Patricia Ann Brake is an English actress.

Her first prominent television role was as Julie Pinfield in The Ugliest Girl in Town

The Ugliest Girl in Town

The Ugliest Girl in Town was a short-lived American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC. It ran from September 26, 1968 to January 30, 1969....

 (1968–9), a short-lived sitcom made for the American ABC

American Broadcasting Company

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 network. Brake's character was a British film actress who caught the attention of an American man who had to pretend to be a woman in order to meet her after she returned to England. Later she played Ingrid Fletcher

Ingrid Fletcher

Ingrid Rita Godber was a character in the BBC sitcom Porridge, played by Patricia Brake.Ingrid is Fletch's eldest child . She often visited her father in Slade Prison, oblivious to her appeal to the other inmates, much to her father's despair. It was on one of these trips that she met Fletch's...

, the daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher

Norman Stanley Fletcher

Norman Stanley "Fletch" Fletcher is the main character in the popular BBC sitcom Porridge, and the less-successful spin-off, Going Straight...

, in the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 sitcom Porridge

Porridge (TV series)

Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland...

, and its sequel Going Straight

Going Straight

Going Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where the earlier series had been set....

.

She subsequently appeared in many TV sitcoms and dramas (including 2point4 children

2point4 children

2point4 Children is a 1990s British sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porter family; an average family that is persistently faced with surreal situations and sheer bad luck....

 and the much derided Eldorado). Since 2005, she has appeared occasionally in Coronation Street

Coronation Street

Coronation Street is a British soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional town in Greater Manchester based on Salford. Created by Tony Warren, Coronation Street was first broadcast on 9 December 1960...

 playing Danny Baldwin

Danny Baldwin

Daniel "Danny" Baldwin, is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Bradley Walsh, the character first appeared onscreen during the episode airing on 28 May 2004 and remained until his departure on 31 December 2006.-Creation and...

's mother, Viv.

Television Roles

Year	Title	Role
1967	Inheritance Inheritance Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, rights and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies...	Unknown
1968 to 1969	The Ugliest Girl in Town The Ugliest Girl in Town The Ugliest Girl in Town was a short-lived American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC. It ran from September 26, 1968 to January 30, 1969....	Julie Renfield
1974 to 1975	Second Time Around Second Time Around Second Time Around is an American television show from the UPN Network that ran during the 2004-05 season. After 13 episodes, the show was cancelled, citing low ratings.-Premise:...	Vicki
1974 to 1977	Porridge Porridge (TV series) Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland...	Ingrid Fletcher Ingrid Fletcher Ingrid Rita Godber was a character in the BBC sitcom Porridge, played by Patricia Brake.Ingrid is Fletch's eldest child . She often visited her father in Slade Prison, oblivious to her appeal to the other inmates, much to her father's despair. It was on one of these trips that she met Fletch's...
1978	Going Straight Going Straight Going Straight is a BBC sitcom which was a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade Prison where the earlier series had been set....	Ingrid Fletcher
1978 to 1979	The Glums	Eth
1980	Keep It in the Family Keep It in the Family (TV series) Keep It in the Family is a British comedy television series that aired for five seasons between 1980 and 1983. It was about a likable and mischievous British cartoonist, Dudley Rush. Also featured were Dudley's wife, Muriel and their two daughters, Jacqui and Susan...	Ann
1985 to 1986	Troubles and Strife	Cherry
1988	Singles Singles (TV series) Singles is a British sitcom set in a singles bar produced by Yorkshire Television with the 1984 Pilot Episode produced by Thames Television and aired for 3 series and 22 episodes on the ITV network between 1988 and 1991.- Cast :Pilot :...	Di
1992 to 1993	Eldorado Eldorado (TV series) Eldorado was a British soap opera that ran for only one year, from 6 July 1992 to 9 July 1993. Set in Coín on the Costa Del Sol and based around the lives of British and European expats, the BBC hoped it would be as successful as EastEnders and replicate some of the sunshine and glamour of imported...	Gwen Lockhead
2003	Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher is a 2003 BBC Television comedy docudrama telling the life of Norman Stanley Fletcher from Porridge and Going Straight.-Synopsis:...	Ingrid Godber

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