Patricia Doreen Coombs was an English actress. She specialised in the portrayal of the eternal downtrodden female, comically under the thumb of stronger personalities. She was known for many roles on radio, film and TV sitcoms and Children's ITV's Playbox and Ragdolly Anna. Her authorised biography, written by Andrew Ross, was published in 2021.

Filmography

• Treasure — Voices
• 1994Blobbyvision
• An Actor's Life for Me — Mrs Dobbs
• Birds of a Feather — Gloria
• Bleak House — Mrs. Guppy
• EastEnders — Marge Green, Brown Owl
• In Sickness and in Health — Mrs. Carey
• Super Gran — Miss Wotherspoon, Miz Witherspoon
• The Lady Is a Tramp
• Ragdolly Anna
• 1980High Rise Donkey — Lady at Donkey Derby
• The Marti Caine Show
• You're Only Young Twice — Cissie Lupin
• 1976James and the Giant Peach — Spider
• Hogg's Back
• Don't Drink the Water — Dorothy Blake
• 1973Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall — Mrs. Milligan
• Cranford — Miss Pole
• 1972Ooh...You Are Awful — Libby Niven
• Sykes — Bus Conductress
• 1971A Couple of Beauties — Sidney's Wife
• 1971Dad's Army — Mrs. Hall
• Lollipop Loves Mr Mole
• 1971On the Buses — Vera Hughes
• 1971Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory — Henrietta Salt (uncredited)
• 1970Cucumber Castle — Nurse Sarah
• 1969Carry On Again Doctor — New Matron
• Dombey and Son — Lucretia Tox
• 1969Till Death Us Do Part — Neighbour
• 1968Cry Wolf — Mrs. Blades
• Ooh La La! — Maria
• Wild, Wild Women — Daisy
• A Series of Bird's
• Beggar My Neighbour
• 1967Carry On Doctor — Anxious Patient (uncredited)
• Till Death Us Do Part — Neighbour, Mrs Carey
• HMS Paradise — Mrs. Wigg
• 1963A Stitch in Time — Nurse (uncredited)
• The Dick Emery Show
• 1962She'll Have to Go — Lady on Station Platform
• Faces of Jim
• 1959Follow a Star — Simpering Girl in Theatre (uncredited)
• The Cyril Fletcher Show
• Hancock's Half Hour

Appearances as themselves (1)

• An Audience with... — Self