Paula Wilcox (born 13 December 1949) is a British actress best known for her role in Man About the House.
First acting in the late 1960s, she was given her first starring role as Beryl in the 1970s sitcom The Lovers, which proved successful enough to get a feature film. Afterwards, she was cast as one of the main leads in Man About the House, where she played Chrissy Plummer. She portrayed her role throughout the series and in the spin-off feature film. On top of this, she has also been in a variety of other sitcoms including Miss Jones and Son, Fiddler's Three, The Green Green Grass, and The Smoking Room.
On top of her theatre work, she has also had several roles in soap operas, including Hilary Potts in Emmerdale and Elaine Jones in Coronation Street.
Works on TV Tropes She Has Appeared In:
Films- Man About the House, (1974) — Chrissy Plummer
Series
- Z Cars, 3 episodes:
- "Lost and Found: Part 1" and "Lost and Found Part 2" (1969) — Joan
- "Public Relations" (1972) — Nancy Roberts
- Coronation Street, 119 episodes:
- 5 episodes (1969) — Janice Langton
- 114 episodes (2020-2023) — Elaine Jones
- On the House, episode "Will the Real Harvey Micklethwaite Please Stand Up?" (1971) — Beryl Bagley
- The Benny Hill Show, episode "Show 12" (1972) — Carol Fox
- Man About the House, 39 episodes (1973-1976) — Chrissy Plummer
- Miss Jones and Son, 12 episodes (1978-1979) — Elizabeth Jones
- Play for Today, episode "The After Dinner Joke" (1978) — Selby
- Crown Court, 3-episode story "Leonora" (1981) — Gillian Seymour
- Fiddler's Three, 14 episodes (1991) — Ros
- Brookside, 1 episode (1992) — Angela Heery QC
- CASUAL+Y, episode "Getting Involved" (1993) - Rosalind Paynter
- The Queen's Nose, 24 episodes:
- 13 episodes (1995-1999) — Mrs Parker
- Peak Practice, episode "Alone" (1999) - Amanda Blake
- 11 episodes (2000-2001) — Audrey
- Holby City, episode "Touch and Go" (2002) — Helen Johnson
- All About Me, episode "The First Mrs Craddock" (2004) — Sheila
- The Smoking Room, 17 episodes (2004-2005) — Lilian
- The Green Green Grass, episode "Brothers and Sisters" (2006) — Pertunia Lane
- Doctors, 3 episodes:
- "Running Time" and "One Part TLC, Two Parts Shoe Leather" (2006) — Selena McKinnon
- "Spite Club" (2011) — Sue Gillen
- Rock & Chips, 2 episodes (2010-2011) — Vi Trotter
- Emmerdale, 41 episodes (2007-2008) — Hilary Potts
- A Touch of Frost, episode "Mind Games" (2008) - Gloria Collingham
- Jonathan Creek, 1 episode (2014) - Hazel Prosser
- Still Open All Hours, 1 episode (2015) — Linda
- Upstart Crow, 19 episodes (2016-2018) — Mary
- Grantchester, 4 episodes (2020) — Diana
- The Cleaner, episode "The Committee" (2024) — Sue