Portrait of Gretchen Franklin

Acting

Gretchen Franklin

Career

Active from 1955 to 1982, busiest in 1973 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for I Didn't Know You Cared
I Didn't Know You Cared
GoodWatch score75/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 31 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Gretchen Franklin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Wonder
    2.2, average 3.4
  • Catharsis
    3.9, average 5.1
  • Spiritual
    0.9, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

65
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 83
Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Daddy's Fiance

1980s

5 titles · average score 64
EastEnders
EastEnders (1985)
GoodWatch score 53

TV show · as Ethel Skinner

Return to Waterloo
Return to Waterloo (1984)
GoodWatch score 55

as Woman on Train

Blackadder
Blackadder (1983)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Cordelia

Dead Ernest
Dead Ernest (1982)

TV show

Ragtime
Ragtime (1981)
GoodWatch score 70

as Elderly Woman

1970s

26 titles · average score 67
Terry and June
Terry and June (1979)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Cath

Danger UXB
Danger UXB (1979)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Mrs. Flack

George and Mildred
George and Mildred (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Mother

I Didn't Know You Cared
I Didn't Know You Cared (1975)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Auntie Lil

The Sweeney
The Sweeney (1975)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Florence, the Charlady

Rising Damp
Rising Damp (1974)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as Aunt Maud

The Four Musketeers
The Four Musketeers (1974)
GoodWatch score 63

as D'Artagnan's Mother (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bowler
Bowler (1973)

TV show · as Mrs Bowler

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1973)
GoodWatch score 76

as D’Artagnan’s Mother

The Protectors
The Protectors (1972)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Nelly Baxter

Sykes
Sykes (1972)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show · as Bookstall Assistant

Budgie
Budgie (1971)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Carrie Wetherall

1960s

23 titles · average score 68
Subterfuge
Subterfuge (1968)

as Bus Conductress

Journey to the Unknown
Journey to the Unknown (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Mrs. Barrett

Twisted Nerve
Twisted Nerve (1968)
GoodWatch score 67

as Clarkie

How I Won the War
How I Won the War (1967)
GoodWatch score 51

as 2nd Old Lady

The Man Who Came to Die
The Man Who Came to Die (1965)

as Mrs. Marriott

Gideon's Way
Gideon's Way (1965)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Martha Bray

Help!
Help! (1965)
GoodWatch score 74

as Neighbour (uncredited)

Story Parade
Story Parade (1964)

TV show · as Mrs. Huxtable

Z-Cars
Z-Cars (1962)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Steptoe and Son
Steptoe and Son (1962)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show · as Aunt Daphne

The Scales of Justice
The Scales of Justice (1962)

TV show · as Rose Jenkins

The Poet
The Poet (1960)

as Erminia

1950s

9 titles · average score 64
Bleak House
Bleak House (1959)

TV show · as Mrs Guppy

The Artful Dodger
The Artful Dodger (1959)

TV show

Saturday Playhouse
Saturday Playhouse (1958)

TV show · as Susan Sillsby / Mrs. Wilson

The Secret Place
The Secret Place (1957)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mother (uncredited)

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Miss Julia / Else

The High Terrace
The High Terrace (1956)

as Mrs. Webb

Cloak Without Dagger
Cloak Without Dagger (1956)
GoodWatch score 65

as Emmie

Before I Wake
Before I Wake (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

as Elsie

Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green (1955)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Mrs. Walcott

1940s

1 title
Trottie True
Trottie True (1949)

as Martha (uncredited)