Cheryl Campbell
Cheryl Campbell | |
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| Born | 22 May 1949 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England |
| Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1974–present |
Cheryl Campbell (born 22 May 1949) is an English actress of stage, film and television. She starred opposite
Pennies From Heaven, before going on to win the 1980 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Testament of Youth and Malice Aforethought, and the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for A Doll's House. Her film appearances include Chariots of Fire (1981), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and The Shooting Party
(1985).
Early life
Born in
Career
Campbell is known for her starring role as
British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) and the Broadcasting Press Guild Award.[3]
Campbell had earned her first BAFTA nomination the previous year for her portrayal of Eileen Everson opposite
Pennies from Heaven (1978).[1] Campbell's one other role in a work by Potter was as Janet in Rain on the Roof (1980).[2]
Stage
As a stage performer Campbell has twice been a member of the
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival).[3] In that same season, she also appeared as Diana in All's Well That Ends Well
.
She returned to the RSC in the 1992–94 season, playing Lady Macbeth to
Sir Peter Hall's Old Vic production of John Gabriel Borkman (starring Sir Ralph Richardson, Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Dame Wendy Hiller)[1] and as Maggie in W. S. Gilbert's Engaged; in 1995, as Lady Politic Would-Be in Matthew Warchus's Volpone; and in 2003 as Dotty Otley in the NT's touring (and London) revival of Noises Off.[4]
Campbell's other stage performances in London have encompassed the classics as well as new plays; they include Passion (2000) as Nell; and Life After George (2002) as Beatrix.[1]
In provincial theatre, she has appeared in: A Streetcar Named Desire (Leicester Haymarket) as Blanche (for which she received a Regional Theatre Best Actress award); and So Long Life (touring production) as Wendy.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | McVicar | Sheila McVicar | |
| 1980 | Hawk the Slayer | Sister Monica | |
| 1981 | Chariots of Fire | Jennie Liddell | |
| 1984 | Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes | Lady Alice Clayton | |
| 1985 | The Shooting Party | Lady Aline Hartlip | |
| 2010 | Tamara Drewe | Lucetta |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Affairs of the Heart | Emma Gosselin | |
| 1975 | Edward the Seventh | Princess Beatrice | Episodes 8 and 10 |
| 1975 | Within These Walls | Susan Carpenter | Episode: Long Shadows |
| 1976 | Killers | Miss Duncan | Episode: "The Crumbles Murder" |
| 1978 | Pennies From Heaven | Eileen | |
| 1978 | The Sweeney | Erica Taylor | |
| 1978 | Lillie | Sarah Bernhardt | |
| 1979 | Malice Aforethought | Madeleine Cranmere | |
| 1979 | Testament of Youth | Vera Brittain | |
| 1980 | Rain on the Roof | Janet | |
| 1981 | The Seven Dials Mystery | Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent | |
| 1984 | A Winter Harvest | Caroline Ashurst | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1985 | Absurd Person Singular | Eva Jackson | TV movie |
| 1986 | Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple | Griselda Clement | Episode: “The Murder at the Vicarage” |
| 1987 | A Sort of Innocence | Elizabeth Fellowes | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1990 | Centrepoint | Maria Wearing | TV Mini-Series (4 episodes) |
| 1990 | Boon | Pamela Drake | Episode: “The Tender Trap” |
| 1990 | Inspector Morse | Sylvie Maxton | Episode: “The Infernal Serpent” |
| 1990 | The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes | Lady Frances Carfax | Episode: “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax” |
| 1991 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Corrine Last | Episode: “Means of Evil” Part 1 & 2 |
| 1992 | The Secret Agent | Winnie Verloc | |
| 1992 | Maigret | Aline Bauche | |
| 1995 | Ghosts
|
Mrs. Maradick | Episode: "Shadowy Third |
| 1996 | Bramwell | Emily Coxon | |
| 1997 | The Mill on the Floss | Bessy Tulliver | |
| 1999 | Wing and a Prayer | Louise McAllister | |
| 1999 | A Touch of Frost
|
Diana Grey | Episode: "Appendix Man" as the assistant to the police coroner |
| 2000 | Monsignor Renard | Madeleine Claveau | |
| 2000 | Midsomer Murders | Sandra MacKillop | Episode: "Beyond the Grave" |
| 2001 | The Way We Live Now | Lady Carbury | |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Emily Gascoigne | Episode: " A Lesson in Murder "
|
| 2003 | William and Mary | Molly Gilcrest | |
| 2005 | To the Ends of the Earth | Lady Somerset | |
| 2005 | Waking the Dead | Maureen Hunt | Episode: "Undertow" |
| 2005 | Funland | Valerie Hinchcliffe | |
| 2006 | Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! | Louie Williams | TV movie |
| 2006 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Jean Swainbank | Episode: “Fallen Angel” Part 1 & 2 |
| 2006 | Spooks | Deputy Prime Minister | Episode: “ Aftermath ”
|
| 2007 | Peep Show | Penny Chapman | Episode: “Sophie’s Parents”, “Wedding” |
| 2008 | Lewis | Valli Helm | Episode: "Music to Die For" |
| 2008 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Lady Boynton | Episode: "Appointment with Death" |
| 2010 | The Sarah Jane Adventures | Ocean Waters | Episode: "The Vault of Secrets" Part 1 & 2 |
| 2011 | Casualty | Miriam Turner | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 2012, 2014 | Call the Midwife | Lady Browne | TV series - 3 episodes |
| 2013 | Breathless | Mrs Truscott | TV Mini-Series - 5 episodes |
| 2013 | Midsomer Murders | Vivian Stannington | Episode: "The Sicilian Defence" |
| 2015 | Doctor Foster | Helen Foster | TV series, 3 episodes |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-313-29550-8.
- ^ a b c "Looks Worth Yards of Dialog", Independent.co.uk, 18 October 1992.
- ^ a b c Will Scott (20 January 2003). "Cheryl Campbell: interviewed January 2003". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "For mirth and mayhem this is matchless", Telegraphy.co.uk, 15 August 2003.
External links
- Cheryl Campbell at IMDb
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