What is Stephanie Cole?
{{Infobox person |name = Stephanie Cole<br/><small>[[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]</small> |image = Stephanie Cole1.jpg |caption = Cole filming ''[[Doc Martin]]'' in Port Isaac, June 2009 |birth_name = Patricia Stephanie Cole |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|10|5|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Solihull]], [[Warwickshire]], England |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Actress |yearsactive = 1968–present |spouse = Henry Marshall (m. 1973–1986; divorced)<br/>[[Peter Birrel]] (m. 1998–2004; his death) |children = Emma Battcock}} '''Patricia Stephanie Cole''', [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (born 5 October 1941) is an English stage, television, radio and movie actress.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/2016/10/03/one-britains-finest-stephanie-cole/91485424/ |first=Nick |last=Thomas |date=3 October 2016 |title=Tinseltown Talks: One of Britain’s finest: Stephanie Cole |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref> Cole is known for high-profile television roles in shows such as ''[[Tenko (TV series)|Tenko]]'' (1981–1985), ''[[Open All Hours]]'' (1982–1985), ''[[A Bit of a Do]]'' (1989), ''[[Waiting for God (TV series)|Waiting for God]]'' (1990–1994), ''[[Keeping Mum (TV series)|Keeping Mum]]'' (1997–1998), ''[[Doc Martin]]'' (2004–2009), ''[[Still Open All Hours]]'' (2013–present) ''[[Man Down (TV series)|Man Down]]'' (2014–2017) and as [[Sylvia Goodwin]] in [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[soap opera]] ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (2011–2013).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/theatre-collection/explore/theatre/stephanie-cole-archive/ |title=Stephanie Cole Archive |website=Bristol University |access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref> In 2005, she was made an Officer of the [[Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0170789}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cole, Stephanie}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English movie act