Autographs of Gretchen Franklin

Gretchen Franklin (7 July 1911 – 11 July 2005) was an English actress and dancer with a career in show business spanning over 70 years. She was born in Covent Garden, Central London. She played Ethel Skinner in the long-running BBC 1 soap opera EastEnders on a regular basis from 1985 until 1988. After this she returned to the show intermittently. These appearances became briefer and more widely spaced. Her final appearance was in 2000, when her character was killed off. More about Gretchen Franklin

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Current items with a signature of Gretchen Franklin

These are the most current items with a signature of Gretchen Franklin that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN *Ethel Skinner* EASTENDERS HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH FAN CAST CARD£29.99logo
thumbnailGretchen Franklin as Ethel Skinner Signed Eastenders Fan Cast Photo Dedicated£12.95logo
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN Eastenders Genuine Authentic Vintage Signed PHOTOCARD UACC£9.99logo
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN Ethel Skinner Willy EASTENDERS HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH CAST CARD£29.99logo
Gretchen Gordon Franklin was born into a theatrical family, the only child of her parents Gordon and Violet Franklin. Her father had a song-and-dance act, while her grandfather was a well-known music-hall entertainer at the turn of the 20th century. Her younger cousin was the comedian Clive Dunn (1920-2012).

She entered show business as a teenager, making her début as a pantomime chorus girl in Bournemouth. In 1929, she took dancing lessons at the Theatre Girls Club in Soho in London's West End and she later became a tap dancer and founder member of a quartet known as Four Brilliant Blondes. Franklin was a Tiller Girl, known for their high kicks, at the London Palladium. Read even more about Gretchen Franklin at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Gretchen Franklin

In total, we tracked 87 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.

The most expensive item with a signature of Gretchen Franklin (EASTENDERS GRETCHEN FRANKLIN ETHEL SKINNER HAND SIGNED BBC CAST CARD FREE P&P) was sold in February 2017 for £42.00 while the cheapest item (GRETCHEN FRANKLIN (EASTENDERS) SIGNED MAGAZINE ARTICLE) found a new owner for £0.40 in August 2014. The month with the most items sold (3) was February 2017 with an average selling price of £6.99 for an autographed item of Gretchen Franklin. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2020 with £40.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2017. In average, an autographed item from Gretchen Franklin is worth £5.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Gretchen Franklin were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail4 x 4 AUTOGRAPH BOOK PAGE HAND SIGNED BY GRETCHEN FRANKLIN - EASTENDERS ETHEL£8.99logo
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN - EASTENDERS - ACTOR - AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO£11.99logo
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN (EASTENDERS) RARE VINTAGE SIGNED B&W CAST CARD- UNDEDICATED£16.00logo
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN (EASTENDERS) VINTAGE SIGNED B&W CAST CARD- UNDEDICATED£12.50logo
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN *Ethel Skinner* EASTENDERS NOT SIGNED CAST CARD AUTOGRAPH£7.99logo
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN - EASTENDERS ACTRESS - SIGNED OFFICIAL PHOTOCARD£22.01logo
thumbnailGretchen Franklin As Ethel Skinner. Genuine Signed Eastenders Cast Card£5.50logo
thumbnailGRETCHEN FRANKLIN Ethel Skinner Willy EASTENDERS PRE-SIGNED CAST CARD AUTOGRAPH£9.99logo
thumbnailGretchen Franklin signed photo 1990s, TV actor Eastenders (as Ethel Skinner)£4.20logo
thumbnailGretchen Franklin vintage signed page AFTAL#145£8.50logo