| Martha Ross | |
| Birth Date: | 24 March 1939 |
| Death Place: | Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Occupation: | Actress and radio presenter |
| Children: | 6, including Jonathan and Paul |
Martha Ross (24 March 193914 January 2019)[1] was a British actress and radio presenter.
Ross had six children, including television presenters Jonathan and Paul Ross.[2] [3] She married actor Tony Phillips in 1992.[4]
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.