Patricia Brake
Born	25 June 1945 (1945-06-25) (age 64) Bath, Somerset
Years active	1963–Present

Patricia Brake (born 25 June 1945 in Bath, Somerset, UK) is an English TV actress who first came to attention playing Ingrid Fletcher the daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher in the award-winning BBC sitcom Porridge. She also appeared in the same role in the spin-off Going Straight.

She subsequently appeared in many TV sitcoms and dramas (including 2point4 children and the much derided Eldorado). Since 2005, she has appeared occasionally in Coronation Street playing Danny Baldwin's mother, Viv.

In the United States and prior to her breakout role in Porridge, she was best known to TV viewers as Julie Pinfield, the British film actress who caught the attention of an American guy who had to pretend to be a woman in order to meet her after she returned to England in the short-lived 1968-1969 ABC sitcom, The Ugliest Girl in Town.

[edit] Television Roles

Year	Title	Role
1967	Inheritance	Unknown
1968 to 1969	The Ugliest Girl in Town	Julie Pinfield
1974 to 1975	Second Time Around	Vicki
1974 to 1977	Porridge	Ingrid Fletcher
1978	Going Straight	Ingrid Fletcher
1978 to 1979	The Glums	Eth
1980	Keep it in the Family	Ann
1985 to 1986	Troubles and Strife	Cherry
1988	Singles	Di
1992 to 1993	Eldorado	Gwen Lockhead
2003	Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher	Ingrid Fletcher

[edit] External links

• Patricia Brake at the Internet Movie Database

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