Martha Ross

For the American oral historian, see Martha J. Ross.

Martha Ross (24 March 1939 – 14 January 2019)^[1] was a British actress and radio presenter.

Martha Ross
Born	(1939-03-24)24 March 1939
Died	14 January 2019(2019-01-14) (aged 79) Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Actress and radio presenter
Spouse	Tony Phillips ​ (m. 1992)​
Children	6, including Jonathan and Paul

Family

Ross had six children, including television presenters Jonathan and Paul Ross.^[2][3] She married actor Tony Phillips in 1992.^[4]

Career

Ross worked as an extra in EastEnders from its inception^[5] until November 2006, when her contract was terminated because she told her son Paul an EastEnders Christmas storyline, which he leaked on his LBC radio show.^[6]

She also appeared in Grange Hill, The Sean Hughes Show, Space Virgins and Barrymore, and hosted a current affairs show on Liberty Radio.^[5] Ross wrote a weekly agony aunt column for Real People magazine. She appeared in many theatre roles, including The Last Game, Atlantis, The Firm's Big Night Out and Stained Glass.^[5]

In her later years, she lived in Hitchin, Hertfordshire.