Deborah Findlay

Personal Info

Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
December 31, 1947

Place of Birth:
Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK

Social Media

Deborah Findlay

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

Year Movie Role
2025 A Death in the Family Mother
2024 That Christmas Mrs. Horton (voice)
2023 Up on the Roof Claire
2023 Such a Lovely Day Grandmother
2021 From A Strange Land Margaret
2021 Romeo & Juliet Nurse
2019 Making Noise Quietly Helene
2018 National Theatre Live: Allelujah! Sister Gilchrist
2017 Kaleidoscope Maureen
2017 Hampstead Mary Neal
2016 The Ones Below Tessa
2016 Jackie Maud Shaw
2015 Coalition Harriet Harman
2015 Suite Française Madame Joseph
2015 The Lady in the Van Pauline
2014 National Theatre Live: Coriolanus Volumnia
2011 Arthur Christmas General (voice)
2009 Gunrush Jill
2008 One of Those Days Supervisor
2008 Summer Doctor Price
2007 Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale Susan Owen
2007 Who Gets the Dog Pamela Wilson
2007 This Life +10
2007 This Life +10 Doctor
2007 The Yellow House Madame Roulin
2004 Vanity Fair Mrs. Sedley
2003 Home Margaret Ballantyne
2003 State of Mind D.C.I Stella Munroe
2001 Me Without You Judith
1999 The End of the Affair Miss Smythe
1997 Jane Eyre Mrs. Reed
1995 Jack & Sarah Miss Cartwright
1994 Milner Sylvia Milner
1993 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight Cheryl Morris
1992 Natural Lies
1991 Top Girls Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
1991 Truly Madly Deeply Claire
1991 The House of Bernarda Alba Martirio
1989 First and Last Lisa
1983 Busted Angela
1982 Commitments Ingy
Year TV Show Role
2021 The Drowning Lynn
2018 The Split Ruth Defoe
2015 Life In Squares Aunt Jane
2014 Lovesick Fiona
2012 Leaving Vanessa
2007 Lewis Lady Hugh
2007 Cranford Miss Tomkinson
2006 Torchwood Denise Riley
2002 Foyle's War Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
2000 Anna Karenina Countess Lydia
1999 The Last Train
1999 Wives and Daughters Miss Phoebe
1997 Midsomer Murders Lorna Soane
1997 Midsomer Murders Hilary Richards
1996 Silent Witness Gemma King
1995 Kavanagh Q.C. Susannah Emmott
1992 Anglo Saxon Attitudes Kay Consett
1992 Heartbeat Eva Knight
1991 All Good Things Doll
1991 Performance Isabella Bird
1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot Rowena Drake
1986 Ladies in Charge
1986 Casualty Debbie Cookson
1984 Sherlock Holmes Sarah Cushing
1983 Dalgliesh Heather Pearce
1971 Great Performances Nurse
View this project on GitHub: https://github.com/Manasess896/TMDB-Explorer