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Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940)''birth registered 4th quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec) 1940'' is an English actress.


Early life

Markham is a daughter of actor
David Markham David Markham (3 April 1913 – 15 December 1983) was an English stage and film actor for over forty years. Markham was born Peter Basil Harrison in Wick, Worcestershire and died in Hartfield, East Sussex. In 1937 he married Olive Dehn (19 ...
and writer
Olive Dehn Olive Marie Dehn (29 September 1914 – 21 March 2007) was an English children's writer, anarchist, farmer and poet who was active from the 1930s to the 2000s. She began her writing career with a satirical poem in German, and wrote stories for t ...
(1914–2007). She has three sisters:
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, Sonia and Jehane Markham.


Career

Markham has had a long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in '' Edward & Mrs. Simpson'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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'', '' Cracker'', ''
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'' ''( The Double Clue)'', '' Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge'' and ''
Mr Selfridge ''Mr Selfridge'' is a British period drama television series about Harry Gordon Selfridge and his department store, Selfridge & Co, in London, set from 1908 to 1928. It was co-produced by ITV Studios and Masterpiece/ WGBH for broadcast on IT ...
''. Her films include ''
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'' (1965), ''
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'' (1970),
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'' (1971), ''
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'' (1975), '' Noroît'' (1976), ''
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'' (1980), High Tide (1980), '' Outland'' (1981, as
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's wife), '' The Innocent'' (1985), '' Wonderland'' (1999), ''
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'' (2000), '' Killing Me Softly'' (2002) and ''
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'' (2008). Markham married actor
Corin Redgrave Corin William Redgrave (16 July 19396 April 2010) was an English actor and left-wing socialist activist. Early life Redgrave was born on 16 July 1939 in Marylebone, London, the only son and middle child of actors Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kem ...
in
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, London, in 1985. The couple have two sons, Harvey (born 1979) and Arden (born 1983). Markham and Redgrave appeared together twice on screen: first in
Lynda La Plante Lynda La Plante, CBE (born Lynda Titchmarsh; 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the ''Prime Suspect'' television crime series. Early life Lynda La Plante was born Lynda Titchmarsh on ...
's ''
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'' (2000) as a judge and barrister, respectively; and later in the
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's '' Waking The Dead'' (episode "Special Relationship: Part 1") as lovers suspected of the murder of a government advisor. They also appeared on stage together in an acclaimed revival of
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A Song at Twilight ''A Song at Twilight'' is a play in two acts by Noël Coward. It is one of a trio of plays collectively titled '' Suite in Three Keys'', all of which are set in the same suite in a luxury hotel in Switzerland. The play depicts an elderly writ ...
'', along with sister-in-law
Vanessa Redgrave Dame Vanessa Redgrave (born 30 January 1937) is an English actress and activist. Throughout her career spanning over seven decades, Redgrave has garnered numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Television Award, two ...
. Her sisters are the actress
Petra Markham Petra Mavis Markham (born 17 March 1944 in Prestbury, Cheshire) is a British theatre, television and film actress. She is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: actress Kika Markham, Sonia ...
; the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham, widow of actor
Roger Lloyd-Pack Roger Anthony Lloyd-Pack (8 February 1944 – 16 January 2014) was an English actor. He is best known for playing Trigger in ''Only Fools and Horses'' from 1981 to 2003, and Owen Newitt in ''The Vicar of Dibley'' from 1994 to 2007. He later star ...
; and Sonia. In April 2020, she appeared in an episode of the
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'' as Grace Wilson. Markham's memoir of her husband, ''Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave'', was published in 2014.Joanna Moorhea
"Corin Redgrave: He lost his memory of our life together"
''The Guardian'', 20 September 2014


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* 1940 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Cheshire People from Macclesfield Date of birth missing (living people) English child actresses English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses Redgrave family {{England-actor-stub