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name: "Kika Markham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kika-markham"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T22:37:35.960944+00:00"
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# Kika Markham

Actor. Born 1 January 1940 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1940, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1993–2007
- **Also known as:** Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham, Erika S.L. Markham

## Biography

Kika Markham, also credited as Erika S. L. Markham, is an English actress born in 1940 in Macclesfield, Cheshire. She is the daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn, and has sisters including Petra, Sonia and Jehane Markham. In 1985 she married actor Corin Redgrave; the couple had two sons, Harvey and Arden.

Markham has worked extensively in film, television and theatre since the 1950s. Her television roles include Ann Appleby in the series *Cracker* (1993), Countess Vera Rossakoff in *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1991) and appearances in *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), *Midsomer Murders* (1997) and *Call the Midwife* (2012). Film credits include *Bunny Lake Is Missing* (1965), *Outland* (1981), *Killing Me Softly* (2002), *Franklyn* (2008) and *The Old Oak* (2023).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, azmovies.net, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Cracker* (1993), Fi1m 85, as Ann Appleby — [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *Party Animals* (2007), Actor

## Also known for

- *Outland* (1981), Carol O'Niel
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), Countess Vera Rossakoff
- *Franklyn* (2008), Naomi
- *Killing Me Softly* (2002), Mrs. Blanchard
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Mary Morgan
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), Miss Burnet
- *Call the Midwife* (2012), Mother Jesu
- *High Strung Free Dance* (2018), Rose

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