Clare Higgins Biography (1957?-)

Full name, Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins; born c. 1957, in Norwich, England; daughter of James Stephen and Paula Cecilia (maiden name, Murphy) Higgins.Addresses: Agent: Conway Van Gelder, Ltd., 18-21 Jermyn St., Third Floor, London SW1Y 6HP, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: 1957?; Norwich, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
Alexis, Rollo, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, England, 1980
Judith, Blood Black and Gold, Royal Exchange Theatre, 1980
Irmgard, Beethoven's Tenth, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1983
Lili Brik, The Futurists, Royal National Theatre, London, 1986
Jenkin's Ear, Royal Court Theatre, 1987
Katherine Glass, The Secret Rapture, National Theatre Company, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 1988
Gertrude, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, also National Theatre Company, Olivier Theatre, London, 1989
Hippolyta and Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1989-90
Queen Elizabeth, Richard III, Royal National Theatre, London, 1990-91
Regan, King Lear, Royal National Theatre, London, 1990-91
Amelia, Napoli Milionaria, Royal National Theatre, London, 1991
Leah, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1991-92
Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1992-93
Lyndsey Fontaine, The Absence of War, Royal National Theatre, London, 1993-94
Martha Dobie, The Children's Hour, Royal National Theatre, London,1994
Princess Kosmanopolis, Sweet Bird of Youth, Royal National Theatre, London, 1995
Irina Arkadina, The Seagull, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, England, 1998
A Letter of Resignation, Comedy Theatre, London, 1998
Present Laughter, West Yorkshire Playhouse, 1998
Liz, Private Lives, West Yorkshire Playhouse, c. 1998
Antonio, The Tempest, Courtyard Company, West Yorkshire Playhouse,1999
Hesione Hushabye, Heartbreak House, Chichester Theatre, Chichester, England, 2000
Stella, The Walls, Royal National Theatre, London, 2001
A View from the Bridge, Harrogate Theatre, Harrogate, England, c.2001
Martha, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Bristol Old Vic, 2002
Ursula Loyer, Vincent in Brixton, Royal National Theatre, Cottesloe Theatre, 2002, Wyndham's Theatre, 2002, Playhouse Theatre, 2003, and Lincoln Center Theater, John Golden Theatre, New York City, 2003
Title role, Hecuba, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 2004
Julie, The Rivals, Greenwich Theatre, London, c. 2004
Linda Loman, Death of a Salesman, Lyric Theatre, London, 2005
Maxine Faulk, Night of the Iguana, Lyric Theatre, London, beginning 2005
Title role, Phaedra, Donmar Warehouse, 2006
Also appeared in other productions, including appearances as Gold, TheDeep Man, as Isabella, Measure for Measure, and as Stella, A Streetcar Named Desire, all Royal Exchange Theatre; as Kay, Time and the Conways, Greenwich Theatre; and an appearance in The White Devil, Oxford Playhouse, Oxford, England.
Major Tours
King Lear, international cities, 1990
The Tragedy of Richard III (also known as Richard III), international cities, 1990
Film Appearances

Young Sophie, 1919, British Film Institute/Channel 4 Films, 1985,International Spectrafilm, 1986
Julia Cotton, Hellraiser (also known as Clive Barker's "Hellraiser"), New World Pictures, 1987
Eve, The Fruit Machine (also known as Wonderland), VestronPictures, 1988
Julia Cotton, Hellbound: Hellraiser II (also known as Hellraiser II), New World Pictures, 1989
Jessica Kennedy, Bad Behaviour, October Films, 1993
Fiona, Thin Ice, Greycat Films, 1995
Lorna Maclean, Small Faces, October Films, 1996
Ms. Cherry, B. Monkey (also known as B. Monkey--una donna da salvare), Buena Vista International, 1998, Miramax, 1999
(As Claire Higgins) Mrs. Bry, The House of Mirth (also known as Chez les heureux du monde and Haus Bellomont), Columbia/TriStar,2000
Mistress Revels, Stage Beauty (also known as Compleat Female Stage Beauty), Lions Gate Films, 2004
Edwina Winters, Bigger Than the Sky (also known as Caught in the Act), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2005
(As Claire Higgins) Mrs. Meyer, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont, Cineville Inc., 2005
Television Appearances
Series
Love for Lydia, BBC, c. 1977, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, c. 1979
Christine Barlow, The Citadel, BBC, 1983, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre andMobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, c. 1983
Catherine Bowers, Cover Her Face (also known as Dalgliesh: Cover Her Face), Anglia Television, 1985, also broadcast on Mystery!,PBS, c. 1987
Ann Wright, Hideaway, BBC, 1986
Regular performer, Up Line, [Great Britain], beginning c. 1987
Rachel Jordan, After the War, Granada Television, 1989, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, c. 1990
Miniseries
Kitty Bennet, Pride and Prejudice, BBC, c. 1980, also broadcast onMasterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS, 1980
Maggie Hewitt, The Secret (also known as Catherine Cookson's "The Secret"), Yorkshire Television, 2000
Cook, Casanova, BBC, 2005
Some sources cite appearances in Downtown Lagos, BBC, 1992; and Byron, BBC, c. 2003.
Movies
Eilish, Circle of Deceit, [Great Britain], 1993
Klara, Fatherland, HBO, 1994
Men of the Month, BBC, 1994
The Absence of War, BBC-2, 1995
Some sources cite an appearance in Unity, BBC, c. 1981.
Awards Presentations
The 57th Annual Tony Awards, CBS, 2003
Episodic
Christine Pryall, "Deadline," Boon, Independent Television, 1992
Edith Wharton, "Northern Italy, June 1918," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, ABC, 1993
Marjorie Wilde, "A Man Lay Dead," Alleyn Mysteries (also known asInspector Alleyn and Ngaio Marsh's "Alleyn Mysteries"), BBC, 1993, also broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, c. 1993
Detective superintendent Farmer, "Buried Lies," Silent Witness, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Detective superintendent Farmer, "Darkness Visible," Silent Witness, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Detective superintendent Harriet Farmer, "Long Days, Short Nights," Silent Witness, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Detective superintendent Farmer, "Sins of the Father," Silent Witness, BBC and Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Maureen Bristow, "The Best Laid Plans," Heartbeat, Independent Television, 1996
Susannah Dixon Queens Council (QC), "Men of Substance," Kavanagh QC, Independent Television, 1996
Judy Ryan, "Take It or Leave It," The Bill, Independent Television, 2000
Detective chief inspector Helen Whittle, "Witches," Murder in Suburbia, Independent Television, 2004, BBC America, 2005
Laura Crawford, "Midsomer Rhapsody," Midsomer Murders, IndependentTelevision and Arts and Entertainment, 2005
Lesley Pattison, M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team (also known asMurder Investigation Team and Think Murder), Independent Television, 2005
Some sources cite appearances in Mitch, London Weekend Television.
Other
Some sources cite appearances in Beautiful Lies and Foreign Body.
RECORDINGS
Audiobooks
Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Barton, 1997
Leon Garfield (based on the work by William Shakespeare), Twelfth Night, published in Shakespeare Stories, Chivers Audiobooks, 1999
Vera Brittain, The Dark Tide, Chivers Audiobooks, 2000
Georgette Heyer, An Infamous Army, Chivers Audiobooks, 2000

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