Fanny Cradock was born on February 26, 1909 in Leytonstone, London, England as Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey. She was an actress, known for Fanny Cradock Cooks for Christmas (1975), Lucky Dip (1958) and Whatever Next? (1968). She was married to Johnnie Cradock, Gregory Holden-Dye, Arthur W. Chapman and Sidney A. Vernon Evans.