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Wendy Craig

Wendy Craig, English actress

Born
June 20, 1934
Age in 2026
92
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1934

About Wendy Craig

Wendy Craig CBE is an English actress who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms Not in Front of the Children (1967–1970),...And Mother Makes Three (1971–1973),...And Mother Makes Five (1974–1976) and Butterflies (1978–1983). She played the role of Matron in the TV series The Royal (2003–2011). Craig returned to drama with the series Nanny (1981–1983), a series she created, and wrote some episodes herself as Jonathan Marr, a pseudonym she had used before when writing episodes of...And Mother Makes Five. Also in 2017 she starred as Miss Bat in the first three series of the CBBC programme The Worst Witch.

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Wendy Craig timeline

  1. Craig returned to drama with the series Nanny (1981–1983), a series she created, and wrote some episodes herself as Jonathan Marr, a pseudonym she had used before when writing episodes of...And Mother Makes Five.
  2. Also in 2017 she starred as Miss Bat in the first three series of the CBBC programme The Worst Witch.

The world when Wendy Craig was born

Wendy Craig was born in 1934. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1934

  • #1 song"Stars Fell on Alabama"
  • Top movieIt Happened One Night
  • Best-selling bookTender Is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Masters Tournament held at Augusta National
  • Top headlineFBI kills John Dillinger outside a Chicago theater
  • Technology milestoneFirst streamlined passenger train (Burlington Zephyr)
  • Defining fadShirley Temple mania
  • Notable inventionLaundromat
  • World population2.20 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population126.4M

1934 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Wendy Craig's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19342026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$4,900$435,000
Average income$2,500$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population126.4M341 million

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