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Sara Kestelman Biography (1944-)

Born May 12, 1944, in London, England; daughter of Morris and Dorothy Kestelman.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

May 12, 1944

London, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• (Stage debut) Nymph, The Tempest, Open Air Theatre, London, 1960
• Abigail, The Crucible, Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool, England, 1961
• Cecily, The Importance of Being Earnest, Library Theatre, Manchester, England, 1961
• (London debut) Cassandra, Troilus and Cressida, Royal ShakespeareCompany, Aldwych Theatre, 1969
• Lechery, Dr. Faustus, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,1969
• Margaret, Much Ado about Nothing, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1969
• Jessie Taite, The Silver Tassie, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1969
• Jane Shore, Richard III, Royal Shakespeare Company, Memorial Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1970
• (Broadway debut) Hippolyta and Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1970, then Billy Rose Theatre, 1971
• Kleopatra, Enemies, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
• Natasha, Subject to Fits, Royal Shakespeare Company, Other Place Theatre, Stratford-on-Avon, 1971
• Messalina, I Claudius, Queen's Theatre, London, 1972
• Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham, England, 1972
• Ruth, The Homecoming, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, 1972
• Yelena, Uncle Vanya, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England, 1973
• Prudence, Plunder, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1973
• Countess Werdenfels, The Marquis of Keith, Aldwych Theatre, 1974
• Sally Bowles, I Am a Camera, Cambridge Theatre Company, Cambridge,England, 1976
• Alexandra Kollontai, State of Revolution, National Theatre, London, 1977-78
• Madame Petypon, The Lady from Maxim's, National Theatre, 1977-78
• Susannah, Bedroom Farce, National Theatre, 1977-78
• Janet Achurch, The Achurch Letters, Greenwich Theatre, London, 1978
• Lady Touchwood, The Double Dealer, Laurence Olivier Theatre, London, 1978
• Enid Underwood, Strife, Laurence Olivier Theatre, 1978
• Lady with a monocle, The Fruits of Enlightenment, Laurence OlivierTheatre, 1979
• Mrs. Wahl, Undiscovered Country, Laurence Olivier Theatre, 1979
• Rosalind, As You Like It, Laurence Olivier Theatre, 1979
• Gertrude, Hamlet, Lyttelton Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London, 2000
• Appeared as Margrethe Bohr, Copenhagen, London production.
• Major Tours
• The Hollow Crown, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. and Japanese cities, 1974-75
• Pleasure and Repentance, Royal Shakespeare Company, U.S. and Japanese cities, 1974-75
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) May, Zardoz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1973
• Princess Carolyn, Liztomania, Warner Bros., 1975
• Alice, Break of Day, 1978
• The Life of Nobel, 1979
• Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk, Lady Jane, 1986
• Narrator, Love Story: Berlin 1942 (documentary), 1997
• Dr. Davina Ward, Mind Games, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Elena, Countess of Koefeld, Kean, BBC, 1978
• Mrs. Wilkins, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (also known asHenry Fielding's Tom Jones), Arts and Entertainment, 1997
• Group Captain Susan Preston, Invasion: Earth, Sci-Fi Channel, 1998
• Countess Vronskaya, Anna Karenina, 2000
• Episodic
• Margaret Semple, "See You in Moscow," Bergerac, 1981
• Simone DeGuerre, "Memories of Montmartre," Relic Hunter, 2000
• Also appeared in The New Avengers, BBC.
• Other Television Appearances
• Under Western Eyes (movie), BBC, 1975
• Ruth, Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration, 1975
• Duchess of Berwick, Lady Windermere's Fan (special), 1986
• Magistrate, Somewhere to Run, 1989
• Voice of presenter, The War That Never Ends, 1991
• Madame Zarene, Brazen Hussies, 1996
• Tessa Mandeville, The Ruth Rendell Mysteries: Going Wrong, 1998
• Also appeared in The Caucasian Chalk Circle (movie), BBC; and in Peer Gynt (special), BBC.