Rosemary Martin

Born: 1936-12-17

Rosemary Martin (17 December 1936 – 14 August 1998) was an English actress, born in Birmingham. She appeared in dozens of films from 1964 to 1998 and is also known for television roles including Mrs. Partridge in Last of the Summer Wine, Vera in Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt, Marjorie in Pennies from Heaven, Miss Weber in The Insurance Man, Renie Fox in Fox and Verna Johnson in Tenko.


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More Than a Miracle

as Pretentious Princess
Released: 1967-10-19

A fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant, Isabella,...

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Tess

as Mrs. Durbeyfield
Released: 1979-10-06

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to...

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A Dry White Season

as Mrs Beachley
Released: 1989-09-20

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he...

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The Object of Beauty

as Mrs Doughty
Released: 1991-04-12

American couple Jake and Tina are living in an expensive London hotel above their means,...

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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

as Mrs. Dalby
Released: 1976-11-18

Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson...

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Silas Marner

as Dolly Winthrop
Released: 1985-12-30

Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he...

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The Insurance Man

as Miss Weber
Released: 1986-02-22

Franz, a young man, works in a dye factory in Prague. One day he notices a skin-rash, like...

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Laughterhouse

as Sylvia, The Continuity Girl
Released: 1984-09-01

A farmer becomes an unintentional celebrity when, because of a strike, he has to walk his 5000...

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Slayground

as Dr King
Released: 1983-12-01

Stone (Peter Coyote) hits an armored truck without his usual driver. The ensuing getaway leads...

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Bird Fancier

as Shirley Desmond
Released: 1985-01-15

There's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen...

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Never Mention Murder

as Woman at Dinner Table and Bar (uncredited)
Released: 1965-05-30

When a surgeon discovers that his wife has a lover he plans murder.

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Inappropriate Behaviour

as Mrs Bardsley
Released: 1987-03-08

Jo teaches ‘difficult’ children—American style. Young Helen, one of her most rebellious pupils,...

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Sex & Chocolate

as Loretta
Released: 1997-10-26

Bev Bodger is a married teacher tempted by an old school boyfriend to enjoy a little sex and...

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Blore M.P.

as Pam Sangster
Released: 1989-10-22

Derek Blore, MP, enjoys both a happy successful political career and a sideline in the suburbs....

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The Dressmaker

as Mrs Manders
Released: 1988-12-16

In England during World War II, a repressed dressmaker and her sister struggle looking after...

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Driving Ambition

as Donna Hewitt
Released: 1984-03-03

A bored and frustrated suburban housewife follows her dream of becoming a racing driver

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United Kingdom

as Barbara Sullivan MP
Released: 1981-12-08

Incendiary 1981 Play for Today, written by Jim Allen and directed by Roland Joffé that tells the...

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Mona

as Mrs Atkins
Released: 1982-08-08

A teenage girl takes care of a former soldier suffering from the effects of being gassed in the...

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Crossing the Floor

as Janet Pearce
Released: 1996-10-05

Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving...

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A Sudden Wrench

as Christine
Released: 1982-03-23

Christine takes up an unusual line of work and proves she is not just another bored housewife.

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Highway Robbery

as Freda Bass
Released: 1973-01-29

Terry and his family fight against a planned eviction when the council decides on a road...

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Lunch

as Betty
Released: 1982-04-30

Two women meet for lunch every two weeks to swap news. But this week is different

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The Obelisk

as Hilda
Released: 1977-10-13

A seaside resort in 1938. For Hilda, it seems as if romance almost died when she married school...

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Casualty

as Sheila Kavanagh
First aired: 1986-09-06

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department,...

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Heartbeat

as Miss Spicer
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Crown Court

as Mrs. Hill
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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Bergerac

as Jill
First aired: 1981-10-18

Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...

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Bergerac

as Diana Lister
First aired: 1981-10-18

Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...

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Play for Today

as Christine
First aired: 1970-10-15

Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...

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Peak Practice

as Joyce Jordan
First aired: 1993-05-10

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town...

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Last of the Summer Wine

as Mrs. Partridge
First aired: 1973-01-04

Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never...

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The Sweeney

as Mrs. Lipman
First aired: 1975-01-02

Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue...

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Cracker

as Irene Jackson
First aired: 1993-09-27

The wise-cracking Fitz is a brilliant but flawed criminal psychologist with a remarkable insight...

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Pie in the Sky

as Gillian Burgess
First aired: 1994-03-13

Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and...

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Jeeves and Wooster

as Lady Wickham
First aired: 1990-04-22

Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's...

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Tenko

as Verna Johnson
First aired: 1981-10-22

Based on real-life experiences, Tenko remains one of the most fondly remembered and acclaimed...

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Outside Edge

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-03-24

Comedy-drama series starring Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Robert Daws, and Josie Lawrence...

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Middlemarch

as Mrs. Bulstrode
First aired: 1994-04-10

19th century Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution brings both the promise and fear of...

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The Gentle Touch

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-04-11

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television...

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Fox

as Renie Fox
First aired: 1980-03-10

Fox is a British television drama series produced by Euston Films and Thames Television for the...

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Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-30

Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt! is an ITV sitcom that ran from 1974 to 1977 starring Bill Maynard...

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Bill Brand

as Winnie Scoular
First aired: 1976-06-07

Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as...

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Pennies from Heaven

as Marjorie
First aired: 1978-03-07

Pennies From Heaven is a 1978 BBC television drama serial written by Dennis Potter. The title is...

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The Chinese Detective

as Greta Longman
First aired: 1981-04-30

Chinese British Detective Sergeant John Ho solves cases in the East End of London. Ho fits the...

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Gone to the Dogs

as Margaret Morley
First aired: 1991-11-29

Comedy drama about rivalry in the lucrative world of greyhound racing. Self-made millionaire...

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Seaforth

as uncredited
First aired: 1994-10-09

An epic love story in nine parts, following the progress of handsome rogue Bob Longman , an...

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