Una Stubbs was an English actress, television personality and dancer who appeared on British television and in the theatre, and occasionally in films.
18 Facts About Una Stubbs
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Una Stubbs became known after appearing in the film Summer Holiday and later played Rita Rawlins in the BBC sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part and In Sickness and in Health.
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Una Stubbs appeared as Sherlock Holmes's landlady Mrs Hudson in the BAFTA-winning television series Sherlock.
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Una Stubbs first appeared on television as one of the Dougie Squires Dancers on the British television music show Cool for Cats in 1956.
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Una Stubbs appeared as a dancer at the London Palladium.
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Una Stubbs referred to herself as the "Rowntrees Chocolate Girl", when describing a visit she made to the Rowntree's factory in York.
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Una Stubbs appeared in Richard's next film, Wonderful Life.
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Una Stubbs played Rita a third time in a few episodes of the BBC sitcom In Sickness and in Health.
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Una Stubbs featured in the Fawlty Towers episode "The Anniversary" in 1979.
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Una Stubbs appeared in the shows Midsomer Murders, Heartbeat, Casualty, Keeping Up Appearances, Born and Bred and The Worst Witch.
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In recent years, Una Stubbs appeared in Victoria Wood's We'd Quite Like to Apologise, The Catherine Tate Show, Agatha Christie's Marple, EastEnders, Benidorm and, from 2010, Sherlock as Mrs Hudson.
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Una Stubbs appeared in an episode of Call the Midwife in 2015.
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Una Stubbs was on the West End stage in Noel Coward's Star Quality with Penelope Keith in 2001 and Friedrich Schiller's Don Carlos with Derek Jacobi in 2005.
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Una Stubbs was in the original cast of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the National Theatre in 2012.
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Una Stubbs grew up in Hinckley, Leicestershire, and was sent to La Roche dancing school in Slough by her mother.
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Una Stubbs was married to the actor Peter Gilmore from 1958 to 1969: they adopted a son, Jason.
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On several occasions, paintings by Una Stubbs were exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition, most recently in 2020.
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Una Stubbs had known her Sherlock co-star Benedict Cumberbatch since he was four years old, as she had worked with his mother, Wanda Ventham.