Cheryl Campbell

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Cheryl Campbell
Born (1949-05-22) 22 May 1949 (age 75)
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England
Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1974–present

Cheryl Campbell (born 22 May 1949) is an English actress. She starred opposite Bob Hoskins in the 1978 BBC drama Pennies From Heaven , before going on to win the 1980 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Testament of Youth and Malice Aforethought , and the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for A Doll's House . Her film appearances include Chariots of Fire (1981), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and The Shooting Party (1985).

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Early life

Born 22 May 1949 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. [1] Campbell is the daughter of an airline pilot. [2] She was educated at Francis Bacon Grammar School, St Albans, and at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). [3] Her repertory theatre experience includes the Palace Theatre, Watford, Birmingham Rep and the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow. [2]

Career

Film and TV

Campbell earned her first BAFTA nomination in 1978 for her portrayal of Eileen Everson, opposite Bob Hoskins in Dennis Potter's television serial Pennies from Heaven (1978). [3]

Campbell is known for her starring role as Vera Brittain in the BBC's television dramatisation of Testament of Youth (1979), for which she received Best Actress awards from the British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) and the Broadcasting Press Guild Award. [4]

Campbell's one other role in a work by Potter was as Janet in Rain on the Roof (1980). [2] The same year, she starred as Sheila McVicar alongside Roger Daltrey in the prison escape film McVicar (1980), [1] and played Jennie Liddell in Chariots of Fire (1981). [1] She played Lady Alice Clayton, alongside Ian Holm and Christopher Lambert in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). [1]

Campbell returned to the big screen when she played Lucetta in Tamara Drewe (2010). [1]

Stage

As a stage performer Campbell has twice been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. At the RSC in 1982, she appeared as Diana in All's Well That Ends Well , she played Nora Helmer in Adrian Noble's production of Ibsen's A Doll's House , for which she was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival. [4]

She returned to the RSC in the 1992–94 season, playing Lady Macbeth to Derek Jacobi's lead in Noble's controversial production of Macbeth ; Beatrice-Joanna in The Changeling ; Mistress Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor [2] and Natasha in Misha's Party. [3] She worked at the Royal National Theatre: playing as a junior member of the company in 1975, as Freda in Sir Peter Hall's Old Vic production of John Gabriel Borkman (starring Sir Ralph Richardson, Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Dame Wendy Hiller) [3] and as Maggie in W. S. Gilbert's Engaged ; in 1995, as Lady Politic Would-Be in Matthew Warchus's Volpone ; and in 2003 as Dotty Otley in the NT's touring (and London) revival of Noises Off . [5]

Campbell's other stage performances in London have encompassed the classics as well as new plays; they include You Never Can Tell (Lyric, 1979); Miss Julie (1983) in the title role; Little Eyolf (1985) as Asta; The Daughter-in-Law (1985) as Minnie; The Sneeze (a Chekhov selection) (1988) in various roles; [4] Betrayal (1991) as Emma; The Strip (1995) as Loretta; Some Sunny Day (1996) as Emily; The Seagull (1997) as Arkadina; Passion (2000) as Nell; and Life After George (2002) as Beatrix. [3]

In provincial theatre, she has appeared in: The Country Wife (Manchester Royal Exchange) as Margery Pinchwife; The Constant Wife (Theatr Clwyd) as Constance; A Streetcar Named Desire (Leicester Haymarket) as Blanche (for which she received a Regional Theatre Best Actress award); and So Long Life (touring production) as Wendy.

Radio

As a radio performer, Campbell has taken part in various programmes for the BBC. Among these are The Taming of the Shrew, as Katherina with Bob Peck as Petruchio in 1988 on BBC Radio 3; Brief Encounter radio play from the screenplay by Noël Coward with Ian Holm as Alec in 1982 on BBC World Service;

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1980 McVicar Sheila McVicar
1980 Hawk the Slayer Sister Monica
1981 Chariots of Fire Jennie Liddell
1984 Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Lady Alice Clayton
1985 The Shooting Party Lady Aline Hartlip
2010 Tamara Drewe Lucetta

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974Affairs of the HeartEmma Gosselin
1975 Edward the Seventh Princess Beatrice Episodes 8 and 10
1975 Within These Walls Susan CarpenterEpisode: Long Shadows
1976KillersMiss DuncanEpisode: "The Crumbles Murder"
1978 Pennies From Heaven Eileen
1978 The Sweeney Erica Taylor
1978 Lillie Sarah Bernhardt
1979 Malice Aforethought Madeleine Cranmere
1979 Testament of Youth Vera Brittain
1980 Rain on the Roof Janet
1981 The Seven Dials Mystery Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent
1984A Winter HarvestCaroline AshurstTV series, 3 episodes
1985Absurd Person SingularEva JacksonTV movie
1986 Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple Griselda ClementEpisode: “The Murder at the Vicarage”
1987A Sort of InnocenceElizabeth FellowesTV series, 6 episodes
1990CentrepointMaria WearingTV Mini-Series (4 episodes)
1990 Boon Pamela DrakeEpisode: “The Tender Trap”
1990 Inspector Morse Sylvie MaxtonEpisode: “The Infernal Serpent”
1990 The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Lady Frances CarfaxEpisode: “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”
1991The Ruth Rendell MysteriesCorrine LastEpisode: “Means of Evil” Part 1 & 2
1992 The Secret Agent Winnie Verloc
1992 Maigret Aline Bauche
1995 Ghosts Mrs. MaradickEpisode: "Shadowy Third
1996 Bramwell Emily Coxon
1997The Mill on the FlossBessy Tulliver
1999Wing and a PrayerLouise McAllister
1999 A Touch of Frost Diana GreyEpisode: "Appendix Man" as the assistant to the police coroner
2000 Monsignor Renard Madeleine Claveau
2000 Midsomer Murders Sandra MacKillopEpisode: "Beyond the Grave"
2001 The Way We Live Now Lady Carbury
2002 Foyle's War Emily GascoigneEpisode: "A Lesson in Murder"
2003 William and Mary Molly Gilcrest
2005 To the Ends of the Earth Lady Somerset
2005 Waking the Dead Maureen HuntEpisode: "Undertow"
2005 Funland Valerie Hinchcliffe
2006 Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! Louie WilliamsTV movie
2006 Dalziel and Pascoe Jean SwainbankEpisode: “Fallen Angel” Part 1 & 2
2006 Spooks Deputy Prime MinisterEpisode: “Aftermath”
2007 Peep Show Penny ChapmanEpisode: “Sophie’s Parents”, “Wedding”
2008 Lewis Valli HelmEpisode: "Music to Die For"
2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot Lady BoyntonEpisode: "Appointment with Death"
2010 The Sarah Jane Adventures Ocean WatersEpisode: "The Vault of Secrets" Part 1 & 2
2011 Casualty Miriam TurnerTV series, 10 episodes
2012, 2014 Call the Midwife Lady BrowneTV series - 3 episodes
2013BreathlessMrs TruscottTV Mini-Series - 5 episodes
2013 Midsomer Murders Vivian StanningtonEpisode: "The Sicilian Defence"
2015 Doctor Foster Helen FosterTV series, 3 episodes

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