Kika Markham
| Kika Markham | |
|---|---|
| Born | Erika S.L. Markham 1940 (age 84–85) Macclesfield, Cheshire, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Spouse(s) | Corin Redgrave (1985–2010; his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | David Markham (deceased) Olive Dehn (deceased) |
| Relatives | Petra Markham (sister) Roger Lloyd-Pack (brother-in-law) Vanessa Redgrave (sister-in-law) |
Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940)[1] is an English actress.
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Early life
Markham was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire. She is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007).
Career
Markham has led a long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in Edward & Mrs. Simpson, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, A Very British Coup, Van der Valk, The Line of Beauty, Minder, Cracker, Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Double Clue), and Mr Selfridge. Her films include Bunny Lake is Missing (1965), Futtocks End (1970), François Truffaut's Two English Girls (1971), Operation Daybreak (1975), Noroît (1976), The Blood of Hussain (1980), Outland (1981, as Sean Connery's wife), The Innocent (1985), Wonderland (1999), Esther Kahn (2000), Killing Me Softly (2002) and Franklyn (2008).
Markham married actor Corin Redgrave in Wandsworth, London in 1985. The couple had two sons, Harvey (born 1979) and Arden (born 1983).[2][3][4] Markham and Redgrave appeared together twice on screen: first in Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution (2000) as a judge and barrister respectively; and later in the BBC's Waking The Dead (episode "Special Relationship: Part 1") as lovers suspected of the murder of a government advisor.They also appeared on stage together in an acclaimed revival of Noël Coward's A Song at Twilight, along with sister-in-law Vanessa Redgrave . Her sisters are the actress Petra Markham, the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, and Sonia.[citation needed]
Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.[5]
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- ↑ birth registered 4th quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec) 1940
- ↑ Obituary: Corin Redgrave, The Times, 7 April 2010.
- ↑ Obituary: Corin Redgrave, The Guardian, 7 April 2010.
- ↑ Obituary: Corin Redgrave, The Independent, 7 April 2010.
- ↑ Joanna Moorhead "Corin Redgrave: He lost his memory of our life together", The Guardian, 20 September 2014
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