READ MORE: ITV Heartbeat: The forgotten stars who shunned the limelight and went on to live very ordinary lives Mel, 74, has racked up acting credits for her roles in A Touch Of Frost, The Alan Clark Diaries, Midsomer Murders, Cold Feet, and Only Fools And Horses.
The daughter of the artist Frank Vernon Martin, Mel also appeared opposite Clint Eastwood during the filming of the 1990 film White Hunter Black Heart.
Only Fools and Horse fans will remember her from the 1993 Christmas Special episode "Fatal Extraction" as Delboy's love interest Beverley.
She was the dental receptionist who met Derek "Del Boy" Trotter when he was on a break from Raquel Turner. Del asked her out, with disastrous consequences.
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