Deborah Grant

For the artist, see Deborah Grant (artist).

Deborah Grant
Born	Deborah Jane Snelling (1947-02-22) 22 February 1947 (age 77) Perivale, Middlesex, England
Alma mater	Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1967–present
Spouses	Jeremy Child ​ ​ (m. 1971; div. 1976)​ Gregory Floy ​ ​ (m. 1977; div. 1998)​
Children	2

Deborah Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress.[1] Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series Bergerac. Since 2007, she has appeared in the sitcom Not Going Out as Wendy Adams, the mother of Tim (Tim Vine) and Lucy (Sally Bretton).[2]

Personal life and training

Grant was born in Perivale to Henry Percival Snelling and Henrietta, née Finn.

She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and appeared on stage at the Bristol Old Vic and in the West End of London.[3][4] She has since had a successful television acting career.[5]

She has been married twice. She became Lady Child in 1971 when she married the baronet and actor Jeremy Child, with whom she has a daughter.[6] After their divorce, she married actor Gregory Floy, with whom she has another daughter.

Filmography

Television

• Public Eye – Rosemary (episode "A Fixed Address")
• Edward the Seventh – Young Princess Alexandra of Denmark/Princess of Wales
• The Power Game
• Danger UXB
• Crown Prosecutor
• Jonathan Creek
• Brum – Police lady
• Bread
• UFO – Linda Simmonds (episode "The Psychobombs", 1970)
• Casualty
• Doctors
• Peak Practice – receptionist Carol Johnson
• Howards' Way
• Bergerac – Deborah
• Bouquet of Barbed Wire – Sarah Francis
• Another Bouquet – Sarah Roberts (née Francis)
• Minder – Lady Ingrave (episode "You Gotta Have Friends")
• Room at the Bottom – Celia Pagett-Smythe
• Victoria Wood As Seen On TV
• Victoria Wood
• Outside Edge
• Pat and Margaret – Stella Kincaid
• Not Going Out – Wendy Adams
• Mr Palfrey of Westminster – Yelena

Theatre

• Barnum (London Palladium, 1983)

Film

• I Want What I Want (1972)
• Scandal (1989) – Valerie Hobson
• London Has Fallen (2016) – Doris

References

1. "Deborah Grant". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017.
2. "Not Going Out - S9 - Episode 1: Home Improvements". Radio Times.
3. "Interview: Deborah Grant in Absurd Person Singular at Blackpool Grand Theatre". Lancashire Telegraph. 9 October 2009.
4. "Deborah Grant - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
5. "BBC Radio Derby - Andy Potter, 25/11/2014, Bergerac, Scandal and Peak Practice actress Deborah Grant". BBC. 27 November 2014.
6. "Actor Jeremy Child and actress Debbie Grant at their wedding at..." Getty Images.

External links

• Deborah Grant at IMDb