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Joanna McCallum | |
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 McCallum in 2009 | |
| Born | 27 June 1950 London, England |
| Education | National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) |
| Spouse | Roger Davenport |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Googie Withers, John McCallum |
Joanna McCallum (born 27 June 1950) [1] is an English theatre, film and television actress.
McCallum is the daughter of English actress Googie Withers and Australian actor John McCallum, and was born in London. [1] She was educated at St Catherine's School in Melbourne.[ citation needed ] McCallum graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) [2] in 1969. She is married to writer Roger Davenport.[ citation needed ]
McCallum is best known for her extensive work in theatre. Notable roles include Portia in The Merchant of Venice , with Alec Guinness as Shylock (Chichester Festival Theatre, dir. Patrick Garland, 1984); [3] heading a vast cast as Jane Marryot in Noël Coward's Cavalcade (Chichester Festival Theatre, dir. David Gilmore, 1985); [4] and Margeurite Blakeney, opposite Donald Sinden as Sir Percy Blakeney, in The Scarlet Pimpernel (Her Majesty's Theatre, dir. Nicholas Hytner, 1985). [5] She was Meg Page, one of The Merry Wives of Windsor , with Susannah York as Alice Ford (Royal Shakespeare Company, dir. Ian Judge, 1997); [6] and Gertrude, alongside Mark Rylance as Hamlet, at the reconstructed Globe Theatre on London's South Bank (dir. Giles Block, 2000). [7] McCallum played Princess Dragomiroff in the 2022 production of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express (Chichester Festival Theatre, dir. Jonathan Church). [8] [9]
McCallum played the central character, Aroon, in a three part adaptation of Molly Keane's Anglo Irish novel Good Behaviour (BBC Television, dir. Bill Hays, 1983), [10] [11] and co-starred with Trevor Eve in A Wreath of Roses , adapted from the book by Elizabeth Taylor (Granada Television, dir. John Madden, 1987). [12] [13]
In The Franchise Affair , a 1988 BBC Television serial, she played Marion Sharpe opposite Rosalie Crutchley and Patrick Malahide. [14] She was writer Winifred Holtby in the last episode of Testament of Youth (BBC Television, 1979) [15] and Virginia Woolf in the film Tom & Viv (1994). [16]
McCallum played the missionary Alicia Bassett-Hill in the 1989 TV serial The Ginger Tree , which was based on the novel of the same name by Oswald Wynd; it also starred Samantha Bond and Daisuke Ryu.[ citation needed ]
Her other television appearances have included episodes of Holby City ,[ citation needed ] All Creatures Great and Small ,[ citation needed ] and Agatha Christie's Poirot .[ citation needed ]
Joanna McCallum is currently a Vice President of The Theatrical Guild, [17] (formerly The Theatrical Ladies Guild), having previously been Chairman, and has worked with the charity for many years. She is also a Vice President of Acting For Others, [18] and is active in fundraising work within the theatre community.
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