Gwyneth Strong was born on 2 December 1959 and is an English actress.
13 Facts About Gwyneth Strong
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Gwyneth Strong is best known for her role as Cassandra, the love interest and, later, wife of Rodney, in Only Fools and Horses, and for playing Geraldine Clough in seven episodes of EastEnders in 2016.
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Gwyneth Strong has appeared in Shadows, Angels, Crown Court and Z-Cars, Play for Today and Silent Witness.
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Gwyneth Strong was a regular in the children's TV series The Flockton Flyer between 1977 and 1979 as Jan Carter.
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Gwyneth Strong gained mainstream recognition as Cassandra Parry, the love interest and later wife of Rodney Trotter in Only Fools and Horses, debuting in the series' sixth season.
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Gwyneth Strong appeared in the "Observation" segment about detective Samantha Smith made for the 1990 series of The Krypton Factor, the two-part drama serial The Missing Postman as WPC Rachel McMahon, the BBC drama Real Women from 1997 to 1998, as Hetty in ITV's Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married and in the BBC drama Casualty in 2003 as Jim Brodie's wife Elizabeth.
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Gwyneth Strong was featured in the television film It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow, written by Bernard Kops and directed by John Goldschmidt, depicting the real-life drama of the Bethnal Green tube disaster in World War II.
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Gwyneth Strong appeared in the "True Confessions" two-part episode of the series A Touch of Frost, reuniting her on screen with her Only Fools and Horses co-star David Jason.
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Gwyneth Strong appeared on the West End stage in 2008 in the musical Our House, in which she played Kath Casey.
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In 2011, Gwyneth Strong joined the cast of A Round-Heeled Woman at the Aldwych Theatre.
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Gwyneth Strong's parents were both in the industry, her father a director, her mother in production at the BBC.
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Gwyneth Strong married her longterm partner, former Footballers' Wives and Eldorado star Jesse Birdsall, in 2000.
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Gwyneth Strong is patron of the charity Ovarian Cancer Action.