Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns

About Matilda "Matty" Jenkyns, one of the main ladies of the community.

Description
Portrayed by Judy Dench, Matty Jenkyns is a gray haired, kind lady, always looking out for others.

Relationships
She is very close with her sister Deborah, in whom she confides and takes all her advice. She is devastated when Deborah passes away, but still fully relies on what she would think even after her death.

She also has a brother, Peter, but he left for India after a scandal thirty years before the Cranford series takes place. He returns at the end of the series, and is present in Return to Cranford.

It is revealed that in her early years Matty had a beau, Mr. Holbrook, who proposed, but was refused due to her family's disapproval. He later comes back, and still wishes to have a future friendship with Matty, but he dies from pneumonia on returning from Paris. Matty considers herself widowed on his death.

Episodes present
Episode 1 (Cranford)

Episode 2 (Cranford)

Episode 3 (Cranford)

Episode 4 (Cranford)

Episode 5 (Cranford)

Episode 6 (Return to Cranford)

Episode 7 (Return to Cranford)