Margot Leicester

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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 .

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Personal life

She is married to the director David Thacker. The couple lives with their four children in London. [2]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2017MumPamShort film
2015Blue BorsalinoJean DelawareShort film
2013Full TimeVinnie's WifeShort film
2007 1408 Mrs. Innkeeper

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2021–2022 Coronation Street Mimi Halliday8 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 HaynesEpisode: Breadcrumb
2013 Frankie Dee OldenEpisode #1.5
1991–2010 The Bill Bridget Stone / Mrs Seaton /
Miriam Tyler / Val Kenyon /
Mrs. Scholes / Paula Goddard
7 episodes
2009MargotCathyTV movie
2003, 2009 Holby City Dawn Fisher / Norma Kilner2 episodes
2009 The Take Lena SummersMini-Series
1994, 2009 Heartbeat Evelyn Page / Mrs. Eliot2 episodes
2007 Law & Order: UK Catherine MortimerEpisode: Buried
2007 HolbyBlue Kathy FrenchEpisode #1.7
2007 Five Days Hazel Betts5 episode:
2005 MI-5 Auntie MayEpisode #4.3
2005 Messiah: The Harrowing Evelyn McArdleMini-Series
2004 Midsomer Murders Kay SettingfieldEpisode: Sins of Commission
2004 Wire in the Blood Deborah ArmstrongEpisode: Right to Silence
2003 Waking the Dead Eileen Murdoch2 episodes
1999 Harbour Lights Rita Blade7 episode:
1998KIng GirlPamTV movie
1998 Touching Evil Ann Keller2 episodes
1998 Killer Net Meryl GriffithsMini-Series
1998 Kavanagh QC Jeanetta MorganEpisode: Dead Reckoning
1997 Peak Practice Dr. Wellington4 episodes
1997 Where the Heart Is Jean AlsopEpisode: Summoned by Bells
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Annie MosscropEpisode: Lost Chords
1996 Broken Glass Sylvia GellburgPBS series Masterpiece Theatre [3]
1996 Casualty Megan OwenEpisode: Night Moves
1995 Ghosts Mrs. PearsonEpisode: The Chemistry Lesson
1994 Performance MarianaEpisode: Measure for Measure
1994 Chandler & Co The Real Mrs. SavageEpisode: Family Matters
1994 Medics Lynne PriorEpisode: All in the Mind
1992 Families Jane Richard2 episodes
1991 Perfect Scoundrels Mrs. LawrenceEpisode: The Carpetbaggers
1989 The Manageress Moira FitzgeraldEpisode: Collapsible Brollies
1989Shalom Salaam Jackie's mumTV mini-series
1987 Pack of Lies ThelmaTV movie (CBS)
1977, 1984 Crown Court Clerk of Court / Jury Foreman2 episodes
1978Sense of PlaceMartyEpisode: From the Roots Came the Rapper
1977 The XYY Man Nancy WatkinsEpisode: When We Were Very Greedy
1975 Second City Firsts Lucy RainmarshEpisode: Waiting at the Field Gate

Theatre

YearTitlePlaywrightRoleVenue
2017Seventeen [4] [5] Matthew WhittetEmilia Hammersmith Lyric Theatre
2016 The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare Paulina Octagon Theatre, Bolton
2014 King Charles III Mike Bartlett Camilla Almeida and Wyndham theatres [6]
2006 Coriolanus William Shakespeare Volumnia Globe Theatre
2002The Lucky Ones [7] Charlotte EilenbergAnna Mosenthal Hampstead Theatre
2002 Richard II William Shakespeare Lyttelton Theatre
2001God only knowsHugh WhitemoreKate Coker Vaudeville Theatre
1999The Memory of Water Shelagh Stephenson Vaudeville Theatre
1994 Broken Glass Arthur Miller Sylvia Gellburg Lyttelton Theatre [8] [9]
1993 The Last Yankee Arthur Miller Patricia Hamilton Duke of York's Theatre [10]
1986 Antony and Cleopatra William ShakespeareCharmian Haymarket Theatre [11]
1985 Macbeth William Shakespeare Crucible Theatre, South Yorkshire
1988 An Enemy of the People Henrik Ibsen (Arthur Miller's translation) Playhouse Theatre
1978Snapshots Rony Robinson Theatre Royal Stratford East
1973Armstrong's Last Goodnight John Arden Northcott Theatre
1973Judge Jeffreys Christopher Bond Northcott Theatre
1973The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See Sheila Ruskin and David Wood Northcott Theatre

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References

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  2. "How We Met : Dadid Thacker and Arthur Miller". Independent. 29 April 1995. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. Broken Glass pbs.org, accessed December 19, 2016
  4. "Seventeen - Lyric Hammersmith - Lyric Hammersmith". lyric.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017.
  5. "Seventeen | Lyrics Hammersmith | Casting Announcement". www.mrcarlwoodward.com. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018.
  6. "The Writer".
  7. "The Lucky Ones, Hampstead Theatre, London". Independent.co.uk . 29 April 2002.
  8. Bigsby, C. W. E., "The last plays", The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller, Cambridge University Press, 2010, ISBN   0521768748, p. 181
  9. Rosenthal, Daniel. "Arthur Miller's 'Broken Glass' reveals his private sorrows" The Independent, 22 September 2010
  10. http://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/lastyankee.html
  11. http://www.ahds.rhul.ac.uk/ahdscollections/docroot/shakespeare/performancedetails.do?performanceId=11062

Margot Leicester at IMDb