MARLENE BOYCE (SUE HOLDERNESS)
Last month Sir David and Sue Holderness – best known for her role as Marlene Boyce in Only Fools – were reunited in Milton Keynes for the annual Only Fools And Horses convention
Old times: Sir David as cockney market trader Derek ‘Del Boy’ Trotter and Holderness as Marlene Boyce in Only Fools And Horses. The show ran from 1981 to 2003
Sue Holderness played Boycie’s wife Marlene in Only Fools and Horses from 1985 to 2003, and then its spin-off The Green Green Grass from 2005 to 2009.
Boycie’s catchphrase ‘Marleeeeeeene’ was directed at her character, who was also known to be popular among the male characters and very flirtatious.
While Holderness was best known for Only Fools, she also made appearances on stage in the West End and on TV shows such as Doctors, Still Open All Hours and EastEnders.
In March, she launched a national appeal to warn the general public about online scams after she was targeted by fraudsters who conned her out of hundreds of pounds.
In March, Holderness launched a national appeal to warn the general public about online scams after she was targeted by fraudsters who conned her out of hundreds of pounds
Career: Holderness is best known for her role as Marlene Boyce on Only Fools And Horses (L-R Roy Heather as Sid, Roger Lloyd Pack as Trigger, John Challis as Boycie, Patrick Barber as Denzil, Sue Holderness as Marlene and Patrick Murray as Mickey Pearce)
The Only Fools star was tricked by scammers who hacked into her computer and convinced her to pay them to ‘fix’ her online security.
Holderness is now supporting a campaign, Take Five To Stop Fraud, which provides advice to help people protect themselves from financial fraud.
Last month she was reunited with co-star Sir David Jason at an Only Fools And Horses convention in Milton Keynes.
The pair were seen posing for a photo, and she wrote: ‘So lovely to be with Sir DJ again.’
DENZIL TULSER (PAUL BARBER)
Playing Denzil in the hit comedy launched a career for Paul Barber, now 72, that saw him venture into films including The Full Monty in 1997 and Gloves Off in 2017
You can leave your hat on: Barber starred alongside Robert Carlyle in the hit film The Full Monty playing Barrington ‘Horse’ Mitchell
Paul Barber played Denzil in Only Fools and Horses, with audiences wincing as he would be persuaded again and again to become embroiled in Del Boy’s madcap schemes to make money.
Arguably his biggest role came in 1997, when he was cast as Barrington ‘Horse’ Mitchell in The Full Monty, a film about unemployed Sheffield steel workers who stripped off to earn money.
Barber’s career continued with shows including Coronation Street, Casualty and Death in Paradise under his belt. In 2017, he starred alongside Ricky Tomlinson in the film Gloves Off.
Barber pictured appearing in the documentary The Real Full Monty in 2017, which marked the film’s 20th anniversary to raise awareness of men’s cancers
Barber (second left) is among the cast of The Full Monty for the upcoming Disney+ series
Now living in Clacton, Essex, the actor in 2020 appeared on the Mixtape Assembly podcast, which is presented by the son of Roger Lloyd-Pack, who played Trigger.
Barber revealed to Hartley Lloyd-Pack that he would sneak off during takes to smoke cannabis with Roger, admitting they were ‘naughty boys’.
Barber is part of an upcoming Disney+ TV follow-up series to The Full Monty, which was the highest grossing movie ever in the UK until Titanic.
The new eight-part TV series will show what has become of the characters 25 years on, and it is expected to be shown later this year.
