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Deborah Findlay
Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK
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 (…
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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.
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2026
Ladies First
Movie Mrs. Sachs
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2025
A Death in the Family
Movie Mother
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2024
That Christmas
Movie Mrs. Horton (voice)
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2023
Such a Lovely Day
Movie Grandmother
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2023
Up on the Roof
Movie Claire
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2021
Dalgliesh
TV show Miss Willard
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2021
From A Strange Land
Movie Margaret
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2021
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Movie Nurse
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2021
The Drowning
TV show Lynn
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2019
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
Movie Helene
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2018
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Movie Sister Gilchrist
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2018
The Split
TV show Ruth Defoe
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2017
Kaleidoscope
Movie Maureen
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2017
Hampstead
Movie Mary Neal
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2016
Jackie
Movie Maud Shaw
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2016
The Ones Below
Movie Tessa
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2015
The Lady in the Van
Movie Pauline
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2015
Life in Squares
TV show Aunt Jane
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2015
Coalition
Movie Harriet Harman
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2015
Suite Française
Movie Madame Joseph
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2014
Lovesick
TV show Fiona
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2014
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Movie Volumnia
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2012
Leaving
TV show Vanessa
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2011
Arthur Christmas
Movie General (voice)
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2009
Gunrush
Movie Jill
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2008
Summer
Movie Doctor Price
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2008
One of Those Days
Movie Supervisor
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2007
Who Gets the Dog
Movie Pamela Wilson
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2007
Cranford
TV show Miss Tomkinson
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2007
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
Movie Susan Owen
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2007
The Yellow House
Movie Madame Roulin
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2007
Lewis
TV show Lady Hugh
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2007
This Life +10
Movie Doctor
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2006
Torchwood
TV show Denise Riley
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2006
Thin Ice
TV show Jeanette
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2004
Vanity Fair
Movie Mrs. Sedley
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2003
Home
Movie Margaret Ballantyne
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2003
State of Mind
Movie D.C.I Stella Munroe
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2002
Foyle's War
TV show Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
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2001
Me Without You
Movie Judith
