Sherlock actor: Una was full oflove
Martin Freeman has said working with his late Sherlock co-star Una Stubbs was “honestly one of the more fun and exciting things to happen in my life”.
The pair worked together on the hit BBC series between 2010 and 2017. The death of the actress who played the detective’s housekeeper in the show, aged 84, was announced by her family last week.
In a statement issued yesterday, Freeman, 49, who played Watson in the series, labelled her “brilliant to be around, personally and professionally”.
“She loved laughing. She loved clothes. She always looked good,” he said. “Also, she was very naughty, which is something she and I bonded over immediately.
“You kind of forgot how old she actually was, because she possessed the energy and outlook of eternal youth, full of love, vitality and fun. Plus, she was fantastic at her job, and much respected.
“To have gone from a career as a dancer, to actor, to presenting. She was also pretty mean with a paint brush. Una was quite something.”
Stubbs, who was best known for her popular roles in the 1960s film Summer Holiday, the BBC sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part and In Sickness And In Health, and as Mrs Hudson in Sherlock, died on Thursday in Edinburgh surrounded by her family.