Richenda Carey

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Richenda Carey
Born (1948-04-29) 29 April 1948 (age 75)
OccupationActress
Years active1974–present
Spouses
(m. 1979;died 1986)
  • John Foley

Richenda Carey (born 29 April 1948) is a British actress who is mostly known for her roles in Monarch of the Glen , Jeeves and Wooster , Darling Buds of May, Crush and more recently, Separate Lies and Criminal Justice . [1]

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Carey was the third wife of actor Nigel Stock, whom she married in Bristol in 1979. After Stock's death in 1986, Carey married John Foley in 1999.[ citation needed ]

From July 2009 she appeared in Calendar Girls at the Noël Coward Theatre.

Filmography

Film and television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974 Upstairs, Downstairs Head NurseTug of War (series four, episode five)
1975 Within These Walls Officer BudgenLet the People See (series two, episode nine)
1976 Nuts in May Miss Bealeaka Play for Today: Nuts in May
1982 A Shocking Accident Susan
1982 P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang Botany Teacher
1986 Only Fools and Horses Lady at Opera A Royal Flush
1990 Jeeves and Wooster Lady Wickhammersley The Purity of the Turf
1990 Waiting for God Greta MuellerFraulein Mueller (series one, episode five)
1991 The Darling Buds of May Lady Bluff-GoreSeries 1 (3 episodes)
Bodger & Badger Mrs BogartSeries 3 (7 episodes)
1994 Wycliffe Jane RuleThe Tangled Web
Nostradamus Countess
1995 The Choir Bridget Cavendish
1996The Prince and the PauperLady Milfordtelevision mini-series
1997 Photographing Fairies Fierce Woman
Chalk Mary Langland New Student
Jane Eyre Lady Ingram
Kavanagh QC Pamela ErskineBlood Money
Mrs Dalloway Lady Bradshaw
1998 Mosley Lady Mosley Channel 4 mini-series
dinnerladies Lady PamelaRoyals (series one, episode two)
Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde Sister BlisterAstro-Nuts
1999 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Mary Blackcottage
Spaced Dog pound clerkBattles (series one, episode four)
2001 Crush Lady Governor
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Imperious Woman
Hot Money Judge Lucinda Winchcombe
2002VacuumsMrs Cartwrightmusical a.k.a. Stealing Bess (US title)
2003 Monarch of the Glen Lady Dorothy Trumpington-BonnetSeries 5 (five episodes)
The Young Visiters Lady Gay Finchlingtelevision film version
Looking for Victoria Lady Wharncliffetelevision film
2004 Midsomer Murders Margaret HopkinsThe Straw Woman
2005 Separate Lies Sarah Tufnell
2008 Criminal Justice Judge Ira
2009 Desperate Romantics Landlady
2010 The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Mrs Priestley
2015 Colonia Dignidad Gisela Seewald
2019 Downton Abbey Mrs Webb

Radio and voice work

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Mrs TerrissThe Star of the Adelphi (Radio)
Clock Tower 3 Dorothy Rand Survival horror game (Video game) [2]
2005 No Commitments Lady Dorothy Trumpington-BonnetHard Times (series eleven, episode four) (Radio)
2000Dogged PersistenceNettieWritten by Martyn Wade and co-starring Joan Sims and Elizabeth Spriggs (BBC Radio 4, August 2000)

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References

  1. "IMDB entry for Richenda Carey". IMDb . Retrieved 18 October 2008.
  2. Capcom, Sunsoft. Clock Tower 3. Capcom. Scene: Ending credits, 7:09 in, CAST.