Mollie Harris (born Mollie Woodley, 23 June 1913 â€" 2 October 1995)
was an English actress and author, known for her appearances as
village shopkeeper Martha Woodford in the BBC Radio soap opera The
Archers.Mollie Woodley was born in Ducklington, Oxfordshire and raised
in that county. After World War II, she became a writer and
broadcaster for BBC Radio, on programmes such as In The Country, with
Phil Drabble. She joined The Archers in 1970. and appeared as a
"castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 8 October
1983.Harris's books about her life in Oxfordshire, include her
three-volume autobiography, A Kind of Magic (1969), Another Kind of
Magic (1971) and The Green Years (1976). She wrote From Acre End
(1982) about Eynsham, the village where she lived, under the
nom-de-plume of Margaret Woodford. Mollie Harris wrote the book "The
Archers Country Cookbook" and was for a while a country cook resident
on BBC television programme Pebble Mill at One". She also wrote books
about privies.
was an English actress and author, known for her appearances as
village shopkeeper Martha Woodford in the BBC Radio soap opera The
Archers.Mollie Woodley was born in Ducklington, Oxfordshire and raised
in that county. After World War II, she became a writer and
broadcaster for BBC Radio, on programmes such as In The Country, with
Phil Drabble. She joined The Archers in 1970. and appeared as a
"castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 8 October
1983.Harris's books about her life in Oxfordshire, include her
three-volume autobiography, A Kind of Magic (1969), Another Kind of
Magic (1971) and The Green Years (1976). She wrote From Acre End
(1982) about Eynsham, the village where she lived, under the
nom-de-plume of Margaret Woodford. Mollie Harris wrote the book "The
Archers Country Cookbook" and was for a while a country cook resident
on BBC television programme Pebble Mill at One". She also wrote books
about privies.
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