Vivien Heilbron

Vivien Heilbron

Infobox actor
name=Vivien Heilbron
birthdate=birthdate and age|1944|5|13
birthplace=Glasgow, United Kingdom
spouse=David Rintoul

Vivien Heilbron (b. May 13 1944 in Glasgow) is a Scottish actress. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374132/ Vivien Heilbron at IMDB] ]

Biography

Heilbron achieved fame in her homeland by appearing in the 1971 BBC Scotland television adaption of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's "Sunset Song", in the lead role of Chris Guthrie. "The television programme was quite instrumental in raising Gibbon's publicity," she said. "It put him on the school curriculum where he had not been before." [ [http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1546705.0.0.php The Herald - Heilbron stars in tribute to author of Scots' favourite book] ]

In the early 1980's she appeared in its two sequels "Cloud Howe" and "Grey Granite" (the trilogy is known as "The Scots Quair"). [ [http://www.grassicgibbon.com/scotsquair.htm grassicgibbon.com - A Scots Quair] ]

On film she played Catriona opposite Michael Caine in the 1971 film version of Robert Louis Stephenson's "Kidnapped". [ [http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?film_id=12111 Eye For Film - Kidnapped] ]

She also appeared as Emmm in "Ace of Wands" and as regular Det. Sgt. Louise Colbert in the BBC detective series "Target". [ [http://www.aceofwands.net/episodes/ep3-6.html Ace of Wands Episode Guide - The Beautiful People] ] [ [http://www.mediagems.de/01filmtv/target_engl.html Media Gems - Target] ] She received an Emmy nomination for her performance in "The Moonstone". [ [http://proartslab.ucsb.edu/People/Heilbron.html Professional Artists Lab - Artistic Faculty and Staff - Vivien Heilbron] ] She appeared as a minor character Christine Pretis in Eastenders from 1989 to 1992.

Other television appearances include "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates", "Taggart", "The New Statesman" and "Poirot". [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374132/ Vivien Heilbron at IMDB] ]

On stage she has played Elizabeth in "Richard III" opposite Sir Derek Jacobi and Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. [ [http://www.skidmore.edu/academics/theater/shakespeare/fac.html The Shakespeare Faculty] ] [ [http://www.liveweb57.bham.ac.uk/academic/Vheilbron.shtml The Shakespeare Institute - Vivien Heilbron] ] She more recently returned in "An Evening With Grassic Gibbon", playing The Narrator. [ [http://www.neatshows.org.uk/shows.cfm?Show=162 The life of Lewis Grassic Gibbon by Jack Webster] ]

Personal life

She is married to actor David Rintoul. [ [http://www.aboutaberdeen.com/davidrintoul.php About Abertdeen - David Rintoul] ] She is the sister of actress Lorna Heilbron.

References

External links

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* [http://www.liveweb57.bham.ac.uk/academic/Vheilbron.shtml biography at The Shakespeare Institute]
* [http://www.commissionaportrait.com/artistsportfolio.asp?id=56 Commissioned portrait of Vivien Heilbron]


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