Petra Markham

Petra Markham
Born
Petra Maria Markham

(1947-03-17) 17 March 1947 (age 79)
Prestbury, Cheshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1964–present
SpouseDavid Walsh
Parent(s)David Markham
Olive Dehn
RelativesKika Markham (sister)

Petra Maria Markham (born 17 March 1947) is a British theatre, television and film actress.

Biography

Born on 17 March 1944, 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), and make-up artist Sonia Markham (1938–2016).

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1966 The Deadly Affair Daughter at Theatre
1970 Fragment of Fear Schoolgirl
1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday Designer's Girlfriend
Get Carter Doreen Carter
The Raging Moon Mary
1973 The Hireling Edith
2008 Lady Godiva Jemima's Mother (Pink Dragon)
2010 Cemetery Junction Uncredited

Television appearances

Year Title Role Notes
1964-1968 Z-Cars Elizabeth Cooper/Jill Scanlon 2 episodes
1965 Emergency Ward 10 Julie Callahan 4 episodes
Doctor Who Safiya Serial: "The Crusade"
The Sullavan Brothers Kath Episode: "Put Them Away for Keeps"
The Newcomers Sandra Turner 1 episode
1966 The Wednesday Play Loola Episode: "Ape and Essence"
Thirteen Against Fate Hélène Episode: "The Schoolmaster"
Armchair Theatre Dinky Episode: "Barrett Keller: His Mark"
1966-1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre Various 3 episodes
1967 This Man Craig Ruth Leggat Episode: "There's Got to Be a Fire Somewhere"
Softly, Softly Marie Berry Episode: "An Eye for an Eye"
Who Is Sylvia? Episode: "The Three Dreaded Faces of Eve"
The Revenue Men Judy Episode: "A Pretty Flat Kind of Existence"
BBC Play of the Month Edelgard Episode: "Girls in Uniform"
Theatre 625 Sophie Solymosi Episode: "The Burning Bush"
1968 The Charlie Drake Show 1 episode
Market in Honey Lane Sally Sampson 2 episodes
Marty Various 1 episode
1969 The First Lady Episode: "A Banner with a Strange Device"
The Expert Angela Haskins Episode: "Your Money for My Life"
Detective Renee Episode: "Hunt the Peacock"
Curry and Chips Norman's Daughter 1 episode
1970-1971 Albert and Victoria Lydia Hackett 10 episodes
1971 Follyfoot Ginny Tuckwood Episode: "The Standstill Horse"
1972 Ace of Wands Mikki Diamond Season 3
1973 ITV Saturday Night Theatre Maureen Episode: "The Regulars"
Public Eye Jenny Wellard Episode: "The Trouble with Jenny"
1974 General Hospital Barbara Lytton 1 episode
Marked Personal Lorraine
Thriller Helga Episode: "A Killer in Every Corner"
1977 Ripping Yarns Enid Bag Episode: "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite"
1983 Angels Felicity 3 episodes
1984 Play for Today Mrs. Richardson Episode: "Young Shoulders"
1985 Bergerac Suzie Borden Episode: "Sins of the Fathers"
BBC Television Shakespeare Katharine Episode: Love's Labour's Lost
1989-1996 The Bill Mrs. Belcham/Mrs. Green 2 episodes
1990 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Hotel Receptionist Episode: "Some Lie and Some Die"
1993 EastEnders Rose Chapman 13 episodes
1995 Peak Practice Cissy Banks Episode: "Coming Out"
1997 Plotlands Grace Foster 4 episodes
2007 Doctors Penny Cable Episode: "Post Mortem"
2008 Hotel Babylon Cheating Husband's Wife 1 episode
2009 Criminal Justice Family Court Judge

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