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Patricia Doreen Coombs was an English actress. She specialised in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female, comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, film and TV sitcoms and Children's ITV's Playbox and Ragdolly Anna. Her authorised biography, written by Andrew Ross, was published in 2021.

Blobbyvision

An Actor's Life for Me
as Mrs Dobbs

Birds of a Feather
as Gloria

In Sickness and in Health
as Mrs. Carey

Bleak House
as Mrs. Guppy

EastEnders
as Marge Green

Super Gran
as Miss Wotherspoon
The Lady Is a Tramp

Ragdolly Anna
High Rise Donkey
as Lady at Donkey Derby

The Marti Caine Show

An Audience with...
as Self

You're Only Young Twice
as Cissie Lupin

James and the Giant Peach
as Spider
Hogg's Back

Don't Drink the Water
as Dorothy Blake

Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
as Mrs. Milligan

Ooh...You Are Awful
as Libby Niven

Cranford
as Miss Pole

Sykes
as Bus Conductress
Lollipop Loves Mr Mole

On the Buses
as Vera Hughes

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
as Henrietta Salt (uncredited)

Dad's Army
as Mrs. Hall

A Couple of Beauties
as Sidney's Wife

Cucumber Castle
as Nurse Sarah

Carry On Again Doctor
as New Matron

Dombey and Son
as Lucretia Tox

Till Death Us Do Part
as Neighbour

Cry Wolf
as Mrs. Blades

Cry WoIf
as Mrs. Blades
Wild, Wild Women
as Daisy

Ooh La La!
as Maria

Carry On Doctor
as Anxious Patient (uncredited)
A Series of Bird's

Beggar My Neighbour

Till Death Us Do Part
HMS Paradise
as Mrs. Wigg

A Stitch in Time
as Nurse (uncredited)

The Dick Emery Show

She'll Have to Go
as Lady on Station Platform
Faces of Jim
The Cyril Fletcher Show

Follow a Star
as Simpering Girl in Theatre (uncredited)

Hancock's Half Hour