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Lindsay Duncan Biography (1950-)
Full name, Lindsay Vere Duncan; born November 7, 1950, in Edinburgh, Scotland; married Hilton McRae (an actor); children: Callum (son).
- Nationality
- British
- Ethnicity
- Scottish
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Actress
- Birth Details
- November 7, 1950
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Stage Appearances
- Charlotta/Violette, Don Juan, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1976
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The Script, Hampstead Theatre Club, 1976
- Margaret, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1977 then Round House Theatre, London, 1979
- Dorcas Frey, Plenty, National Theatre Company, Lyttleton Theatre,London, 1978
- Hilary, Comings and Goings, Hampstead Theatre Club, 1978
- Portia, Julius Caesar, Riverside Studios, London, 1980
- Lady Nijo and Win, Top Girls, Royal Court Theatre, London, then New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, both 1982
- La Marquise de Merteuil, Les liaisons dangereuses, Royal Shakespeare Company, Ambassadors' Theatre, London, 1986 then Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1987
- Maggie, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, National Theatre Company, LyttletonTheatre, 1988
- Donny, The Cryptogram, Ambassadors' Theatre, 1994
- Hippolyta and Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Court Theatre, then Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1996
- Rebecca, Ashes to Ashes, Royal Court Theatre, then Roundabout Theatre Company, Gramercy Theatre, New York City, 1999
- Prue, The Celebration, and Rose, The Room (double-bill), Almeida Theatre, London, 2000 then Laguardia Drama Theatre, New York City.
- Amanda, Private Lives, London, 2001
- Laura, Mouth to Mouth, Royal Shakespeare Company, Jerwood TheatreDownstairs, Royal Court Theatre, then Albery Theatre, London, both 2001
- Appeared as Daphne, Present Laughter, as Geraldine, What the Butler Saw, as Gladys, The Skin of Our Teeth, as Lucy, The Rivals, as Sally, Zack, and as Viola, Twelfth Night, all at the Royal Exchange Theatre; appeared in the title role, Berenice, as Natalie, The Prince of Homburg, and as Ruth, The Homecoming, all at the Royal National Theatre, London; appeared as Helen of Troy, Troilus andCressida, and as Mistress Ford, The Merry Wives of Windsor, both with the Royal Shakespeare Company; appeared as the title role, Hedda Gabler, and in Don Juan and Incidents at Tulse Hill, all at theHampstead Theatre Club. Also appeared as Anne, The Deep Blue Sea, Cambridge Theatre Company, Cambridge, England; as Barbara Boyle, Three Hotels, Tricycle Theatre, London; as Belinda, The Provok'd Wife, NationalTheatre; as Ronnie, Progress, Bush Theatre, London; and as Sylvia, The Recruiting Officer, Bristol Old Vic Theatre and Edinburgh Festival,Edinburgh, Scotland; also appeared in productions at Southwold and Crewe.
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Film Appearances
- Sally, Loose Connections, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
- Anthea Lahr, Prick Up Your Ears, Samuel Goldwyn Company, 1987
- Lily Sachor, Manifesto (also known as A Night of Love), Cannon, 1988
- Dr. Alice (some sources cite Agatha) Webb, Body Parts, Paramount,1991
- Dolphin Blue, The Reflecting Skin, Prestige Films, 1991
- Hippolyta/Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Arts Council of Great Britain, 1996
- Sydney Pappas, City Hall, Columbia, 1996
- Lady Markby, An Ideal Husband, Miramax, 1999
- Mrs. Price and Lady Bertram, Mansfield Park, Miramax, 1999
- School child, Letters to a Street Child (short film), 1999
- Voice of TV-14, Star Wars: Episode I--The Phantom Menace (also known as The Phantom Menace and Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
- Also appeared as Mrs. Nankervis in Samson and Delilah.
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Lady Walton, Just William, London Weekend Television, c. 1977-1978
- The plugger, Reilly, Ace of Spies, Thames Television, 1983
- Dana, Dead Head, BBC-2, 1986
- Helen Rosshalde, Traffik, Channel 4, 1989 broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1990
- Barbara Douglas/Barbara Darby, GBH, Channel 4, 1991
- Monica, Jake's Progress, [Great Britain], 1995
- Louise, Get Real, Fox, 1998
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Miniseries
- Annie Mayle, A Year in Provence, Arts and Entertainment, 1993
- Lady Bellaston, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1997
- Elizabeth Leeford, Oliver Twist, Harlech Television and PBS, 1999
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Movies
- Kath Peachey, Redemption, BBC, 1991
- Alison, Dirty Tricks, Carlton Television, 2000
- Alice, Perfect Strangers, 2001
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Specials
- Candice Marie, Nuts in May (also known as Play for Today: Nutsin May), BBC, 1976
- Christine Butcher, Grown-Ups (also known as BBC-2 Playhouse: Grown-Ups), BBC-2, 1980
- Helen Hale, On Approval (also known as Play of the Month: On Approval), BBC, 1982
- Karen Miller, Rainy Day Women (also known as Play for Today: Rainy Day Women), BBC, 1984
- Anna Bouverie, The Rector's Wife, [Great Britain], later broadcaston Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1994
- Marilyn Truman, Shooting the Past, [Great Britain], later broadcast on PBS, 1999
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Episodic
- Jane, "Angels of Death," The New Avengers, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1977
- Catherine, "Deadlier Than the Male," Dick Turpin, London Weekend Television, 1980
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Muck and Brass, Central Television, 1982
- Rosemary, "Enough," Colin's Sandwich, BBC, 1988
- Medea, "Theseus and the Minotaur," The Storyteller: Greek Myths (also known as Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Greek Myths), Channel 4 andTelevision South, 1988 later broadcast in 1990
- Laura Pellin, "Getting Personnel," TECX, Central Television, 1990
- Rosemary, "Zanzibar," Colin's Sandwich, BBC, 1990
- Herself, Ruby, 1999
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Other
- Eirwen, The Childeater, Channel 4, 1989
- Appeared as Gertrune Day, These Foolish Things, BBC; and as Pamela, The Kit Curran Show, Thames Television. Also appeared in The IronFrog, BBC; New Girl in Town, Associated Television; One Upmanship, BBC; and The Winkler, Thames Television.
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Radio Appearances
- La Marquise de Merteuil, Les liaisons dangereuses, BBC, 1998
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Experiment with an Air-Pump, BBC-3, 2001
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RECORDINGS
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Audio Books
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A Year in Provence, New Video Group, 1993
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Voices in Summer, Chivers Audio Books, 1994
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The Empty House, Chivers North America, 1996
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Essential Shakespeare, HighBridge, 1996
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Les liaisons dangereuses, BBC, 1998
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The Magician's Wife, Chivers Audio Books, 1998
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Pride and Prejudice, Chivers Audio Books, 1998
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Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832,Chivers Audio Books, 2000
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Marrying the Mistress, Chivers Audio Books, 2000
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Marie Antoinette, Orion, 2001
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Guardian, January 31, 2001
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Radio Times, January 9, 1999, p. 146
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