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

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Charlotta/Violette, Don Juan, Hampstead Theatre Club, London, 1976
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.
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.
Television Appearances
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
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
Movies
Kath Peachey, Redemption, BBC, 1991
Alison, Dirty Tricks, Carlton Television, 2000
Alice, Perfect Strangers, 2001
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
Episodic
Jane, "Angels of Death," The New Avengers, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1977
Catherine, "Deadlier Than the Male," Dick Turpin, London Weekend Television, 1980
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
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.
Radio Appearances
La Marquise de Merteuil, Les liaisons dangereuses, BBC, 1998
Experiment with an Air-Pump, BBC-3, 2001
RECORDINGS
Audio Books
A Year in Provence, New Video Group, 1993
Voices in Summer, Chivers Audio Books, 1994
The Empty House, Chivers North America, 1996
Essential Shakespeare, HighBridge, 1996
Les liaisons dangereuses, BBC, 1998
The Magician's Wife, Chivers Audio Books, 1998
Pride and Prejudice, Chivers Audio Books, 1998
Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa, and Sarah Lennox, 1740-1832,Chivers Audio Books, 2000
Marrying the Mistress, Chivers Audio Books, 2000
Marie Antoinette, Orion, 2001

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Guardian, January 31, 2001
Radio Times, January 9, 1999, p. 146

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