Moira Brooker (born 1957) is an English

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and presenter. She is best known for playing Judith Hanson in the

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, '' As Time Goes By''.

Biography

Brooker was born in Croydon, Surrey, and is the daughter of Victor Brooker and Ethel Bassett; she has an older sister, Janis. In 1983, Brooker appeared in the television series '' Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime'', appearing in the sixth episode "The Ambassador's Boots". In 1984, she appeared in a play called ''Canterbury Tales'', which was adapted from

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's book of the same name by Phil Woods, and director Michael Bogdanov. In 1992, she joined the cast of ''As Time Goes By'', which starred

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and

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. Brooker played Judith Hanson, the twice-divorced daughter who runs a secretarial agency with her mother, Jean Pargetter, played by Dench. Later in the series, Judith married Alistair Deacon, played by Philip Bretherton. In 1995, Brooker appeared in the

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miniseries ''Ghosts'', appearing in the second episode "Blood and Water" as Angela McClean, a woman unnaturally close to her brother. In early 2010, Brooker and actress Jenny Funnell, who played Sandy in ''As Time Goes By'', were both flown into

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to appear in

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's and other PBS stations'

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s. Brooker married actor Anthony Milner in 1985, and has two children. Milner died in July 2015.

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* 1957 births Living people 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Actresses from Surrey English television actresses Actors from the London Borough of Croydon People from Croydon {{UK-tv-actor-1950s-stub