---
name: "Marjorie Yates"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/marjorie-yates"
fi1m_id: "marjorie-yates"
imdb_id: "nm0946789"
tmdb_id: 143090
wikidata_id: "Q6766352"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 April 1941"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T10:43:50.449252+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."
---

# Marjorie Yates

## Identity

Marjorie Yates

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/marjorie-yates
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** marjorie-yates
- **IMDb ID:** nm0946789
- **TMDB ID:** 143090
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6766352
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Yates, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6766352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946789/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/143090

Actor. Born 13 April 1941 in Birmingham, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 April 1941, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Active:** 1982–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (1), 2000s 75 (1), 2020s 50 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Yates, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6766352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946789/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/143090

## Biography

Marjorie Yates is a British actress born in Birmingham on 13 April 1941. She studied at the Bournville College of Art and began her career in the early 1970s with roles in BBC single plays, including several episodes of *Play for Today*.

Her film credits include the social worker in *Walter* (1982), the mother in *The Long Day Closes* (1992), Verity Braithwaite in *Wetherby* (1985) and Mrs Tucker in *Dead Man's Folly* (1986). On television she is known for playing Carol Fisher in *Shameless* (2004–2007) and has appeared in series such as *Line of Duty*, *Vera* and *Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Allelujah* (2023), Fi1m 50, as Hazel — [page](https://film.one/film/allelujah.md)
- *Shameless* (2004), Fi1m 75, as Carol — [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Walter* (1982), Fi1m 78, as Social Worker — [page](https://film.one/film/walter.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

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

- *Allelujah* (2023), as Hazel — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/allelujah.md)
- *Gangsta Granny Strikes Again* (2022), as Fiona
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Edie Grimes
- *Ransom* (2017), series, as Frances
- *Line of Duty* (2012), series, as Wendy Rider — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/line-of-duty.md)
- *Vera* (2011), series, as Val Wilcox — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/vera.md)
- *Edge* (2010), as Wendy
- *Above Suspicion* (2009), series, as Mrs Webster
- *Shameless* (2004), series, as Carol — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/shameless.md)
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as Angela Veitch
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Martha Collins
- *The Long Day Closes* (1992), as Mother
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Brenda, Molly Openshaw
- *June* (1990), as June
- *A Very British Coup* (1988), series, as Cook
- *Worlds Beyond* (1986), series, as Margaret
- *Dead Man's Folly* (1986), as Mrs Tucker
- *Wetherby* (1985), as Verity Braithwaite
- *Florence Nightingale* (1985), as Trude
- *Morgan's Boy* (1984), series, as Val Turner
- *C.Q.* (1984), as June
- *Marks* (1982), as Marjory
- *Objects of Affection* (1982), series, as Marjory
- *Walter* (1982), as Social Worker — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/walter.md)
- *Priest of Love* (1981), as Ada Lawrence
- *Life for Christine* (1980), as Nurse Ryder
- *Pasmore* (1980), as Eileen
- *The Other Side: Connie* (1979), as Connie
- *The Other Side* (1979), series, as Connie
- *All Day on the Sands* (1979), Actor
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Kay Costa
- *The Black Panther* (1977), as Neilson's Wife
- *Daft Mam Blues* (1977), as Lily as a Young Woman
- *The Glitterball* (1977), as Mrs. Fielding
- *Couples* (1975), series, as Jane Selby
- *It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow* (1975), as Maureen Bell
- *Legend of the Werewolf* (1975), as Madame Tellier
- *Murrain* (1975), as Mrs. Leach
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as May Holmes — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Village Hall* (1974), series, as Mrs Ellis
- *The Optimists of Nine Elms* (1973), as Chrissie Ellis
- *Centre Play* (1973), series, as Pam
- *Kisses at Fifty* (1973), as Audrey
- *The Bouncing Boy* (1972), as Harriet
- *Better Than the Movies* (1972), as Sally Rowe
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Martha Ainsworth
- *Villains* (1972), series, as Julie Owens
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Audrey
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Agasha

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