Kika Markham

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Kika Markham
Born Erika S.L. Markham
1940 (age 71–72)
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England
Nationality British
Occupation Actress
Years active 1955–present
Spouse Corin Redgrave
(m. 1985–2010, his death)
Children Harvey Redgrave
Arden Redgrave
Parents David Markham (deceased)
Olive Dehn (deceased)
Relatives Petra Markham (sister)
Roger Lloyd-Pack
(brother-in-law)

Kika Markham (born 1940)[1] is an English actress.

Markham was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire.[1] She is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has led a long career in the cinema, television, and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in Minder, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, Van der Valk, Cracker, and Agatha Christie's Poirot.

Kika Markham married actor Corin Redgrave in Wandsworth, London in 1985.[1] The couple had two sons, Harvey (born 1979) and Arden (born 1983).[2][3][4] Markham and Redgrave appeared together twice on screen: firstly 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. Her sisters are the actress Petra Markham, the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham, wife of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, and Sonia.[citation needed]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Births and Marriages England and Wales 1837-2006
  2. ^ Obituary: Corin Redgrave, The Times, 7 April 2010.
  3. ^ Obituary: Corin Redgrave, London Guardian, 7 April 2010.
  4. ^ Obituary: Corin Redgrave, London Independent, 7 April 2010.

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