Caroline Langrishe

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Caroline Langrishe
Born (1958-01-10) 10 January 1958 (age 66)
Marylebone, London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1976–present
Spouse
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(m. 1984;div. 1995)​
Children2

Caroline Langrishe (born 10 January 1958) [1] is an English actress. [2]

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Early life

Born in London, [1] Langrishe is the elder daughter of Patrick Nicholas Langrishe TD (1932–2022), of The Manor House, Sellindge, Kent, a Lieutenant in the 11th Hussars, later Major in the Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry, and Penelope Jill, daughter of Royal Navy Lieutenant-Commander Kenneth Horley. [3] Patrick Langrishe was the second son of Sir Terence Hume Langrishe, 6th Baronet (1895–1973) and brother of Sir Hercules Langrishe, 7th Baronet. [4] [3] [1]

In 1964, Caroline moved with her parents and sister to Kent, where she grew up. She trained at the Elmhurst Ballet School, but after deciding that she could not become a soloist for the Royal Ballet, moved into acting. [5]

Career

In 1976, Langrishe made her acting debut when she appeared in the BBC production of The Glittering Prizes. The next year, she played the role of Kitty in the BBC1 adaptation of Anna Karenina, before working in the theatre with Peter Gill. Amongst her roles was Anya in Gill's 1978 production of The Cherry Orchard [5] Her first big part was in the 1978 British adaptation of Les Misérables. That same year, she made her big-screen debut, playing the part of Loretta, the receptionist to Robert Morley's character in Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?

She also starred as Jane Winters in the futuristic BBC Play for Today episode The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980) and its sequel, Another Flip for Dominick (1982) both by Jeremy Paul and Alan Gibson. She played Janet Hollywell, wife of Fred Hollywell, in a film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1984), starring George C. Scott. She also appeared in one episode of Minder broadcast in 1984, as Julie, a journalist. Onstage, she played in Kenneth Branagh's production of Twelfth Night . [5] She became a leading actress, taking the female lead in the BBC detective series Pulaski (1987) and appearing in several episodes of Chancer (1990).

Langrishe is perhaps best known for her role as Charlotte Cavendish in the BBC series Lovejoy in which she appeared for two series in 1993–1994. [5] After appearing in some episodes of The Good Sex Guide in the mid-1990s, [1] she appeared in Sharpe's Regiment (1996) and Sharpe's Justice (1997) as the Dowager Countess Anne Camoynes. She played the unhappy landlady to Hywel Bennett's James Shelley in the seventh series of Shelley on ITV. [5] She has also appeared in Heartbeat, in the episode Echoes of the Past that aired in December 1998. In 1999 she starred in Brotherly Love . From 2001 to 2007, she appeared as regular character Georgina Channing, Donald Sinden's daughter, alongside Martin Shaw in the BBC TV drama Judge John Deed, playing his ex-wife [1] [5] and then joined the BBC medical drama Casualty, playing executive director Marilyn Fox.

In 2010, she played Ros, an 'older woman' in an open marriage in Pete Versus Life on Channel 4.[ citation needed ] In September 2010, she played the character of Susan Fincher in an episode of Midsomer Murders entitled Blood on the Saddle. In late December 2011, she appeared in teen soap opera, Hollyoaks as Barney Harper-McBride's mother. In December 2014, she appeared as Sheila in the Sky1 television film adaptation of the M. C. Beaton novel Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death.

Personal life

Langrishe married the actor Patrick Drury in London on 15 November 1984, but the couple divorced in 1995 after having two daughters. She currently lives in Putney [5] and her hobbies include rowing, running, swimming and tennis. [1]

Filmography

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1978 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? Loretta
1979 Eagle's Wing Judith
1984 A Christmas Carol Janet Holywell
1988 Hawks Carol
1996 Crimetime Jenny Lamb
1998 Parting Shots Vanessa
1999 Rogue Trader Ash Lewis
2005 Kisna: The Warrior Poet Jennifer Beckett
2011 Love's Kitchen Liz
2012A Second SonLorraine Turner
2014BonoboMargarita Goethe
2019Messalina's OfferMargarita Goethe
2020 Tremors: Shrieker Island Jas
TBAAleeza and HarrietHarrietShort, post-production

Television

YearFilmRoleNotes
1976 The Glittering Prizes FelicityEpisode: "A Love Life"
1976 The Brothers LynnEpisode: "Invitations"
1976Victorian ScandalsHypatia BradlaughEpisode: "The Fruits of Philosophy"
1977 Just William Dolly ClovisEpisode: "The Outlaws and the Tramp"
1977RomanceLucindaEpisode: "Emily"
1977 Anna Karenina KittyTV miniseries, 9 episodes
1978 Wuthering Heights Isabella LintonTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1978 Les Misérables Cosette TV film
1979, 1980, 1982 Play for Today Jill, JaneEpisodes: "Degree of Uncertainty", "The Flipside of Dominick Hide", "Another Flip for Dominick"
1980 Hammer House of Horror TinaEpisode: "Guardian of the Abyss"
1981Seconds OutLewa BrensonEpisode: "Round 4"
1981 Tales of the Unexpected EllenEpisode: "Shatterproof"
1982 Q.E.D. Jenny MartinTV miniseries
1983 Number 10 Eleanor EdenEpisode: "Bloodline"
1984Sharing TimeKellyEpisode: "Time Trial"
1984 Minder Julie WatersEpisode: "The Balance of Power"
1984 A Christmas Carol Janet HolywellTV film
1986 Dead Man's Folly Sally LeggeTV film
1986Love and MarriageLucyEpisode: "Let's Run Away to Africa"
1987 Fortunes of War Bella NiculescoEpisodes: "The Balkans: September 1939", "Romania: January 1940", "Romania: June 1940"
1987 Pulaski Kate Smith / BriggsyMain role
1988 Twelfth Night OliviaTV film
1988-89 Shelley CarolRecurring role (series 1–2)
1989 Boon Charlotte 'Charlie' HanniganEpisode: "The Not So Lone Ranger"
1990 Chancer Penny NicholsMain role (series 1), 13 episodes
1990 The Bill Perditia Flaxton-GreenEpisode: "A Case to Answer"
1991 Agatha Christie's Poirot Marguerite ClaytonEpisode: "The Mystery of the Spanish Chest"
1991 Trainer Alison TaylorEpisode: "A Little Touch of Magic in the Night"
1993CluedoCandice CostelloEpisode: "The Word, the Flesh and the Devil"
1993An Exchange of FireDr. Sheila StevensEpisodes: "1.1", "1.2"
1993, 1998 Peak Practice Susan Lees, Anna BradshawEpisodes: "Hope to Die", "Glass Houses"
1993–94 Lovejoy Charlotte CavendishMain role (series 5–6), 22 episodes
1996 Sharpe's Regiment Anne CamoynesTV film
1997EmbassyBelinda ThompsonTV film
1997 Sharpe's Justice Anne CamoynesTV film
1997Bombay BlueJane BallingerEpisode: "1.3"
1998 Mosley Jane BewleyEpisode: "Rule of the Game"
1998 Heartbeat Jane HayesEpisode: "Echoes of the Past"
1999 Taggart Helen DrummondEpisode: "A Fistful of Chips"
1999 Cleopatra CalpurniaTV miniseries
1999 Brotherly Love Kate CameronMain role
2000Justice in WonderlandMiss BozekTV film
2000NewbornKathryn ReedTV film
2001–2007 Judge John Deed Georgina ChanningRegular role
2002 As If Vyvian SuttonEpisodes: "Jamie's POV", "Nikki's POV"
2004 The Afternoon Play Anna SullivanEpisode: "Sons, Daughters and Lovers"
2005 Egypt Lady CarnarvonTV miniseries
2006 Tripping Over SarahEpisodes: "1.1", "1.6"
2007–08 Casualty Marilyn FoxRecurring role (series 22–23)
2010 Doctors Judith LeicesterRecurring role
2010 Pete versus Life RosEpisode: "Older Woman"
2010, 2017 Midsomer Murders Susan Fincher, Janey RaffertyEpisodes: "Blood on the Saddle", "The Curse of the Ninth"
2011 Outnumbered JennyEpisode: "The Parents' Evening"
2011 The Case Saskia StanleyTV miniseries
2011 Hollyoaks Judith Harper-McBrideEpisodes: "1.3244", "1.3245"
2013 Death in Paradise Laura MastersEpisode: "An Unholy Death" (series 2 episode 2)
2014, 2020, 2021 Agatha Raisin Sheila BarrEpisodes: "The Quiche of Death", "The Love from Hell", "There Goes The Bride"

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Caroline Langrishe". BBC Drama. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Caroline Langrishe". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Morley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 2237
  4. ↑ Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, ed. P. W. Montague-Smith (Kelly's Directories Ltd, 1964), p. 512
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "20 Questions With...Caroline Langrishe". What's on Stage. 19 September 2005. Archived from the original on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
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