Moira Brooker (born 1957) is an

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and presenter. She is best known for playing Judith Hanson in the long-running British sitcom '' As Time Goes By''. The program lasted for nine series between 1992 and 2005, and is still broadcast on some

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affiliate stations in the

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Biography

Brooker was born in Croydon, and is the daughter of Victor Brooker and Ethel Bassett; she has an older sister, Janis. In 1983, Brooker appeared in the television series ''

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'', appearing in the sixth episode "The Ambassador's Boots". In 1984, she appeared in a play called ''Canterbury Tales'', which was adapted from

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's book of the same name by Phil Woods and director

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. In 1992, she joined the cast of ''As Time Goes By'', which starred

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and

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. Brooker played Judith Hanson, the twice-divorced daughter who runs a secretarial agency with her mother, Jean Pargetter (played by Dench). Later in the series, Judith married Alistair Deacon (played by

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). In 1995, Brooker appeared in the

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miniseries ''Ghosts'', appearing in the second episode "Blood and Water" as Angela McClean, a woman unnaturally close to her brother. In early 2010, Brooker and actress Jenny Funnell (who played Sandy in ''As Time Goes By'') were both flown into

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to appear in WNET's and other PBS stations' pledge drives. Brooker married actor

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in 1985 and has two children. Milner died in July 2015.

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