Portrait of Katy Manning

Acting

Katy Manning

Career

Active from 1963 to 2023, with a break from 1974 to 1985, busiest in 1973 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Farewell, Sarah Jane
Farewell, Sarah Jane
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Katy Manning Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Melancholy
    2.5, average 4.7
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.3, average 5.4
  • Pathos
    3.6, average 5.3
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Doctor Who 2
  • Intrigue 2
  • Classic Sci-Fi 2
  • Alien Invasion 2
  • Nostalgic Adventure 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

44
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

4 titles · average score 77
Tales of the Tardis
Tales of the Tardis (2023)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Jo Jones

Doctor Who: Defenders of Earth!
Doctor Who: Defenders of Earth! (2023)

as Jo Jones

Farewell, Sarah Jane
Farewell, Sarah Jane (2020)
GoodWatch score 89

as Jo Jones

Doctor Who: Return of the Autons
Doctor Who: Return of the Autons (2020)

as Jo Jones

2010s

6 titles · average score 43
Doctor Who: Hello Boys!
Doctor Who: Hello Boys! (2019)

as Jo Jones

The Power of One Coin
The Power of One Coin (2018)

as Cassie

Evil Never Dies
Evil Never Dies (2014)
GoodWatch score 41

as Susan Payne

Run For Your Wife
Run For Your Wife (2012)
GoodWatch score 16

as Exercising Woman

Oakie's Outback Adventures
Oakie's Outback Adventures (2011)

as Oakie

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 (2010)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jo Grant (archive footage)

2000s

7 titles · average score 73
The Ties That Bind Us
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)

as Jo Grant (archive footage)

The Sarah Jane Adventures
The Sarah Jane Adventures (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show · as Jo Jones

When Darkness Falls
When Darkness Falls (2006)

as Miss Harrington

Doctor Who Confidential
Doctor Who Confidential (2005)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show

Jungle Girl and the Lost Island of Dinosaurs
Jungle Girl and the Lost Island of Dinosaurs (2002)

as voice

Gloria's House
Gloria's House (2000)

TV show · as Gloria Nit

Easter in Bunnyland
Easter in Bunnyland (2000)

as Cosmo Mouse (voice)

1990s

2 titles
D4 The Trojan Dog
D4 The Trojan Dog (1999)

as Cosmo Mouse (voice)

Police 5: The Master
Police 5: The Master (1993)

as Jo Grant (archive footage)

1980s

3 titles · average score 51
Frog Dreaming
Frog Dreaming (1986)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mrs. Cannon

Melvin, Son of Alvin
Melvin, Son of Alvin (1984)
GoodWatch score 47

as Estelle

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks (1984)

as Jo Grant (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

19 titles · average score 50
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Planet of the Daleks (1973)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: Frontier in Space
Doctor Who: Frontier in Space (1973)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: The Mutants
Doctor Who: The Mutants (1972)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: The Sea Devils
Doctor Who: The Sea Devils (1972)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon
Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon (1972)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: Colony in Space
Doctor Who: Colony in Space (1971)

as Jo Grant

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)

as Jo Grant

1960s

2 titles · average score 76
Softly, Softly
Softly, Softly (1966)

TV show

Doctor Who
Doctor Who (1963)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Jo Grant

1950s

1 title · average score 68
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Anna