Ellie Haddington

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Ellie Haddington
Born (1955-02-17) 17 February 1955 (age 69)
Aberdeen, Scotland
OccupationActress
Years active1975–present
Notable work

Ellie Haddington (born 17 February 1955 in Aberdeen [1] [2] ) is a Scottish actress with a career in both TV and film.

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Early life and education

Haddington was born in Aberdeen. She trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School from 1975 to 1977. [1]

Career

Haddington appeared in 101 episodes of Coronation Street as Josie Clarke from 1995 to 1996. Haddington's other TV credits include Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , Life Begins , Foyle's War (as Hilda Pierce), Endeavour , A&E , Cracker , Cutting It , Holby City , Wire in the Blood , Midsomer Murders , The Musketeers , Taggart , Scott & Bailey , Bad Girls , Guilt , New Tricks - and The Bill , in which she played two different roles, the first in 1997 and the second in 2007. She later appeared as Professor Docherty in the third-season finale of Doctor Who , entitled "Last of the Time Lords". In 1997 she played Joan Braithwaite in “Closing Ranks,” the fourth episode of the seventh series of Heartbeat. In 2001 she appeared in Midsomer Murders "Tainted Fruit", as Joan Farley.

Onstage in 2012, she appeared in Bingo at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the Young Vic. [3] In 2011 and 2013 she appeared in the lead role of Carol Porter in the Sky One comedy series The Café . In 2013, she appeared as Madame Dupin in the BBC TV miniseries Spies of Warsaw .

In 2015, Haddington played Gina Corbin in Ordinary Lies and Fanny Biggetywitch in Dickensian . From 2016 to 2022, she played Julia's mother Marion in Motherland . [4] [5]

In 2018, she appeared in Midsomer Murders "Death of the Small Coppers" as Giny Weldon and in Endeavour "Quartet" as Millie Bagshot. In 2019, she played Dr Moss in the final episode of BBC six-part TV drama by Russell T Davies, Years and Years .

In 2021, she reprised the part of Sheila Gemmell in the BBC black-comedy series Guilt , which was first shown on BBC Two in 2019. She also played Wendy in the Channel 4 miniseries Close to Me . In 2024 she played a guest part in Death in Paradise.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleDirector
1999Killing Joe(short film) Mehdi Norowzian
2000 Beautiful Creatures Maureen Bill Eagles
2000BreathtakingDCI Matthews David Green
2001 Lawless Heart JudyTom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
2007 Sparkle FrancesTom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
2009Death of a Double Act(short film)FoxChristine Entwisle
2009 Creation Nanny Brodie Jon Amiel
2009Miss St. Andrews(short film)JennyClaire Grove
2016 Their Finest Catrin's Landlady Lone Scherfig
2016 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Mrs. Esposito David Yates
2016Art in Heaven(short film)Mrs. BardellElisa Boyd
2020 Surge JoyceAneil Karia
2020 Limbo BeatriceBen Sharrock
2020 Enola Holmes Miss Gregory Harry Bradbeer
2020Mairi(short film)FionaNatalie Malla
2021 Operation Mincemeat Hilda Georgina Cholmondeley John Madden
2022One Man's Trash (short film)Dot EvansXiao Jiao

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982Muck and BrassReporterMiniseries (guest, 1 episode)
1986 Unnatural Causes Woman IntervieweeSeries 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1989 ScreenPlay WPCSeries 4 (guest, 1 episode)
1990 Screen Two HelenSeries 6 (guest, 1 episode)
1994 Wycliffe Katherine GeachSeries 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1994 Cracker Mrs. BarnesSeries 2 (guest, 2 episodes)
1995–96 Coronation Street Josie Clarke Soap opera (regular, 101 episodes)
1995 Kavanagh QC DianeSeries 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1996In Suspicious CircumstancesEvelyn GoslettSeries 5 (guest, 1 episode)
1997 Casualty Lottie McKenzieSeries 11 (guest, 1 episode)
1997 The Bill Janet BeadleSeries 13 (guest, 1 episode)
1997 Heartbeat Joan BraithwaiteSeries 7 (guest, 1 episode)
1997 Wing and a Prayer Diana RandallSeries 1 (guest, 1 episode)
1998 Looking After Jo Jo May McCannSeries 1 (regular, all 4 episodes)
1999 Life Support Fiona DrummondSeries 1 (regular, 5 episodes)
1999Bad BloodAnn BiltonTV movie
2000 The Wyvern Mystery Mrs. TarnleyMiniseries (regular, 2 episodes)
2001 Taggart Isabelle HigsonNew Year special (guest)
2001 Midsomer Murders Joan FarleySeries 4 (guest, 1 episode)
2002 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Florrie BradleyTV movie
2002 Cutting It Lo FerrisSeries 1 (guest, 1 episode)
2002 Always and Everyone CarlaSeries 4 (guest, 1 episode)
2003 Sons & Lovers Mrs. LeiversTV movie
2003–15 Foyle's War Hilda PierceSeries 2–3, 5, 7–8 (recurring, 9 episodes)
2003–04 Holby City Jean YorkeSeries 6 (recurring, 5 episodes)
2004 Sea of Souls Ellen McKaySeries 1 (guest, 2 episodes)
2004–05 Life Begins KathleenSeries 1–2 (regular, 13 episodes)
2005A Very Social SecretaryPatTV movie
2005–06 Bad Girls Joy MastertonSeries 7–8 (regular, 11 episodes)
2006 Wire in the Blood Brenda DouglasSeries 4 (guest, 1 episode)
2007 The Bill Lesley BaylisSeries 23 (guest, 1 episode)
2007 Doctor Who Professor DochertySeries 3 (guest, 1 episode)
2008–09 New Tricks Jean BennettSeries 5–6 (recurring, 2 episodes)
2008 Doctors Mary DrakeSeries 10 (guest, 1 episode)
2009 Gracie! Jenny StansfieldTV movie
2010 Mo JeanTV movie
2010 Doctors Bridget MannersSeries 12 (guest, 1 episode)
2010 Little Crackers NellieSeries 1 (guest, 1 episode)
2011 Holby City Jeanette RyanSeries 13 (guest, 1 episode)
2011 Luther DSC Linda CarrowaySeries 2 (guest, 1 episode)
2011–13 The Café Carol PorterSeries 1–2 (regular, all 13 episodes)
2012 The Mystery of Edwin Drood Princess PufferMiniseries (regular, 2 episodes)
2013 Spies of Warsaw Madame DupinMiniseries (recurring, 3 episodes)
2014 Scott & Bailey Evie PritchardSeries 4 (recurring, 2 episodes)
2014 Atlantis EntourageSeries 2 (guest, 1 episode)
2015 The Musketeers JosetteSeries 2 (guest, 1 episode)
2015 Ordinary Lies GinaSeries 1 (recurring, 2 episodes)
2015–16 Dickensian Fanny BiggetywitchSeries 1 (recurring, 9 episodes)
2016–22 Motherland Marion14 episodes
2016 Ripper Street Agatha ChudleighSeries 5 (recurring, 5 episodes)
2017 Casualty Carole MarshallSeries 32 (guest, 1 episode)
2018 Endeavour Millie BadshotSeries 5 (guest, 1 episode)
2018 Midsomer Murders Ginny WeltonSeries 20 (guest, 1 episode)
2019 Years and Years Dr MissMiniseries (guest, 1 episode)
2019–23 Guilt Sheila GemmellSeries 1–3 (recurring, 6 episodes)
2021BeepCarolTV movie
2021– Close to Me WendySeries 1– (recurring, 2 episodes)
2024 Death in Paradise Barbara MitchellSeries 13 (guest, 1 episode)

Radio

DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
25 November 2007 Lorca's Rural Trilogy: Blood Wedding   [6] [7] Servant/Mother-in-law Pauline Harris BBC Radio 3
Drama on 3
29 August 2008 They Have Oak Trees in North Carolina   [8] Eileen Gaynor Macfarlane BBC Radio 4 Friday Play
29 October 2008Love Contract  [9] ManagerClaire Grove BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play
14 December 2011 The Lamp   [10] Elspeth Eilidh McCreadie BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play

Theatre credits

YearTitleRoleVenue
1989 The Duchess of Malfi The Duchess Royal Exchange, Manchester
1990 The Winter's Tale Paulina Royal Exchange, Manchester
My Mother Said I Never Should Margaret Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
1991 The Sea Mafanwy Price Lyttelton Theatre, London
1992 Richard III Duchess of York Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon & UK Tour
1993 Mother Courage and Her Children Anna Fierling Cottesloe Theatre, London
1994 Death of a Salesman Linda Loman West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds
1996 The House of Bernarda Alba Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Flintshire
2000 Denial Sandy Bristol Old Vic, Bristol
2007 Taking Care of Baby Lynn Freeman The Rep, Birmingham & Hampstead Theatre, London
2012 Bingo Old Woman Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester & Young Vic, London
2016 Oil MA Singer Almeida Theatre, London

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References

  1. 1 2 Hayward (1996), pp. 110–111.
  2. ↑ Didcock, Barry (4 November 2019). "Guilt-edge opportunities await for veteran Scottish actress Ellie Haddington". The Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  3. ↑ Coveney, Michael (24 February 2012). "Bingo review at Young Vic London". The Stage . Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Seale, Jack (23 December 2022). "Motherland Christmas special review – you'll laugh, gasp in shock ... then punch the air". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Sigee, Rachael (23 December 2022). "Motherland, BBC One, review: As chaotic and emotional as a family Christmas". iNews. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  6. ↑ BBC – Drama on 3 – Lorca's Rural Trilogy: Blood Wedding
  7. ↑ BBC – Radio Times – Drama on 3: Blood Wedding
  8. ↑ "Friday Drama: They Have Oak Trees in North Carolina". BBC Radio 4. 16 April 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Afternoon Drama: Love Contract". BBC Radio 4. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Afternoon Drama: The Lamp". BBC Radio 4. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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