Deborah Norton

Deborah Norton
Born	Croydon, London
Occupation	Actress

Deborah Norton is an English actress best known for her appearances in Yes, Prime Minister and A Bit of Fry and Laurie.

Personal life

Deborah was born in Croydon in London in 1943. She attended a Quaker boarding school and later studied at the Drama Centre London. She worked in Britain until she toured America with The Beggar's Opera, staying on in Greenwich Village after the tour had finished. She later returned to the UK.

Career

Stage work

She has taken part in productions of Six Degrees of Separation, Thérèse Raquin, The School for Scandal, Hotel Paradiso, and others in locations as diverse as the Royal Court, Bristol Old Vic, the Nottingham Playhouse, the National Theatre and others.

Television

She has acted roles in many television productions, including Marta Dorf in the television miniseries Holocaust, Bella Grout in Making Out, and Theresa in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, although she is perhaps best known for her role as the PM's adviser Dorothy Wainwright in Yes, Prime Minister.

Selected filmography

• Z Cars (3 episodes, 1969–1974)
• Holocaust (1978)
• The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980)
• Play for Today (4 plays, 1976–1981)
• Yes, Prime Minister (6 episodes, 1986–1988)
• Making Out (2 episodes, 1989)
• 2point4 Children (1 episode, 1991)
• Boon (1 episode, 1992)
• Health and Efficiency (12 Episodes 1993 - 1995)
• Chalk (1 episode, 1997)
• Shipman (2002)

External links

• Deborah Norton at the Internet Movie Database
• Agent's website

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