years_active birth_place birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
1969 -- present london , england 22 february 1947 jeremy 1 child -rrb- child -lrb- 1971-1976 -rrb- -lrb- divorced -rrb- -lrb- deborah grant
 deborah grant actress
deborah grant

deborah grant -lrb- born 22 february 1947 -rrb- is an english actress .
she trained at the central school of speech and drama and appeared on stage at the bristol old vic and in the west end of london .
she has had a successful television acting career .
since 2007 , she has appeared on and off in the sitcom `` not going out '' , as the mother of tim -lrb- tim vine -rrb- and lucy -lrb- sally bretton -rrb- .
she has been married twice , including to the actor jeremy child by whom she has a daughter .
