Stephanie Turner
CountryUnited Kingdom 
GenderFemale
BirthdayMay 25, 1944
BiographyStephanie Turner (born 25 May 1944) is an English actress. She is best known for the lead role of Inspector Jean Darblay in the first three series of the 1980s television BBC police drama Juliet Bravo (1980–82).
Turner was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire.
An early screen appearance was in Morning Story (1970), and in 1974 she appeared in an episode of Special Branch - guest starring as Dennis Waterman's on-screen sister. Turner also appeared in three episodes of The Sweeney (1975), playing Dennis Waterman's on-screen wife, Alison Carter. Her regular role as the featured character WPC Howarth in Z-Cars (1972–75) stood her in good stead for the future role of Inspector Jean Darblay.
She appeared in a 1975 episode of Public Eye as Julia Sissons, a 'missing' common-law wife-turned-barmaid. She also made an appearance in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads and played a recurring role as Jessie Naylor, née Maugham, in Series 2 of Sam (1974).
In 1980, after losing out to Jill Gascoine for the role of DI Maggie Forbes in ITV's The Gentle Touch (the first British police drama with a female lead), Turner won the role of Inspector Jean Darblay in the rival BBC series Juliet Bravo, which started airing four months after The Gentle Touch.
In the 1990s, she was in each episode of The Hello Girls as Miss Armitage, a supervisor of a 1950s GPO switchboard; and played Mrs Hope Q.C. in two episodes of At Home with the Braithwaites.
Having worked in various roles between the 1960s and 2000s on stage, on radio, on television and as a director, Turner retired from acting in 2010. In more recent years she has helped to direct drama students, had a share in an antiques business, and volunteered with InterAct Stroke Support (a charity that allows actors to read to patients following a stroke).
Biography from the Wikipedia article Stephanie Turner (British actress). Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Turner was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire.
An early screen appearance was in Morning Story (1970), and in 1974 she appeared in an episode of Special Branch - guest starring as Dennis Waterman's on-screen sister. Turner also appeared in three episodes of The Sweeney (1975), playing Dennis Waterman's on-screen wife, Alison Carter. Her regular role as the featured character WPC Howarth in Z-Cars (1972–75) stood her in good stead for the future role of Inspector Jean Darblay.
She appeared in a 1975 episode of Public Eye as Julia Sissons, a 'missing' common-law wife-turned-barmaid. She also made an appearance in Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads and played a recurring role as Jessie Naylor, née Maugham, in Series 2 of Sam (1974).
In 1980, after losing out to Jill Gascoine for the role of DI Maggie Forbes in ITV's The Gentle Touch (the first British police drama with a female lead), Turner won the role of Inspector Jean Darblay in the rival BBC series Juliet Bravo, which started airing four months after The Gentle Touch.
In the 1990s, she was in each episode of The Hello Girls as Miss Armitage, a supervisor of a 1950s GPO switchboard; and played Mrs Hope Q.C. in two episodes of At Home with the Braithwaites.
Having worked in various roles between the 1960s and 2000s on stage, on radio, on television and as a director, Turner retired from acting in 2010. In more recent years she has helped to direct drama students, had a share in an antiques business, and volunteered with InterAct Stroke Support (a charity that allows actors to read to patients following a stroke).
Biography from the Wikipedia article Stephanie Turner (British actress). Licensed under CC-BY-SA. Full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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