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| rdfs:comment | - Another connection with the programme was an appearance in the "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Frying" episode of the spin-off Pardon the Expression in May 1966 as a Sales Assistant. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she was best known to viewers for her part as pensioner Edna Birch in Emmerdale, a role she played from 2000 to 2015. Prior to that, she appeared as Rose in the first series of Keeping Up Appearances and had parts in programmes such as Juliet Bravo, The Bill, Crossroads, EastEnders and Brookside.
- Shirley Stelfox (11th April 1941 - 7th December 2015) portrayed the hat-wearing and devoutly religious Edna Birch between 2000 and her death in 2015. She is also known for playing the first "Rose" in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. She was later replaced by the late Mary Millar. She has appeared in several other well known television series including Making Out, Juliet Bravo, Coronation Street, The Bill, and Crossroads. She also played Jane Healy, Melanie Healy's mother, in an episode of EastEnders, and as the mother of Julie Walters and Victoria Wood in the TV movie Pat and Margaret.
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| abstract | - Shirley Stelfox (11th April 1941 - 7th December 2015) portrayed the hat-wearing and devoutly religious Edna Birch between 2000 and her death in 2015. She is also known for playing the first "Rose" in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances. She was later replaced by the late Mary Millar. She has appeared in several other well known television series including Making Out, Juliet Bravo, Coronation Street, The Bill, and Crossroads. She also played Jane Healy, Melanie Healy's mother, in an episode of EastEnders, and as the mother of Julie Walters and Victoria Wood in the TV movie Pat and Margaret. She played the role of the "$2.00 Prostitute" in 1984, a movie adaptation of the George Orwell novel, starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. She was married to the actor Don Henderson until his death in 1997.
- Another connection with the programme was an appearance in the "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Frying" episode of the spin-off Pardon the Expression in May 1966 as a Sales Assistant. Having trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she was best known to viewers for her part as pensioner Edna Birch in Emmerdale, a role she played from 2000 to 2015. Prior to that, she appeared as Rose in the first series of Keeping Up Appearances and had parts in programmes such as Juliet Bravo, The Bill, Crossroads, EastEnders and Brookside.
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