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Julie Walters Biography (1950-)

Born February 22, 1950, in Smethwick, Birmingham, England; daughter of Thomas(a builder and decorator) and Mary Bridget (a postal clerk; maiden name, O'Brien) Walters; married Grant Roffey, 1997; children: Maisie. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

February 22, 1950

Smethwick, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Rita/Susan, Educating Rita, Columbia, 1983
• Voice of the dormouse, Dreamchild, Universal, 1985
• Fran, She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas, Film Four, 1985
• Jacqueline Spong, Car Trouble, Columbia/EMI/Warner Bros., 1986
• Christine Painter, Personal Services, Vestron, 1987
• Elsie Orton, Prick Up Your Ears, Samuel Goldwyn, 1987
• June Edwards, Buster, TriStar, 1988
• Judith, Killing Dad, 1989
• Mrs. Peachum, Mack the Knife (also known as The Threepenny Opera), Twenty-First Century, 1990
• Vera, Stepping Out, Paramount, 1991
• Monica, Just Like a Woman, 1992
• Madame Dansarde, Sister My Sister, Miramax, 1994
• Marjorie Beasley, Intimate Relations, Fox Searchlight, 1996
• Miss Gideon, Bathtime, 1997
• Bernie McPhelimy, Titanic Town, Lauren Film, 1998
• Jackie Simpson, Girls' Night, Granada Films, 1998
• Mrs. Wilkinson, Billy Elliot (also known as Dancer), UnitedInternational, 2000
• Princess Zasyekin, All Forgotten (also known as Lover's Prayer), Seven Hills, 2000
• Mrs. Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (also known as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone), Warner Bros., 2001
• Theresa, Before You Go, Capitol, 2002
• Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (also knownas Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens), Warner Bros., 2002
• Annie Clarke, Calendar Girls, Buena Vista, 2003
• Molly Weasley, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Warner Bros., 2004
• Jonjo Mickybo, Working Title, 2004
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Wood and Walters, 1981-1982
• Love and Marriage, YTV, 1984
• Mrs. Overall, Victoria Wood: As Seen on TV, BBC, 1985-1986
• Pauline Mole, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (also known as The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole), Thames TV, 1985
• Mrs. Overall, Acorn Antiques, 1986
• Petula Gordeno, Dinner Ladies, BBC, 1998
• Various characters, The Sketch Show Story (also known a Victoria Wood's Sketch Show Story), BBC, 2001
• Miniseries
• Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (also known as Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf), LWT, 1978
• Angie Todd, Boys from the Black Stuff, BBC, 1982
• Lesley, "Her Big Chance," Talking Heads, LWT, 1987
• Mrs. Lillian Murray, G.B.H., Channel 4, 1991
• Julie Diadoni, Jake's Progress, 1995
• Paula, Melissa, Channel 4, 1997
• Marjory, "The Outside Dog," Talking Heads 2, 1998
• Narrator, Laughter in the House: The Story of the British Sitcom,1999
• Mrs. Mann/Bumble, Oliver Twist, ITV and PBS, 1999
• Beth Craddock/'Ros', The Canterbury Tales, BBC, 2003
• Movies
• Angie Todd, The Black Stuff, BBC, 1980
• Frances, Happy Since I Met You, 1981
• Julie, Nearly a Happy Ending, 1981
• Days at the Beach, BBC, 1981
• Unfair Exchanges, 1984
• Lulu, The Birthday Party, 1986
• Pat, Her Big Chance, 1988
• Monica, Clothes in the Wardrobe (also known as The Summer House), BBC, 1992
• Diana Longden, Wide-Eyed and Legless (also known as The WeddingGift), BBC, 1994
• Pat, Pat and Margaret, BBC, 1994
• Mrs. Capstan, Requiem Apache (also known as Alan Bleasdale Presents Requiem Apache), 1994
• Alice, Bambino mio (also known as Mon enfant), BBC1, 1994
• Little Red Riding Hood, 1995
• Maureen Hardcastle, Brazen Hussies, BBC, 1996
• Fairy godmother, Jack and the Beanstalk, LWT, 1998
• Sheila Fitzpatrick, My Beautiful Son (also known as Strange Relations), Showtime, 2001
• Angela, Murder, 2002
• Lizzie Hunt, The Return, 2003
• Also appeared in Family Man, Living Together, and Say Something Happened.
• Specials
• Valery, Intensive Care (also known as Play for Today: IntensiveCare), BBC, 1982
• An Audience with Victoria Wood, 1988
• Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold, Cinemax, 1991
• Narrator, Roseanne and Tom: Getting Away with It, HBO, 1992
• Julie Walters and Friends, 1992
• Various characters, Victoria Wood's All-Day Breakfast Show, BBC, 1992
• Wetty Hainthrop Investigates, 1999
• Julie Walters Is an Alien in New York, 1999
• Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings, BBC, 2000
• (In archive footage) Mrs. Overall, The 100 Greatest TV Characters,Channel 4, 2001
• (In archive footage) Night of a Thousand Faces, BBC, 2001
• The Orange British Academy Film Awards, 2001
• Comic Relief: Say Pants to Poverty, BBC, 2001
• We Know Where You Live (also known as Amnesty International's We Know Where You Live Live!), Channel 4, 2001
• The "Billy Elliot" Boy (documentary; also known as Omnibus: TheBilly Elliot Boy), BBC, 2001
• (In archive footage) Bourne to Dance (documentary), Channel 4, 2001
• Harry Potter und die Kammer des Schreckens--Das grosse RTL Special zumFilm (documentary), 2002
• Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do, BBC, 2003
• Episodes
• Julie, "Talent," Screenplay, Granada TV, 1979
• Late Night with David Letterman, 1987
• Nicola, "Mens Sana in Thingummy Doodah," Victoria Wood, BBC, 1989
• Pam, "Over to Pam," Victoria Wood, BBC, 1989
• Joy-Ann, "We'd Quite Like to Apologise," Victoria Wood, BBC, 1989
• Herself, The End of the Year Show, 1998
• Herself, Late Lunch, 1998
• Film `72, BBC, 2000
• Richard and Judy, Channel 4, 2002
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, BBC, 2003
• Stage Appearances
• (London debut) Irene Tinsley, Funny Peculiar, Mermaid Theatre, then Garrick Theatre, London, 1976
• Vera, Breezeblock Park, Mermaid Theatre, then Whitehall Theatre, London, 1977
• Irene Goodnight, Flaming Bodies, ICA Theatre, London, 1979
• Rita, Educating Rita, Royal Shakespeare Company, London, 1980
• Having a Ball, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1981
• Fool for Love, Royal National Theatre, London, 1984-1985
• Macbeth, Leicester Haymarket Theatre, 1985
• When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout, Whitehall Theatre, 1986
• Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune, Comedy Theatre, 1989
• Serafina, The Rose Tattoo, Playhouse, London, 1991
• All My Sons, Royal National Theatre, 2000
• Also appeared in The Taming of the Shrew, produced in Liverpool, England; and in Jumpers, Royal Exchange; performed with Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, and Bristol Old Vic.