Kate Williams

Who is Kate Williams?

Kate Williams is an English actress from London who trained at London's East 15 Acting School.

She remains best known for three television roles: Joan Booth in the 1970s sitcom Love Thy Neighbour; Teresa in the 1971 BBC play Edna, the Inebriate Woman; and Audrey Withey in the crime drama Widows. She reprised the role of Audrey in both Widows 2, and in the "ten years later" sequel She's Out. Kate Williams and Ann Mitchell, as Dolly Rawlins, were the only members of the original Widows cast to return.

Williams also starred in the film version of Love Thy Neighbour. Her other film credits include: Poor Cow, Till Death Us Do Part, Holiday on the Buses, and Quadrophenia. She also played Mrs Perkins in the film Melody.

Guest roles on TV include: Dixon of Dock Green, On the Buses, Please Sir!, Minder, The Gentle Touch, Just Good Friends, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Only Fools and Horses, May to December, Murder Most Horrid, Lovejoy, Born and Bred, and The Bill.

More recently, she was a regular cast member of the five soap opera Family Affairs as Myra Costello. Williams also appeared in the BBC's popular soap opera EastEnders in 2006 playing Liz Turner.