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	She appeared in non-comedic roles in series such as ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)\|Upstairs, Downstairs]], [[The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)\|The Forsyte Saga]]'' and ''[[Grange Hill]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Her film roles include that of Nell Perks in ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)\|The Railway Children]]'' (1970), and ''[[The Amazing Mr. Blunden]]'' (1972).<ref name=":0" />		She appeared in non-comedic roles in series such as ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)\|Upstairs, Downstairs]], [[The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)\|The Forsyte Saga]]'' and ''[[Grange Hill]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Her film roles include that of Nell Perks in ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)\|The Railway Children]]'' (1970), and ''[[The Amazing Mr. Blunden]]'' (1972).<ref name=":0" />

	In her later life, Davies was concerned for issues facing the elderly. In May 2007 she had musical success as a member of superannuated pop group [[The Zimmers]]. Their [[cover version]] of "[[My Generation]]" reached number 26 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].~~{{citation needed\|date=December 2020}}~~ In 2008, Davies investigated the quality of life in elderly care facilities by posing as the aunt of a BBC reporter, being admitted to a rest home, and spending five days there.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7408110.stm\|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} UK {{!}} Care home life is 'slow death'\|date=4 June 2008 \|publisher=BBC\|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> She recorded her experiences and treatment and concluded that life in many facilities was a "slow death", featuring inactivity, loneliness and minimal interpersonal interaction. Davies's research was reported on BBC Radio 4's ''Today'' programme.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People\|last=Ceci\|first=Christine\|publisher=Routledge\|year=2012\|location=New York\|page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7435060.stm\|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} UK {{!}} Deddie Davies\|date=4 June 2008 \|publisher=BBC\|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>		In her later life, Davies was concerned for issues facing the elderly. In May 2007 she had musical success as a member of superannuated pop group [[The Zimmers]]. Their [[cover version]] of "[[My Generation]]" reached number 26 in the [[UK Singles Chart]]. In 2008, Davies investigated the quality of life in elderly care facilities by posing as the aunt of a BBC reporter, being admitted to a rest home, and spending five days there.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7408110.stm\|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} UK {{!}} Care home life is 'slow death'\|date=4 June 2008 \|publisher=BBC\|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> She recorded her experiences and treatment and concluded that life in many facilities was a "slow death", featuring inactivity, loneliness and minimal interpersonal interaction. Davies's research was reported on BBC Radio 4's ''Today'' programme.<ref>{{Cite book\|title=Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People\|last=Ceci\|first=Christine\|publisher=Routledge\|year=2012\|location=New York\|page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7435060.stm\|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} UK {{!}} Deddie Davies\|date=4 June 2008 \|publisher=BBC\|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>
	She became a trustee and recorded a video for UK registered charity [[Compassion in Care]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://compassionincare.com/videos?page=3\|title=Videos \| Compassion in Care\|website=Compassionincare.com\|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref>		She became a trustee and recorded a video for UK registered charity [[Compassion in Care]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://compassionincare.com/videos?page=3\|title=Videos \| Compassion in Care\|website=Compassionincare.com\|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref>

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	\| birth_name = Gillian Nancy Davies		\| birth_name = Gillian Nancy Davies
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1938\|3\|2}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=y\|1938\|03\|02}}
	\| birth_place = [[Bridgend]], Wales		\| birth_place = [[Bridgend]], Wales
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|2016\|12\|21\|1938\|3\|2}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|df=y\|2016\|12\|21\|1938\|03\|02}}
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	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress

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{{Short description|Welsh character actress (1938–2016)}}
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{{Infobox person
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| name = Deddie Davies
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| birth_name = Gillian Nancy Davies
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1938|3|2}}
| birth_place = [[Bridgend]], Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|12|21|1938|3|2}}
| death_place =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1967–2016
}}

'''Deddie Davies''' (born '''Gillian Nancy Davies''', 2 March 1938 – 21 December 2016)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/02/deddie-davies-obituary|title=Deddie Davies obituary|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|date=2 January 2017|access-date=2 August 2020|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref> was a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[character actress]].<ref name=":0"/>

==Biography==
Davies was born in [[Bridgend]], Wales.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/dec/21/railway-children-actor-deddie-davies-dies-aged-78|title=Railway Children actor Deddie Davies dies aged 78|date=21 December 2016|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|issn=0261-3077|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> She trained at [[RADA]] and is most familiar to television viewers for comedy roles in a host of series, including ''[[The Rag Trade]]'', ''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]], [[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]'' and ''[[Chance in a Million]]''.<ref name=":0" /><ref name="who'swho">{{cite book|year=1985|author=Eddie Pedder|isbn=0-907965-31-8|title=Who's Who on Television, 3rd Edition|publisher=Michael Joseph}}</ref>

She appeared in non-comedic roles in series such as ''[[The Bill]]'', ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]], [[The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)|The Forsyte Saga]]'' and ''[[Grange Hill]]''.<ref name=":0" /> Her film roles include that of Nell Perks in ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' (1970), and ''[[The Amazing Mr. Blunden]]'' (1972).<ref name=":0" />

In her later life, Davies was concerned for issues facing the elderly. In May 2007 she had musical success as a member of superannuated pop group [[The Zimmers]]. Their [[cover version]] of "[[My Generation]]" reached number 26 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} In 2008, Davies investigated the quality of life in elderly care facilities by posing as the aunt of a BBC reporter, being admitted to a rest home, and spending five days there.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7408110.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} UK {{!}} Care home life is 'slow death'|date=4 June 2008 |publisher=BBC|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref> She recorded her experiences and treatment and concluded that life in many facilities was a "slow death", featuring inactivity, loneliness and minimal interpersonal interaction. Davies's research was reported on BBC Radio 4's ''Today'' programme.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Perspectives on Care at Home for Older People|last=Ceci|first=Christine|publisher=Routledge|year=2012|location=New York|page=39}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7435060.stm|title=BBC NEWS {{!}} UK {{!}} Deddie Davies|date=4 June 2008 |publisher=BBC|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>
She became a trustee and recorded a video for UK registered charity [[Compassion in Care]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://compassionincare.com/videos?page=3|title=Videos | Compassion in Care|website=Compassionincare.com|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref>

From 2012, she appeared as Marj Brennig in the British TV series ''[[Stella (British TV series)|Stella]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.co.uk/cast.asp |title=Cast List - TV Guide UK TV Listings |access-date=21 December 2016 |archive-date=24 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124160833/http://www.tvguide.co.uk/cast.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Anthony |last=Hayward |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/jan/02/deddie-davies-obituary |title=Deddie Davies obituary |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 January 2017 |access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>

She died of [[ovarian cancer]] on 21 December 2016, aged 78.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/stella-railway-children-actress-deddie-12355307|title=Stella actress Deddie Davies dies at the age of 78|first=Kathryn|last=Williams|date=21 December 2016|website=Walesonline|access-date=2 August 2020}}</ref>

==Partial filmography==

===TV ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Character
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Original Network
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1967
|''[[The Forsyte Saga (1967 TV series)|The Forsyte Saga]]''
|Millie
| rowspan="3" |[[BBC Two]]
|2 episodes
|-
|''[[Vanity Fair (1967 TV serial)|Vanity Fair]]''
|Lady Crawley
|2 episodes
|-
|1968
|''[[Late Night Horror]]''
|Yvonne
|Episode: "The Kiss of Blood"
|-
|1971
|''[[Doctor at Large (TV series)|Doctor at Large]]''
|Mrs. Coates
| rowspan="2" |[[London Weekend Television]]
|Episode: "Upton Sells Out"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1972
|''[[Both Ends Meet]]''
|Flo
|7 episodes
|-
|[[Clochemerle (TV series)|''Clochemerle'']]
|Madame Fouache
|BBC Two
|7 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1973
|''[[Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em]]''
|Miss Thomas
|[[BBC One]]
|Episode: "The Hospital Visit"
|-
|''[[The Adventures of Black Beauty]]''
|Miss Hudson
|London Weekend Television
|Episode: "Wild Justice"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1975
|''[[My Old Man (TV series)|My Old Man]]''
|Bride
|[[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]]
|1 episode
|-
|''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''
|Mrs Tibbitt
| rowspan="3" |London Weekend Television
| Episode: "Noblesse Oblige"
|-
|1977
|''[[Just William (1977 TV series)|Just William]]''
|Miss Fairman
|Episode: "Waste Paper Please"
|-
|1977–78
|''[[The Rag Trade]]''
|Mabel
|22 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1978
|''[[Get Some In!]]''
|Akela
|[[Thames Television]]
|Episode: "Labrador"
|-
|''[[The Mayor of Casterbridge (TV series)|The Mayor of Casterbridge]]''
|Nancy
|BBC Two
|2 episodes
|-
|1981
|''[[You're Only Young Twice]]''
|Flo
|Yorkshire Television
|Episode: "Breakfast at Peabody's"
|-
| rowspan="3" |1982
|''[[A.J. Wentworth, B.A.]]''
|Miss Coombes
|Thames Television
|4 episodes
|-
|''[[The Gentle Touch]]''
|Miss Thing
|London Weekend Television
|Episode: "One of Those Days"
|-
|''[[Solo (TV series)|Solo]]''
|Mrs McNally
| rowspan="3" |BBC One
|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" |1983
|''[[Give Us a Break (TV series)|Give Us a Break]]''
|Penny
|Episode: "When It Rains, It Pours"
|-
|''[[Grange Hill]]''
|Cook
|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="2" |1984–86
|''[[Chance in a Million]]''
|Doreen Little
|[[Channel 4]]<ref>{{Citation|last1=Blethyn|first1=Brenda|title=Chance in a million: the complete series.|date=1 January 2013|last2=Callow|first2=Simon|oclc=862848950}}</ref>
|6 episodes
|-
|''[[That's My Boy (1981 TV series)|That's My Boy]]''
|Miss Edith Parfitt/Polly Bennett
|Yorkshire Television
|12 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |1985
|[[The Pickwick Papers (TV series)|''The Pickwick Papers'']]
|Mrs. Cluppins
|BBC One
|2 episodes
|-
|''Titus Andronicus''
|Nurse
|BBC Two
|TV Movie <ref>{{Cite book |last1=Howell |first1=Jane |url=http://videos.ambrosedigital.com/?SH-034 |title=Titus Andronicus |last2=Sutton |first2=Shaun |last3=Ranson |first3=Malcolm |last4=Simpson |first4=Dudley George |last5=Lavers |first5=Colin |last6=Anthony |first6=Chick |last7=Wilders |first7=John |last8=Burrough |first8=Tony |last9=Davies-Prowles |first9=Paul |date=1 January 1984 |publisher=Ambrose Video Publishing |location=New York, N.Y.}}</ref>
|-
|1986
|[[Miss Marple (TV series)|''Miss Marple'']]
|Mrs. Salisbury
|BBC1
|Episode: "The Murder at the Vicarage"
|-
| rowspan="4" |1987
|''[[C.A.T.S. Eyes]]''
|Mrs Best
|[[Television South|TVS]]
|Episode: "Country Weekend"
|-
|''[[My Husband and I (1987 TV series)|My Husband and I]]''
|Bambi Bamber
|Yorkshire Television
|15 episodes
|-
|''[[No Place Like Home (TV series)|No Place Like Home]]''
|Mrs. Dagwood
|BBC One
|Episode: "Hero"
|-
|[[The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (TV series)|''The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole'']]
|Flapper
|Thames Television
|1 episode
|-
|1989
|''[[Forever Green]]''
|Rose
| rowspan="2" |London Weekend Television
|1 episode
|-
| rowspan="3" |1990
|''[[Close to Home (1989 TV series)|Close to Home]]''
|Miss Trible
|Episode: "And Then There Was One"
|-
|''[[Jeeves and Wooster]]''
|Serving Lady
|[[ITV Granada|Granada Television]]
|Episode: "The Purity of the Turf"
|-
|[[You Rang, M'Lord?|''You Rang M'Lord?'']]
|Queen of Dalmatia
|BBC One
|Episode: "Royal Flush"
|-
| rowspan="2" |1991
|''[[The Upper Hand (TV series)|The Upper Hand]]''
|Mrs. Olive
|[[ITV Central|Central]]
|Episode: "Common Evidence"
|-
|[[Trouble in Mind (TV series)|''Trouble in Mind'']]
|Charlotte
|London Weekend Television
|Episode: "The Chance to Dream"
|-
|1992
|''[[Covington Cross]]''
|Sybil
|[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|Episode: "Blinded Passions"
|-
|1992-4
|''[[Waiting for God (TV series)|Waiting For God]]''
|Sister Sheila
|BBC One
|4 episode
|-
|1994–95
|''[[Time After Time (British TV series)|Time After Time]]''
|Auntie Dot
|London Weekend Television
|10 episodes<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=The British Television Pilot Episodes Research Guide 1936–2015|last=Perry|first=Christopher|publisher=Lulu|year=2015|page=230}}</ref>
|-
|1995
|''[[Coogan's Run]]''
|Post Office Barbara
|BBC2
|Episode: "Handyman For All Seasons"
|-
|1997
|[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]
|Marjorie
|BBC1
|Episode: “Monday Bloody Monday”
|-
|1997
|''[[Cows (TV series)|Cows]]''
|Cook
|Channel 4
|TV Movie <ref name=":1" />
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
|[[Dangerfield (TV series)|Dangerfield]]
|Mrs. Robinson
| rowspan="2" |BBC One
|Episode: "The Last Picture"
|-
|[[Keeping Mum (TV series)|Keeping Mum]]
|Elsie
|Episode: "The Picnic"
|-
|2001
|''[[Bernard's Watch]]''
|Agnes Bell
|Central
|5 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
|''[[My Hero (British TV series)|My Hero]]''
|Mrs. Osborne
|BBC One
|Episode: "The First Husband's Club"
|-
|''[[Ultimate Force]]''
|Sylvia
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|Episode: "Deadlier Than the Male"
|-
| 2007 || [[Sensitive Skin (British TV series)|''Sensitive Skin'']] || Deddie || BBC Two || Episode: "Three Lost Loves" <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007s85g|title=Three Lost Loves, Series 2, Sensitive Skin – BBC Two|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2009
|''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
|Mrs Fuller
|ITV
|Episode: "The Great and The Good"
|-
|''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]''
|Gail
|BBC Two
|1 episode <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pl0zr|title=Nan's Christmas Carol, The Catherine Tate Show – BBC Two|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2011
|[[Land Girls (TV series)|''Land Girls'']]
|Miss Betty Ganderton
|BBC One
|Episode: "Fight the Good Fight"
|-
|''[[White Van Man (TV series)|White Van Man]]''
|Irene
|[[BBC Three]]
|Episode: "The Stand"
|-
|2012
|''The Neighbourhood''
|TBC
|[[BBC North]]
|Comedy pilot, screened at BBC's Salford Comedy Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/salford-sitcom-showcase.html|title=BBC – BBC Comedy presents four comedy pilots at Salford Sitcom Showcase – Media Centre|publisher=BBC|access-date=22 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2013
|''[[Whitechapel (TV series)|Whitechapel]]'' ||Dorothy Cade|| ITV ||3 episodes
|-
| 2012–16 || ''[[Stella (British TV series)|Stella]]'' || Marj Brennig || [[Sky One]] || Series 1–5
|}

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| Year
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Title
! scope="col" style="width:200px;"| Character
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Notes
|-
| 1970 || ''[[The Railway Children (1970 film)|The Railway Children]]'' ||Nell Perks ||
|-
| 1972 || ''[[The Amazing Mr Blunden]]'' ||Miss Meakin ||<ref>{{Citation|last1=Levinson|first1=Barry|title=The amazing Mr. Blunden|date=1 January 1972|last2=Jeffries|last3=Shingleton|last4=Darvas|last5=Fisher|last6=Bernstein|last7=Smith|last8=Graves|last9=Moore|first2=Lionel|first3=Wilfrid|first4=Teddy|first5=Gerry|first6=Elmer|first7=Roy|first8=Bryan|first9=Pat|publisher=Hemdale Group|oclc=422869247}}</ref>
|-
|1986
|[[The Canterville Ghost (1986 film)|''The Canterville Ghost'']]
|Aunt Caroline
|<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cyborgs, Santa Claus and Satan: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films Made for Television|last=Sherman|first=Fraser|publisher=MacFarland|year=2000|location=North Carolina, U.S.|page=31}}</ref>
|-
|1988
|''[[Consuming Passions]]''
|Mrs Coot
|
|-
|1990
|''[[The Fool (1990 film)|The Fool]]''
|TBC
|
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Food of Love (1997 film)|Food of Love]]''||Village Woman ||
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Bad Night for the Blues]]'' ||Dorothy || Short film
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Swinging with the Finkels]]'' ||Older woman ||
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Pride (2014 film)|Pride]]'' ||Old Lady ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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[[Category:2016 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Bridgend]]
[[Category:Welsh television actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century Welsh women singers]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
[[Category:20th-century British businesspeople]]