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Eileen Atkins

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Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in "The Killing of Sister George" took her to Broadway. See full bio »

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Eileen June Atkins
in Clapton, London, England, UK
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2013 Beautiful Creatures
Gramma
 
2012 The Scapegoat
Lady Spence
 
2011 Doc Martin (TV series)
Ruth Ellingham
– Ever After (2011) … Ruth Ellingham
– Cats and Sharks (2011) … Ruth Ellingham
– Don't Let Go (2011) … Ruth Ellingham
– Remember Me (2011) … Ruth Ellingham
– Mother Knows Best (2011) … Ruth Ellingham
See all 7 episodes »
 
2009-2011 Psychoville (TV series)
Edwina Kenchington / Nurse Kenchington
– Andrews Nanotech (2011) … Edwina Kenchington
– The Hunt (2011) … Edwina Kenchington
– Dinner Party (2011) … Edwina Kenchington
– Halloween Special (2010) … Edwina Kenchington
– Ravenhill (2009) … Nurse Kenchington
See all 8 episodes »
 
2010 Upstairs Downstairs (TV series)
Maud, Lady Holland
– The Cuckoo (2010) … Maud, Lady Holland
– The Ladybird (2010) … Maud, Lady Holland
– The Fledgling (2010) … Maud, Lady Holland
 
2010 This September (TV series)
Violet Aird
– A Healing Heart (2010) … Violet Aird
– Family Secret (2010) … Violet Aird
 
2010 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Princess Dragomiroff
– Murder on the Orient Express (2010) … Princess Dragomiroff
 
2010 Robin Hood
Eleanor of Aquitaine
 
2010 Tell Me (short)
Dorothy
 
2009 Wild Target
Louisa Maynard
 
2008 Last Chance Harvey
Maggie
 
2008 When Weather Changed History (TV series)
– Titanic (2008)
 
2007 Ballet Shoes (TV movie)
Madame Fidolia
 
2007 Cranford (TV mini-series)
Miss Deborah Jenkyns
– August 1842 (2007) … Miss Deborah Jenkyns
– June 1842 (2007) … Miss Deborah Jenkyns
 
2007 Evening
The Night Nurse
 
2007 Waking the Dead (TV series)
Abigail Dusniak
– Yahrzeit: Part 2 (2007) … Abigail Dusniak
– Yahrzeit: Part 1 (2007) … Abigail Dusniak
 
2007 Agatha Christie Marple: Towards Zero (TV movie)
Lady Tressilian
 
2006 Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Iris
 
2006 Ask the Dust
Mrs. Hargraves
 
2005 The Feast of the Goat
Aunt Adelina
 
2004 The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
School matron
 
2004 Vanity Fair
Miss Matilda Crawley
 
2003 Cold Mountain
Maddy
 
2003 Love Again (TV movie)
Eva Larkin
 
2003 Egy hét Pesten és Budán
Amanda
 
2003 What a Girl Wants
Jocelyn Dashwood
 
2002 The Hours
Barbara in Flower Shop
 
2002 Bertie and Elizabeth (TV movie)
Queen Mary
 
2002 The Lives of Animals (TV movie)
 
2001 Gosford Park
Mrs. Croft
 
2001 Wit (TV movie)
Evelyn 'E.M.' Ashford
 
2000 The Sleeper (TV movie)
Violet Moon
 
2000 David Copperfield (TV movie)
Miss Jane Murdstone
 
2000 Tales from the Madhouse (TV mini-series)
The Mourner
– The Mourner (2000) … The Mourner
 
2000 Madame Bovary (TV movie)
Marie Louise
 
1999 Women Talking Dirty
Emily Boyle
 
1998 Talking Heads 2 (TV mini-series)
Celia
– The Hand of God (1998) … Celia
 
1998 The Avengers
Alice
 
1997 A Dance to the Music of Time (TV mini-series)
Brightman
– Post War (1997) … Brightman
 
1995 Jack & Sarah
Phil
 
1995 Cold Comfort Farm (TV movie)
Judith Starkadder
 
1994 Wolf
Mary
 
1993 Performance (TV series)
Mrs. May Maitland
– The Maitlands (1993) … Mrs. May Maitland
 
1985-1992 Screen Two (TV series)
Helen Marriner / Kitty Higdon / Rose Benjamin
– The Lost Language of Cranes (1992) … Rose Benjamin
– The Vision (1987) … Helen Marriner
– The Burston Rebellion (1985) … Kitty Higdon
 
1991 The Lost Language of Cranes (TV movie)
Rose Benjamin
 
1991 Great Performances (TV series)
Rose Benjamin
– The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) … Rose Benjamin
 
1991 Let Him Have It
Lilian Bentley
 
1991 A Room of One's Own (TV movie)
Virginia Woolf
 
1989 Chillers (TV series)
– The Stuff of Madness
 
1988 Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (TV mini-series documentary)
Reader / Virginia Woolf
– T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (1988) … Reader
– Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway' (1988) … Virginia Woolf
 
1987 Roman Holiday (TV movie)
Countess
 
1987 A Hazard of Hearts (TV movie)
Lady Harriet's Maid
 
1986 Breaking Up (TV series)
Mrs. Mailer
 
1985 Titus Andronicus (TV movie)
Queen Tamora
 
1985 A Better Class of Person (TV movie)
Nellie Osborne
 
1983 The Dresser
Madge
 
1983 Shades of Darkness (TV series)
Mrs. Rutledge
– Bewitched (1983) … Mrs. Rutledge
 
1983 Nelly's Version (TV movie)
Nelly
 
1982 Smiley's People (TV mini-series)
Madame Ostrakova
– Episode #1.4 (1982) … Madame Ostrakova
– Episode #1.3 (1982) … Madame Ostrakova
– Episode #1.2 (1982) … Madame Ostrakova
– Episode #1.1 (1982) … Madame Ostrakova
 
1982/I Oliver Twist (TV movie)
Mrs. Mann
 
1981 Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers (TV mini-series)
Gertrude Morel
 
1978 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
Vanity Fair
– She Fell Among Thieves (1978) … Vanity Fair
 
1977 Equus
Hesther Saloman
 
1977 Raku Fire
 
1975 Sharon's Baby
Sister Albana
 
1975 Affairs of the Heart (TV series)
Kate Cookham
– Kate (1975) … Kate Cookham
 
1974 The Lady's Not for Burning (TV movie)
Jennet Jourdemayne
 
1969-1974 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Catherine Sloper / Electra / Olga / …
– Electra (1974) … Electra
– A Midsummer Night's Dream (1971) … Titania
– The Three Sisters (1970) … Olga
– The Heiress (1969) … Catherine Sloper
 
1974 The Lady from the Sea (TV movie)
Ellida Wangel
 
1972 Stage 2 (TV series)
Duchess
– The Duchess of Malfi (1972) … Duchess
 
1969-1970 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)
Leslie Crosbie / Olive Hardy
– Olive (1970) … Olive Hardy
– The Letter (1969) … Leslie Crosbie
 
1970 Solo (TV series)
Mary Kingsley
– Eileen Atkins as Mary Kingsley (1970) … Mary Kingsley
 
1965-1969 The Wednesday Play (TV series)
Joan / Mabel / The Girl / …
– Double Bill: The Compartment/Playmates (1969) … The Woman
– Wanted: Single Gentleman (1967) … Mabel
– The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966) … The Girl
– Fable (1965) … Joan
 
1968 The Sex Game (TV series)
– Women Can Be Monsters (1968)
 
1968 Half Hour Story (TV series)
Her
– Nothing's Ever Over (1968) … Her
 
1968 Inadmissible Evidence
Shirley
 
1968 Theatre 625 (TV series)
Eileen
– Party Games (1968) … Eileen
 
1966 Major Barbara (TV movie)
Barbara
 
1966 Five More (TV series)
Girl
– Are You There? (1966) … Girl
 
1965 Knock on Any Door (TV series)
Ruth
– Close Season (1965) … Ruth
 
1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– When the Wind Blows (1965)
 
1964 The Massingham Affair (TV series)
Charlotte Verney
– The Finishing Touch (1964) … Charlotte Verney
– A Tangle of Lies (1964) … Charlotte Verney
– Parting of the Ways (1964) … Charlotte Verney
– The Breakthrough (1964) … Charlotte Verney
– A Tradition of Justice (1964) … Charlotte Verney
See all 6 episodes »
 
1964 Z Cars (TV series)
Grace Patchett
– A Stroll Along the Sands (1964) … Grace Patchett
 
1961 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Girl
– The Square (1961) … Girl
 
1961 Emergency-Ward 10 (TV series)
Ariadna Spinks / Miss Spinks
– Episode #1.446 (1961) … Miss Spinks
– Episode #1.405 (1961) … Ariadna Spinks
 
1960 An Age of Kings (TV series)
Attendant Lady / Joan la Pucelle
– Henry VI Part 1: The Red Rose and the White (1960) … Joan la Pucelle
– Richard II Part 2: The Deposing of a King (1960) … Attendant Lady
 
1959 Hilda Lessways (TV series)
Maggie Clayhanger
– Episode #1.6 (1959) … Maggie Clayhanger
– Episode #1.5 (1959) … Maggie Clayhanger
– Episode #1.4 (1959) … Maggie Clayhanger
– Episode #1.3 (1959) … Maggie Clayhanger
– Episode #1.2 (1959) … Maggie Clayhanger
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1991 The House of Eliott (TV series) (associate series creator)
 
1971-1975 Upstairs, Downstairs (TV series) (associate series creator - 66 episodes)
– Whither Shall I Wander? (1975) (associate series creator)
– All the King's Horses (1975) (associate series creator)
– Noblesse Oblige (1975) (associate series creator)
– Joke Over (1975) (associate series creator)
– Will Ye No Come Back Again (1975) (associate series creator)
See all 66 episodes »
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
2010-2012 Upstairs Downstairs (TV series)
– Somewhere Over the Rainbow (2012) (originally created by)
– The Last Waltz (2012) (originally created by)
– All the Things You Are (2012) (originally created by)
– A Perfect Specimen of Womanhood (2012) (originally created by)
– The Love That Pays the Price (2012) (originally created by)
See all 9 episodes »
 
1997 Mrs Dalloway (screenplay)
 
1991-1994 The House of Eliott (TV series)
– Episode #3.3 (1994) (devised by)
– Episode #3.2 (1994) (devised by)
– Episode #3.1 (1994) (devised by)
– Episode #2.12 (1992) (series deviser)
– Episode #2.11 (1992) (series deviser)
See all 26 episodes »
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1994 Major League II (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (18 titles)
2012 The Many Faces of... (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Ronnie Barker (2012) … Herself (as Dame Eileen Atkins)
 
2008-2012 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 November 2012 (2012) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 August 2008 (2008) … Herself
– Episode dated 21 April 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2009 An Unconventional Love Story: The Making of Last Chance Harvey (video short)
Herself
 
2009 The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
 
1985-2008 Arena (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Paul Scofield (2008) … Herself (as Dame Eileen Atkins)
– Alec Guinness: A Secret Man (2003) … Herself (as Dame Eileen Atkins)
– From an Immigrant's Notebook (1985)
 
2008 Jonathan Ross Salutes 'Dad's Army' (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2008 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #14.21 (2008) … Herself (as Dame Eileen Atkins)
 
2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 12 February 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2006 Working in the Theatre (TV series)
Herself - Actor
– Actors on Performing (2006) … Herself - Actor
 
2005 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #7.17 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 The Heaven and Earth Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 17 April 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2000 The Unforgettable Beryl Reid (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 The Laurence Olivier Awards 1997 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1995 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 10 January 1995 (1995) … Herself
 
1992 China Rising: The Epic History of 20th Century China (TV mini-series documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 
1988 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
– Sir Peter Hall's Last National Theatre Production (1988)
 
1987 Everyman (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
– The Madonna of Medjugorje (1987) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
 
1972 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 22 February 1972 (1972) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2004 The 58th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Nominee: Best Actress in a Play
 

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Played "Sister Aloysius" in "Doubt", a play by John Patrick Shanley - Walter Kerr Theatre, NYC (2006). See more »

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Alternate Names:

Dame Eileen Atkins

Height:

5' 6½" (1.69 m)
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Personal Quote:

There's no such thing as a legend. Nearly everyone has forgotten Laurence Olivier. What's that dreadful word - 'dynasty', as in the Redgraves and Foxes? Acting is not in the blood - otherwise what are Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and I doing here? I'm the least well known, for a very good reason. Judi's an incredible actress who wouldn't be so popular if she hadn't been in As Time Goes By... See more »

Trivia:

She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1990 Queen's Honours List and awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to drama. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini