Kika Markham
Markham speaking at the No More War event in 2014
Born
Erika S. L. Markham

1940 (age 83–84)
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
OccupationActress
Years active1955–present
Spouse
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(m. 1985; died 2010)​
Children2
Parent(s)David Markham
Olive Dehn
RelativesPetra Markham (sister)
Jemma Redgrave (step-daughter)
FamilyMarkham, Redgrave

Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940)[1] is an English actress.

Early life

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

Career

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).[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. In April 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Grace Wilson.[5]

Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.[6]

References

  1. ↑ birth registered 4th quarter (Oct, Nov, Dec) 1940
  2. ↑ "Obituary: Corin Redgrave". The Times. 7 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Obituary: Corin Redgrave". The Guardian. 7 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Obituary: Corin Redgrave". The Independent. 7 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Timblick, Simon. "Doctors spoilers: Ayesha Lee is reunited with Reverend Viv Marchant". What's on TV. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Moorhead, Joanna (20 September 2014). "Corin Redgrave: He lost his memory of our life together". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077.


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