Annette Kate Ekblom (born 1956)''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1916-2005.''; at ancestry.com is an English actress. She is the mother of actress

Amelia Warner Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982) is an English musician, composer, and former actress. Early life Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, the only child of actors Annette Ekblom and Alun ...

. She starred as Linda in

Willy Russell William Russell (born 23 August 1946) is an English dramatist, lyricist and composer. His best known works are '' Educating Rita'', '' Shirley Valentine'', '' Blood Brothers'' and '' Our Day Out''. Early life Russell was born in Whiston, Lanc ...

's musical '' Blood Brothers'' when

Bill Kenwright William Kenwright, CBE (born 4 September 1945) is an English West End theatre producer and film producer. He has also been the chairman of Everton Football Club since 2004. Kenwright was born in Liverpool and attended Booker Avenue County Pri ...

's production opened in London in 1988. She can also be heard on the 1988 revival cast recording with

Kiki Dee Pauline Matthews (born 6 March 1947), better known by her stage name Kiki Dee, is an English singer. Known for her blue-eyed soul vocals, she was the first female singer from the UK to sign with Motown's Tamla Records. Dee is best known for he ...

. Ekblom played the role of family matriarch Debbie Gordon in the

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television soap opera

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in 32 episodes from 2002 to 2003.

Filmography

*''Noah’s Castle'' - TV series (1979) *''

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'' - 1979 *''

God's Wonderful Railway ''God's Wonderful Railway'' is a British children's drama television series made by the BBC. It was first shown in eight 30-minute episodes, from 6 February 1980. The cast includes Gorden Kaye, June Brown, Gerard Kelly, Richard Pearson and Ter ...

'' - 1980 BBC children's drama series (Marjorie Grant) 3 episodes *'' Going Out (TV series) - 1981 *''Blood Brothers'' - Musical (Linda) 1988 *Coronation Street 1992-1994 *'' Cracker'' - TV series (Diane) 1995 *''

The Wild House ''The Wild House'' was a serialised children's programme produced between 1997 and 1999 broadcast by the BBC. The programme was based on an idea of Jean Buchanan's. Later series were written partially by Mark Haddon, author of ''The Curious Inci ...

'' - BBC TV Sitcom (Mother) 1996 *

Fever Pitch ''Fever Pitch: A Fan's Life'' is a 1992 autobiographical essay by British author Nick Hornby. The book is the basis for two films: '' Fever Pitch'' (1997, UK) and '' Fever Pitch'' (2005, U.S.). The first edition was subtitled "A Fan's Life", bu ...

(Robert's Mother) 1997 *''

The Broker's Man ''The Broker's Man '' is a BBC British television drama series centred on the work of Jimmy Griffin, an ex-detective who applies his skills as a fraud investigator for an insurance company. Produced by Bentley Productions for BBC One, the serie ...

'' - BBC drama series (Sally Griffin) 1997-1998 *''

Peak Practice ''Peak Practice'' is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale—a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District—and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their m ...

'' - ITV drama series (Patricia Davey) 6 episodes 1999 *''

Inspector Morse Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, GM, is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series '' Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), ...

'' - “The Remorseful Day” S8:E5 (Mrs. Holmes) - 2000 *'' Take Me'' - UK TV mini-series (Lauren) 2001 *''

'' - Debbie Gordon 32 episodes 2002-2003 *''

Holby City ''Holby City'' (stylised on-screen as HOLBY CIY) is a British medical drama television series that aired weekly on BBC One. It was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty'', and ...

'' - BBC drama series 7 episodes 2004-2009 *''

Wallander Wallander may refer to: TV, film, books * Kurt Wallander, a fictional Swedish police inspector in novels by Henning Mankell :* ''Wallander'' (film series), Swedish-language television films of the Wallander stories starring Rolf Lassgård :* ''Wal ...

'' - BBC programme series 3 episode "Before The Frost" 2012

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* English soap opera actresses English musical theatre actresses Living people 1956 births {{UK-stage-actor-stub