Patricia Brake

Patricia Brake
Born
Patricia Ann Brake

(1942-06-25)25 June 1942
Bath, Somerset, England
Died28 May 2022(2022-05-28) (aged 79)
OccupationActress
Years active1960–2020
Spouses
Robert McBain
(m. 1966; div. 1978)
Michael Kennedy
(m. 1997; died 2011)
Children3

Patricia Ann Kennedy (25 June 1942 – 28 May 2022), better known by her stage name Patricia Brake, was an English actress. Her credits include Lorna Doone (1963), The Ugliest Girl in Town (1968-1969), My Lover, My Son (1970), The Optimists of Nine Elms (1973), Emmerdale (1975), Nicholas Nickleby (1977), A Sharp Intake of Breath (1977), EastEnders (2004), and Coronation Street (2005-2006). She was most notable for her role as Ingrid Fletcher, eldest daughter of Norman Stanley Fletcher, in the BBC sitcom Porridge (1974-1977), and its sequel Going Straight (1978), and for starring as Gwen Lockhead in 128 episodes of Eldorado (1992-1993).