"Gretchen Franklin"@en . . "English actress" . "1911Z"^^ . . "Franklin, Gretchen"@en . . . . "1911-07-07Z"^^ . "2005Z"^^ . "1929Z"^^ . "Gretchen Franklin (7 July 1911 \u2013 11 July 2005) was an English actress and dancer with a career in showbusiness that spanned over eighty years. She was born in Covent Garden, west London; a cousin of the actor Clive Dunn. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC One soap opera EastEnders on a regular basis from 1985 until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently. These appearances became briefer and more widely spaced as time went on."@en . "2005-07-11Z"^^ . "0291434" . "2000Z"^^ . .