (2006), series, as Susan Wilding
- *Spark* (1997), series, as Mrs. Wells
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Estelle Balliol — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Waiting* (1995), as Beryl Oldham
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Ella Jones
- *Nice Town* (1992), series, as Rosemary Dobson
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Elsie Harris, Ellen Taylor
- *Murder Most Horrid* (1991), series, as Mrs Osman
- *Dark Season* (1991), series, as Miss Maitland
- *In Suspicious Circumstances* (1991), series, as Mrs Porter
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Mrs. Todd — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)
- *Crystalstone* (1987), as Isabel
- *Running Wild* (1987), series, as Jenny
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Margaret Pearce, Patricia Baxter — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *Boon* (1986), series, Actor
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Sharon and Elsie* (1984), series, as Elsie Beecroft
- *Tom, Dick and Harriet* (1982), series, Actor
- *Standing in for Henry* (1980), as Mrs Lips
- *The Glamour Girls* (1980), series, as Veronica Haslett
- *Leave it to Charlie* (1978), series, as Mary McLintock
- *The Likely Lads* (1976), as Thelma
- *The Master of Ballantrae* (1975), series, as Alison Graeme
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Mrs. Lips
- *Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?* (1973), series, as Thelma
- *Joe and Petunia: Worn Tyres* (1973), as Petunia (voice)
- *Holly* (1972), series, as Holly Elliot
- *The Road Builder* (1971), as District Nurse
- *The Flag* (1968), as Nadia Kovar
- *The Spanish Farm* (1968), series, as Cecile Blanquart
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, as Mohammed's sister
- *Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks* (1967), as Ruth Maxtible
- *Out of Town Theatre* (1966), series, as Bridget
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Ruth Maxtible — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Dr. Finlay's Casebook* (1962), series, Actor

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