Marjorie Yates

Marjorie Yates is a British actress best known for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channeldrama Shameless.

Yates was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, and studied at the Bournville College of Art. An early TV role was in Colin Wellands Play for Today alongside Bill Maynard, followed with a role in Putting on the Agony in which she had the lead role as Marilyn. The role was followed throughout the 1970s with minor parts in a number of television productions including ZCars and The Brothers in 1974 and The Sweeney in 1976. She continued her acting career on stage and television throughout the 1980s and 1990s including minor parts in Great Expectations, Boon, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Village Hall, Crown Court and Wycliffe and a leading role in A Very British Coup. Her film roles include the childrens mother in The Optimists of Nine Elms with Peter Sellers Legend of the Werewolf The Glitterball as the wife of Donald Neilson in the crime film The Black Panther , Priest of Love , Wetherby and Dead Mans Folly . She also featured alongside David Swift in Couples, a long running, twice week

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