1. Linda Davidson was born on 18 June 1964 and is a Canadian-British former actress and writer, who is best known for playing the wayward punk Mary Smith in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders.
13 Facts About Linda Davidson
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Mary was one of the serial's original characters; Davidson played her from March 1985 to May 1988 and again for two episodes in 2019 and 2022 respectively.
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Away from EastEnders, Linda Davidson appeared in various television programmes and on stage.
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Linda Davidson went on to work in digital media for the BBC and Channel 4 and later joined Discovery Communications.
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Linda Davidson attended drama school, the Italia Conti Academy in London, and moved into television acting.
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Linda Davidson quit EastEnders in 1988, when she was offered a Steven Berkoff play.
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Linda Davidson went on to act in First of the Summer Wine ; Bulman; Casualty ; The House of Eliott ; Maria's Child ; The Bill ; and 10 x 10: The Guinea Pig.
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Linda Davidson appeared in various theatre productions; notably, she played the role of Columbia in the first West End revival of The Rocky Horror Show.
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Linda Davidson developed an interest in writing and worked as a TV sit-com writer, director and voiceover actress.
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Linda Davidson wrote for BBC Online, making contributions to Tomorrow's World and Good Homes online.
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Linda Davidson worked as the editor of E4 Interactive in the 2000s.
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Linda Davidson emigrated from Canada to Southport, Lancashire, England as a child.
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Linda Davidson now has a partner with whom she has a son.