Gretchen Franklin

Who was Gretchen Franklin?

Gretchen Franklin was an English actress with a career in showbusiness that spanned over eighty years. She was born in Covent Garden, west London; a cousin was the actor Clive Dunn. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC One soap opera EastEnders on a regular basis from 1985 until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently. These appearances became briefer and more widely spaced as time went on. Her final appearance was in 2000, when her character was killed off.