Sonia Graham

Sonia Graham (born Sonia Mary Biddlecombe) (22 August 1929 – 18 February 2018) was an English actress whose career spanned over 40 years.[1] She appeared in several British television series.[2]

Sonia Graham
Born22 August 1929
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died18 February 2018 (aged 88)
Wandsworth, London, England, UK
OccupationActor
Years active1957–2000

She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, having previously worked as a dancer, making her professional debut aged 13 with the Carl Rosa Opera Company.[1] After early acting experience in repertory theatre, Graham played Mary Ellen in Meet Me by Moonlight in the West End, and an excerpt from this on the BBC's Theatre Night became her TV debut, in 1957.[1][3] Her big break, however, came three years later when she played Mary Bewick in the television series A House Called Bell Tower.[4]

From 1962 to 1963 she played Maggie Clifford in 63 episodes of the TV series Compact.[5] In 1966 she appeared in six episodes of Foreign Affairs as Irinka.[6] Between 1974-78, Graham portrayed Assistant Governor Martha Parrish in the Within These Walls series.[7]

In 1978 she began the recurring role of the cat-obsessed Mrs Bond in All Creatures Great and Small.[7] She appeared three times in the series' original run (1978–80), and once in its 1988-90 revival.

In 1984 she appeared as Ethel Ledbetter in 32 episodes of the series One by One. In 1995 Graham began the role of Evgenia in London's Burning for 27 episodes.[2]

Death

Sonia Graham died on 18 February 2018, aged 88, in Wandsworth, London.[8]

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References
  1. Quinn, Michael (4 April 2018). "Obituary: Sonia Graham – 'dancer who became a stage and TV actor'".
  2. "Sonia Graham". BFI.
  3. "Meet Me by Moonlight [excerpts] · British Universities Film & Video Council". bufvc.ac.uk.
  4. "A House Called Bell Tower: 14: We All Belong to Bell Tower". 7 April 1960. p. 22 – via BBC Genome.
  5. "BFI Screenonline: Compact (1962-65) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  6. "Sonia Graham". www.aveleyman.com.
  7. "Obituary - Sonia Graham, actress who played British soap's first unmarried mother". HeraldScotland.
  8. "Biddlecombe - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk.
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