Wendy Craig
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| Born | Wendy Craig 20 June 1934 Sacriston, County Durham, England |
| Spouse(s) | Jack Bentley (1955-94) |
Wendy Craig (born 20 June 1934) is an English actress who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms Butterflies, ...And Mother Makes Three and ...And Mother Makes Five.
[edit] Biography
She was born in Sacriston, County Durham and attended Durham High School for Girls, which she very much enjoyed and visited on October 13th 2007 when she opened a new building named after her. She began her career in British films of the late 1950s appearing in films such as The Servant. However, it was in British sitcoms of the 1960s and 1970s that she became a household name, usually playing a scatty middle-class housewife. She went from the BBC's Not in Front of the Children (1967) to ITV's ...And Mother Makes Three (1971) (in which she played a single parent), which later evolved into ...And Mother Makes Five. Then came Butterflies (1978), a more offbeat comedy on BBC2.
Wendy Craig successfully branched out into TV drama with Nanny in 1981 - a show she created herself - and currently plays a hospital matron in ITV's The Royal (whose real name has never, to date, been revealed). However, she continues to be associated with comedy, having taken one of the leading roles in Brighton Belles, the UK's disastrously short-lived version of The Golden Girls.
[edit] Personal life
She was married to Jack Bentley from 1955 to 1994.
