Kate Williams
Biography
Kate Williams is a British actress born on 1 January 1941 in London, England. She is recognised for her work in television and film, notably the 1970s sitcom Love Thy Neighbour, the Lynda La Plante series Widows, Widows 2 and She’s Out—where she and Ann Mitchell were the only cast members to appear in all three installments—and the 1990s sitcom May to December. Her film credits include Poor Cow, Melody and Quadrophenia. Williams has made guest appearances on Dixon of Dock Green, On the Buses, Please Sir!, Minder, The Gentle Touch, Just Good Friends, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Only Fools and Horses, Murder Most Horrid, Lovejoy, Doctor At Large, Born and Bred and The Bill, and held regular roles in the soaps Family Affairs and EastEnders. She now works as a teacher and director.
Career overview
Kate Williams was born on 1 January 1941 in London, England. She first gained public recognition in the 1970s as a regular cast member of the British sitcom Love Thy Neighbour. Her film work includes appearances in Poor Cow, Melody and the 1979 youth‑culture drama Quadrophenia. In the 1980s and early 1990s she became closely associated with Lynda La Plante’s crime series, appearing in Widows, its sequel Widows 2 and the follow‑up She’s Out; she was the only performer besides lead actress Ann Mitchell to feature in all three instalments. She also returned to sitcom television in the 1990s with a role in May to December.
Williams’s television résumé includes guest appearances on a range of long‑running British programmes. She has been seen in Dixon of Dock Green, On the Buses, Please Sir!, Minder, The Gentle Touch, Just Good Friends, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Only Fools and Horses, Murder Most Horrid, Lovejoy, Doctor At Large, Born and Bred and The Bill. In addition to these one‑off parts, she held regular roles in the soaps Family Affairs and EastEnders.
Later in her career Williams shifted focus to education and production, working as a teacher and director. Her professional activity spans more than four decades and encompasses a variety of genres across film, comedy, drama and soap opera.
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- Michael McIntyre's The Wheel (2020) as Self - Expert
- Call the Midwife (2012) as Ivy Jackson
- Hughie Green, Most Sincerely (2008) as Mrs Carr
- Hot Money (2001) as Molly Stern
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
- Berkeley Square (1998) as Mrs McCluskey
- Family Affairs (1997)
- Silent Witness (1996)
- Porkpie (1995) as Sheila
- She's Out (1995) as Audrey Withey
- Time After Time (1994) as Ma Conway
- Murder Most Horrid (1991) as Woman on Bus
- Press Gang (1989) as Young Lynda
- The Storyteller (1988) as Chief Maid
- The Storyteller: Sapsorrow (1988) as Chief Maid
- Hardwicke House (1987) as Edna
- Casualty (1986) as Rosie Cornwall
- Casualty (1986) as Stella Lawson
- Lovejoy (1986) as Bella
- EastEnders (1985) as Liz Turner
- The Bill (1984)
- Widows (1983) as Audrey Withey
- Just Good Friends (1983) as Geraldine
- Party Party (1983) as Mum
- R.H.I.N.O.; Really Here in Name Only (1983)
- Shine on Harvey Moon (1982) as Mrs. Gold
- The Gentle Touch (1980)
- Belle Starr (1980) as Woman
- Minder (1979) as Mary
- Quadrophenia (1979) as Mother
- Born and Bred (1978) as Marge Benge
- A Sharp Intake of Breath (1977) as Juliet
- What's Up Nurse (1977) as Matron
- What's Up Nurse (1977) Writer
- No Hard Feelings (1976) as Elsie
- Holiday on the Buses (1973) as Joan - Red Cross Nurse
- Love Thy Neighbour (1973) as Joan Booth
- The Table (1973) as Jenny
- Love Thy Neighbour (1972) as Joan Booth
- Melody (1971) as Mrs. Perkins
- Edna: The Inebriate Woman (1971) as Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
- Play for Today (1970) as Teresa, Inmate at 'Jesus Saves'
- On the Buses (1969) as Doreen
- Till Death Us Do Part (1969) as Sergeant's Girlfriend
- Thingumybob (1968)
- Mrs. Lawrence Will Look After It (1968) as Valerie Chapman
- Poor Cow (1967) as Beryl