Deborah Grant

Deborah Grant (born Deborah Jane Snelling; 22 February 1947) is an English actress. Between 1981 and 1991, she played Deborah Bergerac in the BBC television detective series Bergerac. From 2007 to 2023, she appeared in the sitcom Not Going Out as Wendy Adams, the mother of Tim (Tim Vine) and Lucy (Sally Bretton).

Grant was born in Perivale to Henry Percival Snelling and Henrietta, née Finn.

She trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and appeared on stage at the Bristol Old Vic and in the West End of London. She has since had a successful television acting career.

She has been married twice. She became Lady Child in 1971 when she married the baronet and actor Sir Jeremy Child, with whom she has a daughter. After their divorce, she married actor Gregory Floy, with whom she has another daughter.