Sabina Franklyn

{{Short description|British actress}}

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| birth_name = Elizabeth Sabina Franklyn

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| birth_place = London, England

| occupation = Actress

| spouse = {{marriage|John Challis|1987|1988|end=div}}

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Elizabeth Sabina Franklyn (born 15 September 1954) is an English actress, and the daughter of William Franklyn and Margo Johns.

Franklyn attended the independent Queen's Gate School and acted on stage with repertory theatres before her television appearances.

She starred in the ITV sitcoms Keep It in the Family and Full House, and was also in the final episode of Fawlty Towers, as well as episodes of When the Boat Comes In, All Creatures Great and Small, Terry and June, and Boon. She has also guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio dramas, Bang-Bang-a-Boom! and Situation Vacant.

In November 2009, she played the role of Eve Wilson in Coronation Street.

TV and filmography

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YearTitleRoleNotes
rowspan="2"|2022Midsomer MurdersElaine BennetSeries 23, Episode 2: "The Debt of Lies"
DoctorsHelen ParsonsSeries 23, 2 episodes: "Entitlement Parts One & Two"
2018My Dinner with HervéKatie's MotherTelevision film
2015Count Arthur StrongEileenSeries 2, Episode 2: "The Day the Clocks Went Back"
rowspan="3"|2010Now RetiredSylvia HornShort film
Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor AdventuresWanda Rothman (voice)Series 4, Episode 2: "Situation Vacant"
DoctorsUna PhillipsSeries 12, Episode 86: "Rock-a-Bye Baby"
2009–2010Coronation StreetEve Wilson20 episodes
2001Love in a Cold ClimateSecond TwittererMini-series, 2 episodes
2000Hearts and BonesHarrietEpisode: "There is a Light That Never Goes Out"
1992Covington CrossBrittanyEpisode: "Blinded Passions"
rowspan="2"|1990The Upper HandZoe TrubshawEpisode: "Who's Who"
The Little and Large ShowSeries 10, Episode 4
1989BoonMerrily CurtisEpisode: "Don't Buy from Me, Argentina"
1988All Creatures Great and SmallSusan VaughanEpisode: "...The Healing Touch"
1986The Worst WitchMiss SpellbinderTelevision film
1985–1986Full HouseMarsha Hatfield20 episodes
1985Agatha Christie's Miss Marple: The Moving FingerJoanna Burton2 episodes
rowspan="2"|1983Terry and JuneLizEpisode: "Thanks for the Memory"
The Kenny Everett Television ShowVariousSeries 2, Episode 4
rowspan="2"|1982The Curious Case of Santa ClausBarbaraTelevision film
Kelly MonteithSeries 4, Episode 4
1981–1983Keep It in the FamilyJacqui Rush18 episodes
rowspan="3"|1981Byron: A Personal TourAnnabella MilbankeTelevision film
Mike Yarwood in PersonsSeries 4, Episode 2
When the Boat Comes InImogen Lorrimer2 episodes; "Oh, My Charming Billy Boy" and "Friends, Romans, Countrymen"
rowspan="3"|1980StrangersSophyEpisode: "You Can't Win Them All"
Blakes 7ChesilEpisode: "Moloch"
Pride and PrejudiceMiss Jane BennetMini-series, 5 episodes
rowspan="2"|1979Kelly MonteithSeries 1, Episode 2
Fawlty TowersQuentinaEpisode: "Basil the Rat"
rowspan="2"|1978Return of the SaintLindaEpisode: "Signal Stop"
Happy Ever AfterBerylEpisode: "The More We Are Together"
1975Anne of AvonleaPhilippa GordonMini-series, 2 episodes
1974MasqueradeMaidEpisode: "May We Come In?"
1960The Big DayMinor role (baby)uncredited – real father, William Franklyn, played the fictional one.