Matilda Ziegler

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Matilda Ziegler is an English actress, best known for her roles as Donna Ludlow in EastEnders, Irma Gobb in Mr. Bean, and Pearl Pratt in Lark Rise to Candleford. Ziegler's first screen role was in her early twenties, during 1987–89; she appeared in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, playing Donna Ludlow, the illegitimate daughter of series regular Kathy Beale. Donna contended with prostitution, an attempted gang rape, heroin addiction and finally suicide (dying of a heroin overdose). The final death scenes of Ziegler's character, who had choked to death on her own vomit, have been hailed as one of the most powerful anti-drug images ever screened on the programme. She left EastEnders in April 1989. In the early 1990s, Ziegler starred in the ITV comedy Mr. Bean, where she played multiple characters, especially a three-episode stint as Irma Gobb, the title character's long-suffering...

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Death in ParadiseSeries • 2011EastEndersSeries • 1985The DiplomatSeries • 2023CasualtySeries • 1986Call the MidwifeSeries • 2012Father BrownSeries • 2013VeraSeries • 2011The BillSeries • 1984Foyle's WarSeries • 2002LewisSeries • 2007Mr. BeanSeries • 1990Mr. Bean: The Animated SeriesSeries • 2002The Girlfriend ExperienceSeries • 2016The AlienistSeries • 2018Miss ScarletSeries • 2020The Inspector Lynley MysteriesSeries • 2002Lark Rise to CandlefordSeries • 2008The OutlawsSeries • 2021The Rhythm SectionMovie • 2020LivingMovie • 202215 Storeys HighSeries • 2002Sex TrafficSeries • 2004The Best of Mr. BeanMovie • 2006Mr. Bean: Police StationMovie • 1991