A versatile actress most at home on the stage, Karlin was familiar to television audiences as militant shop steward Paddy in the BBC sitcom The Rag Trade (1961-63) later revived on ITV (1977-78). She also appeared in movies including The Entertainer (1960), A Clockwork Orange (1971) and Suzie Gold (2004).
- Read Miriam Karlin's Guardian obituary.