Annabel Leventon

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Judith Annabel Leventon (born 20 April 1942 in Hertfordshire, England) is an English actress who has acted in various roles on stage and television. While reading English at the University of Oxford she made several appearances at the Oxford Playhouse and toured France as Desdemona in the Oxford University Dramatic Society's production of Othello. She then joined the Fourbeats pop group, played at the Edinburgh Festival and continued in various other OUDS productions. On obtaining her BA she gained a grant to LAMDA and made her professional stage debut in Leicester. In December 1967 she left for America where she joined Tom O' Horgan's La MaMa troupe in New York and worked with them for seven months before returning to Britain. She was in the original London cast of Hair in 1968 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, also directed by O'Horgan. She went on to direct and appear in the show in Paris. She also appeared in the original London production of The Rocky Horror Show. Her first TV appearance was in The White Rabbit in 1967, and she went on to appear in a number of long-running series over the next four decades. Her film credits include roles in Come Back Peter (1969), Le Mur de l'Atlantique (1970), Every Home Should Have One (1970), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Shock Treatment (1981), Real Life (1984), Defence of the Realm (1986), M. Butterfly (1993), Wimbledon (2004) and A Royal Night Out (2015). In 2013, Leventon appeared in the role of Constance, the Madwoman of the Flea Market, in the British premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. In 2023, Leventon appeared in the role of Edith Tellmann in the British premiere of Bjørg Vik's The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre, London. For this role, she was nominated for an Offie for Lead Performance in a Play. She is the author of The Real Rock Follies: The Great Girl Band Rip-Off of 1976, released in 2017. Source: Article "Annabel Leventon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

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2023
Still Life
Movie The Mother
2022
Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba
Movie Self
2022
Chivalry
TV show Eloise
2020
The Nest
Movie Patricia Davis
2019
This Camera is Broken
Movie The Director
2017
Sunday Worship
Movie Rose Champion
2015
A Royal Night Out
Movie Lady MacCloud
2011
Vera
TV show Margaret Kraszewski
2010
Lennon Naked
Movie Rich Lady
2005
Ian Fleming: Bondmaker
Movie Eve Fleming
2004
Wimbledon
Movie Pauline Rossdale
1999
Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
Movie Various
1996
Alive and Kicking
Movie Paris Mourner
1994
A Business Affair
Movie Literary Guest
1993
M. Butterfly
Movie Frau Baden
1992
A Touch of Frost
TV show Marion

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1990
Chillers
TV show Vicky
1989
Work Experience
Movie Wealthy Woman
1986
Defence of the Realm
Movie Trudy Markham
1986
Strike it Rich!
TV show Jeanette Mayne
1985
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV show Senora Pettacci
1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
TV show Christine Bayly
1984
Real Life
Movie Carla
1984
Love and Marriage
TV show Anne Blair
1981
Bergerac
TV show Leonie Lemaire
1981
Shock Treatment
Movie DTV Audience Member (uncredited)
1980
Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
Movie Good Fun Cast Member (uncredited)
1979
Minder
TV show Muriel Standen
1979
Penmarric
TV show Janna
1979
On Giant's Shoulders
Movie Journalist
1978
On a Paving Stone Mounted
Movie
1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV show Journalist
1976
The New Avengers
TV show Wendy Clifford
1976
Rock Follies
TV show Original Concept
1975
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Movie The Transylvanians
1974
The Actual Woman
Movie Caro
1973
Vérité
Movie Shirley
1972
Van der Valk
TV show Hannie Wijsman
1970
Atlantic Wall
Movie Sybil, British non-commissioned officer
1970
Every Home Should Have One
Movie Chandler's Secretary