Una Stubbs Biography

Fast Facts

• Was nominated for a Crime Thriller Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Sherlock" in 2012
• Started out as a dancer on stage at the London Palladium before getting into acting
• Made her screen acting debut in the TV series "The Strange World of Gurney Slade" in 1960
• Was sent to dancing school as a teenager because of her poor academic performance
• Quote: "I think happiness is a choice․ Some people decide to be miserable and you just think, 'Why?'"
• Quote: "I think an awful lot of me is like Mrs․ Hudson․ I love looking after Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch․"
• Quote: "(On playing Mrs․ Hudson): "I just saw her more like a mother figure to these two boys․ There's so much nastiness going on [in 'Sherlock'] that maybe to introduce something a little nicer is a good thing․""
• Best known for her role as Mrs․ Hudson in "Sherlock" and as Rita Rawlins in "Till Death Us Do Part․"
• Played the role of Aunt Sally in the children's series "Worzel Gummidge" and its spin-off "Worzel Gummidge Down Under․"
• Appeared in films with Benedict Cumberbatch's mother, Wanda Ventham, and the families lived near each other in Kensington when Cumberbatch was a child