Pauline Lettice Yates (16 June 1929 – 21 January 2015) was an English actress, best known for playing Elizabeth Perrin in the BBC television sitcom The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. She also starred in Bachelor Father and Keep It in the Family.

Biography

Yates married actor/writer Donald Churchill (1930–1991) in 1960. The couple had two daughters, Jemma and Polly, and lived for many years in Primrose Hill, North London. Donald Churchill died on set after filming his final episode of El C.I.D. for Granada Television in which he played the irascible harbour master Metcalf. Jemma Churchill is also an actress and Polly Churchill is a writer. Yates had three grandchildren.