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name: "Rosemary Martin"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 December 1936"
died: "14 August 1998"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T06:12:59.132914+00:00"
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# Rosemary Martin

Actor. Born 17 December 1936 in Birmingham, England, UK. Died 14 August 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 December 1936, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Died:** 14 August 1998
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Martin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7368402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553013/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/185198

## Biography

Rosemary Martin (17 December 1936 – 14 August 1998) was an English actress born in Birmingham. She worked in film and television from 1964 until her death.

Her film roles include Mrs Durbeyfield in *Tess* (1979), as well as parts in *It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet* (1976), *Britannia Hospital* (1982), *A Dry White Season* (1989) and *The Object of Beauty* (1991).

On television she appeared as Mrs Partridge in *Last of the Summer Wine*, Lady Wickham in *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), Irene Jackson in *Cracker* (1993), Sheila Kavanagh in *Casualty*, and in episodes of *The Bill*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Tess* (1979), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Durbeyfield — [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)

## Complete filmography (69)

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

- *Sex & Chocolate* (1997), as Loretta
- *Crossing the Floor* (1996), as Janet Pearce
- *Lord of Misrule* (1996), as Janie
- *Seaforth* (1994), series, Actor
- *Outside Edge* (1994), series, as Sonia
- *Pie in the Sky* (1994), series, as Gillian Burgess
- *Middlemarch* (1994), series, as Mrs. Bulstrode
- *Cracker* (1993), series, as Irene Jackson — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/cracker.md)
- *Peak Practice* (1993), series, as Joyce Jordan
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, as Miss Spicer
- *Gone to the Dogs* (1991), series, as Margaret Morley
- *The Object of Beauty* (1991), as Mrs Doughty
- *Jeeves and Wooster* (1990), series, as Lady Wickham
- *Blore M.P.* (1989), as Pam Sangster
- *A Dry White Season* (1989), as Mrs Beachley
- *The Dressmaker* (1988), as Mrs Manders
- *The Four Minute Mile* (1988), as Mrs Lambert
- *The Raggedy Rawney* (1988), as Becky
- *Inappropriate Behaviour* (1987), as Mrs Bardsley
- *Love Match* (1986), as Flo
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Sheila Kavanagh
- *The Insurance Man* (1986), as Miss Weber
- *Silas Marner* (1985), as Dolly Winthrop
- *Bird Fancier* (1985), as Shirley Desmond
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Mrs. Bardsley
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Laughterhouse* (1984), as Sylvia, The Continuity Girl
- *Driving Ambition* (1984), series, as Donna Hewitt
- *Driving Ambition* (1984), as Donna Hewitt
- *Slayground* (1984), as Dr King
- *Wilfred and Eileen* (1983), series, as Mrs. Willett
- *Mona* (1982), as Mrs Atkins
- *Lunch* (1982), as Betty
- *A Sudden Wrench* (1982), as Christine
- *United Kingdom* (1981), as Barbara Sullivan MP
- *Tenko* (1981), series, as Verna Johnson
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Jill, Diana Lister
- *The Chinese Detective* (1981), series, as Greta Longman
- *The Glamour Girls* (1980), series, as Sarah Frodsham
- *Feelifax* (1980), as alison
- *The Gentle Touch* (1980), series, Actor
- *Fox* (1980), series, as Renie Fox
- *Fox* (1980), as Renie Fox
- *Tess* (1979), as Mrs. Durbeyfield — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tess.md)
- *The Reaper* (1979), as Madame Noir
- *Thomas & Sarah* (1979), series, as Mrs Burridge
- *Life Begins at Forty* (1978), series, as Jill Simpson
- *Pickersgill People* (1978), series, as Edna Clegg
- *Pennies from Heaven* (1978), series, as Marjorie
- *The Obelisk* (1977), as Hilda
- *Premiere* (1977), series, as Hilda
- *The Sound of Laughter* (1977), series, as Victoria
- *It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet* (1976), as Mrs. Dalby
- *Bill Brand* (1976), series, as Winnie Scoular
- *Two Sundays* (1975), as Alison
- *Plaintiffs and Defendants* (1975), as Mrs. Sawsbury
- *Looking for Clancy* (1975), series, as Aunt Rita
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Mrs. Lipman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!* (1974), series, as Vera Parkinson
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Betty
- *Highway Robbery* (1973), as Freda Bass
- *Last of the Summer Wine* (1973), series, as Mrs. Partridge
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Mrs. Hill
- *Play for Today* (1970), series, as Christine
- *More Than a Miracle* (1967), as Pretentious Princess
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, Actor
- *A Slight Case Of...* (1965), series, Actor
- *Never Mention Murder* (1965), as Woman at Dinner Table and Bar (uncredited)
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Deborah Plummer

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