Born 30 January 1937 in London. Like her sister Lynn is 6ft 2in tall. Miscellaneous pictures . THE LATEST
She has had an extraordinary career which has been marked by numerous stage & screen accolades
including an Oscar as best supporting actress for Julia & 5 Oscar nominations.
An Emmy Award for Playing For Time & a nomination for Second Serve
A Cannes Film Festival best actress award for Morgan and Isadora
A Venice Film Festival award for Little Odessa.
She is a member of a distinguished acting family.
She trained at London's Central School of Speech & Drama & the Ballet Rambert School.
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Filmography

1. The Magic Snowman II (2006) (voice) .... The Wind
2. Thief Lord (2005) .... Sister Antonia
3. Short Order (2005) .... Marianne
4. The Fever (2004) .... Woman
5. Lettice and Lovage (2004) (TV)
6. The White Countess (2004) .... Sarah
7. May Day (2004) .... Magus's Wife
8. The Keeper (2003) .... Miss Sangorski
9. Byron (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Lady Melbourne
10. The Locket (2002) (TV) .... Esther Huish
11. The Gathering Storm (2002) (TV) .... Clementine Churchill
12. Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) .... Matriarch
13. The Pledge (2001) .... Annalise Hansen
14. The 3 Kings (2000) .... Priestess
15. A Rumor of Angels (2000) .... Maddy Bennett
16. Cradle Will Rock (1999) .... Countess LaGrange
17. Girl, Interrupted (1999) .... Dr. Sonya Wick

18. An Interesting State (1999)
19. Mirka (1999) .... Kalsan
20. Toscano (1999)
21. Uninvited (1999) Mrs. Ruttenburn
22. Lulu on the Bridge (1998) .... Catherine Moore
23. Celebrity (1998)
24. Deep Impact (1998) .... Robin Lerner

25. Bella Mafia (1997) (mini) TV Series .... Graziella Luciano
26. Mrs Dalloway (1997) .... Mrs Clarissa Dalloway

27. Déjà Vu (1997) .... Skelly
28. Wilde (1997) .... Lady "Speranza" Wilde

29. Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1996) .... Elsa Lubing

30. Looking for Richard (1996) .... Herself (interviewed)
31. Mission Impossible (1996) .... Max

32. Two Mothers for Zachary (1996) (TV) .... Nancy Shaffell

33. Down Came a Blackbird (1995) (TV) .... Anna Lenke
34. A Month by the Lake (1995) .... Miss Bentley

35. Little Odessa (1994) .... Irina Shapira
36. They Watch (1993) (TV) .... Florence Latimer

37. The House of the Spirits (1993) .... Nivea
38. Great Moments in Aviation (1993) (TV) .... Dr. Angela Bead

39. Mother's Boys (1993) .... Lydia

40. Black Flowers (1993) .... Kate Benson ... aka A Wall of Silence
41. Sparrow (1993) .... Sister Agata
42. Howards End (1992) .... Ruth Wilcox

43. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991) .... Miss Amelia
44. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1990) (TV) .... Blanche Hudson

45. Young Catherine (1990) (TV) .... Empress Elizabeth
46. Orpheus Descending (1990) (TV) .... Lady Torrance
47. The Plague Sowers (1990) .... Sister Crucifix
48. Stalin's Funeral (1990)
49. Romeo-Juliet (1990) (voice) .... Mother Capulet
50. Consuming Passions (1988) .... Mrs.Garza
51. A Man for All Seasons (1988) (TV) .... Lady Alice More
52. Prick Up Your Ears (1987) .... Peggy Ramsay

53. Comrades (1987) .... Mrs. Carlyle
54. Second Serve (1986) (TV) .... Richard/Renee ... aka I Change My Life
55. Peter the Great (1986) (mini) TV Series .... Sophia
56. Steaming (1985) .... Nancy
57. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1985) (TV) .... Sarah Cloyce
58. Wetherby (1985) .... Jean Travers
59. The Bostonians (1984) .... Olive Chancellor
60. Wagner (1983) (mini) TV Series .... Cosima
61. Sing Sing (1983)
62. My Body, My Child (1982) (TV) .... Leenie Cabrezi
63. Playing for Time (1980) (TV) .... Fania Fenelon
64. Bear Island (1979) .... Heddi Lindquist

65. Agatha (1979) .... Agatha Christie

66. Yanks (1979) .... Helen

67. Julia (1977) .... Julia
68. The Palestinian (1977) (voice) .... Narrator
69. The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) .... Lola Deveraux
70. Out of Season (1975) .... Ann ... aka Winter Rates
71. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) .... Mary Debenham
72. Katherine Mansfield (1973) TV Series
73. The Devils (1971) .... Sister Jeanne
74. Dropout (1971) .... Mary
75. Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) .... Mary, Queen of Scots
76. The Trojan Women (1971) .... Andromache
77. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) .... Sylvia Pankhurst
78. A Quiet Place in the Country (1969)
79. Vacation (1969) .... Immacolata
80. The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) .... Mrs Clarissa Morris
81. Isadora (1968) .... Isadora Duncan
82. The Sea Gull (1968) .... Nina
83. Camelot (1967) .... Guenevere

84. The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) .... Sheila
85. Red and Blue (1967) .... Jacky
86. Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967) .... Herself ... aka The London Scene
87. Blow Up (1966) .... Jane

88. Morgan! (1966) .... Leonie Delt ... aka Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
89. A Man For All Seasons (1966) .... Anne Boleyn

90. As You Like It (1963) (TV) .... Rosalind
91. Behind the Mask (1958) .... Pamela Gray

Notable TV guest appearances

1. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) as Vicky's mother in ep: Love's Sweet Song 1997
2. Morecambe & Wise (1969) as Herself

Notable Radio performances

1. Histories (2001) as reader in episode 1: 'I, Boadicea' by Fay Weldon on Radio 4 Feb 2001

Notable Theatre appearances

1. Lady Windermere's Fan as Mrs Erlynne at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. February 2002
2. The Cherry Orchard (2000) at the National Theatre Cottesloe
3. The Tempest (2000) as Prospero (male part) at the Globe
4. Song at Twilight (1999) at the Gielgud
5. John Gabriel Borkman (1997) at the RNT Lyttelton
6. When She Danced (1991) at the Globe (Evening Standard Award)
7. The Three Sisters (1990) at the Queens
8. A Madhouse in Goa (1989) at the Apollo
9. A Touch of the Poet (1988) at the Comedy
10. The Seagull (1985) at the Queens (Evening Standard Award)
11. The Aspern Papers (1984) (Olivier Award)
12. The Lady from the Sea (1979) as Elida at the Roundhouse
13. The Seagull (1964) at the Queens
14. The Tiger and the Horse (1960) at the Queens