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Later Franklin had regular roles in several television series, including Crossroads, in which she played Myrtle Cavendish ; the short-lived soap Castle Haven ; the British sitcom, George and Mildred as Mildred's mother Mrs Tremble, and Rising Damp as Rigsby's Aunt Maud.

She was also a regular supporting figure on television dramas such as Dixon of Dock Green and Z-Cars.

She had bit parts in series such as Danger Man, Follyfoot and Quatermass ( to which she returned for the final Quatermass serial in 1979 ) but was more often seen in comedy.

Franklin also played the cranky, troubled sad mother Mrs Janes in the episode " Five on Billycock Hill " on the 1978 television show, Enid Blyton's Famous Five.