Linda Patricia Mary Robson Dunford is an English actress and television presenter.
27 Facts About Linda Robson
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Linda Robson is best known for playing Tracey Stubbs in the sitcom Birds of a Feather and her appearances as a weekly panellist on the ITV series Loose Women.
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In 2020 Linda Robson took an extended hiatus from Loose Women after suffering with a serious bout of "OCD", she returned to the show as a guest in 2020 then a full-time panellist the following week.
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Linda Patricia Mary Robson was born on 13 March 1958 in Islington, North London to an English father and an Irish mother.
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Linda Robson was educated at Ecclesbourne Primary School, where Anna Scher started her Theatre School in 1968 with Robson and Pauline Quirke being amongst the founding students.
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Linda Robson first appeared on screen in the 1970 film Junket 89 produced by Children's Film Foundation alongside other actors from The Anna Scher Children's Theatre in Islington, including Pauline Quirke.
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Linda Robson had a minor role as Barbara, a young girl amidst a group of roaming teenagers, in the second series of the original BBC Survivors drama aired in 1976.
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Linda Robson appeared in Pauline's Quirkes, the drama series The Crezz, the short lived sitcom L for Lester, The Agatha Christie Hour Ep.
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Linda Robson played Maggie Moon in Shine on Harvey Moon, a British comedy drama television series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian.
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Linda Robson played Tracey Stubbs in the BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989 to 1998, starring with Pauline Quirke and Lesley Joseph.
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Linda Robson subsequently appeared in programmes such as The Bill and Crossroads.
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Linda Robson appeared with Jenny Eclair and Dillie Keane in the original cast of Grumpy Old Women Live, a spin-off from the television series Grumpy Old Women, written by Jenny Eclair and Judith Holder.
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In July 2008, Linda Robson entered Celebrity MasterChef and went out in the first round.
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In July 2010, Linda Robson made a guest appearance in BBC drama series Casualty, playing the mother of a young man with bipolar disorder.
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Linda Robson was the first celebrity to arrive in Australia ahead of the 2012 series of I'm a Celebrity.
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Linda Robson returned to the show as a guest panellist on 2 December 2010, before returning as an occasional panellist from 11 November 2011.
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Regular panellist Jenny Eclair left the show in June 2012, meaning Linda Robson became a regular panellist on 19 June 2012, replacing Eclair.
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Robson made 3 appearances during Series 16,28 appearances in Series 17,44 appearances in Series 18,35 appearances in Series 19,57 appearances in Series 20,34 appearances in series 21,49 appearances in series 22 and for Series 23 Linda made 21 appearances as of December 2018.
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Linda Robson did not return after Christmas and was replaced by Brenda Edwards.
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Linda Robson is an occasional guest presenter for BBC London 94.9.
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In 2011, Linda Robson appeared in the film Anuvahood as K's mum Pauline.
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In 2012, Linda Robson took part in the twelfth series of I'm a Celebrity.
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On 12 November 2016 Linda Robson appeared on Tipping Point Lucky Stars on ITV.
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In 2022, Linda Robson appeared on the seventh series of Celebrity Coach Trip alongside her Birds of a Feather co-star Lesley Joseph.
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Linda Robson's father was a chain-smoker, who died of lung cancer when he was 57.
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In October 2013, Linda Robson voiced an interactive video campaign for the British Lung Foundation aiming to ban smoking in cars with children on board in the United Kingdom, in memory of her father.
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Linda Robson is a fan of Boris Johnson and revealed on Loose Women that she used to see and chat with him when he lived in Islington.