Juliette Kaplan, who played battleaxe Pearl Sibshaw in BBC sitcom Last of the Summer Wine for 25 years, has died at the age of 80, her agent has said. Kaplan appeared in 226 episodes of the show ...

Set in West Yorkshire, Last of the Summer Wine, which began in 1973 and ended ... Marina - along with the characters of Howard and Pearl - into his television series. Hapless Howard was the ...