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Linda Robson

Linda Patricia Mary Robson Dunford (née Robson; born 13 March 1958) is an English actress and television presenter. She is best known for playing Tracey Stubbs in the sitcom Birds of a Feather (1989–1998, 2014–2020), and her appearances as a weekly panellist on the ITV series Loose Women (2012–2018, 2020–present). As a founder student of Anna Scher's Theatre School, Robson had a significant number of appearances on screen as a child actor.

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Born
Linda Patricia Mary Robson (1958-03-13) 13 March 1958 (age 67)Islington, North London, England
Occupations
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Years active
1970–present
Television
Birds of a FeatherLoose Women
Spouse
mw- Mark Dunford (m. 1990; div. 2023)
Children
3, including Louis Dunford

Tables

· Stage and screen credits › Film
1970
Role(s)
Daisy
1972
Anoop and the Elephant
Role(s)
Linda
The Trouble with 2B
Role(s)
Daisy
1974
Role(s)
Girl in Store
Notes
Also known as The Seaweed Children
1976
Role(s)
Marcia
1977
Role(s)
Supermarket Cashier
Notes
Uncredited role
The Battle of Billy’s Pond
Role(s)
Sally
1978
Role(s)
Dinner Lady
2005
The Green Door
Role(s)
Deaf Woman
Notes
Short film
2011
Role(s)
Pauline
We Need to Talk About Kieran
Role(s)
Television Presenter
2012
Role(s)
Lil
2015
Second Hand Smoke
Role(s)
(unknown)
Notes
Short film
2022
Mohan Arms
Role(s)
Nana Elsie
2023
Role(s)
Cockney Woman
2024
Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire
Role(s)
Kath
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1970
Junket 89
Daisy
1972
Anoop and the Elephant
Linda
The Trouble with 2B
Daisy
1974
Malachi's Cove
Girl in Store
Also known as The Seaweed Children
1976
The Likely Lads
Marcia
1977
The Glitterball
Supermarket Cashier
Uncredited role
The Battle of Billy’s Pond
Sally
1978
Absolution
Dinner Lady
2005
The Green Door
Deaf Woman
Short film
2011
Anuvahood
Pauline
We Need to Talk About Kieran
Television Presenter
2012
Outside Bet
Lil
2015
Second Hand Smoke
(unknown)
Short film
2022
Mohan Arms
Nana Elsie
2023
Sumotherhood
Cockney Woman
2024
Bermondsey Tales: Fall of the Roman Empire
Kath
· Stage and screen credits › Television
1974
Role(s)
Student
Notes
Series 2; episodes 1 & 2. Uncredited role
Role(s)
Papergirl
Notes
Series 6; episode 4: "Domestic Incident". Uncredited role
1974, 1975
Role(s)
You Must Be Joking!
Notes
Various characters
1975
Role(s)
Gillie
Notes
Series 2; episode 2: "Remand Wing"
Role(s)
Susan Cook
Notes
Series 7; episode 6: "Mum, Where Are You?"
Against the Crowd
Role(s)
Marilyn
Notes
Episode 6: "We Are All Guilty"
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Role(s)
(unknown)
Notes
Television film. Uncredited role
1975–1977
Role(s)
Play for Today
Notes
Various roles
1976
Role(s)
Linda
Notes
Series 3; episode 3: "A Martyr to the System"
Couples
Role(s)
Sonia
Notes
Episodes 73–75
Role(s)
Barbara
Notes
Series 2; episode 12: "Over the Hills"
Role(s)
Girl
Notes
Series 2; episode 5: "Peronik". Uncredited role
Role(s)
Linda Smith / Jane Smith
Notes
Episodes 5 & 7: "Fire Down Below" & "Gone to the Dogs"
Role(s)
Pip
Notes
Series 4; episode 11: "On Trial"
Pauline's Quirkes
Role(s)
Various
Notes
Episodes 2–6
1977
Holding On
Role(s)
Girl in Street
Notes
Episode 2
Premiere
Role(s)
Val
Notes
Series 1; episode 3: "There's No Place"
1978
Television Club
Role(s)
Jackie
Notes
'1978' series: "A School in Time:..."; 9 episodes
The Law Centre
Role(s)
Maureen
Notes
Episode 2: "Winning Friends, Losing Lovers"
Tights
Role(s)
(unknown)
Notes
Television film
Out
Role(s)
Mo
Notes
Episode 3: "Maybe He'll Bring Back a Geisha"
Going to Work
Role(s)
Clare
Notes
Episode: "What's the Choice?"
1979
Role(s)
Lucy
Notes
Series 1; episode 12: "The Hostages"
Role(s)
Nelly
Notes
Episode 12: "The New Rich"
Kids
Role(s)
Linda Platt
Notes
Episode 1: "Stephen"
1980
Role(s)
Elaine
Notes
Series 6; episode 19: "Mary's Wife"
Role(s)
Ann
Notes
Series 10; episode 20: "Kate the Good Neighbour"
Ain't Many Angels
Role(s)
(unknown)
Notes
Television film
Role(s)
Bessie Hardicker
Notes
Series 1; episode 5: "The Horizontal Witness"
Role(s)
Chris Adams
Notes
Series 2; episode 1: "Something Blue"
1981
Role(s)
Maureen
Notes
Series 4; episode 2: "Match of the Day"
Role(s)
Mary
Notes
Series 3; episode 3: "Hospital Romances"
Role(s)
Sharon
Notes
Series 2; episode 2: "Holding the Baby"
Going Out
Role(s)
Gerry Henshaw
Notes
Episodes 1–6
1982
Role(s)
Sandra
Notes
Series 8; episode 29: "Chains"
Role(s)
Edna
Notes
Mini-series; episode 1: "The Case of the Middle-aged Wife"
Role(s)
Theresa McCorrigan
Notes
Mini-series; episodes 1 & 2
Role(s)
Jenny
Notes
Episodes 1–4 & 6
1982–1985, 1995
Role(s)
Shine on Harvey Moon
Notes
Maggie Moon
1983
Role(s)
Cheryl Hawkins
Notes
Series 1; episode 2: "May the Best Man Win"
Role(s)
Pregnant Girl
Notes
Television film
1984
Role(s)
Girl #1
Notes
Series 12; episode 9: "If Only"
1987
Lizzie's Pictures
Role(s)
Shirley
Notes
Mini-series; episodes 2 & 3
Role(s)
Miss King
Notes
Series 1; episodes 1–3: "The Slug", "The Slug Returns" & "On the Run"
Elphida
Role(s)
Pregnant English Woman
Notes
Television film
1988
Role(s)
Janet Simmons
Notes
Series 4; episode 17: "Runaround"
Thin Air
Role(s)
Pat
Notes
Mini-series; episodes 1–5
South of the Border
Role(s)
Maureen
Notes
Series 1; episode 5
Role(s)
Flo
Notes
Television film
1989–1998, 2014–2020
Role(s)
Birds of a Feather
Notes
Tracey Stubbs
1995
Role(s)
Herself
Notes
Episodes 1–5 (with Pauline Quirke)
2003
Role(s)
Wanda Wise
Notes
1 episode
Role(s)
Michelle Page
Notes
Series 19; episode 62: "Pick Your Friends"
2003, 2010–present
Role(s)
Loose Women
Notes
Herself - Panellist
2004
Role(s)
Various roles
Notes
1 of 2 pilots for the series Monkey Trousers
2005
Role(s)
Bus Passenger
Notes
Episode 1. Uncredited role
2006
Role(s)
Sue
Notes
Series 1; episode 3
Role(s)
Christine Howarth
Notes
Series 22; episode 83: "A Stiff Upper Lip"
2010
Role(s)
Louise Costello
Notes
Series 24; episode 43: "Going Solo"
2012
Role(s)
Herself - Housemate
Notes
Series 12; 20 episodes
2013
Common Ground
Role(s)
Michelle
Notes
Episode 10: "Barry"
2014
Role(s)
Tracey Stubbs
Notes
Television film
2018
Role(s)
Herself - Wedding Guest
Notes
1 episode
2020
Bad Girls Behind Bars
Role(s)
Herself - Narrator
Notes
Series 2; episodes 1–6
2021
Role(s)
Herself - Contestant
Notes
Series 3; 10 episodes
2022
Role(s)
Series 7; episodes 1–15
Britain Get Singing
Role(s)
Herself - Performer
Notes
Television Special
2025
Role(s)
Elsa
Notes
Guest role. Series 2
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1974
The Tomorrow People
Student
Series 2; episodes 1 & 2. Uncredited role
Softly, Softly: Task Force
Papergirl
Series 6; episode 4: "Domestic Incident". Uncredited role
1974, 1975
You Must Be Joking!
Various characters
Pilot episode (1974), & series 1; episode 1 (1975)
1975
Within These Walls
Gillie
Series 2; episode 2: "Remand Wing"
Scene
Susan Cook
Series 7; episode 6: "Mum, Where Are You?"
Against the Crowd
Marilyn
Episode 6: "We Are All Guilty"
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
(unknown)
Television film. Uncredited role
1975–1977
Play for Today
Various roles
Series 5–8; 4 episodes
1976
BBC2 Playhouse
Linda
Series 3; episode 3: "A Martyr to the System"
Couples
Sonia
Episodes 73–75
Survivors
Barbara
Series 2; episode 12: "Over the Hills"
Shadows
Girl
Series 2; episode 5: "Peronik". Uncredited role
The Crezz
Linda Smith / Jane Smith
Episodes 5 & 7: "Fire Down Below" & "Gone to the Dogs"
Within These Walls
Pip
Series 4; episode 11: "On Trial"
Pauline's Quirkes
Various
Episodes 2–6
1977
Holding On
Girl in Street
Episode 2
Premiere
Val
Series 1; episode 3: "There's No Place"
1978
Television Club
Jackie
'1978' series: "A School in Time:..."; 9 episodes
The Law Centre
Maureen
Episode 2: "Winning Friends, Losing Lovers"
Tights
(unknown)
Television film
Out
Mo
Episode 3: "Maybe He'll Bring Back a Geisha"
Going to Work
Clare
Episode: "What's the Choice?"
1979
Dick Turpin
Lucy
Series 1; episode 12: "The Hostages"
Thomas & Sarah
Nelly
Episode 12: "The New Rich"
Kids
Linda Platt
Episode 1: "Stephen"
1980
BBC2 Playhouse
Elaine
Series 6; episode 19: "Mary's Wife"
Play for Today
Ann
Series 10; episode 20: "Kate the Good Neighbour"
Ain't Many Angels
(unknown)
Television film
Cribb
Bessie Hardicker
Series 1; episode 5: "The Horizontal Witness"
The Gentle Touch
Chris Adams
Series 2; episode 1: "Something Blue"
1981
A Sharp Intake of Breath
Maureen
Series 4; episode 2: "Match of the Day"
Agony
Mary
Series 3; episode 3: "Hospital Romances"
The Other 'Arf
Sharon
Series 2; episode 2: "Holding the Baby"
Going Out
Gerry Henshaw
Episodes 1–6
1982
BBC2 Playhouse
Sandra
Series 8; episode 29: "Chains"
The Agatha Christie Hour
Edna
Mini-series; episode 1: "The Case of the Middle-aged Wife"
Harry's Game
Theresa McCorrigan
Mini-series; episodes 1 & 2
L for Lester
Jenny
Episodes 1–4 & 6
1982–1985, 1995
Shine on Harvey Moon
Maggie Moon
Main role. Series 1–5; 41 episodes
1983
Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
Cheryl Hawkins
Series 1; episode 2: "May the Best Man Win"
A Pattern of Roses
Pregnant Girl
Television film
1984
Scene
Girl
Series 12; episode 9: "If Only"
1987
Lizzie's Pictures
Shirley
Mini-series; episodes 2 & 3
Bad Boyes
Miss King
Series 1; episodes 1–3: "The Slug", "The Slug Returns" & "On the Run"
Elphida
Pregnant English Woman
Television film
1988
The Bill
Janet Simmons
Series 4; episode 17: "Runaround"
Thin Air
Pat
Mini-series; episodes 1–5
South of the Border
Maureen
Series 1; episode 5
CivvyStreet
Flo
Television film
· Stage and screen credits › Theatre
2005
Role(s)
Grump Old Woman
Notes
UK Tour
2005–2006
Role(s)
Beauty and The Beast
Notes
Wicked Witch
2006–2007
Role(s)
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Notes
Wicked Queen
2008–2009
Role(s)
Beauty and The Beast
Notes
Wicked Witch
2009–2010
Role(s)
Beauty and The Beast
Notes
Wicked Witch
2010
Role(s)
Various
Notes
UK Tour
2010–2011
Role(s)
Jack and The Beanstalk
Notes
Fairy Godmother
2011–2012
Role(s)
Dick Whittington
Notes
Fairy Bowbells
2012
Role(s)
Tracy Stubbs
Notes
UK Tour
2014–2015
Role(s)
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Notes
Wicked Queen
2016–2017
Role(s)
Cinderella
Notes
Fairy Godmother
2020–2021
Role(s)
Cinderella
Notes
Fairy Godmother
2025
Role(s)
Mrs. Richards
Notes
Apollo Theatre, London
Year
Title
Role
Notes
1990–1991
Cinderella
Ugly Sister
Hackney Empire
1991–1992
Dick Whittington
Fairy Bowbells
Hackney Empire
1993–1994
Jack and The Beanstalk
Jack
Cambridge Corn Exchange
1995–1996
Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
Reading Hexagon
1997–1998
Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
Ashcroft Theatre
1998–1999
Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
Lewisham Theatre
1999–2000
Peter Pan
Wendy
Milton Keynes Theatre
2000–2001
Peter Pan
Mermaid
Theatre Royal, Stoke-on-Trent
2004–2005
The Vagina Monologues
Various
UK Tour
2004–2005
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Wicked Queen
Harlequinn Theatre, Redhill
2005
Grumpy Old Women
Grump Old Woman
UK Tour
2005–2006
Beauty and The Beast
Wicked Witch
Aylesbury Civic
2006–2007
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Wicked Queen
Broadway Theatre, Catford
2008–2009
Beauty and The Beast
Wicked Witch
Broxburne Civic Theatre
2009–2010
Beauty and The Beast
Wicked Witch
Harlequinn Theatre, Redhill
2010
The Vagina Monologues
Various
UK Tour
2010–2011
Jack and The Beanstalk
Fairy Godmother
Watersmeet, Rickmansworth
2011–2012
Dick Whittington
Fairy Bowbells
Derby Assembly Rooms
2012
Birds of a Feather
Tracy Stubbs
UK Tour
2014–2015
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
Wicked Queen
Hayes Beck Theatre
2016–2017
Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
Wycombe Swan, High Wycombe
2020–2021
Cinderella
Fairy Godmother
St Helen’s Theatre Royal
2025
Fawlty Towers: The Play
Mrs. Richards
Apollo Theatre, London

References

  1. Yours
    https://www.yours.co.uk/leisure/celebrity-tv/loose-women-linda-robson-latest-celebrity-news-pictures/
  2. Daily Mirror
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/linda-robson-breaks-down-loose-6912172.amp
  3. The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2004/mar/24/theatre.furthereducation
  4. www.highburyfields.islington.sch.uk
    https://www.highburyfields.islington.sch.uk/52/history-of-the-school
  5. The Children's Film Foundation: History and Legacy
    https://books.google.com/books?id=YSBdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72
  6. Fun with the Famous
  7. "Linda Robson | Loose Women"
    http://www.itv.com/loosewomen/presenters/linda-robson
  8. Digital Spy
    https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a555990/birds-of-a-feather-recommissioned-for-second-itv-series.html#~oB7pp3ytr7NhPj
  9. "Birds of a Feather recommissioned for second series | presscentre"
    http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-releases/birds-feather-recommissioned-second-series
  10. Digital Spy
    https://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a634764/birds-of-a-feather-renewed-for-12th-series-by-itv.html#~p6JzUcgaezVaUG
  11. "BBC Radio 4 – Living with Mother, Series 2, Told You I Was Ill"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nq4j3
  12. "Children in Need – Gareth Malone forms an all-star choir for the Official BBC Children in Need single"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3GcB6pTQ6QpNLFKFy0RC8JP/gareth-malone-forms-an-all-star-choir-for-the-official-bbc-children-in-need-single
  13. "Gareth Malone to form All-Star Choir for official BBC Children in Need single 2014 – Media Centre"
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/gareth-malone-all-star-choir
  14. The List
    https://www.list.co.uk/article/130469-birds-of-a-feather-stars-back-together-on-celebrity-coach-trip/
  15. Loose Women, 29 January 2013
  16. mirror.co.uk
    https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/actress-linda-robson-tells-devastating-4957083
  17. This Morning, 24 January 2012
  18. "Smoking in cars – Linda Robson"
    https://archive.today/20131011231052/http://www.blf.org.uk/Linda
  19. "Smoking in cars - Linda Robson"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii5qshuQGu0
  20. Metro
    https://metro.co.uk/2023/12/06/linda-robson-feels-sorry-boris-johnson-amid-covid-inquiry-19933905/
  21. Closer
    https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/tv-movies/celebs-on-the-farm-line-up/
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