Shirley Stelfox

Shirley Stelfox

Known for

Acting

Born

April 11, 1941

Birthplace

Dukinfield, Cheshire, England, UK

Died

December 7, 2015 (aged 74)

Biography

Shirley Rosemary Stelfox was an English actress, known for her portrayal of the character Edna Birch, moralising busybody in a Yorkshire village in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale, and as Rose, the vampy sister of the snobby and overbearing Hyacinth Bucket in the first season of the comedy series Keeping Up Appearances.

Best known work

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1984
Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances
1990
Inspector Morse
Inspector Morse
1987
Emmerdale
Emmerdale
1972
Carry On at Your Convenience
Carry On at Your Convenience
1971
Corruption
Corruption
1968
Personal Services
Personal Services
1987
The Bill
The Bill
1984
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
1992
Bergerac
Bergerac
1981

Filmography

  1. 1999

    Hope and GloryTV

    as Jean Bryan (2 episodes)

  2. 1995

    Coogan's RunTV

    as Shop Assistant (1 episode)

  3. 1995

    Carrying Dad

    as Jean

  4. 1994

    Pat and Margaret

    as Vera

  5. 1994

    Common As MuckTV

    as Jean (2 episodes)

  6. 1993

    Age of Treason

    as Cornelia

  7. 1993

    Three Seven ElevenTV

    as Julie Clegg (20 episodes)

  8. 1992

    Get BackTV

    as Lucy (7 episodes)

  9. 1992

    CivviesTV

    as Helen (6 episodes)

  10. 1992

    HeartbeatTV

    as Mrs. Parkin (1 episode)

  11. 1990

    Keeping Up AppearancesTV

    as Rose (6 episodes)

  12. 1990

    Night Voice

    as Marlene Spate

  13. 1989

    Great ExpectationsTV

    as Mrs Camilla (1 episode)

  14. 1989

    Making OutTV

  15. 1987

    Personal Services

    as Shirley

  16. 1987

    Inspector MorseTV

    as Mrs. Kane (1 episode)

  17. 1984

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    as The Whore

  18. 1984

    The BillTV

  19. 1982

    S.W.A.L.K.TV

    as June (6 episodes)

  20. 1981

    It Takes a Worried ManTV

    as Mrs Denzil (1 episode)

  21. 1981

    BergeracTV

    as Pam Lewis (1 episode), as Anna Ackerman (1 episode)

  22. 1981

    KinvigTV

  23. 1981

    The Chinese DetectiveTV

  24. 1981

    A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

    as Mrs Smith

  25. 1980

    The Enigma FilesTV

    as Monica Swain (1 episode)

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