Georgie Glen

Georgie Glen
Born	(1956-04-20) 20 April 1956 (age 68) Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Notable credit(s)	Heartbeat (2000–2001, 2003–2005, 2009) Little Britain (2003–2005) Waterloo Road (2012–2015) Hetty Feather (2018–2020) Call The Midwife (2018–) The Crown (2020)
Children	2

Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Miss Higgins in the BBC One period drama series Call The Midwife from 2018 onwards, and as history teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2012 to 2015.

Life and career

Glen is from Helensburgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, and graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in graphic design. She worked at Thames and Hudson publishers as an assistant book designer ^[1] for five years before studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. After graduating she worked for a year at Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, England. ^[2]

She has featured in the BBC One drama series, Call the Midwife , Waterloo Road , Les Misérables , as Mother Abbess; in 2012, she had appeared in Les Misérables the film, as Madame Baptistine. Additional period performances include Hannah More in the 2006 film, Amazing Grace , John Ruskin's mother in the drama, Desperate Romantics about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, as well as lady-in-waiting to Judi Dench in both Shakespeare in Love and Mrs. Brown .

Since 2018, she has been cast in the role of Millicent Higgins, a GP receptionist, in Call the Midwife . ^{[3] [4]}

Other notable performances include a recurring role in Heartbeat , as Sgt Jennifer Noakes and one of the eponymous Calendar Girls . Glen has also portrayed various characters in comedies including Little Britain and Harry Enfield and Chums , as well as a guest role in The Thick of It and one episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures .

She appeared in series four of Netflix drama, The Crown , in 2020 playing Ruth Roche, Lady Fermoy, the maternal grandmother of Lady Diana Spencer and lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother. ^[5]

Personal life

She has twin daughters called Holly and Nell. ^[1]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1988	The Bell-Run	Scottish Barmaid	Television film
1995	Blue Juice	Hotel Receptionist [6]
	The Great Kandinsky	Vicar Shelley	Television film
1997	Mothertime	Sister Louise [6]
	Mrs Brown	Lady Churchill [6]
1998	What Rats Won't Do	Woman with Dog [7]
	Big Cat	Bank Customer	Television film
	Shakespeare in Love	Lady in Waiting
2000	The Railway Children	Aunt Emma	Television film
	The Little Vampire	Babysitter Lorna
2001	Lucky Break	Audience Member
2003	Calendar Girls	Kathy [8]
2005	Angel of Death	Nurse Kate Lock	Television film
	Housewife, 49	Mrs. Hockey	Television film
	Dating Ray Renwick	Marjorie	Short film
2006	Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes	Pamela	Television film
	Amazing Grace	Hannah More
2008	Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story	Norah Buckland	Television film
	The Long Walk to Finchley	Miss Harris	Television film
	Easy Virtue	Mrs. Landrigin
2009	Pigsy Doodle	Mum	Short film
2011	Hysteria	Mrs. Parsons
	My Week with Marilyn	Rosamund Greenwood
2012	Les Misérables	Madame Baptistine
2015	Where Do We Go from Here?	Woman at Bar
	A Lot Meant		Short film
2016	Jackie	Rose Kennedy
2017	The Hitman's Bodyguard	ICC Lead Judge
2018	Death on the Tyne	Hilda	Television film
2019	Get Duked!	The Duchess
	Dial M for Middlesbrough	Hilda	Television film
	The Cure	Heather Wood
2021	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	ICC Lead Judge

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
1992	A Time to Dance	Andrew's Secretary	Miniseries
	Harry Enfield's Television Programme	Social Worker	Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1"
1994	Screen Two	Margaret Summer	Episode: "O Mary This London"
1995	The Bill	Sophie Mallin	Episode: "Other Voices"
	Tears Before Bedtime	Rival Couple	Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1"
	London's Burning	Mrs. Wickston	Episode: "Series 8, Episode 2"
	Soldier Soldier	Georgina Bennett	Episode: "Far Away"
1996	Doctor Finlay	Rosemary Bain	Episode: "Days of Grace"
	No Bananas	Agnes Harding	Episode: "Sitzkreig"
1997	True Tilda	Nurse	Miniseries
	As Time Goes By	Miss Wessel	Episode: "The Psychotherapist"
	Screen Two	Sister Louise	Episode: "Mothertime"
	Peak Practice	Myra Eburne	Episode: "The Price"
1997–1998	Harry Enfield & Chums	Various	Recurring role; 6 episodes
1998	Jonathan Creek	Mrs. Kilby	Episode: "The Problem at Gallows Gate"
	In the Red	Assistant to D.G.	Miniseries; 3 episodes
	Berkeley Square	Lady Annabelle Wilton	Miniseries; 3 episodes
	Alas Smith and Jones	Various	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	The Children of the New Forest	Phoebe [9]	Miniseries
1999	Tilly Trotter	Mabel Price	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	All Along the Watchtower	Mrs. Mulvey	Miniseries; 6 episodes
	Wives and Daughters	Miss Hornblower	Miniseries; 2 episodes
2000	Hearts and Bones	Pamela	Episode: "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out"
	Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show	Various	Recurring role; 2 episodes
2000–2009	Heartbeat	Sergeant Nokes	Recurring role; 9 episodes
2001	Holby City	Anne Owen	Episode: "Release"
	The Armando Iannucci Shows	Nun	Episode: "Time Passing"
2002	The American Embassy	Landlady	Episode: "Driven"
	Always and Everyone	Eleanor Smedley	Episode: "Do Not Pass Go"
	Daniel Deronda	Lady Mallinger	Miniseries; 3 episodes
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Headmistress	Episode: "Dialogues of the Dead"
2003	My Family	Mrs. Gleaves	Episode: "They Shoot Harpers, Don't They?"
2003–2005	Little Britain	Various	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2004	Nighty Night	Sister May	Episode: "Series 1, Episode 6"
	Doctors	Chrissie Franklin	Episode: "Rotten Eggs"
	Doc Martin	Mrs. Willow	Episode: "Shit Happens"
2005	Taggart	Mrs. Campbell	Episode: "The Ties That Bind"
	Sea of Souls	Consultant	Episode: "Empty Promise"
	The Thick of It	Susan Dorling	Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3"
	Cutting It	Mrs. McClair	Episode: "Series 4, Episode 3"
	Rome	Poppaea	Episode: "Egeria"
	Love Soup	Woman in Store	Episode: "Death and Nurses"
	Nighty Night	Bluebell	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	The Worst Week of My Life	Moira	Episode: "Tuesday"
2006	The Bill	Mrs. Willis	Episode: "The Green Eyed Monster"
	The Line of Beauty	Eileen	Episode: "The End of the Street"
	The Amazing Mrs Pritchard	Anne Lister	Episode: "Episode 4"
2007	The Whistleblowers	Tribunal Chief	Episode: "Fit for Purpose"
	Holby City	Rosemary Greaves	Episode: "I Feel Pretty"
	After You've Gone	Mrs. Grierson	Episode: "Ride of the Valkyrie"
	To the Manor Born	Panel Chairman	Episode: "Christmas Special"
2008	The Wrong Door	Various	Episode: "The World's Most Annoying Creature"
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Mrs. Forbes	Episode: "Cat Among the Pigeons"
	The Sarah Jane Adventures	Mrs. King	Episode: "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith"
2009	Doctors	Dorothy Bakewell	Recurring role; 5 episodes
	Genie in the House	Colette	Episode: "Flower Power"
	Desperate Romantics	Mrs. Ruskin	Miniseries; 4 episodes
	Doc Martin	Barbara	Episode: "Better the Devil"
	The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson	Various	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2010	Foyle's War	Mrs. Ramsay	Episode: "The Hide"
	Holby City	Edie O'Connor	Episode: "The Last Day of Summer"
	Harry & Paul	Various	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	New Tricks	Anne Hargreaves	Episode: "The Fourth Man"
2011	Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge	Polly Maplin	Recurring role; 2 episodes
	Twenty Twelve	School Receptionist	Episode: "Raising The Bar"
	Sirens	Maureen Greenwick	Episode: "King of the Jungle"
2012	The Royal Bodyguard	Miss Gifford	Miniseries; 2 episodes
	Coming Up	Sister Margaret	Episode: "Ben and Lump"
2012–2015	Waterloo Road	Audrey McFall	Series regular; 69 episodes
2014	Warren United	Warren's Mother	Recurring role
	Playhouse Presents	Team Leader	Episode: "Damned"
	Boomers	Emma	Episode: "Thurnemouth Day"
	Mount Pleasant	Patty	Episode: "Series 4, Episode 3"
	Bob Servant	Sheriff	Episode: "Court"
2014–2016	The Evermoor Chronicles	Aunt Bridget	Recurring role; 24 episodes
2015	Hoff the Record	Miss Dunwoody	Episode: "The United Nations"
	Mountain Goats	Irene	Episode: "Liar"
2016	Silent Witness	Professor Belinda Roach	Episode: "After the Fall"
	I Want My Wife Back	Florence	Episode: "Chapter Three"
	The Collection	Mother Superior	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2016–2018	Damned	Denise	Series regular; 12 episodes
2017	Quacks	Mrs. Pope	Episode: "The Duke's Tracheotomy"
	Midsomer Murders	Mary Oswood	Episode: "Death by Persuasion"
2018	Sally4Ever	Pat	Recurring role; 3 episodes
	Defending the Guilty	Judge Minton	Episode: "Pilot"
2018–2020	Hetty Feather	Lady Grenford	Series regular; 20 episodes
2018–present	Call the Midwife	Millicent Higgins [3] [4]	Series regular
2019	Les Misérables	Abbess	Episode: "Episode 3"
	Pure	Dr. Geary	Episode: "Episode 1"
	The Victim	Judge	Miniseries; 4 episodes
	GameFace	Pam	Episode: "Pickle"
2020	Maxxx	Sister Margaret	Episode: "Death"
	The Crown	Ruth, Lady Fermoy [5]	Recurring role; 4 episodes
2021	Behind Her Eyes	Sue	Miniseries; 4 episodes
	The Cleaner	Mrs. Gathernoid	Episode: "The Writer"
	The Larkins	Lady Bluff-Gore	Recurring role; 3 episodes
2022	Inside No. 9	Dinah	Episode: "Wise Owl"
	Ridley	Wendy Newstone	Miniseries; 4 episodes
2022-2025	Am I Being Unreasonable?	Clarissa Baggot	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2023	Summer Camp Island	Adult Mildred	Recurring role; 2 episodes

References

1. "Special interview with Helensburgh's Georgie Glen". Helensburgh Advertiser. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
2. Alex, Michael. "Call the Midwife's Georgie Glen: 'I feel helpless in the fight against climate change - and I'm not alone!'". The Courier. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
3. Roberts, Annie (18 February 2022). "BBC Call the Midwife star Georgie Glen teases what's in store for series finale". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
4. Sutton, Megan (13 January 2020). "Call The Midwife fans touched by poignant moment between Nurse Crane and Miss Higgins". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
5. "Who was Princess Diana's grandmother Lady Fermoy? The Crown season 4 explained". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
6. "Georgie Glen". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
7. "What Rats Won't Do (1998)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
8. "Calendar Girls". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
9. "Children of the New Forest (1998)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 27 November 2022.

External links

• Georgie Glen at IMDb
• Georgie Glen at British Comedy Guide