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Deborah Grant

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Deborah Grant
Born
Deborah Jane Snelling

(1947-02-22) 22 February 1947 (age 77)
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present
Spouses
(m. 1971; div. 1976)
Gregory Floy
(m. 1977; div. 1998)
Children2

Deborah Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress.[1] Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series Bergerac. Since 2007, she has appeared in the sitcom Not Going Out as Wendy Adams, the mother of Tim (Tim Vine) and Lucy (Sally Bretton).[2]

Personal life and training

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Grant was born in Perivale to Henry Percival Snelling and Henrietta, née Finn.

She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and appeared on stage at the Bristol Old Vic and in the West End of London.[3][4] She has since had a successful television acting career.[5]

She has been married twice. She became Lady Child in 1971 when she married the baronet and actor Jeremy Child, with whom she has a daughter.[6] After their divorce, she married actor Gregory Floy, with whom she has another daughter.

Filmography

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Television

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Theatre

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Film

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References

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  1. ^ "Deborah Grant". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Not Going Out - S9 - Episode 1: Home Improvements". Radio Times.
  3. ^ "Interview: Deborah Grant in Absurd Person Singular at Blackpool Grand Theatre". Lancashire Telegraph. 9 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Deborah Grant - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  5. ^ "BBC Radio Derby - Andy Potter, 25/11/2014, Bergerac, Scandal and Peak Practice actress Deborah Grant". BBC. 27 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Actor Jeremy Child and actress Debbie Grant at their wedding at..." Getty Images.
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