Sue Holderness

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Sue Holderness
Holderness in 2011
Born
Susan Joan Holderness

(1949-05-28) 28 May 1949 (age 74)
Hampstead, London, England
Other namesSusan Holderness
OccupationActress
Years active1967–present
Spouse
Mark Piper
​
(m. 1989)​
Children2

Susan Joan Holderness (born 28 May 1949) is an English actress on both stage and screen having had appearances in

Marlene Boyce in Only Fools and Horses from 1985 to 2003, and its spin-off The Green Green Grass
from 2005 to 2009.

Career

Holderness was born on 28 May 1949, in

Central School of Speech and Drama.[1][2]

She began her acting career with the

Myra Hindley).[3]

Sue Holderness at the Stevenage Christmas Lights Switch-on, 18 November 2010

Holderness regularly appeared in

repertory companies. Much of her career has been spent performing in Alan Ayckbourn plays, three of which (Relatively Speaking, Time and Time Again, and How the Other Half Loves)[4] she toured with John Challis
.

Holderness played the role of Annie in the 2010 & 2011 UK Tours of Calendar Girls.[4] She played Celia in the 2012 tour (Jan – May) and went back to playing Annie in the Autumn 2012 tour (Sep – December).[4]

Television roles include Marianne in

Lime Street with Robert Wagner
, and Murder in Suburbia.

She played a prominent role as Marlene, wife to Boycie (played by John Challis) in Only Fools And Horses[4] and the spin-off series The Green, Green Grass, which ran from 2005 – 2009,[4] including four series and three Christmas Specials.[6]

She played

Canned Laughter, and did numerous impersonations in two series of End of Part One. She played Maggie in Dear John, by John Sullivan, Joan Forrester (Oscar Blaketon's former wife) in Heartbeat for YTV, Joan Travis in Revelations, and Rachel's mother in Cold Feet,[4] also for Granada. In April 2021, she made a guest appearance in the BBC soap opera EastEnders as Estelle.[7]

Films include That'll Be the Day (1973) and It Could Happen to You (aka Intimate Teenage Secrets) (1976). She also appeared in the low budget feature Meat Draw and Out of Sight for Granada.[4]

Holderness regularly appears in pantomime.[8] including All You Need for Christmas at Fareham, Hampshire in 2009.[8]

In 2014, Holderness appeared in the BBC One medical drama Casualty as Alice Sweeney.[4] In 2018-2019 she appeared as Mrs Rossi in series five and six of the sitcom Still Open All Hours.[4]

Personal life

Holderness is married to Mark Piper, former executive director of the Theatre Royal, Windsor.[1] Her adult children are Harriet, a yoga instructor, and Freddie, head of history at a school in West Sussex.[1] She has one grandchild (2018), Max.[1] Sue is a strong supporter and ambassador for Thames Hospice.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1973 That'll Be The Day Shirley
1976 It Could Happen to You Christine
1998 The Meat Draw Carmen

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1971 Lollipop Receptionist Episode: "Doctor Fruit Cake"
1972 Tightrope Joanna 5 episodes
1972 Fly Into Danger Sarah Davenport All 7 episodes
1972 Harriet's Back in Town Jennifer Grant 2 episodes
1974 Bless This House Pamela Huntley-Johnson Episode: "The Bells Are Ringing"
1975 Thriller Betty Episode: "If It's a Man, Hang Up"
1976 4 Idle Hands Miss Pemberton Episode: "Out of the Frying Pan"
1977 The New Avengers Victoria Stanton Episode: "Medium Rare"
1978 The One and Only Phyllis Dixey Mildred Challenger TV film
1979 Canned Laughter Lorraine TV film
1979–1980 End of Part One Various All 14 episodes
1980 The Sandbaggers Marianne Straker 8 episodes
1983 The Cleopatras Cleopatra IV 2 episodes
1983 It Takes a Worried Man Liz 13 episodes
1984 The Brief Jo Gould All 13 episodes
1984 Minder Laura Episode: "A Number of Old Wives Tales"
1985–2003 Only Fools and Horses
Marlene Boyce
 20 episodes
1986–1987 Dear John Maggie 3 episodes
1989 Sob Sisters Marion Episode: "I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore"
1989 Young, Gifted and Broke Diane Episode: #1.7
1992 Growing Pains Various Episode: "The Lady and the Tramp"
1993 You, Me and It Sonia Episode: #1.2
1993 Heartbeat Joan Forrester 2 episodes
1996 Revelations Joan 11 episodes
1998 Out of Sight Bride's Mother Episode: "Photo Finish"
1998 Colour Blind Mrs. Barton Episode: #1.2
2000,2003 Cold Feet Mary Bradley 2 episodes
2004 Murder in Suburbia Penny Gregson Episode: "Sanctuary"
2004 Doctors Sheila Kelly Episode: "Watching Myself Die"
2005–2009 The Green Green Grass Marlene Boyce All 32 episodes
2011 Doctors Beryl Mellor Episode: "Light Blue Touch Paper"
2012 Crime Stories Hazel Wood Episode: #1.11
2013 Casualty Alice Sweeney Episode: "Between the Cracks"
2014 Doctors Rose Day Episode: "Scullery Boy"
2018–2019 Still Open All Hours Mrs. Rossi 10 episodes
2020 Holby City Gloria Davidson Episode: #22.10
2021 EastEnders Estelle Jones 4 episodes
2021–present The Madame Blanc Mysteries Judith 10 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Celebrity Interview – Sue Holderness". countryimagesmagazine.co.uk. 29 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Only Fools and Horses – Marlene". bbc.co.uk. 24 September 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Interview: Sue Holderness, star of The Vagina Monologues". thisislancashire.co.uk. 20 March 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Spotlight – Sue Holderness". spotlight.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  5. ^ "The Cleopatras | A Television Heaven Review". Archived from the original on 21 February 2006. Retrieved 27 March 2006.
  6. ^ "The Green Green Grass". bbc.co.uk. 28 October 2014.
  7. ^ "EastEnders casts Only Fools and Horses' Sue Holderness as Billy Mitchell's love interest". mirror.co.uk. 25 March 2021.
  8. ^ a b "All you need for Christmas". portsmouth.co.uk. 5 August 2009. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009.

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