Judy Parfitt

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name = Judy Parfitt


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birthdate = November 7 1935
birthplace = Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Judy Parfitt (born November 7 1935) is an English theatre, film and television actress who began her career on stage in 1954.

Parfitt was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, the daughter of Catherine Josephine (née Caulton) and Lawrence Hamilton Parfitt. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/96/Judy-Parfitt.html Judy Parfitt Biography (1935-) ] ] As a teenager, she went to Notre Dame High School, for Girls, in Sheffield.

In 1987, she played the mother of Clive Durham for Merchant Ivory's "Maurice". In 1995, she portrayed Kathy Bates' former, domineering employer in "Dolores Claiborne", who is dying in present-time, but is seen as a vibrant, glowing woman in flashback sequences. One of her most notable roles was Lady Catherine de Bourgh in 1980's TV serial version of "Pride and Prejudice".

She has also appeared in American films and TV, most notably as Dr. Elizabeth Corday (Alex Kingston)'s mother on "ER".

She is the widow of Tony Steedman, who died in 2001. They had one son.

Films and TV

*"Dean Spanley (2008) - Mrs Brimley
*"Heartbeat" (2008 TV Series) - Lady Veronique
*"Funland" (2005 TV series) (2005) - Mercy Woolf
*"Asylum" (2005) - Brenda Raphael
*"The Aryan Couple" (2004) - Rachel Krauzenberg
*"The Long Firm" (2004 TV serial) - Lady Ruth Thursby
*"Agatha Christie's Poirot" - "Death on the Nile" (2004) - Miss Van Schuyler
*"Girl with a Pearl Earring" (2003) - Maria Thins
*"Hearts of Gold" (2003 TV film) - Isobel John
*"ER" - Isabelle Corday (2002)
*"Murder in Mind" (TV series) "Mercy" (2001) - Margaret Collins
*"The Hunt" (2001 TV movie)"
*"Falling Through" (2000) - Ambassador
*"Midsomer Murders" (TV series) "Death's Shadow" (1999) - Angela Wentworth
*"Ever After" (1998) - Queen Marie
*"Berkeley Square" (1998 TV mini-series) - Lady Harmonsworth
*"The Ruby Ring" (1997 TV film) - Mrs. Puxley
*"Wilde" (1997) - Lady Mount-Temple
*"Holding the Baby" (TV series) "Episode #1.7" (1997) - Margaret
*"September" (1996 TV movie) - Verena
*"Goodbye My Love" (1996)
*"Element of Doubt" (1996) - Genevieve
*"Heavy Weather" (1995 TV film) - Lady Constance Keeble
*"Dolores Claiborne" (1995) - Vera Donovan
*"Loving" (1995 TV film) - Mrs. Tennant
*"The Lifeboat" (1994 TV series) - Lady Myers Lloyd
*"The Return of the Borrowers" (1993 TV film) - Mrs. Platter
*"The Alleyn Mysteries" (TV series) "The Nursing Home Murder" (1993) - Lady O'Callaghan
*"Medics" (TV series) "Episode #3.5" (1993) - Elizabeth Hoyt
*"Silent Cries" (1993) - Beryl Stacton
*"Eye of the Storm" (1993 TV mini-series) - Martha
*"The Blackheath Poisonings" (1992 TV film) - Harriet Collard
*"Midnight's Child" (1992 TV film)
*"The Gravy Train Goes East" (1991 TV mini-series) - Hilda Spearpoint
*"King Ralph" (1991) - Queen Katherine
*"The Gravy Train" (1990 TV mini-series) - Hilda Spearpoint
*"Getting It Right" (1989) - Lady Stella Munday
*"Murder, She Wrote" (TV series) "From Russia... with Blood" (1989) - Peggy Brooks
*"Act of Will" (1989 TV movie) - Alicia Drummond
*"Dark Obsession" (1989) - Lady Crewne
*"The Charmings" (TV series) - Queen Lillian White
*"Maurice" (1987) - Mrs. Durham
*"The Charmer" (1987 TV serial) - Alison Warren
*"Mr Pye" (1986 TV mini-series) - Miss Dredger
*"Covenant" (1985 TV film) - Renata Beck
*"Deceptions" (1985 TV film)
*"Bon Voyage" (1985 TV film) - Lola Widmeyer
*"The Chain" (1984) - Deidre
*"Champions" (1984) - Dr. Merrow
*"The Jewel in the Crown" (1984 TV miniseries) - Mildred Layton
*"Yes Minister" (1981 TV series) - Betty Oldham, MP
*"A Tale of Two Cities" (1980 TV mini-series) - Madame Defarge
*"Pride and Predjudice" (1980 BBC TV mini-series) - Lady Catherine de Bourgh
*"Death of a Princess" (1980 TV movie) - Elsa Gruber
*"Malice Aforethought" (1979 TV movie) - Julia Bickleigh
*"Secret Orchards" (1979 TV movie) - Muriel Perry
*"Rumpole of the Bailey" (TV series) "Rumpole and the Honourable Member" (1978) - Anna Aspen
*"BBC2 Playhouse" (TV series) "The Mind Beyond: Stones" (1976) - Anne Reeve
*"The Unborn" (1976 TV film)
*"Crown Court (TV series) (1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1982 TV series) - Pauline Fanshaw (1975); Mrs Gillian Forrest Q.C.
*"Galileo" (1975) - Angelica Sarti
*"Shoulder to Shoulder" (1974 TV mini-series) - Lady Constance Lytton
*"Alice Through the Looking Glass" (1974 TV film) - Red Queen
*"The Protectors" (TV series) "Lena" (1973) - Lena Haydon
*"Play for Today" (TV series) "Edward G: Like the Filmstar" (1973)
*"Thirty-Minute Theatre" (TV series) "The Argument" (1972)
*"The Edwardians" (1972 TV mini-series) - E. Nesbit
*"Shadows of Fear" (TV series) "The Death Watcher" (1971) - Emmy Erikson
*"The Mind of Mr. Soames" (1970) - Jenny Bannerman
*"Villette" (1970 TV series) - Lucy Snowe
*"Hamlet" (1969) - Gertrude
*"Journey to the Unknown" (TV series) "Do Me a Favour, Kill Me" (1969) - Faith Wheeler
*"The Avengers" (TV series) "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?" (1968) - Loris
*"Escape in Time" (1967) - Vesta
*"The White Elephant" (1964) - Brenda Paterson
*"Bullseye" (1962) - Miss Ellis
*"Dixon of Dock Green" (TV series) "The Attack" (1968) - Mary Dewar
*"You Just Walk Away"(1965) - Nancy Wills
*"A Woman Named Julie" (1963) - Julie Gordon
*"Angel Pavement" (1967 TV film) - Lilian Matfield
*"Adam Adamant Lives!" (TV series) "Black Echo" (1967) - Ireyna
*"The Saint" (TV series) "The Persistent Patriots" (1967) - Anne Liskard
*"The Man in Room 17" (TV series) "First Steal Six Eggs" (1966) - Yvonne
*"David Copperfield" (1966 TV series) - Rosa Dartle
*"Z Cars" (TV series) "But the Crying..." (1965) - Christine Haines
*"The Whole Truth..." (1964) - Mrs. Palmer
*"Information Received" (1962) - June Clifford
*"The Wednesday Play" (TV series) "Tomorrow, Just You Wait" (1965) - Dorothy Gorbet
*"Out of the Unknown" (TV series) "Time in Advance" (1965) - Marie
*"Common Ground" (1965 TV film)
*"Undermind" (TV series) "The New Dimensions" (1965) - Marion Gordon
*"A Man Called Harry Brent" (1965 TV series) - Jacqueline Dawson
*"Public Eye" (TV series) "But the Joneses Never Get Letters" (1965) - Marion Hordern
*"The Odd Man" (TV series) "Portrait of Caroline" (1963) - Lisa Kapp
*"Hide and Seek" (1963) - Chauffeur

References

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