Deborah Findlay
Born: 1947-12-31 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Ladies First as Mrs. Sachs
2025
- A Death in the Family as Mother
2024
- That Christmas as Mrs. Horton (voice)
2023
- Up on the Roof as Claire
- Such a Lovely Day as Grandmother
2021
- Dalgliesh as Miss Willard
- The Drowning as Lynn
- National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet as Nurse
- From A Strange Land as Margaret
2019
2018
- The Split as Ruth Defoe
- National Theatre Live: Allelujah! as Sister Gilchrist
2017
- Hampstead as Mary Neal
- Kaleidoscope as Maureen
2016
- The Ones Below as Tessa
- Jackie as Maud Shaw
2015
- Life In Squares as Aunt Jane
- Suite Française as Madame Joseph
- The Lady in the Van as Pauline
- Coalition as Harriet Harman
2014
- Lovesick as Fiona
- National Theatre Live: Coriolanus as Volumnia
2012
- Leaving as Vanessa
2011
- Arthur Christmas as General (voice)
2009
- Gunrush as Jill
2008
- Summer as Doctor Price
- One of Those Days as Supervisor
2007
- Lewis as Lady Hugh
- Cranford as Miss Tomkinson
- This Life +10 as Doctor
- The Yellow House as Madame Roulin
- Who Gets the Dog as Pamela Wilson
- Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale as Susan Owen
2006
- Torchwood as Denise Riley
2004
- Vanity Fair as Mrs. Sedley
2003
- Home as Margaret Ballantyne
- State of Mind as D.C.I Stella Munroe
2002
- Foyle's War as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
2001
- Me Without You as Judith
2000
- Anna Karenina as Countess Lydia
1999
- Wives and Daughters as Miss Phoebe
- The Last Train
- The End of the Affair as Miss Smythe
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Lorna Soane
- Trial & Retribution as Jill Ashton
- Jane Eyre as Mrs. Reed
1996
- Silent Witness as Gemma King
1995
- Kavanagh Q.C. as Susannah Emmott
- Jack & Sarah as Miss Cartwright
1994
- Milner as Sylvia Milner
1993
- 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight as Cheryl Morris
1992
- Heartbeat as Eva Knight
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Kay Consett
- Natural Lies as Grace
1991
- Performance as Isabella Bird
- All Good Things as Doll
- Truly Madly Deeply as Claire
- Top Girls as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
- The House of Bernarda Alba as Martirio
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Rowena Drake
- First and Last as Lisa
1986
- Casualty as Debbie Cookson
- Ladies in Charge as Hetty
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Sarah Cushing
- Shroud for a Nightingale as Heather Pearce
1982
- Commitments as Ingy
1971
- Great Performances as Nurse