Frances Cuka

Frances Cuka was born on Aug 21, 1936 in UK. Frances Cuka's big-screen debut came with Scrooge directed by Ronald Neame in 1970. Frances Cuka is known for Friday Night Dinner directed by Martin Dennis, Tamsin Greig stars as Jackie Goodman and Simon Bird as Adam Goodman. The upcoming new tvshow Frances Cuka plays is Friday Night Dinner - Season 5 which will be released on Jul 22, 2016.

Frances Cuka was born in 1936 in London, to Joseph and Letitia Cuka. The family eventually moved to Hove, where Frances was educated at Brighton and Hove High School. She trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, then made her stage debut in 1955 in 'Meet Mr. Callaghan' in Warrington. Following work with several repertory companies, she joined the Theatre Workshop and appeared with them at the Zurich Festival and the Moscow Art Theatre in 1957. She then played the part of Jo in 'A Taste of Honey' in 1958 at the Theatre Royal, Stratford, East London, transferring with it to the West End then Broadway, followed by an American tour. Her further West End appearances included 'Vanity Fair', 'Sweet Bird of Youth', 'Waters of the Moon', 'The Wild Duck' and a number with the R.S.C. in 'Days in Trees', 'Travesties,' and 'Nicholas Nickelby.' She made her television debut in 1964 in The Hidden Truth: Twelve Good Men (1964) of The Hidden Truth (1964) series, which was followed by episodes of Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), The Informer (1966), Les champions (1968), Within These Walls (1974), Crown Court (1972), Inspecteur Wexford (1987), The Bill (1984), Doctors (2000), and Casualty (1986) amongst others. She made her film debut in the little-known comedy Over the Odds (1961) in 1961 and didn't appear on screen again until 1970, when she played Bob Cratchit's wife in the musical version of Scrooge (1970). The best known of her films is Les six femmes d'Henri VIII (1972), in which she played Catherine of Aragon.