Julie Walters Biography (1950-)

Born February 22, 1950, in Smethwick, Birmingham, England; daughter of Thomas(a builder and decorator) and Mary Bridget (a postal clerk; maiden name, O'Brien) Walters; married Grant Roffey, 1997; children: Maisie. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: February 22, 1950; Smethwick, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Rita/Susan, Educating Rita, Columbia, 1983
Voice of the dormouse, Dreamchild, Universal, 1985
Fran, She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas, Film Four, 1985
Jacqueline Spong, Car Trouble, Columbia/EMI/Warner Bros., 1986
Christine Painter, Personal Services, Vestron, 1987
Elsie Orton, Prick Up Your Ears, Samuel Goldwyn, 1987
June Edwards, Buster, TriStar, 1988
Judith, Killing Dad, 1989
Mrs. Peachum, Mack the Knife (also known as The Threepenny Opera), Twenty-First Century, 1990
Vera, Stepping Out, Paramount, 1991
Monica, Just Like a Woman, 1992
Madame Dansarde, Sister My Sister, Miramax, 1994
Marjorie Beasley, Intimate Relations, Fox Searchlight, 1996
Miss Gideon, Bathtime, 1997
Bernie McPhelimy, Titanic Town, Lauren Film, 1998
Jackie Simpson, Girls' Night, Granada Films, 1998
Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy Elliot (also known as Dancer), UnitedInternational, 2000
Princess Zasyekin, All Forgotten (also known as Lover's Prayer), Seven Hills, 2000
Mrs. Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), Warner Bros., 2001
Theresa, Before You Go, Capitol, 2002
Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (also knownas Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens), Warner Bros., 2002
Annie Clarke, Calendar Girls, Buena Vista, 2003
Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Warner Bros., 2004
Jonjo Mickybo, Working Title, 2004
Television Appearances
Series
Wood and Walters, 1981-1982
Love and Marriage, YTV, 1984
Mrs. Overall, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, BBC, 1985-1986
Pauline Mole, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (also known as The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole), Thames TV, 1985
Mrs. Overall, Acorn Antiques, 1986
Petula Gordeno, Dinner Ladies, BBC, 1998
Various characters, The Sketch Show Story (also known a Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story), BBC, 2001
Miniseries
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (also known as Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf), LWT, 1978
Angie Todd, Boys from the Black Stuff, BBC, 1982
Lesley, "Her Big Chance," Talking Heads, LWT, 1987
Mrs. Lillian Murray, G.B.H., Channel 4, 1991
Julie Diadoni, Jake's Progress, 1995
Paula, Melissa, Channel 4, 1997
Marjory, "The Outside Dog," Talking Heads 2, 1998
Narrator, Laughter in the House: The Story of the British Sitcom,1999

Mrs. Mann/Bumble, Oliver Twist, ITV and PBS, 1999
Beth Craddock/'Ros', The Canterbury Tales, BBC, 2003
Movies
Angie Todd, The Black Stuff, BBC, 1980
Frances, Happy Since I Met You, 1981
Julie, Nearly a Happy Ending, 1981
Days at the Beach, BBC, 1981
Unfair Exchanges, 1984
Lulu, The Birthday Party, 1986
Pat, Her Big Chance, 1988
Monica, Clothes in the Wardrobe (also known as The Summer House), BBC, 1992
Diana Longden, Wide-Eyed and Legless (also known as The WeddingGift), BBC, 1994
Pat, Pat and Margaret, BBC, 1994
Mrs. Capstan, Requiem Apache (also known as Alan Bleasdale Presents Requiem Apache), 1994
Alice, Bambino mio (also known as Mon enfant), BBC1, 1994
Little Red Riding Hood, 1995
Maureen Hardcastle, Brazen Hussies, BBC, 1996
Fairy godmother, Jack and the Beanstalk, LWT, 1998
Sheila Fitzpatrick, My Beautiful Son (also known as Strange Relations), Showtime, 2001
Angela, Murder, 2002
Lizzie Hunt, The Return, 2003
Also appeared in Family Man, Living Together, and Say Something Happened.
Specials
Valery, Intensive Care (also known as Play for Today: IntensiveCare), BBC, 1982
An Audience with Victoria Wood, 1988
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold, Cinemax, 1991
Narrator, Roseanne and Tom: Getting Away with It, HBO, 1992
Julie Walters and Friends, 1992
Various characters, Victoria Wood's All-Day Breakfast Show, BBC, 1992
Wetty Hainthrop Investigates, 1999
Julie Walters Is an Alien in New York, 1999
Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings, BBC, 2000
(In archive footage) Mrs. Overall, The 100 Greatest TV Characters,Channel 4, 2001
(In archive footage) Night of a Thousand Faces, BBC, 2001
The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2001
Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty, BBC, 2001
We Know Where You Live (also known as Amnesty International's We Know Where You Live Live!), Channel 4, 2001
The "Billy Elliot" Boy (documentary; also known as Omnibus: TheBilly Elliot Boy), BBC, 2001
(In archive footage) Bourne to Dance (documentary), Channel 4, 2001
Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens--Das grosse RTL Special zumFilm (documentary), 2002
Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do, BBC, 2003
Episodes
Julie, "Talent," Screenplay, Granada TV, 1979
Late Night with David Letterman, 1987
Nicola, "Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah," Victoria Wood, BBC, 1989
Pam, "Over to Pam," Victoria Wood, BBC, 1989
Joy-Ann, "We'd Quite Like to Apologise," Victoria Wood, BBC, 1989
Herself, The End of the Year Show, 1998
Herself, Late Lunch, 1998
Film `72, BBC, 2000
Richard and Judy, Channel 4, 2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, BBC, 2003
Stage Appearances
(London debut) Irene Tinsley, Funny Peculiar, Mermaid Theatre, then Garrick Theatre, London, 1976
Vera, Breezeblock Park, Mermaid Theatre, then Whitehall Theatre, London, 1977
Irene Goodnight, Flaming Bodies, ICA Theatre, London, 1979
Rita, Educating Rita, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1980
Having a Ball, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1981
Fool for Love, Royal National Theatre, London, 1984-1985
Macbeth, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, 1985
When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout, Whitehall Theatre, 1986
Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Comedy Theatre, 1989
Serafina, The Rose Tattoo, Playhouse, London, 1991
All My Sons, Royal National Theatre, 2000
Also appeared in The Taming of the Shrew, produced in Liverpool, England; and in Jumpers, Royal Exchange; performed with Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and Bristol Old Vic.

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