Wendy Craig
Wendy Craig (born
June 20,
1934) is a British
actress.
She was born in
Sacriston,
County Durham, and began her career in British films of the late
1950s appearing in films such as
The Servant. However, it was in
British sitcoms of the 1960s and 1970s that she became a household name, usually playing a scatty middle-class housewife. She went from the
BBC's
Not in Front of the Children (
1967) to
ITV's
And Mother Makes Three (
1971) (in which she played a single parent), which later evolved into
And Mother Makes Five. Then came
Butterflies (
1978), a more offbeat comedy on
BBC2.
Wendy Craig branched out into TV drama with
Nanny in
1981, and currently plays a hospital matron in ITV's
The Royal. However, she continues to be associated with comedy, having taken one of the leading roles in
Brighton Belles, the UK's short-lived version of
The Golden Girls.
In September 2004 it was revealed that the second of her sons, Ross Bentley, was the result of a short affair with
John Mortimer.
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Wendy Craig Museum of Broadcast Communications entry
