Margot Leicester (born September 1949) is a British actress. [1] She has appeared in King Charles III (2017) as Camilla and was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actress in 1995 for Broken Glass. She is also notable for television work such as Families , The Take and Five Days .
She is married to the director David Thacker. The couple lives with their four children in London. [2]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2017 | Mum | Pam | Short film |
2015 | Blue Borsalino | Jean Delaware | Short film |
2013 | Full Time | Vinnie's Wife | Short film |
2007 | 1408 | Mrs. Innkeeper |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2021–2022 | Coronation Street | Mimi Halliday | 8 episodes |
2017 | King Charles III | Camilla | TV movie |
2005–2016 | Doctors | Christine Leverty / Jane Reed / Mrs. Reuben / Anne Morden | 4 episodes |
2014 | New Tricks | Barbara Haynes | Episode: Breadcrumb |
2013 | Frankie | Dee Olden | Episode #1.5 |
1991–2010 | The Bill | Bridget Stone / Mrs Seaton / Miriam Tyler / Val Kenyon / Mrs. Scholes / Paula Goddard | 7 episodes |
2009 | Margot | Cathy | TV movie |
2003, 2009 | Holby City | Dawn Fisher / Norma Kilner | 2 episodes |
2009 | The Take | Lena Summers | Mini-Series |
1994, 2009 | Heartbeat | Evelyn Page / Mrs. Eliot | 2 episodes |
2007 | Law & Order: UK | Catherine Mortimer | Episode: Buried |
2007 | HolbyBlue | Kathy French | Episode #1.7 |
2007 | Five Days | Hazel Betts | 5 episode: |
2005 | MI-5 | Auntie May | Episode #4.3 |
2005 | Messiah: The Harrowing | Evelyn McArdle | Mini-Series |
2004 | Midsomer Murders | Kay Settingfield | Episode: Sins of Commission |
2004 | Wire in the Blood | Deborah Armstrong | Episode: Right to Silence |
2003 | Waking the Dead | Eileen Murdoch | 2 episodes |
1999 | Harbour Lights | Rita Blade | 7 episode: |
1998 | KIng Girl | Pam | TV movie |
1998 | Touching Evil | Ann Keller | 2 episodes |
1998 | Killer Net | Meryl Griffiths | Mini-Series |
1998 | Kavanagh QC | Jeanetta Morgan | Episode: Dead Reckoning |
1997 | Peak Practice | Dr. Wellington | 4 episodes |
1997 | Where the Heart Is | Jean Alsop | Episode: Summoned by Bells |
1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Annie Mosscrop | Episode: Lost Chords |
1996 | Broken Glass | Sylvia Gellburg | PBS series Masterpiece Theatre [3] |
1996 | Casualty | Megan Owen | Episode: Night Moves |
1995 | Ghosts | Mrs. Pearson | Episode: The Chemistry Lesson |
1994 | Performance | Mariana | Episode: Measure for Measure |
1994 | Chandler & Co | The Real Mrs. Savage | Episode: Family Matters |
1994 | Medics | Lynne Prior | Episode: All in the Mind |
1992 | Families | Jane Richard | 2 episodes |
1991 | Perfect Scoundrels | Mrs. Lawrence | Episode: The Carpetbaggers |
1989 | The Manageress | Moira Fitzgerald | Episode: Collapsible Brollies |
1989 | Shalom Salaam | Jackie's mum | TV mini-series |
1987 | Pack of Lies | Thelma | TV movie (CBS) |
1977, 1984 | Crown Court | Clerk of Court / Jury Foreman | 2 episodes |
1978 | Sense of Place | Marty | Episode: From the Roots Came the Rapper |
1977 | The XYY Man | Nancy Watkins | Episode: When We Were Very Greedy |
1975 | Second City Firsts | Lucy Rainmarsh | Episode: Waiting at the Field Gate |
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