Franklin's first film role was playing a farmer's daughter in Carry On Camping (1969) in several scenes depicting a series of mix-ups between her father (Derek Francis), Charles Hawtrey and Terry Scott.
[4] In 1970, Franklin appeared in Carry On Loving in a scene with Bill Maynard as an incompatible married couple seeking advice from an incompetent marriage guidance counsellor (Kenneth Williams) before playing a woman arguing with Marianne Stone at a jumble sale in the film Bless This House (1972).
[5] After several television roles, including Fraud Squad, The Legend of Robin Hood, Centre Play and a part in the film Brief Encounter (1974), Franklin starred in Carry On Behind (1975) as the nagging wife of Jack Douglas who goes on a camping holiday with his friend Windsor Davies to escape their wives; the final scene depicts Franklin and Davies' wife Liz Fraser finding Douglas and Davies in a compromising position with two young scantily clad fellow campers played by Carol Hawkins and Sherrie Hewson.
[6] Franklin then went on to have several television credits include Play for Today, Black Books, Silent Witness and four episodes of The Bill.
She later appeared in all three films in Edgar Wright's and Simon Pegg's Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy: Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007) and World's End (2013).