Julia McKenzie

Julia McKenzie

Known for
Acting
Born
February 17, 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Enfield, Middlesex, England, UK

Biography

Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie CBE (born 17 February 1941) is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. ​She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1983 (1982 season) for Best Actress in a Musical, Guys and Dolls. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Sweeney Todd at the Royal National Theatre. She was awarded the 1987 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Woman in Mind. Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Side by Side by Sondheim" (under the name "Julie N. McKenzie").

Known For

Filmography

2023
Allelujah poster

Allelujah

Movie · as Mrs Maudsley

2022
Gangsta Granny Strikes Again poster

Gangsta Granny Strikes Again

Movie · as Granny

2022
Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends poster

Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends

Movie · as Self

2021
Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years poster

Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years

Movie · as Self

2019
Gold Digger poster

Gold Digger

TV · as Hazel · 6 eps

2018
The Queen and I poster

The Queen and I

Movie · as The Queen Mother

2015
The Casual Vacancy poster

The Casual Vacancy

TV · as Shirley Mollison · 3 eps

2013
Gangsta Granny poster

Gangsta Granny

Movie · as Granny

2013
Miss Marple: Endless Night poster

Miss Marple: Endless Night

Movie · as Jane Marple

2012
Happy and Glorious poster

Happy and Glorious

Movie · as Queen's Double

2012
The Town poster

The Town

TV · as Betty Nicholas · 3 eps

2012
The Mystery of Edwin Drood poster

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

TV · as Mrs. Crisparkle · 2 eps

2009
Return to Cranford

Return to Cranford

TV · as Mrs Forrester · 2 eps

2008
Stanley Baxter: Now and Then poster

Stanley Baxter: Now and Then

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2007
You Can Choose Your Friends poster

You Can Choose Your Friends

Movie · as Margaret Snell

2007
Celebration poster

Celebration

Movie · as Prue

2007
Cranford poster

Cranford

TV · as Mrs Forrester · 7 eps

2006
These Foolish Things poster

These Foolish Things

Movie · as Miss Abernethy

2006
Notes on a Scandal poster

Notes on a Scandal

Movie · as Marjorie

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Miss Marple · 11 eps

2003
Bright Young Things poster

Bright Young Things

Movie · as Lottie Crump

2003
The Last Detective poster

The Last Detective

TV · as Sheila Harthog · 1 ep

2003
Death in Holy Orders poster

Death in Holy Orders

TV · as Margaret Munroe · 2 eps

2001
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story poster

Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story

TV · as Jack's Mum · 2 eps

1999
Jack and the Beanstalk poster

Jack and the Beanstalk

Movie · as Mavis

1998
Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh poster

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh

Movie

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Ruby Wilmott · 1 ep

1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge poster

The Snow Queen's Revenge

Movie · as The Snow Queen / Freda / The Proprietor

1996
Vol-au-vent poster

Vol-au-vent

Movie · as Audrey

1995
The Old Curiosity Shop poster

The Old Curiosity Shop

Movie · as Mrs Jartley

1995
The Snow Queen poster

The Snow Queen

Movie · as Old Lady / Freda

1995
Ghosts poster

Ghosts

TV · as Mrs Amberson · 1 ep

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Adam Bede poster

Adam Bede

Movie · as Mrs. Poyser

1989
Shirley Valentine poster

Shirley Valentine

Movie · as Gillian

1989
French Fields poster

French Fields

TV · as Hester Fields · 18 eps

1987
Side by Side by Sondheim poster

Side by Side by Sondheim

Movie

1986
Hotel du Lac poster

Hotel du Lac

Movie · as Jennifer Pusey

1985
Blott on the Landscape poster

Blott on the Landscape

Movie

1985
Absent Friends poster

Absent Friends

Movie · as Diana

1985
Dear Box Number

Dear Box Number

Movie · as Betty Wilson

1985
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Diana · 1 ep

1985
Blott on the Landscape poster

Blott on the Landscape

TV · as Mrs Forthby · 6 eps

1984
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets poster

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1984
Fresh Fields poster

Fresh Fields

TV · as Hester Fields · 27 eps

1984
Sharing Time

Sharing Time

TV · as Polly · 1 ep

1983
Those Glory Glory Days poster

Those Glory Glory Days

Movie · as Mrs Herrick

1982
Wogan poster

Wogan

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1982
Fame Is the Spur

Fame Is the Spur

TV · as Pen Muff · 6 eps

1981
That Beryl Marston...!

That Beryl Marston...!

TV · as Georgie Bodley · 6 eps

1980
An Audience with Dame Edna Everage poster

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

Movie

1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's poster

The Wildcats of St Trinian's

Movie · as Miss Dolly Dormancott

1979
Ike poster

Ike

Movie · as Sybil Bryan

1979
Ike poster

Ike

TV · as Sibyl Bryan · 1 ep

1978
An Audience with... poster

An Audience with...

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
Battle of the Sexes

Battle of the Sexes

TV · 6 eps

1976
Maggie and Her

Maggie and Her

TV · as Maggie Brooks · 14 eps

1975
Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done poster

Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done

Movie · as Rose Maybud (voice)

1972
The Stanley Baxter Picture Show

The Stanley Baxter Picture Show

TV · 2 eps