Kathy Staff (born Minnie Higginbottom on 12 July 1928) is an English actress, well known for her work on British television.
Staff is best known for her role as one of the main characters, Nora Batty in the British TV comedy Last of the Summer Wine.
When she took up acting, she changed her name to Katherine Grant. After she married John Staff in 1951, she adopted the surname as her stage name, hence Kathy Staff.
As well as appearing in the long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine since it began in 1973, Staff had a regular role as Doris Luke in the ITV soap opera, Crossroads. Other appearances include Coronation Street as Vera Hopkins, No Frills as Molly Bickerstaff, Open All Hours as Mrs Blewitt, Follyfoot and Freddie Starr.
Staff has also appeared in the Observation round in the 1989 Krypton Factor grand final.
As of 2008 she continues to appear in Last of the Summer Wine.
Television Roles
Year
Title
Role
1973 to 2001
2002 to Present
Last of the Summer Wine
Nora Batty
1976 to 1981
Open All Hours
Mrs Blewett
1988
No Frills
Molly Bickerstaff
Further reading
Kathy Staff's Book of Happy Families (1999)
My Story, Wrinkles & All by Kathy Staff (1999)
External links
Kathy Staff at the Internet Movie Database
v • d • e
Roy Clarke's Last of the Summer Wine
Directed by: James Gilbert · Bernard Thompson · Sydney Lotterby · Ray Butt · Alan J. W. Bell
Episodes · Characters
Current cast members
Peter Sallis · Kathy Staff · Frank Thornton · Brian Murphy · Jean Alexander · Jean Ferguson · Jane Freeman · Robert Fyfe · Mike Grady · Juliette Kaplan · Burt Kwouk · Tom Owen · Josephine Tewson · Sarah Thomas · June Whitfield
Former cast members
Bill Owen · Michael Bates · Brian Wilde · Michael Aldridge · Keith Clifford · Dora Bryan · Blake Butler · John Comer · Joe Gladwin · Dame Thora Hird · Stephen Lewis · Jonathan Linsley · Rosemary Martin · Danny O'Dea · Julie T. Wallace · Gordon Wharmby
Related shows
Comedy Playhouse · First of the Summer Wine
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