Annabel Leventon
Born: 1942-04-20 in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2023
- Still Life as The Mother
2022
- Peter O'Toole: Along the Sky Road to Aqaba as Self
- Chivalry as Eloise
2020
- The Nest as Patricia Davis
2019
- This Camera is Broken as The Director
2017
- Sunday Worship as Rose Champion
2015
- A Royal Night Out as Lady MacCloud
2011
- Vera as Margaret Kraszewski
2010
- Lennon Naked as Rich Lady
2005
- Ian Fleming: Bondmaker as Eve Fleming
2004
- Wimbledon as Pauline Rossdale
1999
- Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell as Various
1996
- Alive and Kicking as Paris Mourner
1994
- A Business Affair as Literary Guest
1993
- M. Butterfly as Frau Baden
1992
- A Touch of Frost as Marion
1989
- Work Experience as Wealthy Woman
1986
- Defence of the Realm as Trudy Markham
- Strike it Rich! as Jeanette Mayne
1985
- Dempsey and Makepeace as Christine Bayly
- Mussolini: The Untold Story as Senora Pettacci
1984
- Real Life as Carla
1981
- Bergerac as Leonie Lemaire
- Shock Treatment as DTV Audience Member (uncredited)
1980
- Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood as Good Fun Cast Member (uncredited)
1979
- Minder as Muriel Standen
- Penmarric as Janna
- On Giant's Shoulders as Journalist
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Journalist
1976
- The New Avengers as Wendy Clifford
1975
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show as The Transylvanians
1974
- The Actual Woman as Caro
1973
- Vérité as Shirley
1972
- Van der Valk as Hannie Wijsman
1970
- Atlantic Wall as Sybil, British non-commissioned officer
- Every Home Should Have One as Chandler's Secretary
1969
- You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It as Chico
- Some Like It Sexy as Creampuff, Hippie