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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1941-01-01 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Kate Williams

Biography:

British actress best known for the 1970s sitcom, Love Thy Neighbour, the Lynda La Plante serials Widows, Widows 2 and She's Out (alongside the lead Ann MItchell, Williams was the only other cast member to appear in all three instalments), and the 90s sitcom May to December, as well as the films Poor Cow, Melody and Quadrophenia. Guest roles on TV include Dixon of Dock Green, On the Buses, Please Sir!, Minder, The Gentle Touch, Just Good Friends, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Only Fools and Horses, May to December, Murder Most Horrid, Lovejoy,Doctor At Large, Born and Bred, and The Bill. She also starred as a regular in two soaps; Family Affairs and EastEnders. Williams is currently a teacher and director on the Acting degree course at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham.

Known For

Acting

2020

2012

Call the Midwife as Ivy Jackson

2008

2001

Hot Money as Molly Stern

2000

1998

Berkeley Square as Mrs McCluskey

1997

1996

1994

Time After Time as Ma Conway

1991

Murder Most Horrid as Woman on Bus

1989

Press Gang as Young Lynda

1988

The Storyteller as Chief Maid

1986

Lovejoy as Bella
Casualty as Rosie Cornwall
Casualty as Stella Lawson

1985

EastEnders as Liz Turner

1984

1983

1982

1981

1980

1979

Quadrophenia as Mother
Minder as Mary

1978

1976

1973

Holiday on the Buses as Red Cross Nurse
Love Thy Neighbour as Joan Booth
The Table as Jenny

1972

Love Thy Neighbour as Joan Booth

1971

Edna: The Inebriate Woman as Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
Melody as Mrs. Perkins

1969

Till Death Us Do Part as Sergeant's Girlfriend
On the Buses as Doreen

1968

1967

Poor Cow as Beryl

Writing

1978

What's Up Nurse as Writer