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Deborah Findlay

Acting

Born December 31, 1947 · Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK

Also known as Deborah Findley · Deborah Finlay

Biography

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Laurence Olivier Awards

Filmography36 titles

Cranford

2007as Miss Tomkinson

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989as Rowena Drake

Sherlock Holmes

1984as Sarah Cushing

Foyle's War

2002as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell

Inspector Lewis

2006as Lady Hugh

Midsomer Murders

1997as Hilary Richards

Silent Witness

1996as Gemma King

Torchwood

2006as Denise Riley

Kavanagh QC

1995as Susannah Emmott

That Christmas

2024as Mrs. Horton (voice)

Suite Française

2014as Madame Joseph

Lovesick

2014as Fiona

Heartbeat

1992as Eva Knight

The Split

2018as Ruth Defoe

Jane Eyre

1997as Mrs. Reed

Truly Madly Deeply

1990as Claire

Dalgliesh

2021as Miss Willard

Arthur Christmas

2011as General (voice)

Trial & Retribution

1997as Jill Ashton

Anna Karenina

as Countess Lydia

The End of the Affair

1999as Miss Smythe

Jackie

2016as Maud Shaw

Me Without You

2001as Judith

The Lady in the Van

2015as Pauline

Summer

2008as Doctor Price

Life In Squares

as Aunt Jane

Casualty

1986as Debbie Cookson

Great Performances

1971as Nurse

Ladies First

2026as Mrs. Sachs

Hampstead

2017as Mary Neal

The Ones Below

2015as Tessa

Gunrush

2009as Jill

The Drowning

2021as Lynn

Vanity Fair

2004as Mrs. Sedley

State of Mind

2003as D.C.I Stella Munroe

Kaleidoscope

2017as Maureen