Gabrielle Glaister
Gabrielle Glaister (born 27 July 1960) is an English actress, best known for her role as Patricia Farnham in British soap opera "Brookside" and Trish Wallace in "Family Affairs". Education. Glaister attended Chichester College where she studied English and Drama, then trained at the National Youth Theatre, before appearing on Broadway. Career. Glaister appeared in the title role in a stage production of "Oliver Twist", alongside Ben Elton as the Artful Dodger. In 1983, she returned to the stage in Denise Deegan's comedy play "Daisy Pulls It Off", based on Winifred Norling's 1939 novel "The Testing  of Tansy". Glaister's first television roles were in 1983 in "Jury" and "Jane Eyre". Her first notable television roles were three appearances as "Bob" in the 1980s "Blackadder" series and the part of Patricia Farnham, the long-suffering partner of Max Farnham (Steven Pinder), in "Brookside" from 1990 until 1997. Glaister returned to soap acting in 2000 when she appeared in "Coronation Street" as Debs Brownlow, the sister of Natalie Horrocks, played by Denise Welch. Her next soap role was in Channel 5 soap "Family Affairs" from September 2004 playing Trish Wallace until September 2005. In 2019, Glaister took  the role of Hilary Benshaw in "Emmerdale", playing rival to Nicola King as they both vied to be elected as a local councillor. Silent witness (Seven Times) January 2020