Kika Markham

Kika Markham

Born 1940-01-01 (age 86) Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK
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Biography

Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940) is an English actress.

Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: Petra, Sonia and Jehane Markham.

Markham has had 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), Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge 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), High Tide (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 have two sons, Harvey (b. 1979) and Arden (b. 1983).

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] In April 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Grace Wilson.

Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.

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Known For

Killing Me Softly
Killing Me Softly

2002

as Mrs. Blanchard

Outland
Outland

1981

as Carol O'Niel

Franklyn
Franklyn

2008

as Naomi

Einstein and Eddington
Einstein and Eddington

2008

as Aunt Fanny

The Fever
The Fever

2007

as Jean

The Old Oak
High Strung Free Dance
Esther Kahn
Esther Kahn

2000

as Trish

Bunny Lake Is Missing
The Innocent
The Innocent

1985

as Mrs. Dobson

After Tomorrow
After Tomorrow

2012

as Woman

Operation: Daybreak
Operation: Daybreak

1975

as Curda's Wife

Longford
Longford

2006

as Governor Wing

Two English Girls
Two English Girls

1971

as Ann Brown

The Woman In White
The Woman In White

1997

as Madame Fosco

Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man

1989

as Catherine Petkoff

Dirty Filthy Love
Dirty Filthy Love

2005

as Geraldine

High Tide
High Tide

1980

as Helen

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet

1967

as Juliet