Dorothy Tutin Biography (1930-2001)

Born April 8, 1930, in London, England; daughter of John and Adie Evelyn (Fryers) Tutin; married Derek Barton-Chapple (an actor under the stage name DerekWaring), 1963; children: one son, one daughter. Avocational interests: music, mountain climbing. Career: Actress. Awards, Honors: Evening Standard Award, best actress, 1960, for Twelfth Night; decorated Dame Commander, Order of the British Empire, 1967; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best dramatic actress, 1968, for Portrait of a Queen;Variety Club of Great Britain Film Actress Award, 1972, for Savage Messiah; Evening Standard Award, best actress, 1975, for A Month in the Country; Laurence Olivier Award, actress of the year, Society of WestEnd Theatre, 1976, for A Month in the Country; Laurence Olivier Award,actress of the year, 1978, for The Double Dealer. Addresses: Contact: c/o Michael Whitehall, 125 Gloucester Rd., London SW7 4TE, England.

Nationality
British
Gender
Female
Occupation
Actress
Birth Details
April 8, 1930
London, England
Death Details
August 6, 2001
London, England

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Stage Appearances
  • (Stage debut) Princess Margaret of England, The Thistle and the Rose, Boltons Theatre, 1949
  • Phoebe, As You Like It, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, England,1950
  • Anni, Captain Carvallo, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1950
  • Belinda, The Provoked Wife, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, 1950
  • Win-the-Fight Littlewit, Bartholomew Fair, Old Vic Company, London, 1950
  • Ann Page, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Old Vic Company, 1950-51
  • Princess Katharine, Henry V, Old Vic Company, 1950-51
  • Martina, Thor with Angels, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, London, 1951
  • Hero, Much Ado about Nothing, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1952
  • Rose Pemberton, The Living Room, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1953
  • Sally Bowles, I Am a Camera, New Theatre, London, 1954
  • St. Joan, The Lark, Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, 1955
  • Hedvig, The Wild Duck, Saville Theatre, London, 1955
  • Jean Rice, The Entertainer, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1957
  • Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, Stratford-on-Avon, England, 1958
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1958
  • Ophelia, Hamlet, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1958
  • Dolly, Once More with Feeling, New Theatre, 1959
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre,London, 1960
  • Sister Jeanne, The Devils, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1960
  • Portia, The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1960
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1960
  • Cressida, Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company, 1960
  • Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company 1961
  • Desdemona, Othello, Royal Shakespeare Company, 1961
  • Varya, The Cherry Orchard, Royal Shakespeare Company, Aldwych Theatre, 1961
  • Sister Jeanne, The Devils, Edinburgh Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, then Aldwych Theatre, 1962
  • Cressida, Troilus and Cressida, Edinburgh Festival, then Aldwych Theatre, 1962
  • Polly Peachum, The Beggar's Opera, Aldwych Theatre, 1963
  • (Broadway debut) The Hollow Crown, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1963
  • Queen Victoria, Portrait of a Queen, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, thenVaudeville Theatre, London, both 1965
  • Beatrice, Beatrice et Benedict, Festival Hall, London, 1967
  • Rosalind, As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Company, then AldwychTheatre, later Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, all 1968
  • Queen Victoria, Portrait of a Queen, Henry Miller's Theatre, New York City, 1968
  • Title role, Ann Veronica, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, England, 1969
  • Francine, Play on Love, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1970
  • Alice, Arden of Faversham, Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre-Go-Round Festival, Round House Theatre, London, 1970
  • Kate, Old Times, Aldwych Theatre, 1971
  • Title role, Peter Pan, Coliseum Theatre, London, 1971then 1972
  • Natalya Petrovna, A Month in the Country, Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester, England, 1974then Albery Theatre, London, 1975
  • Maggie Wylie, What Every Woman Knows, Albery Theatre, 1974
  • Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, 1976
  • Cleopatra, Antony and Cleopatra, Edinburgh Festival Theatre, thenOld Vic Theatre, both 1977
  • Lady Macbeth, Macbeth, Olivier Theatre, London, 1978
  • Madame Ranevsky, The Cherry Orchard, Olivier Theatre, 1978
  • Lady Plyant, The Double Dealer, Olivier Theatre, 1978
  • Genia Hofreiter, Undiscovered Country, Olivier Theatre, 1979
  • Madame Dubarry, Reflections, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1980
  • Hester, The Provok'd Wife, National Theatre, Manchester, England,1980
  • Hester, The Deep Blue Sea, produced in Greenwich, England, 1981
  • Sarah Bernhardt, After the Lions, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, 1982
  • Ballerina, Churchill Theatre, Bromley, England, 1984
  • A Kind of Alaska, Duchess Theatre, 1985
  • Madrigal, The Chalk Garden, produced in Chichester, 1986
  • Are You Sitting Comfortably?, produced in Watford, England, 1986
  • Blanche, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Aldwych Theatre, 1987
  • Thursday's Ladies, Apollo Theatre, London, 1987
  • Harlequinade and The Browning Version (double bill), Royalty Theatre, 1988
  • Desiree, A Little Night Music, Chichester Festival, then Piccadilly Theatre, both 1989
  • Party Time, Almeida Theatre, London, 1991
  • Queen Margaret, Henry VIII, produced in Chichester, 1991
  • The Seagull, 1992
  • Getting Married, produced in Chichester, 1993
  • After October, 1997
  • Major Tours
  • Caroline Traherne, The Gates of Summer, British cities, 1956
  • Juliet, Romeo and Juliet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Soviet cities, 1958
  • Viola, Twelfth Night, Royal Shakespeare Company, Soviet cities, 1958
  • Ophelia, Hamlet, Royal Shakespeare Company, Soviet cities, 1958
  • Maggie Wylie, What Every Woman Knows, British cities, 1972
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Anne Boleyn, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, BBC, 1970then CBS, 1971
  • Sarah Burton, South Riding, Yorkshire TV, 1974
  • Grace, Jake's Progress, 1995
  • Miniseries
  • Beate Heinold, "Mother and Son," in Vienna 1900: Games with Love and Death (also known as Vienna 1900), 1975
  • Lady Fenton, Scarlett, CBS, 1994
  • Movies
  • Mildred Strete, Agatha Christie's "Murder with Mirrors" (also known as Murder with Mirrors), CBS, 1985
  • Gwendolyne Quinn, Great Moments in Aviation (also known as Shades of Fear), 1992
  • Specials
  • Goneril, King Lear, 1984
  • Mrs. Stamford, "The Yellow Wallpaper," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1989
  • Mother Emmanuel, "Body and Soul," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1994
  • Florence, "The Great Kandinsky," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1995
  • Episodic
  • Moira, "The Eavesdropper," Tales of the Unexpected, 1982
  • Cheryl Curtess, "Near the Knuckle, The Bill, 1990
  • "Silent Night," Casualty, 1992
  • Annie Besant, "Benares," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1993
  • Other Television Appearances
  • The Queen and the Welshman, 1966
  • The Double Dealer, 1980
  • The Combination, 1981
  • Life after Death, 1981
  • La Ronde, 1982
  • Landscape, 1982
  • The Father, 1986
  • The Demon Lover, 1986
  • Evensong, 1986
  • A Kind of Alaska, 1986
  • Anglo-Saxon Attitudes, 1992
  • Margaret, Dancing Queen (also known as Rik Mayall Presents Dancing Queen), 1993
  • Stephanie, This Could Be the Last Time, 1998
  • Also appeared in All Creatures Great and Small; Antigone; Carrington V.C.; Colombe; Flotsam and Jetsam; From Chekhov with Love; Ghosts; The Hollow Crown; Invitation toa Voyage; Lease of Death; Living Room; Robin Hood; Scent of Fear; Sister Dora; Tales of the Unexpected; 10 Downing Street; Victoria Regina; and Willow Cabins.
  • Film Appearances
  • (Film debut) Cecily Cardew, The Importance of Being Earnest, J. Arthur Rank, 1952
  • Polly Peachum, The Beggar's Opera, 1953
  • Lucie Manette, A Tale of Two Cities, J. Arthur Rank, 1958
  • Queen Henrietta Maria, Cromwell, Columbia, 1970
  • Sophie Brzeska, Savage Messiah, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
  • Lady Minnie Nettleby, The Shooting Party, European Classics, 1984
  • Luna, Indian Summer (also known as Alive and Kicking), First Look Pictures, 1997
  • WRITINGS
  • Composer, Savage Messiah (film), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972