Deborah Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress. Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series '' Bergerac''. From 2007 to 2023, she appeared in the

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'' as Wendy Adams, the mother of Tim ( Tim Vine) and Lucy ( Sally Bretton).

Personal life and training

Grant was born in

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to Henry Percival Snelling and Henrietta, née Finn. She trained at the

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and appeared on stage at the

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and in the West End of London. She has since had a successful television acting career. She has been married twice. She became Lady Child in 1971 when she married the baronet and actor Sir

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, with whom she has a daughter. After their divorce, she married actor Gregory Floy, with whom she has another daughter.

Filmography

Television

* '' Public Eye'' – Rosemary (episode "A Fixed Address") * '' Edward the Seventh'' – Young Princess Alexandra of Denmark/Princess of Wales * '' The Power Game'' * '' Danger UXB'' * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Brum'' – Police lady * ''

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'' - Leonora * '' UFO'' – Linda Simmonds (episode " The Psychobombs", 1970) * ''

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'' * ''

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'' * '' Peak Practice'' – receptionist Carol Johnson * '' Howards' Way'' * '' Bergerac'' – Deborah * '' Bouquet of Barbed Wire'' – Sarah Francis * '' Another Bouquet'' – Sarah Roberts (née Francis) * '' Minder'' – Lady Ingrave (episode " You Gotta Have Friends") * '' Room at the Bottom'' – Celia Pagett-Smythe * '' Victoria Wood As Seen On TV'' * ''

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'' * '' Outside Edge'' * '' Pat and Margaret'' – Stella Kincaid * ''

'' – Wendy Adams * '' Mr Palfrey of Westminster'' – Yelena

Theatre

* '' Barnum'' (

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, 1983)

Film

*'' I Want What I Want'' (1972) *''

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'' (1989) – Valerie Hobson *'' London Has Fallen'' (2016) – Doris

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* 1947 births Actors from the London Borough of Ealing Actresses from London Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama English stage actresses English television actresses Living people People from Perivale Wives of baronets {{England-actor-stub