By the 1980s, Russell was living in a cottage in Oxenhope, on the Yorkshire Moors near Keighley. She was working regularly for Yorkshire Television for whom she directed many episodes of Emmerdale, the quiz programme 3-2-1 in its early years and the local news programme, Calendar. She was actively involved in charitable work in the area with particular emphasis on domestic cats. Russell moved to a care home, where she died in 2017, aged 89. References External links 1928 births 2017 deaths British stage actresses British television directors British women television directors People from Highgate Place of death missing