Beatrice Kelley

Biography

Beatrice Kelley (born 1941 in Farnley Hall, North Yorkshire) is a well-established actress whose TV credits include Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, The Grand, Dalziel and Pascoe, Phoenix Nights, Last of the Summer Wine, Burn It, Where the Heart Is, My Parents Are Aliens, Life on Mars, Ideal, The Visit, Casualty, Waterloo Road, Heartbeat, Doctors, Candy Cabs, Shameless and The Syndicate. She has appeared in Coronation Street in two different roles; Carol Palmer in 1996, and Barbara Deakin in 2014-15. The youngest of four children of Harold and Marjorie Smith, Beatrice spent many hours in Beech Hill cinema when films were shown continuously; a love of acting began here. She joined the Otley Junior Players and her first starring role was as a clockwork doll at the age of five. She progressed to the Sylvia Green drama school in Menston but continued her formal education as her parents wished and became a teacher in spite of having been told at Prince Henry's Grammar School that she was "not academic enough to teach". However, Beatrice resigned from her teaching post when Prince Henry's would not put "A" Level drama on the curriculum. Having already obtained a degree and a diploma in drama, she obtained her Equity card at the age of 47. She also appeared in the John Smiths famous "No Nonsense" advertisements.

Most Known For

Heartbeat

as Mrs. Winstanley

Heartbeat

as Olive Winstanley

Shameless

as Cynthia Feltz

Last of the Summer Wine

as Florrie

Waterloo Road

as Mrs Hall

Moving On

as Shirley

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

as Fishmonger

Life on Mars

as Landlady

Ideal

as Sheila

My Parents Are Aliens

as Alison Hardman

No Offence

as Dolores Kornick

Birthday Girl

as Dulcie

Phoenix Nights

as Marion

Eyes Down

as Kitty

Johnny and the Bomb

as Mrs. Wilkinson

Burn It

as Eileen Grimshaw

Spike Island

as Catheter Lady

Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1983

as Mrs Myshkin

The Visit

as Nanna

Respectable

as Maureen