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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| name = Una Stubbs		\| name = Una Stubbs
	\| image = Una Stubbs~~, filming Sherlock (2015) cropped2~~.~~jpg~~		\| image = Una Stubbs.webp
	\| caption = ~~Stubbs in 2015, while filming ''[[Sherlock (TV series)\|Sherlock]]''~~		\| caption =
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|df=yes~~\|1937\|5\|1~~}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1937\|05\|01\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Welwyn Garden City]], [[Hertfordshire]], England		\| birth_place = [[w:Welwyn Garden City\|Welwyn Garden City]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2021\|8\|12\|1937\|5\|1\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2021\|08\|12\|1937\|05\|01\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland		\| death_place = [[w:Edinburgh\|Edinburgh]], Scotland
	\| occupation = Actress, dancer, TV presenter		\| occupation = Actress, dancer, TV presenter
	\| years_active = 1956–2017		\| years_active = 1956–2017
	\| spouse = ~~{{Plainlist\|~~		\| spouse =
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	* {{marriage\|[[Nicky Henson]]~~<br />~~\|1969\|1975\|~~reason~~=~~divorced}}~~		{{marriage\|[[Nicky Henson]]\|1969\|1975\|end=div}}
	}}
	\| children = 3; including [[Christian Henson]]		\| children = 3; including [[Christian Henson]]
	\| relatives = [[Ebenezer Howard]] (great-grandfather)<br/>[[Geoffrey Howard (cricketer)\|Geoffrey Howard]] (uncle)		\| relatives = [[w:Ebenezer Howard\|Ebenezer Howard]] (great-grandfather)<br/>[[w:Geoffrey Howard (cricketer)\|Geoffrey Howard]] (uncle)
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{{Short description|English actress, television personality, and dancer (1937–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Una Stubbs
| image = Una Stubbs, filming Sherlock (2015) cropped2.jpg
| caption = Stubbs in 2015, while filming ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]''
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|5|1}}
| birth_place = [[Welwyn Garden City]], [[Hertfordshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|8|12|1937|5|1|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
| occupation = Actress, dancer, TV presenter
| years_active = 1956–2017
| spouse = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Peter Gilmore]]<br />|1958|1969|reason=divorced}}
* {{marriage|[[Nicky Henson]]<br />|1969|1975|reason=divorced}}
}}
| children = 3; including [[Christian Henson]]
| relatives = [[Ebenezer Howard]] (great-grandfather)<br/>[[Geoffrey Howard (cricketer)|Geoffrey Howard]] (uncle)
}}

'''Una Stubbs''' (1 May 1937 – 12 August 2021) was an English actress, television personality and dancer who appeared on British television and in the theatre, and occasionally in films. She became known after appearing in the film ''[[Summer Holiday (1963 film)|Summer Holiday]]'' (1963) and later played Rita Rawlins in the BBC sitcoms ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1965–1975) and ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (1985–1992). Her other television roles include Aunt Sally in ''[[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1979–1981) and Miss Bat in ''[[The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)|The Worst Witch]]'' (1998–2001). She also appeared as [[Sherlock Holmes]]'s landlady [[Mrs. Hudson]] in the [[British Academy Television Awards 2011|BAFTA-winning]] television series ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' (2010–2017).

==Career==
As a 16-year-old, in 1953, she danced in a [[Folies Bergère]]-style musical revue, "Pardon My French", at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]], alongside [[Frankie Howerd]] and the pianist [[Winifred Atwell]]. She first appeared on television as one of the [[Dougie Squires|Dougie Squires Dancers]] on the British television music show ''[[Cool for Cats (TV series)|Cool for Cats]]'' in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.coolforcats.freeuk.com/beginnings.htm|title=Cool for Cats – Beginnings |website=www.coolforcats.freeuk.com |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="GuardianObit">{{Cite web |last=Coveney |first=Michael |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/12/una-stubbs-obituary |title=Una Stubbs obituary |date=12 August 2021 |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> She also appeared as a dancer at the [[London Palladium]].<ref name="online"/> and worked in [[cabaret]], [[Nightclub|clubs]] and [[revues]] in London, and was one of [[Lionel Blair]]'s dance ensemble.<ref name="gene"/>

During 1958–59, Stubbs was the "[[cover girl]]" of Dairy Box chocolates, produced by [[Rowntree's]].<ref>{{cite news
|title=Nestlé archive shows the history of Rowntree's chocolate
|date=30 September 2011 |newspaper=[[York Press]] |location=[[York]]
|access-date=3 January 2014 |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/features/features/9280672.Sweet_memories_of_Rowntree_s_chocolates/ |quote=Alex points out a photo of Una Stubbs, who was used as the cover girl for Dairy Box.}}</ref> She referred to herself as the "Rowntrees Chocolate Girl", when describing a visit she made to the Rowntree's factory in [[York]] (where, unknown to her, her grandfather had worked).<ref>''Who Do You Think You Are?, "Una Stubbs", ''Director Mary Cranitch, Producer Colette Flight, BBC, 2013, approx 26 minutes</ref>

In 1963, she joined the cast of new charades-based gameshow ''Don't Say a Word'' (ITV), a forerunner of ''[[Give Us a Clue]]''.<ref name="online"/> Her first screen role was in the [[Cliff Richard]] film, ''[[Summer Holiday (1963 film)|Summer Holiday]]'' (1963). She also appeared in Richard's next film, ''[[Wonderful Life (1964 film)|Wonderful Life]]'' (1964). Soon afterwards, she made her breakthrough in television comedy, playing Rita, the married daughter of [[Alf Garnett]] in the BBC sitcom ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1966–1975). In 1968, as a direct spin off from the sitcom, she appeared, alongside [[Warren Mitchell]], in a series of television adverts for [[Findus]] frozen products.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hatads.org.uk/catalogue/record/b9cf1daa-31b0-4aa8-b1fa-8c376ea9fee6 |title=StackPath |website=www.hatads.org.uk |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>

She also appeared in the short-lived sitcom ''[[Till Death...]]'' (1981), again playing Rita.<ref name="ente_Till">{{Cite web |title=Till Death… DVD review |last=Jameson |first=Greg |work=entertainment-focus.com |date=10 February 2019 |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://entertainment-focus.com/2019/02/10/till-death-dvd-review/}}</ref> She played Rita a third time in a few episodes of the BBC sitcom ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (1985–1992).<ref name="ScotsmanObit">{{Cite web |title=Veteran film and television actress Una Stubbs dies at home in Edinburgh aged 84 |last=Flockhart |first=Gary |work=scotsman.com |date=13 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.scotsman.com/news/people/una-stubbs-dead-till-death-us-do-part-sherlock-and-eastenders-actress-dies-in-edinburgh-aged-84-3344324}}</ref> During 1970–71, Stubbs teamed again with Cliff Richard to appear each week on his [[BBC1]] TV Series, ''It's Cliff Richard!''.<ref name="ScotsmanObit"/> When she did not take part in the next series as it was broadcast shortly after she had a baby, her TV "mother", [[Dandy Nichols]] from ''Till Death Us Do Part'', took her place.<ref name="JoeObit">{{Cite web |title=Sherlock star Una Stubbs dies aged 84 {{!}} JOE.co.uk |author=Kieran Galpin |work=[[Joe (website)|Joe]] |date=13 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.joe.co.uk/news/sherlock-star-una-stubbs-dies-aged-84-284522}}</ref>

Stubbs featured in the ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' episode "[[The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers)|The Anniversary]]" in 1979.<ref name="BFIFilmo">{{Cite web |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f0a5ff9 |title=Una Stubbs |website=BFI |access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> From 1979 to 1981, she played Aunt Sally in the ITV children's series ''[[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|Worzel Gummidge]]'' opposite [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Barbara Windsor]],<ref name="huff_UnaS">{{Cite web |title=Una Stubbs, Worzel Gummidge And EastEnders Actor, Has Died Aged 84 |last=Bagwell |first=Matt |work=HuffPost UK |date=12 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/una-stubbs-dead-dies-worzel-gummidge-eastenders_uk_61152f29e4b07c1403123ff9}}</ref> and was for several years a team captain in the weekly game show ''[[Give Us a Clue]]'' in the 1980s, reuniting her with Lionel Blair, the other team captain.<ref name="GuardianObit"/>

She appeared in the shows ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'', ''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'', ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'', ''[[Born and Bred]]'' and ''[[The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)|The Worst Witch]]''.<ref name="BFIFilmo"/><ref name="tvma_Casu"/> In recent years, Stubbs also appeared in [[Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)|Victoria Wood]]'s ''We'd Quite Like to Apologise'', ''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]'', ''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'', ''[[EastEnders]]'', ''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' and, from 2010, ''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' as [[Mrs. Hudson]].<ref name="BFIFilmo"/><ref name="WeWouldQuite">{{Cite web |title=We'd Quite Like to Apologise (1989) |author= |work=BFI |date= |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7a6a694c}}</ref><ref name="SherlockChronicles"/> She appeared in an episode of ''[[Call the Midwife]]'' in 2015.<ref name="BFIFilmo"/>

Stubbs was on the [[West End theatre|West End]] stage in [[Noël Coward]]'s ''[[Star Quality (play)|Star Quality]]'' with [[Penelope Keith]] in 2001 and [[Friedrich Schiller]]'s ''[[Don Carlos (play)|Don Carlos]]'' with [[Derek Jacobi]] in 2005.<ref name="StarQuality">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2001/nov/01/theatre.artsfeatures2|title=Theatre review: Star Quality|date=1 November 2001|website=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=14 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="GuardianObit"/> Her other theatre credits included ''[[La Cage aux Folles (musical)|La Cage Aux Folles]]'' at the [[Menier Chocolate Factory]], ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Bath]] and [[Old Vic]] and ''[[The Family Reunion]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]]. She was in the original cast of ''[[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play)|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]'' at the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] in 2012.<ref name="GuardianObit"/>

In 2015 she co-presented ''[[The Big Painting Challenge]]'' on [[BBC One]] alongside [[Richard Bacon (broadcaster)|Richard Bacon]].<ref name="GuardianObit"/>

==Personal life==
Stubbs was born in 1937 in [[Welwyn Garden City]], Hertfordshire,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/jan/14/una-stubbs-actor-portrait-artist|title=Una Stubbs, actor – portrait of the artist|last=Barnett|first=Laura|date=14 January 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=30 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> the daughter of Angela K. Rawlinson and Clarence Reginald Stubbs.<ref name="gene">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegenealogist.com/featuredarticles/2013/who-do-you-think-you-are/una-stubbs-11/|title=Una Stubbs – Who Do You Think You Are – A regular in television and film for 50 years...|website=Thegenealogist.com|access-date=19 May 2019}}</ref> She grew up in [[Hinckley]], Leicestershire,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/aug/02/una-stubbs-my-family-values|title=Una Stubbs: My family values|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=2 August 2013|access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> and was sent to La Roche dancing school in [[Slough]] by her mother.<ref name="online">{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1398821/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Stubbs, Una (1937–) Biography|website=www.screenonline.org.uk|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> She was married to the actor [[Peter Gilmore]] from 1958 to 1969: they adopted a son, Jason. After their divorce in 1969, she married actor [[Nicky Henson]]. They divorced in 1975 but remained good friends. She and Henson had two children: composer [[Christian Henson]] (born 25 December 1971), and musician-composer Joe Henson (born 18 September 1973).<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5007346.stm Stubbs to join ex-husband in soap] [[BBC News]] 23 May 2006</ref>

For many years, Stubbs sketched [[Vignette (graphic design)|vignette]]s of characters around London, and held exhibitions of these near her [[Mayfair]] home.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.panterandhall.com/ArtistPage.aspx?Id=7f44042a-0c55-498f-a0c1-cfd2a61d47c0|title=The Panter & Hall Gallery|date=9 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509084415/http://www.panterandhall.com/ArtistPage.aspx?Id=7f44042a-0c55-498f-a0c1-cfd2a61d47c0|access-date=12 August 2021|archive-date=9 May 2012}}</ref> On several occasions, paintings by Stubbs were exhibited at the [[Royal Academy]]'s Summer Exhibition, most recently in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://se.royalacademy.org.uk/2020/artworks/una-stubbs/801|title=801 – A NEW HAT by Una Stubbs|website=Se.royalacademy.org.uk|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>

Stubbs had known her ''Sherlock'' co-star [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] since he was four years old, as she had worked with his mother, [[Wanda Ventham]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2012/05/q_a_with_una_stubbs.php?page=2|title=Q & A With Una Stubbs: The Joy of Victoria Sponges + Getting Sherlock Holmes to Eat|author=Margy Rochlin|work=L.A. Weekly|access-date=27 December 2015}}</ref> Stubbs was the subject of an episode of the BBC series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'', broadcast on 24 July 2013. It discussed several of her ancestors, including her great-grandfather [[Ebenezer Howard|Sir Ebenezer Howard]], who was the founder of the [[garden city movement]], and was the driving force in the design and creation of the first garden cities, [[Letchworth|Letchworth Garden City]] and [[Welwyn Garden City]], situated in [[Hertfordshire]].<ref name="WDYTYA">{{Cite episode | title = Una Stubbs | series = Who Do You Think You Are? | series-link = Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series) | url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037lfg6 | access-date = 24 July 2013 | network = [[BBC Television]] | date = 24 July 2013 | series-no = 10 | number = 1 }}</ref>

After several months of ill health, Stubbs died at her home in [[Edinburgh]] on 12 August 2021, at the age of 84.<ref>{{cite news|title=Actress Una Stubbs dies at 84|work=BBC News|date=12 August 2021|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-58190446|url-status=live|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref
|-
|rowspan=2|1963||''[[Summer Holiday (1963 film)|Summer Holiday]]'' || Sandy || || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|''[[West 11]]'' || Girl on Her Knees at Party || Uncredited ||
|-
|rowspan=2|1964 ||''[[The Bargee]]'' || Bridesmaid || Uncredited || <ref name="SherlockChronicles"/>
|-
|''[[Wonderful Life (1964 film)|Wonderful Life]]'' || Barbara Tate || || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1965 ||''[[Three Hats for Lisa]]'' || Flora || || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1967 ||''[[Mister Ten Per Cent]]'' || Lady Dorothea || || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1969 ||''[[Till Death Us Do Part (film)|Till Death Us Do Part]]'' || Rita Garnett Rawlins || || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1973 ||''[[Penny Gold]]'' || Anna || || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1974 ||''[[Bedtime with Rosie]]'' || Rosie || || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1978 ||''[[The Water Babies (film)|The Water Babies]]'' || || Voice ||
|-
|2007 ||''[[Angel (2007 film)|Angel]]'' || Miss Dawson || || <ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Xv9fTVkcUgC&pg=PA173 |page=173 |title=Francois Ozon |first=Thibaut |last=Schilt |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780252093043}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2016 ||''National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' || Madame de Rosemond || ||
|-
|''[[Golden Years (2016 film)|Golden Years]]'' || Shirley || || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>

|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
! Ref
|-
|1960||''[[The Strange World of Gurney Slade]]'' || Vacuum Cleaner Girl / Girl in Park || 2 episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1966–1975||''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' || Rita Garnett Rawlins || 52 episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1971||''[[The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)|The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes]]'' || Katie Harris || Episode: "The Woman in the Big Hat" || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1970–1972||''[[Cliff Richard#1964–1975: Changing circumstances|It's Cliff Richard!]]'' || Herself || 33 episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1979||''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' || Alice || Episode: "[[The Anniversary (Fawlty Towers)|The Anniversary]]" || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1979–1981||''[[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)|Worzel Gummidge]]'' || Aunt Sally || 21 episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1979–1985||''[[Give Us a Clue]]'' || Herself || Multiple episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1981||''[[Till Death...]]'' || Rita Garnett Rawlins || 6 episodes || <ref name="ente_Till"/>
|-
|1985–1986||''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' || Rita Garnett Rawlins || 9 episodes || <ref name="ScotsmanObit"/>
|-
|1987–1989||''[[Worzel Gummidge Down Under]]'' || Aunt Sally || 22 episodes || <ref name="StuffNZObit">{{Cite web |title=Sherlock and Worzel Gummidge star Una Stubbs dies aged 84 |author=Geoff Herbert |work=Stuff |date=13 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/300381776/sherlock-and-worzel-gummidge-star-una-stubbs-dies-aged-84}}</ref>
|-
|1989||''[[Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)|Victoria Wood]]'' || Una || Episode: "We'd Quite Like to Apologise" || <ref name="WeWouldQuite"/>
|-
|1995||''[[Keeping Up Appearances]]'' || Mrs. Moody || Episode: "The Pageant" || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1995, 1997||''[[Heartbeat (British TV series)|Heartbeat]]'' || Anthea Cowley || 2 episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1996||''[[Delta Wave]]'' || Gilly Pigeon || 4 episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|1998||''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' || Selina Jennings || Episode: "Written in Blood" || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2000||''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' || Joan Banville || Episode: "Not Waving but Drowning" ||<ref name="tvma_Casu">{{Cite web |title=Casualty: Not Waving But Drowning |author= |work=tvmaze.com |date= |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/64442/casualty-14x25-not-waving-but-drowning}}</ref>
|-
|1998–2000||''[[The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)|The Worst Witch]]'' || Miss Davina Bat || 25 episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2003||''[[Born and Bred]]'' || Joy || Episode: "A Very Ormston Christmas" ||<ref name="dvdl_DVDL">{{Cite web |title=Born and Bred (2002) |work=DVD Locker |date= |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.dvdlocker.com/movies/movie.php?mid=0314983}}</ref>
|-
|2004||''Von Trapped'' || Kath Moogan || TV movie ||<ref name="SherlockChronicles"/>
|-
|2005–2007||''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]'' || Carole-Ann & Ursula || 4 episodes || <ref name="SherlockChronicles"/>
|-
|2006||''[[EastEnders]]'' || Caroline Bishop || 6 episodes || <ref name="SherlockChronicles"/>
|-
|2006||''[[Agatha Christie's Marple]]'' || Edith Pagett || Episode: "[[List of Agatha Christie's Marple episodes#Series 2 .282006.29|Sleeping Murder]]" || <ref name="SherlockChronicles"/>
|-
|2007–2009||''[[Mist: The Tale of a Sheepdog Puppy|Mist: Sheepdog Tales]]'' || Fern || 23 episodes || <ref name="SherlockChronicles"/>
|-
|2009||''[[Benidorm (British TV series)|Benidorm]]'' || Diana Armstrong || Season 3 Episode 5 || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2009||''[[Ingenious (2009 British film)|Ingenious]]'' || Gransha || TV movie || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2010–2017||''[[Sherlock (TV series)|Sherlock]]'' || [[Mrs. Hudson]] || 13 episodes || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2011||''[[The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff]]'' || Aunt Good Spelling || Episode: "Christmas Special" || <ref name="bbc._BBCT">{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff, Christmas Episode |author= |work=BBC |date= |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018wzy5}}</ref>
|-
|2012||''[[National Theatre Live]]'' || Mrs. Alexander || Episode: "[[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (play)|The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]" || <ref name="inde_Firs">{{Cite web |title=First Night: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time |last=Coveney |first=Michael |work=The Independent |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/first-night-curious-incident-dog-night-time-national-theatre-8002387.html}}</ref>
|-
|2013||''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' || Herself || Series 10, Episode 1 || <ref name="bbc._BBCO">{{Cite web |title=BBC One – Who Do You Think You Are?, Series 10, Una Stubbs |author= |work=BBC |date= |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b037lfg6}}</ref>
|-
|2013||''[[Starlings (TV series)|Starlings]]'' || Molly || 4 episodes || <ref name="SherlockChronicles"/>
|-
|2013||''[[Coming Up (TV series)|Coming Up]]'' || Cynthia || Episode: "Sink Or Swim" || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2013||''[[The Tractate Middoth|A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Tractate Middoth]]'' || Miss Chambers || || <ref name="SherlockChronicles">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FRboAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA149 |page=149 |title=Sherlock: Chronicles |first=Steve |last=Tribe |publisher=Random House |year=2014 |isbn=9781448142262}}</ref>
|-
|2015||''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' || Audrey Braylesford || Episode 17.1 "The Dagger Club" || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2015||''[[The Big Painting Challenge]]'' || Co-Presenter || Series 1 || <ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One – The Big Painting Challenge, Landscapes |author= |work=BBC |date= |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02cs0t4}}</ref>
|-
|2015||''[[Call The Midwife]]'' || Gert Mills || Episode #4.7 || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2017||''[[The Durrells]]'' || Mrs. Haddock || Series 2, Episode 4 || <ref name="BFIFilmo"/>
|-
|2017||''[[Murder on the Blackpool Express]]'' || Peggy || TV movie, (final film role) || <ref name="blac_John">{{Cite web |title=Johnny Vegas remembers Murder On The Blackpool Express co-star Una Stubbs as "an absolute light" |last=Calderbank |first=Matthew |work=blackpoolgazette.co.uk |date=13 August 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/johnny-vegas-remembers-murder-on-the-blackpool-express-co-star-una-stubbs-as-an-absolute-light-3345322}}</ref>
|}

===Audio dramas===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Ref
|-
|2007||''[[Doctor Who]]'': ''[[Horror of Glam Rock]]'' || Flo || <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/horror-of-glam-rock-517|title=1.3. HORROR OF GLAM ROCK|publisher=[[Big Finish Productions]]|access-date=29 March 2017}}</ref>
|}

===Theatre===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Title
! Playwright
! Director
! Role
! Venue
! Ref
|-
|1990||''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]''|| [[Oliver Goldsmith]] || [[James Maxwell (actor)|James Maxwell]] || Mrs Hardcastle || [[Royal Exchange, Manchester|Royal Exchange]], Manchester || <ref name="thea_Prod">{{Cite web |title=Production of She Stoops to Conquer |author= |work=theatricalia.com |date= |access-date=18 August 2021 |url= https://theatricalia.com/play/b/she-stoops-to-conquer/production/nzd}}</ref>
|-
|1992||''[[An Ideal Husband]]''|| [[Oscar Wilde]] || [[James Maxwell (actor)|James Maxwell]] || Lady Markby || [[Royal Exchange, Manchester|Royal Exchange]], Manchester ||<ref name="GuardianObit"/>
|-
|1996||''[[The Philadelphia Story (play)|The Philadelphia Story]]''|| [[Philip Barry]] || [[Josephine Abady]] || Margaret Lord || [[Royal Exchange, Manchester|Royal Exchange]], Manchester ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/the-actress-my-glasses-flew-and-so-did-i-1032877|title=The Actress: 'My glasses flew and so did I'|first=Manchester Evening|last=News|date=15 February 2007|website=Manchester Evening News}}</ref>
|-
|1997||''[[The Deep Blue Sea (play)|The Deep Blue Sea]]''|| [[Terence Rattigan]] || [[Michael Grandage]] || Hester Collyer || [[Mercury Theatre, Colchester|Mercury Theatre]], Colchester ||<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/mercury-voices/programme-for-the-deep-blue-sea-by-terence-rattigan/|title=Programme for 'The Deep Blue Sea' by Terence Rattigan}}</ref>
|-
|2001||''Star Quality''|| [[Noël Coward]] || Christopher Luscombe || Marion Blakely || [[Apollo Theatre]], London ||<ref name="StarQuality"/>
|-
|2005||[[Don Carlos (play)|''Don Carlos'']] || [[Friedrich von Schiller]] || [[Michael Grandage]] || Duchess of Olivarez || [[Gielgud Theatre]], London ||<ref name="GuardianObit"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/doncarlos.html |title=Don Carlos London theatre stage show |website=www.thisistheatre.com |date=6 January 2020 |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
|}

==References==
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	'''Una Stubbs''' (1 May 1937 – 12 August 2021) was an English actress, television personality and dancer who appeared on British television and in the theatre, and occasionally in films. She became known after appearing in the film ''[[Summer Holiday (1963 film)\|Summer Holiday]]'' (1963) and later played Rita Rawlins in the BBC sitcoms ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1965–1975) and ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (1985–1992). Her other television roles include Aunt Sally in ''[[Worzel Gummidge (TV series)\|Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1979–1981) and Miss Bat in ''[[The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)\|The Worst Witch]]'' (1998–2001). She also appeared as [[Sherlock Holmes]]'s landlady [[Mrs. Hudson]] in the [[British Academy Television Awards 2011\|BAFTA-winning]] television series ''[[Sherlock (TV series)\|Sherlock]]'' (2010–2017).		'''Una Stubbs''' (1 May 1937 – 12 August 2021) was an English actress, television personality and dancer who appeared on British television and in the theatre, and occasionally in films. She became known after appearing in the film ''[[w:Summer Holiday (1963 film)\|Summer Holiday]]'' (1963) and later played Rita Rawlins in the BBC sitcoms ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]]'' (1965–1975) and ''[[In Sickness and in Health]]'' (1985–1992). Her other television roles include Aunt Sally in ''[[w:Worzel Gummidge (TV series)\|Worzel Gummidge]]'' (1979–1981) and Miss Bat in ''[[w:The Worst Witch (1998 TV series)\|The Worst Witch]]'' (1998–2001). She also appeared as [[w:Sherlock Holmes\|Sherlock Holmes]]'s landlady [[w:Mrs. Hudson\|Mrs. Hudson]] in the [[w:British Academy Television Awards 2011\|BAFTA-winning]] television series ''[[w:Sherlock (TV series)\|Sherlock]]'' (2010–2017).

	==Career==		==Career==
	As a 16-year-old, in 1953, she danced in a [[Folies Bergère]]-style musical revue, "Pardon My French", at the [[Prince of Wales Theatre]], alongside [[Frankie Howerd]] and the pianist [[Winifred Atwell]]. She first appeared on television as one of the [[Dougie Squires\|Dougie Squires Dancers]] on the British television music show ''[[Cool for Cats (TV series)\|Cool for Cats]]'' in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.coolforcats.freeuk.com/beginnings.htm\|title=Cool for Cats – Beginnings \|website=www.coolforcats.freeuk.com \|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="GuardianObit">{{Cite web \|last=Coveney \|first=Michael \|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/12/una-stubbs-obituary \|title=Una Stubbs obituary \|date=12 August 2021 \|website=[[The Guardian]] \|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> She also appeared as a dancer at the [[London Palladium]].<ref name="online"/> and worked in [[cabaret]], [[Nightclub\|clubs]] and [[revues]] in London, and was one of [[Lionel Blair]]'s dance ensemble.<ref name="gene"/>		As a 16-year-old, in 1953, she danced in a [[w:Folies Bergère\|Folies Bergère]]-style musical revue, "Pardon My French", at the [[w:Prince of Wales Theatre\|Prince of Wales Theatre]], alongside [[Frankie Howerd]] and the pianist [[w:Winifred Atwell\|Winifred Atwell]]. She first appeared on television as one of the [[w:Dougie Squires\|Dougie Squires Dancers]] on the British television music show ''[[w:Cool for Cats (TV series)\|Cool for Cats]]'' in 1956.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.coolforcats.freeuk.com/beginnings.htm\|title=Cool for Cats – Beginnings \|website=www.coolforcats.freeuk.com \|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="GuardianObit">{{Cite web \|last=Coveney \|first=Michael \|url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/12/una-stubbs-obituary \|title=Una Stubbs obituary \|date=12 August 2021 \|website=[[The Guardian]] \|access-date=12 August 2021}}</ref> She also appeared as a dancer at the [[w:London Palladium\|London Palladium]].<ref name="online"/> and worked in [[w:cabaret\|cabaret]], [[w:Nightclub\|clubs]] and [[w:revues\|revues]] in London, and was one of [[Lionel Blair]]'s dance ensemble.<ref name="gene"/>

	During 1958–59, Stubbs was the "[[cover girl]]" of Dairy Box chocolates, produced by [[Rowntree's]].<ref>{{cite news		During 1958–59, Stubbs was the "[[cover girl]]" of Dairy Box chocolates, produced by [[Rowntree's]].<ref>{{cite news