Patricia Greene

Patricia Honor Greene MBE[1] (born 1931)[2] is an English radio actress who is best known as matriarch Jill Archer (formerly nee Patterson) in radio serial The Archers. She has played the role continuously since 1957, making her the world's longest serving actor in a soap opera in any medium (radio, television or internet). Greene was briefly acted in television and film.[3]

Patricia Greene

MBE
Born
Patricia Honor Greene

1931 (age 91–92)
Allenton, Derby, England
EducationRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
OccupationActress
Known forThe Archers as Jill Archer (previously Patterson) (radio series)
SpouseGeorge Selway (divorced)

Biography

Greene was born in Allenton, Derby, England. Her family moved to Campion Street in the New Zealand part of the city, where she attended Ashgate Infants School on Ashbourne Road. Later she moved to Kirk Street, Chester Green, attending St Paul's Junior School and the Parkfields Cedars Grammar School.[4]

After working as a ward orderly at the Derbyshire Children's Hospital and in the sheet metal factory of Hawk Industries, she decided to become an actress and went to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London in 1951.[5]

She has had a lengthy performing career and is best known for portraying matriarch Jill Archer in the BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers since 1957.[6] She has also appeared in the TV series Casualty and Doctors both in 2000.

Personal life

Greene married English actor George Selway in 1959. They were later divorced and she married Cyril Austen Richardson in 1972, by whom had a son, Charles, born in 1972. She was widowed in 1986.

Honours

Greene was awarded the MBE in 1997[7] and was conferred an honorary Master of Arts degree by the University of Derby in 2017.[8]

Filmography
Production Year Role
The Archers (radio series)1957–presentJill Archer (voice only)
A Man For All Seasons (TV movie)1957Woman
The Kitchen1961Anne
Its a Woman's World (TV series)1964Mary
Crossroads: Kings Oak (TV series)1965-19693 roles
-Margaret Robson
-Mrs. Lynch
-Mrs. Grey
One Foot in the Grave (TV series)1990Jill Archer (voice)
Doctors (TV series)2000Margearet Richmond
Casualty (TV series)2000Ivy Watson

Radio
Production Year Role
The Archers (serial)1957Jill Archer

Footnotes
  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. "Patricia Greene MBE". nationaltrust.org.uk. National Trust. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  3. Hawley, Zena (19 July 2017). "Longest serving soap actress Patricia Greene receives honorary degree from the University of Derby". Derby Telegraph. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  4. Ashworth, Pat (19 May 2011). "Derby Born star of The Archers Patricia Greene". Great British Life. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  5. Hawley, Zena (14 July 2017). "Longest serving soap actress Patricia Greene receives honorary degree from the University of Derby". Derbyshirelive. Local World. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. "The Archers' Patricia Greene celebrates 60 years of playing Jill Archer". irishnews.com. The Irish News. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  7. "No. 54794". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 13 June 1997. p. 17.
  8. "Patricia Greene MBE". University of Derby. July 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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