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Lindsay Duncan

Born Lindsay Vere Duncan
7 November 1950 (1950-11-07) (age 57)
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Spouse(s) Hilton McRae

Lindsay Vere Duncan (born 7 November 1950) is a Scottish Tony Award-winning actress. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Hilton McRae (born 28 December 1949) is a Scottish Actor in the fields of theatre television and film Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works She is a noted stage actress, winning the Tony Award for Private Lives. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Private Lives is a play written by Noel Coward in 1930 Coward who also starred in the first production alongside Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier

Duncan was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to a father who served in the army for 21 years. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. [1] She studied at London's Central School of Speech and Drama and worked in mostly unheralded theatre roles before graduating to television productions in the 1980s. The Central School of Speech and Drama was founded in 1906 by Elsie Fogerty to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young Actors and other students These productions included On Approval (1982), Reilly, Ace of Spies (1983), Dead Head (1985), and Traffik (1989). Reilly Ace of Spies is a 1983 television Miniseries, written by Troy Kennedy Martin, and based on the 1967 book Ace of Spies by Dead Head was a four-part political crime thriller scripted by Howard Brenton, the author of The Romans in Britain. Traffik is a 1989 television serial about the illegal drug trade. On stage she created the role of La Marquise de Merteuil in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses in Stratford, London and New York. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC is a British Theatre company Les Liaisons dangereuses ( Dangerous Liaisons) is a French

In the 1990s, she continued to appear in prestigious London stage and screen productions, such as the 1999 TV version of Oliver Twist, in which she portrays Elizabeth Leeford. Oliver Twist (1838 is Charles Dickens' second Novel. The book was originally published in Bentley's Miscellany as a serial Duncan also appears in the 1999 film adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park (in dual roles as the heroine's mother and drug-addicted aunt), in the 1997 TV series A History of Tom Jones: A Foundling as Lady Ballaston, in the 1996 film adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as Hippolyta and Titania, and in the 1993 TV serial A Year in Provence as the wife of author Peter Mayle. Jane Austen (16 Mansfield Park is a Novel by Jane Austen, written at Chawton Cottage between 1812 and 1814. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, suggested by " The Knight's Tale " from Peter Mayle (born June 14, 1939 in Brighton) is a British author famous for his series of books detailing life in Provence, France

Most recently Duncan played Servilia Caepionis in the 2005 HBO-BBC series Rome and she starred as Rose Harbinson in Starter for Ten. Servilia of the Junii is a character from the HBO / BBC2 original Television series, ''Rome'', played by Lindsay Duncan. Rome is a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy -nominated historical drama Television series co-created by John Milius Aged by make-up, she played Lord Longford's wife, Elizabeth, in the award-winning TV film Longford. Longford is a 2006 Drama Television film directed by Tom Hooper and written by Peter Morgan.

Duncan is married to fellow Scottish actor Hilton McRae. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Hilton McRae (born 28 December 1949) is a Scottish Actor in the fields of theatre television and film They have one son, Cal McRae, born September 1991.

On the 9th April 2008, it was announced that Duncan was to play Margaret Thatcher in an upcoming BBC film about the former prime minister's final year in power. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 She will begin filming in the summer.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Lindsay Duncan: When in Rome... - Features, Film & TV - Independent.co.uk

External links


Awards
Preceded by
Mary-Louise Parker
for Proof		 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
2001-2002
for Private Lives		 Succeeded by
Vanessa Redgrave
for Long Day's Journey Into Night
Persondata
NAME Duncan, Lindsay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duncan, Lindsay Vere
SHORT DESCRIPTION Actress
DATE OF BIRTH 7 November 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 film about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. Traffik is a 1989 television serial about the illegal drug trade. The Reflecting Skin is a Surreal 1990 film about a young child growing up in Rural Idaho in the 1950s GBH was a seven-part British Television Drama written by Alan Bleasdale, made by independent production company G City Hall is a 1996 Film directed by Harold Becker. Al Pacino and John Cusack star as the idealistic Mayor of A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 Film adaptation of William Shakespeare 's play of the same title. An Ideal Husband is a 1999 Feature film based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Star Wars Episode I Phantom Menace is a 1999 military sci-fi film written and directed by George Lucas. Voice acting is the art of providing voices for animated characters (including those in feature films television series animated shorts and Video games) and Shooting The Past was a critically-lauded television drama by Stephen Poliakoff, produced by TalkBack Productions for BBC Two and first shown Mansfield Park is a UK film loosely based on Jane Austen 's novel of the same name, written and directed by Patricia Rozema Oliver Twist is a television mini-series produced by ITV in 1999 Perfect Strangers was an acclaimed British television drama first aired in 2001, produced for the BBC Two network Under the Tuscan Sun is a 2003 Film based on Frances Mayes's 1996 memoir of the same name AfterLife is a film drama set in Scotland directed by Alison Peebles made in 2003 about an ambitious Scottish journalist forced to choose between Rome is a BAFTA, Golden Globe and Emmy -nominated historical drama Television series co-created by John Milius Longford is a 2006 Drama Television film directed by Tom Hooper and written by Peter Morgan. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American Tony - Emmy - and Golden Globe -winning actress Proof is a play by David Auburn originally produced by the Manhattan Theatre Club on May 23, 2000. The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play was first awarded at the 1974-1975 Drama Desk Awards and has been awarded every year since Private Lives is a play written by Noel Coward in 1930 Coward who also starred in the first production alongside Gertrude Lawrence and Laurence Olivier Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an English Academy Award, two-time Cannes Best Actress, Long Day's Journey into Night is a 1956 dramatic play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill, widely considered to be his masterwork Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
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