Julie Legrand | |
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Born | Julie Legrand |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1980–present |
Spouse | Simon Clark (m. 2005) |
Julie Legrand (born in Pitlochry, Scotland) is a British television, film, and stage actress best known for her role as Jeanette Dunkley on Footballers' Wives . [1] [2] She has also guest starred in a wide variety of British television shows, as well as stage productions. [3]
One of her earliest roles was in the Channel 4 comedy drama Hollywood Hits Chiswick, alongside Derek Newark as W.C. Fields. [4] Her subsequent television career has been extensive, including appearances in Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. Kavanagh QC and Holby City.
Along with her television work, Legrand has had numerous successes within theatre, most recently in See How They Run [5] and has also starred in Fiddler on the Roof in the West End at The Savoy theatre and as the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz , along with the films One for the Road , Prick Up Your Ears , and Water . [6] She also toured Britain in the RSC's Romeo and Juliet as The Nurse. [7] She played the role of Madame Morrible in the West End production of Wicked . She began performances on 29 March 2010, replacing Harriet Thorpe. [8] After a lengthy run, Legrand exited the show on 27 October 2012, and was replaced by Louise Plowright on Oct. 29, 2012. in 2014-2015 Legrand portrayed Electra in Gypsy at the Chichester Festival Theatre and the subsequent transfer to the Savoy Theatre in London. In 2016 Legrand played Mrs. Malaprop in Sheridan's The Rivals in Bristol and Glasgow.
Julie Legrand married Simon Clark, a sound engineer, in 2005. [9]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1980 | Angels | Social worker | Series 6 Episode 25 |
1981 | The Innes Book of Records | Series 3 Episode 2 | |
1984 | Play for Today | Frenchwoman | Episode: "Under the Hammer" |
1985 | Water | Business executive | |
1987 | Prick Up Your Ears | Gallery Owner | |
1989 | 4 Play | Babs | Episode: "Chains of Love" |
1990 | Coasting | Anna Milburn | Episode: "Star Quality" |
1991 | El C.I.D. | Laura | Episode: "Piece of Cake" |
The House of Bernarda Alba | Angustius | Television film | |
Turbulence | Annie | ||
1992 | Anglo-Saxon Attitudes | Clarissa Crane | 3 episodes |
The Bill | Marie Nevin | Episode: "Spit and Polish" | |
1993 | Inspector Morse | Brigitte de Plessy | Episode: "Twilight of the Gods" |
1994 | Moving Story | Angela | Episode:"Father's Day" |
1996 | The Bill | Helen Brodie | Episode: "Judgement Call" |
1999 | Kavanagh QC | Maggie Leeming | |
Holby City | Hazel | Episode: "Search for the Hero" | |
Starting Out | Marjie | 8 episodes | |
Station | Short film | ||
2000 | Bad Girls | Rita Dockley | Episode: "Babes Behind Bars" |
North Square | Tilly HUdson | Series 1 Episode 2 | |
2001 | Treasure | Mrs. P | Voice only |
2002 | Fields of Gold | Deborah Miller | Television film |
Casualty | Jennifer Woods | Episode: "It's a Boy Thing" | |
2002-2003 | Night and Day | Nurse Bradshaw | 11 episodes |
2002-2005 | Footballers' Wives | Jeanette Dunkley | 10 episodes |
2003 | ' One for the Road | Liz | |
2005 | The Bill | Marie Stimpson | 2 episodes |
2006 | Footballers Wives: Extra Time | Jeanette Dunkley | 7 episodes |
Ex Memoria | Helen | ||
One Hundredth of a Second | Mary Kennington | ||
2009 | Doctors | Barbara Warton | Episode: "Hang Onto Nurse" |
2010 | Doctor Who | The Partisan | Episode: "The End of Time: Part Two" |
2014 | Holby City | Paula Burrows | 10 episodes |
2015 | Gypsy: Live from the Savoy Theatre | Miss Cratchitt / Electra | Television film |
2017 | Cupidity | Mrs. Constantine | Short film |
2019 | Doctors | Janice Burckin | Episode: "Boomerang" |
2020 | Flack | Shell | Episode: "Brand Barron" |
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