Sabina Franklyn
Elizabeth Sabina Franklyn (born 15 September 1954) is an English actress, and the daughter of William Franklyn and Margo Johns. Franklyn attended the independent Queen's Gate School and acted on stage with repertory theatres before her television appearances. She appeared in the ITV sitcoms Keep It in the Family and Full House and was also in the final episode of Fawlty Towers, as well as various episodes of When the Boat Comes In, All Creatures Great and Small, Terry and June and Boon. She has also guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio dramas, Bang-Bang-a-Boom! and Situation Vacant. In November 2009, she played the role of Eve Wilson in Coronation Street.
In earlier years she played Joanna Burton in the 1985 TV film Marple: The Moving Finger and in an adaption of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice as Jane Bennet in 1980. Franklyn also appeared in Central Independent Television's 1986 Halloween film The Worst Witch alongside Charlotte Rae, Diana Rigg, Fairuza Balk and Tim Curry. She was formerly married to actor John Challis, of Only Fools and Horses fame.
Acting
TV
Fawlty Towers
as Quentina
1975
TV
Midsomer Murders
as Elaine Bennet
1997
TV
Blake's 7
as Chesil
1978
TV
All Creatures Great and Small
as Susan Vaughan
1978
Movie
The Worst Witch
as Miss Spellbinder
1986
TV
Miss Marple: The Moving Finger
as Joanna Burton
1985
TV
Pride and Prejudice
as Jane Bennet
1980
TV
Terry and June
as Liz
1979
TV
Return of the Saint
as Linda
1978
Movie
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
as Quentina
2009
TV
Keep It in the Family
1980
TV
The Upper Hand
as Zoe Trubshaw
1990
TV
Strangers
as Sophy
1978
Open Air
1986
Full House
as Marsha Hatfield
1985
The Curious Case Of Santa Claus
as Barbara
1982
TV
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as (voice)
1988