Myfanwy Talog


Myfanwy Talog Williams, known professionally as Myfanwy Talog, was a Welsh actress and the long-term partner of English actor David Jason.

Personal life

She was born 31 March 1944 in Caerwys, Flintshire, where a plaque can now be seen on the house where she was born. She worked as a teacher before taking up an acting career, and appeared mainly on Welsh language television, in comedy and children's programmes. For audiences in Wales, she played the character of Phyllis Doris, the teenaged daughter of the family in the series Ryan and Ronnie.
She later appeared in several English-language sitcoms and soap operas. She lived with David Jason for eighteen years until her death from breast cancer, and accompanied him to Buckingham Palace in 1993 to receive his OBE.

Television

On television, Talog narrated Wil Cwac Cwac and voiced The Two Girls in the SuperTed episode, SuperTed and the Pothole Rescue for S4C and Siriol Productions. She did voice work on Alias the Jester and The BFG where she voiced Mrs. Clonkers for Cosgrove Hall.. She also appeared in the popular BBC sitcom Bread.

Death

Myfanwy Talog died of breast cancer in 1995. In 2006, on the anniversary of her birthday, a plaque in her memory was placed on her former family home in Caerwys.