Susan Brown (English actress)

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Brown in 2018
Born
Susan Elizabeth Brown

(1946-05-06) 6 May 1946 (age 77)
Bristol, England
Education Rose Bruford College
Occupation Actress
Years active1959–1960, 1971–present

Susan Elizabeth Brown (born 6 May 1946) is an English actress of stage and screen. [1] [2] She had roles in the film The Iron Lady (2011) and the first season of the television series Game of Thrones (2011).

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Brown has been nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the 2018 revival of the play Angels in America and a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the 2018 play Home, I'm Darling .

Biography

Brown was born in Bristol, England. Before starting her professional career, Brown trained at Rose Bruford College. She has appeared in such stage productions as The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse), Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Playing with Fire, Cardiff East [3] and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (National Theatre), [4] Easter, Romeo and Juliet , Richard III and Bad Weather (RSC), Road , [5] Shirley, Downfall, Gibraltar Strait and Seagulls (Royal Court), Butterfly Kiss (Almeida), The House of Bernarda Alba and The Chairs (Gate Theatre), You Be Ted and I'll Be Sylvia (Hampstead), Playing Sinatra (Croydon Warehouse and Greenwich Theatre), The Beaux' Stratagem , Back to Methuselah , The Vortex, The Way of the World and A Woman of No Importance (Cambridge Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (English Touring Theatre), Small Change, [6] [7] Iphigenia (Sheffield Crucible) and Angels in America.

Brown played "Mrs Dimmock" a widow who comes across an oriental cannon, in an episode of Lovejoy , "The Peking Gun", in October 1993. To international audiences, Brown is perhaps best known for her role as Septa Mordane in the first series of Game of Thrones . Her character was killed off in the concluding episodes of the series. She had a supporting role as Margaret Thatcher's live-in carer June in The Iron Lady and has had small roles in BBC drama series Call the Midwife and Torchwood .

Filmography

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Doctor Who: 100 Midwife/Mary
2008 Doctor Who: Return of the Krotons Eleanor Harvey
2010 Doctor Who: The Prison in Space Chairman Babs
2010Doctor Who: Castle of FearMaud the Withered
2010Doctor Who: The Eternal SummerAlice Withers
2010 Doctor Who: Plague of the Daleks Mrs Withers/Mrs Sowerby/Computer Voice

Film

YearFilmRoleNotes
1960The Road to Carey StreetRosemaryTV film
1987 Hope and Glory Mrs. Evans
1989 Work Experience Mrs. PercivalShort
1998Anorak of FireMrs. GascoigneTV film
2002A Matter of TasteShort
2003 The Brides in the Bath Mrs. CrossleyTV film
2004When Hitler Invaded BritainClara MilburnTV film
2006 Pinochet in Suburbia Female LawyerTV film
2008 Brideshead Revisited Nurse
2011 The Iron Lady June
2012 Now Is Good Shirley
2013 Belle Baroness Vernon
2017 National Theatre Live: Angels in America: Perestroika Hannah Pitt
National Theatre Live: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1959Private InvestigatorMaryEpisode: "A Shield for Caroline"
Ask for King BillyGirlEpisode: "Part 5"
1960 ITV Play of the Week TheresaEpisode: "All Summer Long"
1971 Public Eye Girl in GarageEpisode: "And When You've Paid the Bill, You're None the Wiser"
1972 Man at the Top Mrs. NaughtonEpisode: "High Stakes"
Armchair Theatre Naafi GirlEpisode: "The Breaking of Colonel Keyser"
New Scotland Yard Jean GortonEpisode: "Papa Charlie"
1973Then and NowAnnieEpisode: "In Memoriam"
1973-1974 The Kids from 47A Miss Hayes9 episodes
1974 Within These Walls Joan HarrisonEpisode: "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"
1975 The Hanged Man Anna KreidnerEpisode: "The Bridge Maker"
1976 The Duchess of Duke Street Ivy2 episodes
1977RoomsPat Spooner3 episodes
1979The Other SideJoyceEpisode: "Underdog"
1981 Fanny by Gaslight Mrs. HopwoodMini-series
1985 Up the Elephant and Round the Castle Mrs. FowlerEpisode: "The Pied Piper of Hamlet"
Coronation Street Connie ClaytonSeries regular
1986 Kit Curran Wendy LoweEpisode: "Blind Date"
Slinger's Day Gladys SingerEpisode: "Going Bananas"
1987 ScreenPlay HelenEpisode: "Road"
1988 Andy Capp RubySeries regular
This Is David Lander Joan TrescotEpisode: "The Rocketing Cast of Defence"
1989 ScreenPlay TracyEpisode: "Loving Hazel"
1990ChainMrs. ElliottEpisode: "Vicky Elliott"
Kappatoo Mrs. Cotton2 episodes
The Paradise Club AudreyEpisode: "Old Pals"
1990-1991 Making Out AvrilSeries regular
1991 The Bill Margaret RandleEpisode: "Too Many Chiefs"
Prime Suspect LindaEpisode: "Price to Pay: Part 2"
The Sharp End Mrs. Swales1 episode
Screen One Mrs. TribblyEpisode: "Prince"
Performance MariaEpisode: "Nona"
1992 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Brenda HarrisonEpisode: "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part One"
The Bill Mary CoxEpisode: "A Friend in Need"
Casualty JulieEpisode: "Will You Still Love Me?"
1993 Stay Lucky Barbara2 episodes
Lovejoy Mrs. DimmockEpisode: "The Peking Gun"
The Bill Janie PickettEpisode: "Outbreak"
1993-1995 September Song CillaSeries regular
1994 Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie Glenda Toughbitch1 episode
A Pinch of Snuff Betsy HeppelwhiteMini-series
The Riff Raff Element Maggie BelcherSeries regular
1995 A Touch of Frost Stella BoxleyEpisode: "No Refuge"
Casualty Joan HawleyEpisode: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1997 Wokenwell Jacqui Clovis1 episode
The Bill Cheryl WalkerEpisode: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1998 Taggart Jan DicksonEpisode: "Out of Bounds"
1999 Where the Heart Is June WrekinEpisode: "Moving On"
The Bill Jan BeckettEpisode: "Cracked Up"
Dangerfield Mrs. BassettEpisode: "Forbidden Fruit"
2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Deirdre HopeEpisode: "A Blast from the Past"
Peak Practice Clare BainEpisode: "Walls of Jericho"
2001 The Vice Brothel MadamEpisode: "Out of Mind"
Best of Both WorldsAnnie SullivanMini-series
Holby City Avril WelbeckEpisode: "Family Ties"
2002 Wire in the Blood Jean LawsonEpisode: "Justice Painted Blind"
2003Blue DoveSylvie BrennanMini-series
2004 Dalziel and Pascoe ACC Alex LawrenceEpisode: "The Price of Fame"
La Femme Musketeer Cecile D'ArtagnanMini-series
Rose and Maloney Wendy SillerySeries regular
2006 Coronation Street Maureen Tully2 episodes
2007 Holby City Nora SimpsonEpisode: "Paranoid Android"
2009 Torchwood Bridget Spears Torchwood: Children of Earth
2010 Doctors Brenda NapierEpisode: "Ghosts"
Holby City Rachel JacobyEpisode: "Together Alone"
2011 Waking the Dead Sue MyersEpisode: "Harbinger"
Game of Thrones Septa Mordane6 episodes
Midsomer Murders Leticia CliffordEpisode: "The Sleeper Under the Hill"
2012 Stella Senior Magistrate1 episode
Silent Witness Judge RoystonEpisode: "Paradise Lost"
2013 Call the Midwife Mrs. Peacock1 episode
Broadchurch Liz RoperSeries regular
2014 Father Brown Ethel FernsleyEpisode: "The Shadow of the Scaffold"
Casualty Pauline HeggartyEpisode: "Who Cares?"
Atlantis PemphredoEpisode: "The Grey Sisters"
2015 Partners in Crime Mrs HarrisonEpisode: "N or M?"
2017 Holby City Mrs. Birdie Thompson2 episodes
2019 Good Omens Mother SuperiorEpisode: "In the Beginning"
2021 It's a Sin Mrs. Bowen2 episodes
2022 The Crown Lady DugdaleEpisode: "Gunpowder"
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Min Howard4 episodes

Video games

YearTitleRole
2012 The Secret World Dame Julia Beatrix Tyburn / Cucuvea / Olga Dimir
2014 Dreamfall Chapters Queenie / The Mole / Lady Alvane
LittleBigPlanet 3 Nana Pud
2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Wendy Boyles
2018 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Isbel of Hagge
2021 It Takes Two Stargazer

Theatre credits

YearPlayRoleVenueNotes
1986 Road Brenda/Molly/Helen/Marion Royal Court Theatre, London
1987 Downfall Hettie Royal Court Theatre, London
1989 The Way of the World Millament Young Vic, The Cut, London with Cambridge Theatre Company
1990Gibraltar StraitMrs Farrell/Carmen Proetta Royal Court Theatre, London
1992 Playing Sinatra Sandra Greenwich Theatre, London
The House of Bernarda Alba La Poncia Gate Theatre, London
1994 Butterfly Kiss Jenny Ross Almeida Theatre, London
1995 Easter Mrs. Heyst The Pit, London with Royal Shakespeare Company
1996 Romeo and Juliet Nurse Barbican Theatre, London with Royal Shakespeare Company
Richard III Queen Elizabeth Barbican Theatre, London with Royal Shakespeare Company
1997 Cardiff East Marge Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
1998 Bad Weather Kay Tonnerre The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon with Royal Shakespeare Company
1999You'll Be Ted and I'll Be SylviaStella Hampstead Theatre, South Hampstead, London
2002 Small Change Mrs. Harte Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2003 We Happy Few Hettie Oaks Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Iphigenia Clytemnestra Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2004 Twelfth Night Maria UK Tourwith English Touring Theatre
2005 The Wild Duck Mrs. Sorbie Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden, London
Playing with Fire The Mayor Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
Henry IV, Part 1 & Part 2 Mistress Quickly Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
2008 The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other Ensemble Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
Harper Regan Alison Wooley Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
2009 The Contingency Plan Tessa Bush Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
2011 Saved Mary Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London
2012Goodbye to All ThatIris Royal Court Theatre, London part of "Royal Court Young Writers' Festival"
Making Noise Quietly May Applewood Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden, London
2013 If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep Joan Royal Court Theatre, London
Julius Caesar Casca St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York City
2014 Good People Dotty Noël Coward Theatre, London
2015Image of an Unknown Young WomanCandace Gate Theatre, London
Husbands & Sons Mrs. Gascoigne Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
2017 Angels in America Hannah Pitt Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London & Neil Simon Theatre, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
2019 Home, I'm Darling Sylvia Duke of York's Theatre, London also, UK tour
2021 Under Milk Wood Various roles Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2018 Tony Awards Best Featured Actress in a Play Angels in America Nominated
2019 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Home, I'm Darling Nominated

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