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Myfanwy Talog Myfanwy Talog Myfanwy Talog (; born Myfanwy Talog Williams; 31 March 1944 – 11 March 1995) was a Welsh actress and the long-term partner of English actor David Jason. She was born in Caerwys, Flintshire in 1944, where a plaque can now be seen on the house where she was born. She worked as a teacher before taking up an acting career, and appeared mainly on Welsh language television, in comedy and children's programmes. For audiences in Wales, she played the character of Phyllis Doris, the teenaged daughter of the family in the series "Ryan and Ronnie". She later appeared