Jill Baker (born 1952) is a British actress who has worked extensively in theatre and television for 50 years.

Personal life

Baker is a graduate of the

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. She and actor

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were married for 17 years, from 1982 until his death, in 1999. They had three children.

Career

She made her debut in the TV movie ''Savages'' in 1975 and has worked steadily on television and theatre since. Her theatre work includes Sufficient Carbohydrate by Denis Potter, Goosepimples, Mike Leigh , All My Sons, all in the West End and the premiere of '' The Secret Rapture'' in 1988. She has also been working as an actress in British television since 1975. Along with playing a recurring lead character in ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', she has made cameo appearances in individual episodes of ''Blore M.P'', '' The Professionals'' (

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), ''

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'' (''

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''), Me and My Girl (1983), "Last Bus to Woodstock" (An ''

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'' TV-Mystery) (1988)
''Tales of Sherwood Forest''
(1989), ''

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'' (1995), The Girl '' (1996) as Anne Thornton, ''The Broker’s Man (1997–98)'' as Claudette Monro-Foster,

The Vanishing Man ''The Vanishing Man'' was a 1997 TV movie and subsequent 1998 series, starring Neil Morrissey as Nick Cameron, a man wrongly imprisoned from smuggling Plutonium, who used for medical research which turns him invisible when in contact with water ...

'' (1998) ''as Dr. Jeffries, '', '' Perfect Strangers'' (2001), ''

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'' (2003), ''

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'' (2004), ''

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'' (2005), '' Waking the Dead'', ''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama ''Casualty'', and pr ...

'', (

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), '' Spooks'' (

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) and ''

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'', Episode 1 in 2008. She has also appeared as Lady de Lesseps in ''

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''. In 2009 she appeared in the ITV Drama '' Whatever It Takes'', In 2011 she appeared in the ITV Drama ''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...

“Not in My Back Yard” as Eleanor Swanscombe''. In 2014, she appeared in '' Happy Valley'' as Helen Gallagher. Baker appeared in ''

'' in the episode " The Second Time Around", as

Del Boy Derek Edward Trotter, more commonly known as Del Boy, is a fictional character from the BBC sitcom ''Only Fools and Horses'' and one of the main characters of its spinoff series, ''Rock & Chips''. He was played by David Jason in the original se ...

(

David Jason Sir David John White (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the BBC sitcom '' Only Fools and Horses'', Detective Inspector ...

)'s ex-fiancée, Pauline Harris.

Filmography

References

External links

* 1952 births Living people English stage actresses English film actresses English television actresses {{UK-screen-actor-stub