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Frances Cuka (21 August 1936 – 16 February 2020) was an English actress, principally on television, whose career spanned over sixty years. In her later years, she was best known for playing Grandma in the sitcom Friday Night Dinner from 2011 to 2018.
Learn more. Frances Cuka. Actress: Oliver Twist. Frances Cuka was born in 1936 in London, to Joseph and Letitia Cuka. The family eventually moved to Hove, where Frances was educated at Brighton and Hove High School. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, then made her stage debut in 1955 in 'Meet Mr. Callaghan' in Warrington.
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Jan 3, 2021 · Frances Cuka was an English actress. She was educated at Tollington prep school in Fortis Green, north London, and, when her parents moved to the south coast, Brighton and Hove high school. She trained at the Guildhall school of music and drama and made her stage debut in 1955 as Effie in a murder thriller, Meet Mr. Callaghan, at the Royal ...
Feb 21, 2020 · Frances as 'nice Grandma'. Friday Night Dinner and Casualty actress Frances Cuka has died aged 83. Frances was best known for her role as warm-hearted Grandma Nelly Buller, the mother of Tamsin Greig's character Jackie, in the hit C4 comedy series Friday Night Dinner. As "nice Grandma", she featured in many of Friday Night Dinner’s most ...
Feb 21, 2020 · Veteran actress Frances Cuka has died at the age of 83. Frances was best known for her role in the Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner, in which she played Nelly, the Goodman family’s ...
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Feb 21, 2020 · 21 February 2020. Channel 4. Frances Cuka, who starred in the Channel 4 comedy Friday Night Dinner, has died aged 83. The actress was known for playing the much-loved grandma Nelly Buller on the ...
Frances Cuka. Actress: Oliver Twist. Frances Cuka was born in 1936 in London, to Joseph and Letitia Cuka. The family eventually moved to Hove, where Frances was educated at Brighton and Hove High School. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, then made her stage debut in 1955 in 'Meet Mr. Callaghan' in Warrington. Following work with several repertory companies, she joined the ...
