Deborah Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress. Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series Bergerac . Since 2007, she has appeared in the sitcom Not Going Out as Wendy Adams, the mother of Tim ( Tim Vine ) and Lucy ( Sally Bretton ).
Born in Southport, Lancashire (now Merseyside), England, she emigrated to Canada on 26 August 1948 with her mother Edna, her father Harry and younger brother Gary. Career [ edit ] Burroughs started acting in live theatre at Ontario 's famous Stratford Festival , including starring as Portia in The Merchant of Venice in 1976. [2]