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Eleanor Bron Biography (1940-)

Born March 14, 1940, in Stanmore, Middlesex, England.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress, writer

Birth Details

March 14, 1940

Stanmore, Middlesex, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Ahme, Help!, United Artists, 1965
• Woman doctor, Alfie, Paramount, 1966
• Cathy Manchester, Two for the Road, 1967
• Margaret Spencer, Bedazzled, 1967
• Hermione Roddice, Women in Love, United Artists, 1969
• Lydia Reynolds, A Touch of Love (also known as The Millstone and Thank You All Very Much), 1969
• Sister McFee and Sister Mary MacArthur, The National Health (alsoknown as The National Health, or Nurse Norton's Affair), Columbia,1973
• Multiple roles, Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe (also known as Pleasure at Her Majesty's), 1976
• Herself/multiple roles, The Secret Policeman's Ball, 1979
• Mrs. Barrymore, The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1983
• Miss Neap, Turtle Diary, Samuel Goldwyn, 1985
• Mrs. Merdle (Merdles and Society), Little Dorrit (also known as Little Dorrit's Story and Nobody's Fault), Cannon, 1988
• Judge, Deadly Advice, Rosebud Communications Releasing, 1994
• Lady Wexmire, Black Beauty, 1994
• Miss Minchin, A Little Princess, Warner Bros., 1995
• Marie de Saint-Exupery, Saint-Ex, Bonneville Worldwide Entertainment, 1997
• Mrs. Peniston, The House of Mirth, Sony Pictures Classics, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Movies
• Mary, The Day Christ Died, CBS, 1980
• Mrs. Barrymore, The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1983
• Edith Frank, The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank, CBS, 1988
• Sophia, Intrigue, CBS, 1988
• Susan, Friends in Space, 1990
• Adele Franklin, Micky Love (also known as Rik Mayall Presents Micky Love), 1993
• Art gallery patron, Doctor Who: Thirty Years in the Tardis (also known as Doctor Who: More Than Thirty Years in the Tardis), 1993
• Series
• Where Was Spring?, 1969
• Zoya Hirst, Making Faces, 1975
• Pinkerton's Progress, 1983
• Marilyn Harris, Fat Friends, 2000
• Miniseries
• Ruth Rendell: The Strawberry Tree, 1996
• Lady Bareacres, Vanity Fair, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
• Specials
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (also known as Play of the Month:A Midsummer Night's Dream), 1971
• Melanie, Quatermaine's Terms, PBS, 1987
• Christine, The Blue Boy, PBS, 1994
• Episodic
• Art gallery visitor (uncredited), "City of Death," Doctor Who, 1979
• "Rumpole and the Show Folk," Rumpole of the Bailey, Series II, PBS, 1981
• Sarah Harrison, "Equal Opportunities," Yes, Minister, 1982
• Polly Knox, "The Tribute," Tales of the Unexpected, 1983
• Kara, "Revelation of the Daleks," Doctor Who, 1984
• "Dangerous Liaisons," French and Saunders, 1990
• Enrica Montanini, "A Night at the Ballet," Boon, 1990
• Maria Lazslo, "Outsiders," Heartbeat, 1992
• Patsy's mother, "Magazine," Absolutely Fabulous, BBC and Comedy Central, 1992
• Millament Ancred, "Final Curtain," Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, PBS, 1993
• Judge, "L'infamie," Paris, 1994
• Patsy's mother, "Birth," Absolutely Fabulous, BBC and Comedy Central, 1994
• Gloria, "Sexy Hippies," Hippies, 1999
• Stage Appearances
• The Duchess of Malfi, Lyttleton Theatre, London, 1985
• The Miser, Olivier Theatre, London, 1991
• The White Devil, Olivier Theatre, 1991
• RECORDINGS
• Taped Readings
• The Europeans, 1997
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• The Secret Policeman's Ball, 1979
• Television Movies
• Emily, 1977
• Fiction
• Double-Take, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1997
• Nonfiction
• Author of The Pillow Book of Eleanor Bron, or An Actress Despairs.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• Independent July 6, 1993,, p. 20.
• Times July 28, 1992,, p. LT3; June 7, 1996, p. 18.