# Martha Ross

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{{Short description|British actress and radio presenter (1939–2019)}}
{{For|the American oral historian|Martha J. Ross}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Martha Ross
| image = Martha Ross.jpg
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1939|3|24|df=y}}
| birth_place        = 
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2019|1|14|1939|3|24|df=y}}
| death_place        = [Hitchin](/source/Hitchin), [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire), England
| occupation         = Actress and radio presenter
| spouse             = {{marriage|Tony Phillips|1992}}
| children           = 6, including [Jonathan](/source/Jonathan_Ross) and [Paul](/source/Paul_Ross)}}

'''Martha Ross''' (24 March 1939{{snd}}14 January 2019)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.familynotices24.co.uk/com/view/4660626/martha-rossphillips|title=Martha Ross-Phillips obituary|date=24 January 2019|work=The Comet (UK)|via=familynotices24.co.uk|archive-date=11 August 2019|access-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190811012634/http://www.familynotices24.co.uk/com/view/4660626/martha-rossphillips|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a British actress and [radio](/source/radio) presenter.

==Family==
Ross had six children, including [television presenter](/source/television_presenter)s [Jonathan](/source/Jonathan_Ross) and [Paul Ross](/source/Paul_Ross).<ref name="inde">{{cite news | title =The magic ingredient of Channel X | work = The Independent | date = 31 October 1990 }}</ref><ref name="Sunday_Times">{{cite news | last = Ross | first = Paul | author-link = Paul Ross | title =What it feels like...to grow up five to a room | work = [The Sunday Times](/source/The_Sunday_Times) | date = 20 May 2012 }}</ref> She married actor Tony Phillips in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecomet.net/comet-life/tony-takes-a-look-at-the-end-of-an-era-1-284927|title=Tony takes a look at the end of an era|website=The Comet|language=en|access-date=2019-01-31}}</ref>

== Career ==
Ross worked as an [extra](/source/extra_(drama)) in ''[EastEnders](/source/EastEnders)'' from its inception<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/yourquestions/yourq_content/yourq_martha_ross.shtml|title= Is Jonathan Ross's mum in the show?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050930210342/http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/haveyoursay/yourquestions/yourq_content/yourq_martha_ross.shtml|archive-date=30 September 2005 |publisher=BBC|access-date=14 January 2010 }}</ref> until November 2006, when her contract was terminated because she told her son Paul an ''EastEnders'' Christmas storyline, which he leaked on his [LBC](/source/LBC) radio show.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a39563/jonathan-rosss-mum-fired-after-enders-leak.html|title= Jonathan Ross's mum fired after 'Enders leak|publisher=[Digital Spy](/source/Digital_Spy)|first=Kris|last=Green|date=18 November 2006|access-date=14 January 2010}}</ref>

She also appeared in ''[Grange Hill](/source/Grange_Hill)'', ''[The Sean Hughes Show](/source/Sean_Hughes_(comedian))'', ''Space Virgins'' and ''[Barrymore](/source/Michael_Barrymore)'', and hosted a current affairs show on [Liberty Radio](/source/Liberty_Radio).<ref name="bbc"/> Ross wrote a weekly [agony aunt](/source/agony_aunt) column for ''Real People'' magazine. She appeared in many [theatre](/source/theatre) roles, including ''The Last Game'', ''Atlantis'', ''The Firm's Big Night Out'' and ''Stained Glass''.<ref name="bbc"/>

In her later years, she lived in [Hitchin](/source/Hitchin), [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire).

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