Amelda Brown
Born: 1954-01-01 in Bermondsey, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Amelda Brown is a British actress of stage, film, and television. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1980, and became known for her work in fringe theatre. She played leading roles in the premieres of Caryl Churchill's Fen (1983) and A Mouthful of Birds (1986) as well as appearing in leading roles in revivals of Churchill's Light Shining in Buckinghamshire at the Royal National Theatre (1996) and Heart's Desire at the Orange Tree Theatre (2016). Her other stage roles have included Lady Macbeth for the Royal National Theatre's 1989 US tour of Macbeth; Maudlin in A Chaste Maid in Cheapside at Shakespeare's Globe in 1997; and Gibb in the 2014 world premiere of Tim Crouch's Adler and Gibb at the Royal Court theatre. Amongst her television roles are Brenda Parkin in Backup, Mrs. Roach in Soldier Soldier, Pauline Cook in A Touch of Frost, and Sue Barnes in Peak Practice, and she has also appeared in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Inspector Morse, The Bill, Lovejoy, Holby City, The Story of Tracy Beaker, and Doctors. In 2009, she appeared in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Mrs. Cole. Her other film work includes Fanny in Little Dorrit (1987), and the small roles of Hope in Hope and Glory (1987) and the Visitor in Sister My Sister (1994). (wikipedia)
Filmography
2016
- Fleabag as Gina
- Monochrome as Valerie
- Ellen as Nan
- Notes on Blindness as Liz
2012
- Call the Midwife as Mrs. Fraser
- All Men's Dead as Betty Cairns
2009
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince as Mrs Cole
2008
- Ashes to Ashes as Elaine Bonds
- Fixer
2006
- V for Vendetta as Wardrobe Mistress
2005
- Bleak House as Landlady
2004
2002
- Spooks as Bag Lady
2001
- Waking the Dead as Elsa Geiger
2000
1995
- The Thin Blue Line as Mrs. Bludger
- Backup
1994
- Pie in the Sky as Vicky Reynolds
- Sister My Sister as Visitor
1993
- Peak Practice as Sue Barnes
1992
- A Touch of Frost as Pauline Cook
- Dakota Road as Maud Cross
1991
- Soldier Soldier as Mrs. Roach
1987
- Hope and Glory as Hope
- Little Dorrit as Fanny Dorrit
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Jennie Horner
- The Bill
1983
- Biddy as The Wife
1979
- Minder as Heather