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Mini Biography:
Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London... moreTrivia:
She was awarded the 2004 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Actress... moreAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(55 articles)
‘Harry Potter’ Star Rupert Grint Is A ‘Wild Target’ (From MTV Movies Blog. 12 June 2009, 12:30 PM, PDT)
Vanessa Redgrave replaced by Eileen Atkins in Robin Hood
(From The Geek Files. 25 May 2009, 1:46 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Dame Eileen AtkinsFilmography
Jump to filmography as: In Development, Actress, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
In Development: 
- Modus Operandi (details only on IMDbPro)
- The Girl in Melanie Klein (details only on IMDbPro)
Actress:
- Mrs. Darwin (2009) (in production) (rumored) .... Emma Darwin
- Robin Hood (2010) (filming) .... Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Wild Target (2009) (completed) .... Louisa
- "Psychoville" .... Nurse Kenchington (5 episodes, 2009)
- Episode #1.7 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
- Episode #1.6 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
- Episode #1.5 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
- Episode #1.4 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
- Episode #1.3 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington - Last Chance Harvey (2008) .... Maggie Walker
- "When Weather Changed History" (1 episode, 2008)
- Titanic (2008) TV episode - Ballet Shoes (2007) (TV) .... Madame Fidolia
- "Cranford" .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns (2 episodes, 2007)
... aka "Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford" (UK: complete title)
... aka "Masterpiece Theatre: Cranford" (USA)
- August 1842 (2007) TV episode .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns
- June 1842 (2007) TV episode .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns - Evening (2007) .... The Night Nurse
... aka Spuren eines Lebens (Germany) - "Waking the Dead" .... Abigail Dusniak (2 episodes, 2007)
- Yahrzeit: Part 2 (2007) TV episode .... Abigail Dusniak
- Yahrzeit: Part 1 (2007) TV episode .... Abigail Dusniak - Marple: Towards Zero (2007) (TV) .... Lady Camilla Tressilian
... aka Agatha Christie - Marple: Towards Zero (Australia: DVD title) - Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) .... Iris
- Ask the Dust (2006) .... Mrs. Hargraves
- La fiesta del chivo (2005) .... Aunt Adelina
... aka The Feast of the Goat (International: English title) - The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004) .... School matron
- Vanity Fair (2004) .... Miss Matilda Crawley
- Cold Mountain (2003) .... Maddy
- Love Again (2003) (TV) .... Eva Larkin
- Egy hét Pesten és Budán (2003) .... Amanda
... aka A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (Europe: English title) - What a Girl Wants (2003) .... Jocelyn Dashwood
- The Hours (2002) .... Barbara in Flower Shop
- Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) (TV) .... Queen Mary
- The Lives of Animals (2002) (TV)
- Gosford Park (2001) .... Mrs. Croft
... aka Gosford Park (Italy) - Wit (2001) (TV) .... Evelyn 'E.M.' Ashford
- The Sleeper (2000) (TV) .... Violet Moon
- David Copperfield (2000) (TV) .... Miss Jane Murdstone
- Madame Bovary (2000) (TV) .... Marie Louise
- Women Talking Dirty (1999) .... Emily Boyle
- The Avengers (1998) .... Alice
- "Talking Heads 2" (1998) TV mini-series .... Celia (episode "Hand of God, The")
- "A Dance to the Music of Time" .... Brightman (1 episode, 1997)
- Post War (1997) TV episode .... Brightman - Jack & Sarah (1995) .... Phil
- Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) .... Judith Starkadder
- Wolf (1994) .... Mary
- "Performance" .... Mrs. May Maitland (1 episode, 1993)
- The Maitlands (1993) TV episode .... Mrs. May Maitland - The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) (TV) .... Rose Benjamin
- Let Him Have It (1991) .... Lilian Bentley
... aka L'âge de vivre (France) - "Chillers" (1 episode)
... aka "Cadavres exquis" (France: short title)
... aka "Les cadavres exquis de Patricia Highsmith" (France)
... aka "Mistress of Suspense" (UK)
... aka "Patricia Highsmith's Tales" (International: English title: complete title)
- The Stuff of Madness (????) TV episode - A Room of One's Own (1990) (TV) .... Virginia Woolf
- "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers" .... Reader / ... (2 episodes, 1988)
... aka "Ten Great Writers of the Modern World" (USA)
- T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (1988) TV episode .... Reader
- Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway' (1988) TV episode .... Virginia Woolf - Roman Holiday (1987) (TV) .... Countess
- A Hazard of Hearts (1987) (TV) .... Lady Harriet's Maid
- The Vision (1987) (TV) .... Helen Marriner
- Breaking Up (1986) (TV) .... Mrs. Mailer
- Titus Andronicus (1985) (TV) .... Queen Tamora
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus (USA: video title) - The Burston Rebellion (1985) (TV) .... Kitty Higdon
- A Better Class of Person (1985) (TV) .... Nellie Osborne
- The Dresser (1983) .... Madge
- Bewitched (1983) (TV) .... Mrs. Rutledge
... aka Shades of Darkness: Bewitched (UK) - Nelly's Version (1983) (TV) .... Nelly
- "Smiley's People" .... Madame Ostrakova (4 episodes, 1982)
- Episode #1.4 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
- Episode #1.3 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
- Episode #1.2 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
- Episode #1.1 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova - Oliver Twist (1982/I) (TV) .... Mrs. Mann
- "Sons and Lovers" (1981) TV mini-series .... Gertrude Morel
... aka "Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers" (USA) - "BBC2 Play of the Week" .... Vanity Fair (1 episode, 1978)
- She Fell Among Thieves (1978) TV episode .... Vanity Fair - Equus (1977) .... Hesther Saloman
- Raku Fire (1977)
- "Affairs of the Heart" .... Kate Cookham (1 episode, 1975)
- Kate (1975) TV episode .... Kate Cookham - I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) .... Sister Albana
... aka It Lives Within Her (UK: video title)
... aka It's Growing Inside Her (TV title)
... aka Sharon's Baby (USA)
... aka The Baby
... aka The Devil Within Her (USA)
... aka The Monster - The Lady's Not for Burning (1974) (TV) .... Jennet Jourdemayne
- "BBC Play of the Month" .... Catherine Sloper / ... (4 episodes, 1969-1974)
- Electra (1974) TV episode .... Electra
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1971) TV episode .... Titania
- The Three Sisters (1970) TV episode .... Olga
- The Heiress (1969) TV episode .... Catherine Sloper - The Lady from the Sea (1974) (TV) .... Ellida Wangel
- The Duchess of Malfi (1972) (TV) .... Duchess
... aka Stage 2: The Duchess of Malfi (UK: series title) - "W. Somerset Maugham" .... Leslie Crosbie / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
- Olive (1970) TV episode .... Olive Hardy
- The Letter (1969) TV episode .... Leslie Crosbie - "The Wednesday Play" .... Joan / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
- Double Bill: The Compartment; Playmates (1969) TV episode .... The Woman
- Wanted: Single Gentleman (1967) TV episode .... Mabel
- The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966) TV episode .... The Girl
- Fable (1965) TV episode .... Joan - "The Sex Game" (1 episode, 1968)
- Women Can Be Monsters (1968) TV episode - "Half Hour Story" .... Her (1 episode, 1968)
- Nothing's Ever Over (1968) TV episode .... Her - Inadmissible Evidence (1968) .... Shirley
- "Theatre 625" .... Eileen (1 episode, 1968)
- Party Games (1968) TV episode .... Eileen - "Five More" .... Girl (1 episode, 1966)
- Are You There? (1966) TV episode .... Girl - "Knock on Any Door" .... Ruth (1 episode, 1965)
- Close Season (1965) TV episode .... Ruth - "ITV Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1965)
... aka "Play of the Week" (UK: short title)
- When the Wind Blows (1965) TV episode - "The Massingham Affair" .... Charlotte Verney (6 episodes, 1964)
- The Finishing Touch (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
- A Tangle of Lies (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
- Parting of the Ways (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
- The Breakthrough (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
- A Tradition of Justice (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
(1 more) - "Z Cars" .... Grace Patchett (1 episode, 1964)
- A Stroll Along the Sands (1964) TV episode .... Grace Patchett - "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Girl (1 episode, 1961)
- The Square (1961) TV episode .... Girl - "An Age of Kings" .... Attendant Lady / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
- Henry VI Part 1: The Red Rose and the White (1960) TV episode .... Joan la Pucelle
- Richard II Part 2: The Deposing of a King (1960) TV episode .... Attendant Lady - "Hilda Lessways" .... Maggie Clayhanger (6 episodes, 1959)
- Episode #1.6 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
- Episode #1.5 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
- Episode #1.4 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
- Episode #1.3 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
- Episode #1.2 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
(1 more)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- "The House of Eliott" (1991) TV series (associate series creator) (unknown episodes)
- "Upstairs, Downstairs" (associate series creator) (66 episodes, 1971-1975)
- Whither Shall I Wander? (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
- All the King's Horses (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
- Noblesse Oblige (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
- Joke Over (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
- Will Ye No Come Back Again (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
(61 more)
Writer:
- Mrs Dalloway (1997) (screenplay)
... aka Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway - "The House of Eliott" (23 episodes, 1991-1992)
- Episode #2.12 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
- Episode #2.11 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
- Episode #2.10 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
- Episode #2.9 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
- Episode #2.8 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
(18 more)
Thanks:
- Major League II (1994) (thanks)
Self:
- The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV) .... Herself - Nominee
- "Arena" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1985-2008)
- Paul Scofield (2008) TV episode (as Dame Eileen Atkins) .... Herself
- Alec Guinness: A Secret Man (2003) TV episode (as Dame Eileen Atkins) .... Herself
- From an Immigrant's Notebook (1985) TV episode - "This Morning" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2008)
... aka "This Morning with Richard and Judy" (UK: informal title)
- Episode dated 18 August 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 21 April 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself - Jonathan Ross Salutes 'Dad's Army' (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
- "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode #14.21 (2008) TV episode (as Dame Eileen Atkins) .... Herself - "The Alan Titchmarsh Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 12 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself - "Working in the Theatre" .... Herself - Actor (1 episode, 2006)
- Actors on Performing (2006) TV episode .... Herself - Actor - "Loose Women" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
- Episode #7.17 (2005) TV episode .... Herself - "The Heaven and Earth Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
... aka "Heaven and Earth with Gloria Hunniford" (UK: new title)
- Episode dated 17 April 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself - "The Charlie Rose Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1995)
... aka "Charlie Rose" (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 10 January 1995 (1995) TV episode .... Herself - "China Rising: The Epic History of 20th Century China" (1992) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
Archive Footage:
- The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008) (TV) .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns
- The 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004) (TV) .... Nominee: Best Actress in a Play
Additional Details
Other Works:
Her National Theatre credits include: Honor in the UK premiere of "Honour" by Joanna Murray-Smith (2003), Gunhild in Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" (1996), Hannah in "Night of the Iguana" by Tennessee Williams (1996), Paulina in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" and the Queen in "Cymbeline" (both 1988, also world tour), the elderly woman in "Mountain Language" a new play by Harold Pinter (1988), Mrs Hitchcock in "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance" by John Arden (1984), Jenet in "The Lady's Not For Burning" by Christopher Fry (1978), Hesione in Shaw's "Heartbreak House" (1975), and Alice 'Childie' McNaught in "The Killing of Sister George" a new play by 'Frank Marcus' (1964, also NYC). morePublicity Listings:
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