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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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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
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CREDITS
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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
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Ballerina, Churchill Theatre, Bromley, England, 1984
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A Kind of Alaska, Duchess Theatre, 1985
- Madrigal, The Chalk Garden, produced in Chichester, 1986
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Are You Sitting Comfortably?, produced in Watford, England, 1986
- Blanche, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Aldwych Theatre, 1987
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Thursday's Ladies, Apollo Theatre, London, 1987
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Harlequinade and The Browning Version (double bill), Royalty Theatre, 1988
- Desiree, A Little Night Music, Chichester Festival, then Piccadilly Theatre, both 1989
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Party Time, Almeida Theatre, London, 1991
- Queen Margaret, Henry VIII, produced in Chichester, 1991
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The Seagull, 1992
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Getting Married, produced in Chichester, 1993
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After October, 1997
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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
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Television Appearances
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Other Television Appearances
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The Queen and the Welshman, 1966
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The Double Dealer, 1980
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The Combination, 1981
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Life after Death, 1981
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La Ronde, 1982
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Landscape, 1982
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The Father, 1986
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The Demon Lover, 1986
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Evensong, 1986
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A Kind of Alaska, 1986
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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.
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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
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WRITINGS
- Composer, Savage Messiah (film), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972
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