Patricia Brake
Born
Patricia Ann Brake

(1942-06-25)25 June 1942
Bath, Somerset, England
Died28 May 2022(2022-05-28) (aged 79)
OccupationActress
Years active1960–2020
Spouses
Robert McBain
(m. 1966; div. 1978)
    Michael Kennedy
    (m. 1997; died 2011)
    [1][2]
    Children3

    Patricia Ann Kennedy (25 June 1942 – 28 May 2022), better known by her stage name Patricia Brake, was an English actress. She was best known for her role as Ingrid Fletcher, daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher, in the BBC sitcom Porridge and its sequel Going Straight.

    Early life

    Brake was born in Bath on 25 June 1942, the daughter of Victor Brake, a butcher, and Doreen Brake (née Wilkey). She was educated at the City of Bath Girls' School, and beginning at age 16, she trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, before joining the Salisbury Playhouse for two years, from 1960 to 1961. She moved then to Harrogate for a year, where she was a member of the White Rose Players.[1]

    Career

    She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company where (among other roles) she played Hermia in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Peter Hall, which also featured Judi Dench, Diana Rigg, Ian Richardson and Ian Holm. This was followed by a period in the West End.[1] She began appearing on television in such series as Emergency – Ward 10, No Hiding Place and A Sharp Intake of Breath with David Jason, and also had film roles in My Lover, My Son (1970), The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973).

    Brake played Ingrid Fletcher, the daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher, in the BBC sitcom Porridge, and its sequel Going Straight.[3] In 2015, she guest-starred in the BBC ongoing drama Casualty and in Midsomer Murders for ITV. Alongside her extensive body of work in West End theatres, she also appeared in UK soaps EastEnders and Coronation Street and with many British comic actors in numerous situation comedies and one-off plays and Love/Loss (2010).

    Personal life

    Brake married actor Robert McBain in 1966. She adopted his son from a previous marriage and they had two further children, they divorced in 1978. She married Michael Kennedy in 1997, gaining two stepchildren; he died in 2011.[1][2] Brake died from cancer on 28 May 2022, aged 79.[4]

    Acting roles

    YearTitleRole
    2020ManhuntEdith Cloves
    2020 Truth Seekers – The Haunting of Connelly's Nook Miss Connelly
    2019Defending the Guilty – #1.3Annie Scott
    2018Casualty – #32.40Margaret McDale
    2015Casualty – The Department of SecretsLola Brightwell
    2014Midsomer Murders – Let Us PreyStella Spencer
    2012DoctorsPatti Sylvester
    2010Love/LossMillie
    2008Holby City – StolenHeather Clegg
    2005 to 2006Coronation StreetViv Baldwin
    2004EastEndersDeirdre Foster
    2003Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley FletcherIngrid Godber
    2001McCready and Daughter – The Dating GameBarbara Graham
    2000Midsomer Murders – Beyond the GraveAnne Quarritch
    1998Looking After Jo JoDoro
    1995The Upper Hand – 2 episodesPeggy Thatcher
    1992 to 1993EldoradoGwen Lockhead
    1991Stay Lucky – Shingle BeachTanya
    19912point4 Children – Saturday Night and Sunday MorningTina
    1990The Bill – DecisionsIrene
    1990Campion – Dancers in Mourning: Part 1Chole Pye
    1988SinglesDi
    1985 to 1986Troubles and StrifeCherry
    1985Mann's Best FriendsDoll Delights
    1982Only When I LaughHilary
    1980Keep It in the FamilyAnn
    1978 to 1979The GlumsEth
    1978Going StraightIngrid Fletcher
    1977Nicholas NicklebyMadeline Bray
    1976Forget-Me-NotPat Powell[5]
    1976The PicnicThe Maid
    1975 Emmerdale FarmSarah Foster
    1974 to 1977PorridgeIngrid Fletcher
    1974 to 1975Second Time AroundVicki
    1973The Optimists of Nine ElmsDogs Home Secretary
    1970My Lover, My SonJulie
    1968 to 1969The Ugliest Girl in TownJulie Renfield
    1967InheritanceSusie Morcer
    1966This Man CraigJoyce Marino
    1965Love StoryYvonne
    1963Lorna DooneGwenny Carfax
    1963No Hiding PlaceCathy Kennedy
    1961Home TonightDot Sutton
    1960Emergency Ward 10Nell Ritchie

    References

    1. 1 2 3 4 Hayward, Anthony (30 May 2022). "Patricia Brake". The Guiardian. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
    2. 1 2 "Patricia Brake obituary". The Times. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
    3. "Actress Patricia Brake dies aged 79 after long illness". BBC News. 29 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
    4. Nugent, Annabel (29 May 2022). "Patricia Brake death: Porridge and Manhunt star dies aged 79". The Independent. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
    5. "Forget-me-not (1976)". Archived from the original on 1 December 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2017.


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