Una Stubbs

Birth Name:

Una Stubbs

Birth Place:

Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actress, Soundtrack

Was nominated for a Crime Thriller Award for Best Supporting Actress for "Sherlock" in 2012
Made her screen acting debut in the TV series "The Strange World of Gurney Slade" in 1960
Started out as a dancer on stage at the London Palladium before getting into acting
Was sent to dancing school as a teenager because of her poor academic performance
Quote: "I think an awful lot of me is like Mrs․ Hudson․ I love looking after Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch․"
Quote: "I think happiness is a choice․ Some people decide to be miserable and you just think, 'Why?'"
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

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