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Deborah Findlay
Born: 31st Dec 1947 Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK
Dept: Acting
Deborah Findlay is an English actress.
Her TV credits include the recurring character Greer Thornton in 4 of the 6 episodes of State of Play, and in the episode The French Drop (2004) in Foyle's War. She also appeared in 4 episodes of the 2001 series of The Armstrong and Miller Show. In Autumn 2007 she appeared with Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis in the BBC1 costume drama series Cranford playing the role of the endless spinster Miss Augusta Tompkinson as well as in Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale. She portrayed Home Secretary Denise Riley in Torchwood's 2009 third series Children of Earth, and featured as lawyer Gemma King in one episode of the BBC1 series Silent Witness in January 2010.
In 2008 she starred in the US premiere of Vincent River by Philip Ridley. In 2009 she appeared, again alongside Judi Dench in a Donmar West End revival of Madame de Sade, and reprised her (in this case more prominent) role as Augusta Tompkinson in the two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford.
She also played Gillian in the acclaimed 1999 ITV Drama The Last Train
She won the 1997 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (sharing the award with Allison Janney and Celia Weston) as well as the Olivier Award for her formance in Stanley.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 71
Film: 41 (58%)
Television: 30 (42%)
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Filmography
2026
An arrogant but charismatic ladies' man finds his life of money, power and casual flings upended when he wakes up in a parallel world dominated by wom ... view
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Mrs. Sachs
2025
Based on the novel by Karl Ove Knausgård, the film follows Noah (Johnny Flynn) as he navigates his complex grief following the death of his estranged ... view
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Mother
2024
It's an unforgettable Christmas for the townsfolk of Wellington-on-Sea when the worst snowstorm in history alters everyone's plans — including Santa ... view
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Mrs. Horton (voice)
2023
Seen through the eyes of Sam, we are taken on a journey through the loveliest of days. A glorious family gathering in a perfect English summer garden. ... view
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Grandmother
2023
Two old lovers reunite many years later after a chance meeting. ... view
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Claire
Nov 2021 (first aired)
A recent widower and acclaimed poet, enigmatic Inspector Adam Dalgliesh employs his exceptional empathy and insight to plumb the darker depths of the ... view
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Miss Willard (2 ep.)
2021
An inquisitive retiree surprises her new neighbours to say hello; what she wasn’t expecting is that they would all be naked. A short about over-step ... view
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Margaret
2021
An adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy set in modern-day Italy where two young lovers strive to transcend a violent world where Catholic and secular v ... view
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Nurse
Feb 2021 (first aired)
Since losing her son eight years ago, Jodie has been rebuilding her life but when she catches sight of Daniel, she is convinced she has found her miss ... view
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Lynn (4 ep.)
2019
Three stories of strangers meeting on the edge of war. A conscientious objector and a roaming artist find tenderness as the carnage of the Second Worl ... view
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Helene
2018
Filmed live at London’s Bridge Theatre during its limited run. The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town in Yorkshire, is ... view
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Sister Gilchrist
Apr 2018 (first aired)
The Defoes, a family of female divorce lawyers, are forced to face their past following the return of their estranged father after a 30 year absence. ... view
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Ruth Defoe (18 ep.)
2017
A psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a middle-aged man and his mother. ... view
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Maureen
2017
Emily Walters is an American widow living a peaceful, uneventful existence in the idyllic Hampstead Village of London, when she meets local recluse, ... view
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Mary Neal
2016
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963. ... view
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Maud Shaw
2016
A young affluent couple expecting their first child hits it off with the new couple that moves in downstairs, until a dinner party between them ends i ... view
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Tessa
2015
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her ... view
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Pauline
Jul 2015 (first aired)
The three-part series centres on the close and often fraught relationship between sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, and Vanessa’s sexually co ... view
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Aunt Jane (3 ep.)
2015
Political drama about the rise of Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats during the 2010 election. After the election failed to produce an outright winn ... view
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Harriet Harman
2015
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they ... view
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Madame Joseph
Oct 2014 (first aired)
After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news. ... view
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Fiona (1 ep.)
2014
When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens ... view
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Volumnia
Sep 2012 (first aired)
A bond between a troubled 25-year-old Aaron Simmons and Julie Ranmore a 44-year-old mother of two, whose marriage has lost all passion, has profound i ... view
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Vanessa (3 ep.)
2011
For hundreds of years, the Claus family has delegated the title "Santa" to a chosen few of its members, which can be passed down upon retirement. Each ... view
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General (voice)
2009
Set against the rising wave of gun crime in Britain, Gunrush sees a father driven to take the law into his own hands after his daughter is shot dead. ... view
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Jill
2008
Shaun and Daz are vibrant kids, wasted by their experience of education. All they have is friendship and Shaun's first love Katy. From the moment Shau ... view
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Doctor Price
2008
We've all had "one of those days" - when nothing seems to go right, when life just seems to be dealing you one poor hand after another. Unfortunately ... view
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Supervisor
2007
A drama about a couple on the edge of divorce, their solicitors, their daughter and of course, their dog. ... view
Character:
Pamela Wilson
Nov 2007 (first aired)
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Ga ... view
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Miss Tomkinson (7 ep.)
2007
Jeremy Paxman tells the tragic story of World War One poet Wilfred Owen. ... view
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Susan Owen
2007
John Simm stars as Vincent Van Gogh in The Yellow House, a feature-length drama that tells the moving human story of the most influential and explosiv ... view
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Madame Roulin
Feb 2007 (first aired)
Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them. ... view
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Lady Hugh (1 ep.)
2007
A decade on, Egg, Milly, Warren, Anna and Miles meet again at Ferdy's funeral. Egg is a writer, Milly a mum, Anna's still a lawyer, while Warren and M ... view
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Doctor
2007
A decade on, Egg, Milly, Warren, Anna and Miles meet again at Ferdy's funeral. Egg is a writer, Milly a mum, Anna's still a lawyer, while Warren and M ... view
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Oct 2006 (first aired)
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial. ... view
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Denise Riley (2 ep.)
2004
In early 19th century England, orphaned Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend. ... view
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Mrs. Sedley
2003
The ostensibly calm and courteous Gerald Ballantyne lives in and embodies modern suburbia. But he is haunted by the memory of a recent car crash and h ... view
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Margaret Ballantyne
2003
Reeling from the discovery of her husband's adultery, Grace moves back to her family home with her son. Amidst all this emotional turmoil, forensic ps ... view
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D.C.I Stella Munroe
Oct 2002 (first aired)
As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War ope ... view
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Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell (1 ep.)
2001
During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly and Marina make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fie ... view
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Judith
May 2000 (first aired)
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to ... view
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Countess Lydia (4 ep.)
1999
On a rainy London night in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with Henry Miles, husband of his ex-mistress Sarah, who abruptly ended ... view
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Miss Smythe
Nov 1999 (first aired)
The life of doctor's daughter Molly Gibson changes gradually after her widowed father chooses to remarry. The union brings into her once-quiet life an ... view
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Miss Phoebe (6 ep.)
Apr 1999 (first aired)
The Last Train is a British six-part post-apocalyptic television drama serial first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999. It has since been repeated o ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1997 (first aired)
Devised and written by Lynda La Plante as a follow-on from her successful television series Prime Suspect, this vast police procedural follows police ... view
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Jill Ashton (2 ep.)
Mar 1997 (first aired)
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his ... view
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Lorna Soane (1 ep.)
Hilary Richards (1 ep.)
1997
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happily in her new position at Thornfield Hall, she mee ... view
Character:
Mrs. Reed
Feb 1996 (first aired)
A team of exceptional forensic pathologists and scientists investigate heinous crimes and use their skills to catch the people responsible. ... view
Character:
Gemma King (1 ep.)
1995
Jack always lands on his feet. He lands on his feet when he marries the beautiful Sarah. He lands on his feet when he buys a luxurious new home. Howev ... view
Character:
Miss Cartwright
May 1995 (first aired)
Newly-divorced Jennifer Holt moves with her teenage son to a rural veterinary practice in Devon , where she has to prove herself to her colleagues and ... view
Character:
Anna Walker (1 ep.)
Jan 1995 (first aired)
John Thaw dons the silks as barrister James Kavanagh Q.C., one of the most highly respected criminal advocates in London, commanding admiration from c ... view
Character:
Susannah Emmott (1 ep.)
1994
Stephen Milner is a solicitor, but he fits uneasily into the world of Lewis Strange and Partners, who are an upmarket firm of solicitors. The film fol ... view
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Sylvia Milner
1993
A teen, jailed in an adult prison in Britain, takes his own life in July 1990. ... view
Character:
Cheryl Morris
May 1992 (first aired)
An advertising executive investigating the death of an old girlfriend uncovers a conspiracy to cover up the spread of BSE in humans. ... view
Character:
Grace (3 ep.)
May 1992 (first aired)
Aging historian Gerald Middleton is taciturn and methodical, a creature of habit who prefers his daily routine undisturbed. Separated from his wife an ... view
Character:
Kay Consett (3 ep.)
Apr 1992 (first aired)
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines. ... view
Character:
Eva Knight (1 ep.)
1991
A domineering,reclusive, and ostentatiously pious widow in a small Spanish town keeps such close watch on her daughters that they are unable to have n ... view
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Martirio
1991
Marlene celebrates her new position as MD of Top Girls Appointment Agency by giving a dinner party for five oddly assorted women from centuries past. ... view
Character:
Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
Oct 1991 (first aired)
An anthology series of various plays and dramatic performances. ... view
Character:
Isabella Bird (1 ep.)
May 1991 (first aired)
A marriage and home can be made complete with the arrival of a new baby, but Shirley Frame feels a need to share her good fortune by going out into th ... view
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Doll (6 ep.)
1991
Nina is totally heartbroken at the death of her boyfriend Jamie, but is even more unprepared for his return as a ghost. At first it's almost as good a ... view
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Claire
1989
The story of a retired man who decides to fulfil his life-long ambition of walking from one end of Britain to the other. ... view
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Lisa
Jan 1989 (first aired)
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poiro ... view
Character:
Rowena Drake (1 ep.)
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional ... view
Character:
Debbie Cookson (1 ep.)
May 1986 (first aired)
Ladies in Charge is a 1986 British television drama, an expansion from a 1985 pilot in the Storyboard anthology programme. Produced by Thames Televisi ... view
Character:
Hetty (1 ep.)
Apr 1984 (first aired)
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. ... view
Character:
Sarah Cushing (1 ep.)
Mar 1984 (first aired)
When a nursing student with a penchant for petty extortion is fatally poisoned during a routine procedure, Commander Dalgliesh and Inspector Massingha ... view
Character:
Heather Pearce (1 ep.)
Apr 1983 (first aired)
Centred on the cases of P. D. James' gentleman detective Adam Dalgliesh. In addition to his career as a policeman, Dalgliesh is also a published poet ... view
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Heather Pearce (1 ep.)
1983
A ringing phone after midnight can be a disturbing experience but until Simon, a successful barrister, hears from Macy, his friend from university day ... view
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Angela
1982
Three-day weeks, strikes and the lights going out - the winter of 1973-4 finally spurs Hugh into political action. But is his new-found zeal going to ... view
Character:
Ingy
Jan 1971 (first aired)
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular ... view
Character:
Nurse (1 ep.)