59 Facts About Stephanie Beacham

Stephanie Beacham was born on 28 February 1947 and is an English actress.

Stephanie Beacham returned to the UK to play Phyl Oswyn in the ITV prison-based drama series Bad Girls, Martha Fraser in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street and on reality television competing in Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Big Brother.

Stephanie Beacham has appeared on stage on both the West End and Broadway, with roles including Mrs Cheveley in An Ideal Husband, Elizabeth I in Elizabeth Rex and Maria Callas in Master Class.

Stephanie Beacham was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1990 for her role in Sister Kate, as well as several other nominations for playing Sable Colby in The Colbys and Dynasty.

Stephanie Beacham, one of four siblings, was born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, the daughter of Joan, a housewife, and Alec, who was an insurance executive and later became the managing director of the Grosvenor estate.

Stephanie Beacham then attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Stephanie Beacham began a career in modelling before breaking into television.

Stephanie Beacham appeared nude in one scene, during the filming of which Brando wore Y-fronts and wellington boots under the bed clothes to ensure Winner did not film anything lower than was necessary.

Levine attempted to pressure Stephanie Beacham to pose nude for Playboy, saying that if she did, then he would guarantee her an Oscar nomination for her role in the film.

Stephanie Beacham refused saying that she only appeared nude in The Nightcomers as she "was in character"; this infuriated Levine and he blacklisted her from Hollywood.

Horror would be a genre that Stephanie Beacham appeared in often during this period, and she was cast as Jessica Van Helsing in Hammer's Dracula AD 1972 alongside Peter Cushing.

From 1981 to 1982, Stephanie Beacham featured as a member of the ensemble cast of the BBC series Tenko, about a group of women prisoners of war held captive by the Japanese after their invasion of Singapore in 1942.

Stephanie Beacham was cast opposite Charlton Heston as the tent-pole couple of the new show.

The Colbys never experienced the success of its parent show and was cancelled after two seasons, though in 1988, Stephanie Beacham was invited to reprise the role of Sable for the final season of Dynasty, playing opposite Joan Collins in a season-long "battle of the bitches" scenario.

Around this time, Stephanie Beacham appeared in the comedy film Troop Beverly Hills with Shelley Long, and then landed the lead role in the children's fantasy film The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, playing an evil governess.

Stephanie Beacham was then cast in the US sitcom Sister Kate, taking the lead role as a nun taking care of children in an orphanage.

Stephanie Beacham then returned to Britain to play Mrs Peacock in an ITV game show version of the board game Cluedo.

In 1990, Stephanie Beacham appeared in the television miniseries Lucky Chances, based on the books written by Jackie Collins.

In total, Stephanie Beacham appeared in six different television series produced by Spelling, including Dynasty and its spin-off, The Colbys, The Love Boat, Beverly Hills, 90210, Burke's Law, and Charmed.

In 1992, Stephanie Beacham starred opposite Christopher Plummer in the film Secrets, and followed this with a role in the television miniseries To Be the Best with Anthony Hopkins.

In 1993, Stephanie Beacham played Countess Regina Bartholomew in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Ship in a Bottle".

Stephanie Beacham's character was the chief oceanographer and medical doctor for the submarine seaQuest, however Beacham left the programme after its first season.

Stephanie Beacham was a judge on both Miss Universe 1994 and Miss World 2000.

In 1995, Stephanie Beacham starred in the play The Father alongside Edward Fox and in 1996, she starred in the BBC drama No Bananas which was set during World War II, and later appeared in the music video for Simply Red's single "Never Never Love" alongside Rula Lenska and Billie Whitelaw.

For much of the remainder of the 1990s, Stephanie Beacham appeared in roles in theatre; she played Mrs Cheveley in a production of An Ideal Husband in Broadway in the US from 1996 to 1997 before embarking on a theatre tour of Australia in the same play and role in 1998.

In 2002, Stephanie Beacham played Elizabeth I in the play Elizabeth Rex at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

In 2003, Stephanie Beacham returned to the UK to take a role in the ITV prison drama Bad Girls.

Stephanie Beacham remained with the series to the end in 2006.

Stephanie Beacham appeared there again the following year in a production of Jack and the Beanstalk.

Stephanie Beacham appeared in the 2006 movie Love and Other Disasters.

Stephanie Beacham returned to stage work and toured the UK in 2007 as a lead in the Noel Coward play Hay Fever.

In 2008, Stephanie Beacham filmed scenes for Steven Berkoff's film, then known as Naked in London but later released as Moving Target.

In November 2008, it was announced that Stephanie Beacham had joined the cast of ITV's Coronation Street portraying Martha Fraser, a love interest for Ken Barlow.

Stephanie Beacham made her first appearance on 26 January 2009, appearing in twenty-two episodes until her last appearance on 4 May 2009.

Later in 2009, Stephanie Beacham guest starred in an episode of the comedy series Free Agents.

In February 2010, Stephanie Beacham appeared in the final episode of the BBC series Material Girl.

Stephanie Beacham then starred as Maria Callas in a UK tour of Master Class from 2010 to 2011.

In January 2010, Stephanie Beacham entered Channel 4's seventh and final series of Celebrity Big Brother as a housemate; she was the only female to make it to the final and finished in fifth place on 29 January 2010.

In October 2011, Stephanie Beacham released her autobiography Many Lives, in which she discusses her life and career.

In 2012, Stephanie Beacham reunited with her Dynasty co-star Joan Collins in a UK television advert for Snickers.

Stephanie Beacham appeared as store manager Lorraine Chain in Sky1's supermarket-based sitcom Trollied for eight episodes between August 2012 and October 2012.

Stephanie Beacham starred in the film Wild Oats with Shirley MacLaine and Demi Moore.

In October 2016, Stephanie Beacham starred as Princess Margaret in the play A Princess Undone by Richard Stirling which premiered at the Cambridge Arts Theatre.

In 2017, Stephanie Beacham starred opposite Miriam Margolyes in the comedy series Bucket.

Stephanie Beacham confirmed that Beacham would star in the soap if she secures the rights to the production.

In October 2022, Stephanie Beacham had a role in the action thriller film Renegades alongside Lee Majors, Danny Trejo and Patsy Kensit.

In December 2022, Stephanie Beacham guest-starred in an episode of Whitstable Pearl and played Elizabeth Hurley's mother in the Christmas romantic comedy film Christmas in the Caribbean.

In 2023, Stephanie Beacham starred in three films: Nessie, Forever Young and Grey Matter.

In 2009, Stephanie Beacham was involved in launching the Sense National Deafblind and Rubella Association Fill in the Gaps campaign which aims to give the elderly the support they need to maintain a good quality of life.

Stephanie Beacham attended the Parliamentary launch of the campaign in June 2006.

In 2017, Stephanie Beacham appeared in a promotional film for Unison, voicing her support for their Pay Up Now campaign, encouraging the British government to give public service workers a pay increase.

Stephanie Beacham has said that this was partially caused by her mother having chicken pox while she was pregnant with her.

Stephanie Beacham married actor John McEnery in 1973, having met while both performing with the Everyman Theatre.

Stephanie Beacham became pregnant shortly after the wedding but had a bad fall on stage during a rehearsal and suffered a miscarriage when she was three months pregnant.

Stephanie Beacham revealed in an interview her stillborn son was cremated.

Stephanie Beacham dated Marlon Brando after starring with him in The Nightcomers and later had relationships with Eric Clapton and Imran Khan in the 1980s, then a cricketer, later a politician who became Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Stephanie Beacham is in a relationship with Bernie Greenwood; the couple became engaged in 2013.

Stephanie Beacham had a recurrence of the disease in 2011 but again recovered.

On 25 September 2022, Stephanie Beacham was confronted by a burglar inside her London home who threatened her with a crowbar and stole items including her mobile phone, purse and jewellery before fleeing the property.