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Michele Dotrice (born 27 September 1948) is an English actress. She portrayed Betty Spencer, the long-suffering wife of Frank Spencer, portrayed by

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Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em ''Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em'' is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC1, created and written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. It was first broadcast in 1973 and ran for two series, including two Christmas special ...

'', which ran from 1973 to 1978, and returned in 2016 for a special.

Career

Her first significant role was in the 1962 13-part BBC TV adaptation of ''

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'' in which she played Nell, and she appeared in '' The Witches'' for

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in 1966. In 1970 she had starring roles in the horror thrillers '' And Soon the Darkness'' (1970) and ''

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'' (1970). Her other film appearances include ''

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'' (1970) with

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and the 1976 comedy ''

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''. It was her appearance in ''

'' that made her a household name, and she played the role for five years from 1973. In February 2016, the BBC announced that she was to reprise the role in a one-off special to be broadcast as part of the

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charity fundraiser event. Her other 1970s roles include Felicity in the '' Jason King'' episode "Buried in the Cold Cold Ground", and Lady Percy in the BBC productions of ''

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'' and '' Part 2'' in 1979. In 1981 she took the leading role in the short-lived sitcom ''Chintz'', which aired on ITV. In 1987, Dotrice played the role of a new mother whose child was snatched in an episode of '' The Equalizer'' along with her future husband

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. In the mid-1990s she appeared for several episodes in the period drama '' Bramwell''. She appeared in the film ''

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'' (1999) with

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. She has made numerous guest appearances in well-known British television series, including ''

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'' (1 episode, 1998), ''

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'' (1 episode, 2002), ''

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'' (as Cindy in Episode 6, Season 2, 2005), and the BBC daytime soap opera '' Doctors'' (1 episode, 2008). In addition, she made several appearances in a 2004 BBC comedy-drama entitled ''A Thing Called Love'', set in Nottingham, which starred Paul Nicholls and

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among others. In 2012 she toured in '' The Ladykillers'', playing the role of Mrs Wilberforce. In 2014, she played Pam Chandler, a suspected murderer, in the last episode of series three of '' Death in Paradise''. In 2015, she played Marion, mother to Christine in the " Inside No. 9" episode ''

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''. In 2016, she played Nancy, the faithful dresser and woman of all work to the main character, in the West End production of ''

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''. In 2017 she played Jessie in the stage musical '' The Girls'' at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End. In 2018 she returned to television playing Edna Friendship in '' A Very English Scandal''. ITV launched their new drama in 2020 ''

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'' in which she played Mary Costair in the second episode of Series 1.

Personal life

Her parents were the actors

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Kay Dotrice Katherine Florence Dotrice (née Newman; 9 May 1929 – 2 August 2007), known professionally as Kay Newman and Kay Dotrice, was a British stage and screen actress, best known for her roles in the UK TV series ''Crossroads (British TV series), Cr ...

. She has two sisters,

Karen Dotrice Karen Dotrice ( ; born 9 November 1955) is a British actress. She is known primarily for her role as Jane Banks in Walt Disney's '' Mary Poppins'', the feature film adaptation of the '' Mary Poppins'' book series. Dotrice was born in Guernsey in ...

and Yvette Dotrice, who followed their parents into acting. Dotrice was married to actor

from January 1987 until his death in November 2009.Equalizer Star Dies
They have a daughter named Emily Beth.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dotrice, Michele 1948 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Lincolnshire British comedy actresses English child actresses English film actresses English stage actresses English television actresses People from Cleethorpes