Suzanne Bertish

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Suzanne Bertish
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Bertish in "Back to School Mr. Bean" (1994)
Born (1951-08-07) 7 August 1951 (age 73)
OccupationActress

Suzanne Bertish [1] (born 7 August 1951) is an English actress.

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Educated at Woldingham School, Bertish joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in many of its productions, including its marathon eight-and-a-half-hour version of Charles Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby , in which she played three roles. [2] She repeated these three roles in the 1982 television version of the complete play. [3] She was later seen in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (1983) as Adriana. [4]

In 1984, she appeared as Freida Gottleib, in two series of Shine on Harvey Moon , a refugee from Austria who owns a house with her brother Erich, when the Moons take up tenancy at their lodgings. [5] [6]

She also appeared as a female Arnold Rimmer (Arlene Rimmer), in an episode of Red Dwarf , "Parallel Universe" in 1988. [7]

She has also played small roles in several films, including the Harrison Ford vehicle Hanover Street , and the vampire film The Hunger . [8] She had a recurring role as Eleni in the cable television series Rome (2005–2007). [9] In 2009 she had a role in a production of Breakfast at Tiffany's at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. [10]

Filmography

References

  1. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. "Search | RSC Performances | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust". collections.shakespeare.org.uk.
  3. "BFI Screenonline: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The (1982)". BFI Screenonline.
  4. "BFI Screenonline: Comedy of Errors, The (1983)". BFI Screenonline.
  5. "Shine on Harvey Moon". British Comedy Guide.
  6. Mangan, Lucy (11 October 2012). "Your next box set: Shine On Harvey Moon". The Guardian.
  7. "Parallel Universe (1988)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.
  8. "Suzanne Bertish". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018.
  9. "Suzanne Bertish | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances". AllMovie.
  10. "Anna Friel stars in Breakfast at Tiffany's". The Guardian. 1 October 2009.