Deborah Findlay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 31, 1947 (age 78)
- Birthplace
- Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
Deborah Findlay is an English actress. Her TV credits include the recurring character Greer Thornton in 4 of the 6 episodes of State of Play, and in the episode The French Drop (2004) in Foyle's War. She also appeared in 4 episodes of the 2001 series of The Armstrong and Miller Show. In Autumn 2007 she appeared with Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis in the BBC1 costume drama series Cranford playing the role of the endless spinster Miss Augusta Tompkinson as well as in Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale. She portrayed Home Secretary Denise Riley in Torchwood's 2009 third series Children of Earth, and featured as lawyer Gemma King in one episode of the BBC1 series Silent Witness in January 2010. In 2008 she starred in the US premiere of Vincent River by Philip Ridley. In 2009 she appeared, again alongside Judi Dench in a Donmar West End revival of Madame de Sade, and reprised her (in this case more prominent) role as Augusta Tompkinson in the two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford. She also played Gillian in the acclaimed 1999 ITV Drama The Last Train She won the 1997 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (sharing the award with Allison Janney and Celia Weston) as well as the Olivier Award for her formance in Stanley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Ladies First
Movie · as Mrs. Sachs
A Death in the Family
Movie · as Mother
That Christmas
Movie · as Mrs. Horton (voice)
Up on the Roof
Movie · as Claire
Such a Lovely Day
Movie · as Grandmother
From A Strange Land
Movie · as Margaret
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Movie · as Nurse
The Drowning
TV · as Lynn · 4 eps
Dalgliesh
TV · as Miss Willard · 2 eps
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
Movie · as Helene
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Movie · as Sister Gilchrist
The Split
TV · as Ruth Defoe · 18 eps
Kaleidoscope
Movie · as Maureen
Hampstead
Movie · as Mary Neal
The Ones Below
Movie · as Tessa
Jackie
Movie · as Maud Shaw
Coalition
Movie · as Harriet Harman
Suite Française
Movie · as Madame Joseph
The Lady in the Van
Movie · as Pauline
Life in Squares
TV · as Aunt Jane · 3 eps
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Movie · as Volumnia
Lovesick
TV · as Fiona · 1 ep
Leaving
TV · as Vanessa · 3 eps
Arthur Christmas
Movie · as General (voice)
Gunrush
Movie · as Jill
Return to Cranford
TV · as Augusta Tomkinson · 2 eps
One of Those Days
Movie · as Supervisor
Summer
Movie · as Doctor Price
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
Movie · as Susan Owen
Who Gets the Dog
Movie · as Pamela Wilson
This Life +10
Movie · as Doctor
The Yellow House
Movie · as Madame Roulin
Lewis
TV · as Lady Hugh · 1 ep
Cranford
TV · as Miss Tomkinson · 7 eps
Torchwood
TV · as Denise Riley · 2 eps
Thin Ice
TV · as Jeanette · 6 eps
Vanity Fair
Movie · as Mrs. Sedley
Home
Movie · as Margaret Ballantyne
State of Mind
Movie · as D.C.I Stella Munroe
Foyle's War
TV · as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell · 1 ep
Me Without You
Movie · as Judith
Anna Karenina
TV · as Countess Lydia · 4 eps
The End of the Affair
Movie · as Miss Smythe
The Last Train
TV · 1 ep
Wives and Daughters
TV · as Miss Phoebe · 4 eps
Jane Eyre
Movie · as Mrs. Reed
Midsomer Murders
TV · as Lorna Soane, Hilary Richards · 1 ep
Trial & Retribution
TV · as Jill Ashton · 2 eps
Silent Witness
TV · as Gemma King · 1 ep
Jack & Sarah
Movie · as Miss Cartwright
Kavanagh Q.C.
TV · as Susannah Emmott · 1 ep
Milner
Movie · as Sylvia Milner
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Sarah Cushing · 1 ep
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Movie · as Cheryl Morris
Heartbeat
TV · as Eva Knight · 1 ep
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TV · as Kay Consett · 3 eps
Natural Lies
TV · as Grace · 3 eps
Downtown Lagos
TV · as Celia Dawson · 3 eps
Top Girls
Movie · as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
Truly Madly Deeply
Movie · as Claire
The House of Bernarda Alba
Movie · as Martirio
All Good Things
TV · as Doll · 6 eps
Performance
TV · as Isabella Bird · 1 ep
First and Last
Movie · as Lisa
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Rowena Drake · 1 ep
Omnibus: Caryl Churchill
Movie · as Player in 'Top Girls' extract
Casualty
TV · as Debbie Cookson · 1 ep
Ladies in Charge
TV · as Hetty · 1 ep
What If It's Raining
TV · as Marilyn · 3 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Sarah Cushing · 1 ep
Shroud for a Nightingale
TV · as Heather Pearce · 1 ep
Busted
Movie · as Angela
Dalgliesh
TV · as Heather Pearce · 1 ep
Commitments
Movie · as Ingy
Great Performances
TV · as Nurse · 1 ep