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Born
Maureen Diane Lipman

(1946-05-10) 10 May 1946 (age 78)
Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Occupation(s)Actress, writer, comedian
Years active1968–present
Spouse
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(m. 1974;died 2004)​
Partner(s)Guido Castro
(2008–2021)
David Turner
(2023–present)
Children2, including Amy Rosenthal

Dame Maureen Diane Lipman (born 10 May 1946 [1] ) is an English actress, columnist and comedian. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and her stage work has included appearances with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was made a dame in the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to charity, entertainment and the arts.

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Early life and education

Lipman was born on 10 May 1946 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, the daughter of Maurice Julius Lipman and Zelma Pearlman. [1] Her father was a tailor; he used to have a shop between the Ferens Art Gallery and Monument Bridge. Lipman grew up Jewish and found post-war Hull a welcoming place for the Jewish community. [2] She lived in Northfield Road, Hull [3] and attended Wheeler Primary School. [4]

Lipman then attended Newland School for Girls in Hull, [5] and in her youth became interested in performing. She performed in school productions, attended an early Beatles concert, and watched Elizabeth Taylor's Butterfield 8 fifteen times. [6] Her first performances at home included impersonations of Alma Cogan; "a nice Jewish girl, she was big in our house", [7] and she was encouraged into an acting career by her mother, who used to take her to the pantomime and push her onto the stage.

Lipman trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. [8]

Career

Theatre

Lipman worked extensively in the theatre following her début in a stage production of The Knack at the Palace Theatre, Watford. In order to get the post, she pretended that a documentary producer wanted to follow her finding her first job – this was a lie but it seemed to work. [9] [10]

Lipman was a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company at the Old Vic from 1971 to 1973 and of the Royal Shakespeare Company for its 1973 Stratford season. [11]

Lipman has continued to work in the theatre for more than fifty years, playing, among other roles, Aunt Eller in the National Theatre's Oklahoma! . [10] [12]

From November 2005 to April 2006 she played Florence Foster Jenkins in the Olivier Award-nominated show Glorious! at the Duchess Theatre in London's West End. [13]

From October 2010 to February 2011, Lipman starred in a production of J.B. Priestley's When We Are Married at the Garrick Theatre. In 2012, she directed and appeared in a production of Barefoot in the Park on tour and starred in Old Money at the Hampstead Theatre. In 2013, she starred in Daytona at The Park Theatre followed by a tour, and in 2014 a season at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. In 2015, she starred with James Dreyfus in Mary Chase's play Harvey at Birmingham Rep, on tour and at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. In 2016, she starred in My Mother Said I Never Should at the St. James Theatre. In 2017, she starred with Felicity Kendal in a revival of Lettice and Lovage at the Menier Chocolate Factory. In 2018, she starred with Martin Shaw in The Best Man at the Playhouse Theatre, as well as returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the first time in fifty years with a one-woman show of jokes and storytelling called Up For It. [14]

Television

After early appearances in the sitcoms The Lovers , and Doctor at Large , and a role in The Evacuees (1975), [15] Lipman first gained prominence on television in the situation comedy Agony (1979–81), in which she played an agony aunt with a troubled private life. In her role as Stella Craven in Smiley's People (1982), Lipman appeared with Alec Guinness.

She performed the Joyce Grenfell monologue The Committee for the first time on The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog, which was recorded 1982, and broadcast by Channel 4 in 1983. [16]

She played the lead role in the television series All at No 20 [17] (1986–87) and took on a range of diverse characters when starring in the series of comedy plays About Face (1989–91). [18] She is known for playing Joyce Grenfell in the biographical show Re: Joyce!, [19] which she co-wrote with James Roose-Evans.

In 1996 she appeared in the BBC comedy drama Eskimo Day , written by husband Jack Rosenthal and directed by Piers Haggard, about the trials and tribulations of three young would-be students as they arrive with their families at Queens' College, Cambridge, on interview day. [20] [21] [22] There was a sequel, Cold Enough for Snow, in 1997.

She appeared as snooty landlady Lillian Spencer in Coronation Street for six episodes in 2002. The character was employed by Fred Elliott (John Savident) to run The Rovers Return Inn. [23] She re-joined the cast of Coronation Street in August 2018, this time playing Evelyn Plummer, the long-lost grandmother of Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall). [24]

In 2003 she appeared in Jonathan Creek in the episode "The Tailor's Dummy". Lipman played Maggie Wych in the children's television show The Fugitives , broadcast in 2005. She has narrated two television series on the subject of design, one for UKTV about Art Deco and one about 20th-century design for ITV/Sky Travel.

She performed as a villain, The Wire, in the 2006 series of Doctor Who in the episode entitled "The Idiot's Lantern". [25]

She has also appeared on Just a Minute , [26] The News Quiz , [27] That Reminds Me , This Week and Have I Got News for You . [28] In 2007, Lipman appeared as a celebrity contestant on Comic Relief Does The Apprentice to raise money for Comic Relief. The show saw her helping to run a funfair. Later in 2007, she made a guest appearance in Casualty ; this was followed by an appearance in a December 2011 episode of the Casualty spin-off Holby City , playing a different character.

In May 2008, she appeared in the BBC documentary series Comedy Map of Britain . [29] On Sunday 11 January 2009, BBC Four was devoted to a "Maureen Lipman Night". [30] On 5 February 2009, she appeared in the third series of teen drama Skins , in the episode entitled "Thomas" as Pandora Moon's Aunt Elizabeth.

She played Irene Spencer in the ITV3 comedy Ladies of Letters , in which she starred alongside Anne Reid. The show's first series started in 2009, and it returned for a second series in 2010.

Film

Lipman made an early film appearance in Up the Junction (1968). [12] She played the title character's mother in Roman Polanski's film The Pianist (2002). [12]

In the 1999 film Solomon & Gaenor , the character she played spoke Yiddish throughout. [10]

Advertising

In 1987, [31] she was cast as the character "Beatrice Bellman" ("Beatie/BT"), a Jewish grandmother in a series of television commercials for British Telecom, [10] a role which became sufficiently well known to launch a book You Got An Ology in 1989, [32] and which was still referred to 25 years later by politicians. [33]

Books, newspapers and magazines

After her husband died in May 2004 she completed his autobiography By Jack Rosenthal, and played herself in her daughter's four-part adaptation of the book, Jack Rosenthal's Last Act, on BBC Radio Four in July 2006. [12] Her anthology, The Gibbon's In Decline But The Horse Is Stable, is a book of animal poems that is illustrated by established cartoonists, including Posy Simmonds and Gerald Scarfe, to raise money for Myeloma UK, to combat the cancer to which she lost her husband.

She also wrote a monthly column for Good Housekeeping magazine [10] for more than ten years, [12] which formed the basis for several autobiographical books, including How Was It For You?, Something To Fall Back On, Thank You For Having Me, You Can Read Me Like A Book and Lip Reading. Lipman has also contributed a weekly column in The Guardian in the newspaper's G2 section.

She writes for The Oldie [12] [34] and is on the editorial advisory board of Jewish Renaissance magazine. [35]

Personal and family life

Lipman is Jewish. She lives in Muswell Hill, north London [10] and has two children, writers Amy and Adam Rosenthal.

She was married to dramatist Jack Rosenthal from 1974 [36] until his death in 2004, and has had a number of roles in his works.

Retired computer expert Guido Castro, an Egyptian Jew, was her partner from 2008 until his death in January 2021. [37] [38]

In August 2024, Lipman became engaged to David Turner, [39] co-founder [40] of gym chain LA Fitness (now owned by PureGym).

Political views

Burma

Lipman supports the work of the Burma Campaign UK, [12] [41] Europe's largest NGO regarding Myanmar (Burma). Lipman supports the process of democratisation in the country. Lipman also supports the work of Prospect Burma, a non-political charity that offers Burmese students the opportunity to study at university overseas. Lipman spoke on behalf of Prospect Burma in the BBC Radio 4 Appeal, broadcast in September 2009. [42]

Pro-Israel activism

Lipman supported Israel during the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah conflict. On 13 July 2006, in a debate on the BBC's This Week , she argued that "human life is not cheap to the Israelis, and human life on the other side is quite cheap actually, because they strap bombs to people and send them to blow themselves up." These comments were condemned by columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown who said "Brutally straight, she sees no equivalence between the lives of the two tribes". [43] Lipman responded to Alibhai-Brown's accusation of racism by arguing that the columnist had deliberately misrepresented Lipman's comments as generalisations about Muslims rather than specific comments about terrorists. [44]

In The Jewish Chronicle , Lipman argued that media reporting of the conflict was "heavily distorted":

There is rarely any film of rockets being fired into Israel, nor any mention of the damage, nor of the 250,000 refugees who have fled to the centre of Israel, nor of rockets targeting Israel every day since it withdrew from Gaza, nor the damage done by 100 Hezbollah rockets a day...

More people are being killed in São Paulo, Somalia and Darfur than in this conflict. Where is the coverage? It is as if the Iraq War has completely stopped while this blanket coverage in Lebanon goes on and on and on... I sometimes think Israel should ban the press as Zimbabwe has. They are a democracy, though, and behave accordingly...

I respect freedom of speech, but I'm contemptuous of the 300 signatories [to the anti-Invasion Times advert and the Independent letter]. To English, assimilated, sometimes self-despising Jews such as Gerald Kaufman and Harold Pinter, I say: where are you going to go when the shit hits the fan? It doesn't matter if you stand in Parliament or marry into the aristocracy, there will be no Israel to receive you, as they have received so many before. Why didn't they put their ad in an Israeli newspaper? Because it is more important to impress their fellow Englishmen than to effect change in the situation. Where are their signatures against Burma, Nepal, Tibet and Zimbabwe?... [45]

In May 2015, Lipman joined pro-Israel groups including the Zionist Federation in a protest outside the London premiere of a Palestinian play, The Siege , at Battersea Arts Centre. [46]

In an interview with The Guardian on 18 August 2020, Lipman inaccurately asserted that Hezbollah had claimed responsibility for the 2020 Beirut explosion, stating: "I'm very grateful that Hezbollah said they did it". She intimated that she would not be prepared to work alongside some pro-Palestinian actors, citing Maxine Peake and Miriam Margolyes as examples. [47]

In 2024, Lipman said that protests against Israel are "close to fascism". [48] She said, "These bleeding heartless liberals care so deeply for the Palestinians? That they espouse their cause at the expense of every other oppressed people of the world... Shame. Shame. Shame on every one of you." [49]

Lipman does not support the Palestinian right of return, saying: "[A]s far as I can see nobody in history has ever had the right to return." [50]

Antisemitism

In a January 2015 interview on LBC Radio, Lipman said she was considering emigrating to the United States or Israel in response to what she perceived as increasing antisemitism in the United Kingdom. [51] [52]

In November 2023 Lipman joined a march against antisemitism in London alongside prominent celebrities including Vanessa Feltz, Robert Rinder, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Elliot Levey, Rachel Riley, Eddie Marsan, and David Baddiel. [53]

The Labour Party

At the 2005 general election, Lipman supported the Labour Party, [54] but declared in October 2014 that she could no longer do so due to leader Ed Miliband's support for a parliamentary motion in favour of recognising the State of Palestine. [55] [56] [57] In April 2018, Lipman criticised Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for the way he had handled antisemitism in the Labour Party and the party's reputed failure to address the issue. Lipman attended a protest outside Labour's head office and said she was there "as a disenfranchised socialist". She identified with a placard reading "Corbyn made me a Tory". [58] [59] [60] In a 2020 interview, she described herself as a "Labour luvvie" under the tenure of Tony Blair, as opposed to a "party member". She also said she would have to be "stark raving mad to support (Conservative Party leader) Boris Johnson". [47]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968 Up the Junction Sylvie
1969 The Smashing Bird I Used to Know SarahAKA, School for Unclaimed Girls
1971 Gumshoe Naomi
1980 The Wildcats of St Trinian's Katy Higgs
1983 Educating Rita Trish
1985 Water Margaret Thatcher
National Lampoon's European Vacation Lady in the bed
1992 Carry On Columbus Countess Esmeralda
1999 Solomon & Gaenor Rezl
Captain Jack Barbara Bostock
2002 The Pianist Edwarda Szpilman
2003 SuperTex Dora Breslauer
2004 Lighthouse Hill Audrey Davidson
2008The AgentCharlie
Caught in the ActJudith Herbst
2012 Run for Your Wife Exercising womanCameo
Metamorphosis Mrs. Samsa
2020The SchnozNorma & Golda

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969–1970, 1981 ITV Playhouse Liz; Little Satin Bottom/The Mayoress; Zoya KreinEpisodes: "In a Cottage Hospital", "The People's Jack", "Last Night Another Dissident..."
1969–1970, 1973 ITV Sunday Night Theatre Joanna Dibble; Barbara; CathleenEpisodes: "It's Called the Sugar Plum", "The Gingham Dog", "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
1970 Codename LisaEpisode: "A Walk with the Lions"
Don't Ask Us – We're New HereVariousTV series
The Lovers Sandra AppletonEpisode: "Brainwashing"
1971 Doctor at Large MaxineEpisode: "Saturday Matinee"
1973 Thriller Liz MorrisEpisode: "File It Under Fear"
Casanova '73 GloriaEpisode #1.3
1973–1975 Crown Court Sarah LewisRecurring role
1974Armchair CinemaAnnieEpisode: "Regan"
You'll Never Walk AloneMarjorie PounceyTV short
1975 The Evacuees Sarah MillerTV film
Three Comedies of MarriageRachelEpisode: "Bobby Bluesocks"
1975–1976CouplesMarian SteinbergMain role
1976 The Sweeney Mrs. SmedleyEpisode: "Selected Target"
Rogue Male FredaTV film
1978A Soft TouchAlison HolmesTV series
Play for Today Sharon BensonEpisode: "Dinner at the Sporting Club"
1979 The Cannon and Ball Show Mrs. PaigeEpisode #1.2
The Knowledge Brenda WellerTV film
1979–1981 Agony Jane LucasMain role
1981 The Other 'Arf Margaret Thatcher (voice)Episode: "Away from It All"
Dangerous Davies – The Last Detective Ena LindTV film
1982 Jackanory WitchEpisode: "The Witching Hour"
Smiley's People Stella CravenTV mini-series
Objects of AffectionValEpisode: "Rolling Home"
Outside Edge MaggieTV film
1983The Green Tie on the Little Yellow DogJoyce Grenfell
1984See How They RunMiss Skillon
1985 On Your Way, Riley Kitty McShane
Love's Labour's LostThe Princess of France
Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV RuthEpisode #1.5
Theatre Night MargeEpisode: "Absent Friends"
Absurd Person Singular Jane Hopcroft TV film
1986 Screenplay JulieEpisode: "Shift Work"
1986–1987 All at No 20 Sheila HaddonTV series
1987 A Little Princess Miss MinchinTV mini-series
First SightTamaraEpisode: "Exclusive Yarns"
1989–1991 About Face VariousMain role
1991Re:Joyce! – A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell Joyce Grenfell TV film
1992Bookmark Enid Blyton Episode: "Sunny Stories"
1995Call up the StarsJoyce GrenfellTV film
Agony Again Jane LucasMain role
1996 Eskimo Day Shani WhittleTV film
1997Cold Enough for SnowShani Whittle
1999 Oklahoma! Aunt Eller
2002George Eliot: A Scandalous LifeNarrator
Coronation Street Lillian Spencer Guest role, 6 episodes
2003 Jonathan Creek Louise BergmanEpisode: "The Tailor's Dummy"
Winter Solstice MarciaTV film
2004 Where the Heart Is Stella SinclairEpisode: "Body & Soul"
2005 The Fugitives Maggie WynchRecurring role
2006 Doctor Who The WireEpisode: "The Idiot's Lantern"
2007 Sensitive Skin Sue ShortstopEpisodes: "Three Lost Loves", "Here I Am"
Casualty Hannah 'Hayley' LiddellEpisode: "Behind Closed Doors"
2008 He Kills Coppers Lily PorterTV film
2009 Skins Aunt ElizabethEpisode: "Thomas"
Minder Anita RichardsonEpisode: "The Art of the Matter"
2009–2010 Ladies of Letters Irene SpencerMain role
2011 Tinga Tinga Tales Hummingbird (voice)Episode: "Why Hummingbird Hums"
Holby City Bonnie WaltersEpisode: "Half Empty"
2012 Midsomer Murders Mags DormerEpisode: "Written in the Stars"
2015 The Vicar of Dibley AliciaEpisode: "Comic Relief Special 2015"
Bull Beverley BullMain role
The Job Lot Maggie HigginsEpisode #3.6
2016–2019 Plebs LandladyRecurring role (series 3–5)
2018–present Coronation Street Evelyn Plummer Main cast
2020–present Celebrity Gogglebox HerselfAlongside Gyles Brandreth
2021RoseRose
2022DNA JourneyHerselfAlongside Rula Lenska

Publications

Awards and nominations

Honours

Lipman was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1999 New Year Honours and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to charity, entertainment and the arts. [62] [63] Accompanied by her son, Adam Rosenthal, she received her award from Charles, Prince of Wales at Windsor Castle on 28 October 2021. [64]

Legacy

Her papers, and those of her husband Jack Rosenthal, are held at the University of Sheffield. [65]

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