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Margaret Tyzack (1931–2011)

Actress

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Joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962, Margaret was known for her regal stance and added a gallery of queens to her credits over the years, including Queen Anne, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II. See more trivia »

Born:

Margaret Maud Tyzack
in Plaistow, London, England, UK

Died:

(age 79) in Blackheath, London, England, UK
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2012/II Mother's Milk
Eleanor Melrose
 
2011 EastEnders (TV series)
Lydia Simmonds
– Episode dated 14 April 2011 (2011) … Lydia Simmonds
– Episode dated 7 April 2011 (2011) … Lydia Simmonds
– Episode dated 5 April 2011 (2011) … Lydia Simmonds
 
2000-2009 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Harriet Compton / Naomi Inkpen
– Small Mercies (2009) … Harriet Compton
– Garden of Death (2000) … Naomi Inkpen
 
2009 National Theatre Live (TV series)
Oenone
– Phèdre (2009) … Oenone
 
2007 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance (video)
Miss Helen Seymour (also archive footage)
 
2007 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (TV movie)
Miss Helen Seymour (also archive footage)
 
2006 Scoop
Sid's Co-Passenger
 
2006 Rosemary & Thyme (TV series)
Audrey Pargeter
– Seeds of Time (2006) … Audrey Pargeter
 
2006 The Thief Lord
Head Nun (uncredited)
 
2005 Wallis & Edward (TV movie)
Queen Mary
 
2005 Doc Martin (TV series)
Muriel Steel
– Old Dogs (2005) … Muriel Steel
 
2005 Match Point
Mrs. Eastby
 
2003 Bright Young Things
Lady Thobbing
 
2003 Heartbeat (TV series)
Edna Barton
– Caped Crusaders (2003) … Edna Barton
 
2002 Until Death
Dorothy Sutton
 
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life (TV movie)
Miss Helen Seymour (also archive footage)
 
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure (TV movie)
Miss Helen Seymour (also archive footage)
 
1998 Our Mutual Friend (TV mini-series)
Lady Tippins
– Episode #1.4 (1998) … Lady Tippins
– Episode #1.3 (1998) … Lady Tippins
– Episode #1.2 (1998) … Lady Tippins
– Episode #1.1 (1998) … Lady Tippins
 
1998 Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
Ella Keech
– Child's Play (1998) … Ella Keech
 
1997 Mrs Dalloway
Lady Bruton
 
1997 Family Money (TV series)
Delia
– Episode #1.1 (1997) … Delia
 
1996 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (TV movie)
Helen Seymour
 
1995 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye (TV movie)
Miss Helen Seymour (voice) (uncredited)
 
1994 Alleyn Mysteries (TV series)
Emily Pride
– Dead Water (1994) … Emily Pride
 
1992-1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Miss Seymour
– Florence, May 1908 (1993) … Miss Seymour
– Vienna, November 1908 (1993) … Miss Seymour
– Benares, January 1910 (1993) … Miss Seymour
– Peking, March 1910 (1993) … Miss Seymour
– Paris, September 1908 (1993) … Miss Seymour
See all 8 episodes »
 
1992 Thacker (TV movie)
Marjorie Thacker
 
1990 The King's Whore
La Comtesse douairière
 
1987 Prick Up Your Ears
Madame Lambert
 
1987 Miss Marple: Nemesis (TV movie)
Clothilde Bradbury-Scott
 
1985 The Corsican Brothers (TV movie)
Madame de Guidice
 
1985 Mr. Love
Pink Lady
 
1983 The Wars
Lady Emmeline
 
1982 Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (TV movie)
Queen Elizabeth II
 
1982 An Inspector Calls (TV movie)
Mrs. Birling
 
1982 For the Love of Egypt (TV movie)
 
1981-1982 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Daphne
– A Silly Little Habit (1982) … Daphne
– Marriage (1981)
 
1981 Lady Killers (TV series)
Mrs. Lillian Bywaters
– The Darlingest Boy (1981) … Mrs. Lillian Bywaters
 
1981 Plays for Pleasure (TV series)
Miss Ball
– The Reason of Things (1981) … Miss Ball
 
1981 The Winter's Tale (TV movie)
Paulina
 
1980 Premiere (TV series)
– Some of My Best Friends (1980)
 
1979 Quatermass (TV mini-series)
Annie Morgan
– What Lies Beneath (1979) … Annie Morgan
– Lovely Lightning (1979) … Annie Morgan
 
1979 The Quatermass Conclusion
Annie Morgan
 
1978 The Legacy
Nurse Adams
 
1976 I, Claudius (TV mini-series)
Antonia
– Old King Log (1976) … Antonia
– Zeus, by Jove! (1976) … Antonia
– Reign of Terror (1976) … Antonia
– Queen of Heaven (1976) … Antonia
– Some Justice (1976) … Antonia
See all 9 episodes »
 
1975 Affairs of the Heart (TV series)
Miss Tita
– Miss Tita (1975) … Miss Tita
 
1974 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Mrs. Linden
– The Linden Tree (1974) … Mrs. Linden
 
1971 A Clockwork Orange
Conspirator
 
1971 Cousin Bette (TV mini-series)
Bette
– Family Angel (1971) … Bette
– Bitter Harvest (1971) … Bette
– Delilah and Her Handmaid (1971) … Bette
– The House for Pleasure (1971) … Bette
– Poor Relations (1971) … Bette
 
1969-1970 Jackanory (TV series)
Storyteller
– The Hag Calls for Help: Part 5 - A Traveller Returns (1970) … Storyteller
– The Hag Calls for Help: Part 4 - The Slave of the Ring (1970) … Storyteller
– The Hag Calls for Help: Part 3 - Rascallito the Gangster Rook (1970) … Storyteller
– The Hag Calls for Help: Part 2 - The Disappearance of Uncle Harold (1970) … Storyteller
– The Hag Calls for Help: Part 1 - Sootylegs Leaves Home (1970) … Storyteller
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1970 Solo (TV series)
Mrs. Beeton
– Margaret Tyzack as Mrs. Beeton (1970) … Mrs. Beeton
 
1969 The First Churchills (TV mini-series)
Princess Anne / Queen Anne
– Not Without Honour (1969) … Queen Anne
– Breaking the Circle (1969) … Queen Anne
– A Famous Victory (1969) … Princess Anne
– Reconciliation (1969) … Princess Anne
– The Queen Commands (1969) … Princess Anne
See all 9 episodes »
 
1969 W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)
Mrs. Hamlyn
– P. and O. (1969) … Mrs. Hamlyn
 
1969 Thank You All Very Much
Sister Bennett
 
1968 ITV Playhouse (TV series)
Gladys King
– The Bonegrinder (1968) … Gladys King
 
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey
Elena
 
1967 The Whisperers
Hospital Almoner
 
1967 The Forsyte Saga (TV mini-series)
Winifred Dartie
– In the Web (1967) … Winifred Dartie
– The Challenge (1967) … Winifred Dartie
– A Man of Property (1967) … Winifred Dartie
– Dinner at Swithin's (1967) … Winifred Dartie
– The Pursuit of Happiness (1967) … Winifred Dartie
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1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
Esther
– The Passenger (1965) … Esther
 
1965 The Wednesday Thriller (TV series)
Grace
– Imposter. The (1965) … Grace
 
1963-1965 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– Thick as Old Timber (1965)
– Double Yolk (1963)
 
1965 Thursday Theatre (TV series)
Isobel Cherry
– The Flowering Cherry (1965) … Isobel Cherry
 
1964 The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling (TV series)
Mrs. Bronckhurst
– The Bronckhurst Divorce Case (1964) … Mrs. Bronckhurst
 
1964 Ring of Treason
Elizabeth Gee
 
1963 Maigret (TV series)
Anna
– The Flemish Shop (1963) … Anna
 
1960-1963 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Elizabeth / Lily
– There's No Room for You Here for a Start (1963) … Lily
– Each Wind That Blows (1960) … Elizabeth
 
1962 The Ginger Man (TV movie)
Miss Frost
 
1961 Highway to Battle
Hilda
 
1961 Theatre 70 (TV series)
– Chance Witness (1961)
 
1960 Let's Get Married
Staff Nurse
 
1960 The Four Just Men (TV series)
The Wife
– The Miracle of St. Phillipe (1960) … The Wife
 
1960 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Fenny
– Twentieth Century Theatre: Dear Octopus (1960) … Fenny
 
1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Evelyn Daly
– Waters of the Moon (1959) … Evelyn Daly
 
1959 Saturday Playhouse (TV series)
Clare Cousins
– Love and Miss Figgis (1959) … Clare Cousins
 
1959 The Infamous John Friend (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Friend
– Episode #1.8 (1959) … Mrs. Friend
– Episode #1.7 (1959) … Mrs. Friend
– Episode #1.3 (1959) … Mrs. Friend
– Episode #1.2 (1959) … Mrs. Friend
– Episode #1.1 (1959) … Mrs. Friend
 
1958 Room 43
June, Heath's secretary
 
1958 Behind the Mask
Night Sister
 
1958 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– The One Who Came Back (1958)
 
1957 Angel Pavement (TV series)
Miss Matfield
– Episode #1.1 (1957) … Miss Matfield
 
1957 A Woman of Property (TV movie)
Sarah Richmond
 
1957 Kenilworth (TV series)
Janet
– Episode #1.6 (1957) … Janet
– Episode #1.4 (1957) … Janet
– Episode #1.3 (1957) … Janet
– Episode #1.1 (1957) … Janet
 
1956 The Crimson Ramblers (TV series)
Vera Lee
 
1956 The End Begins (TV movie)
Valerie Hollis
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
2005 Drama Connections (TV series documentary)
Herself
– I, Claudius (2005) … Herself
 
2002 I Claudius: A Television Epic (video documentary)
Herself
 
1990 The 44th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer & Winner: Best Featured Actress in a Play
 
1982 Chronicle (TV series documentary)
– For the Love of Egypt (1982)
 
1971 The British Screen Awards (TV movie)
Herself
 
1970 Frost on Sunday (TV series)
Herself - Best Television Actress Winner
– Frost at the London Palladium for the British Film and Television Awards (1970) … Herself - Best Television Actress Winner
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
2007 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song (video)
Miss Helen Seymour (uncredited)
 

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Other Works:

Played Lena in "As You Desire Me" by Luigi Pirandello - Playhouse Theatre, London (2005). See more »

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Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Personal Quote:

On her early days in repertory theatre: I was in more plays in a single year than some actors will perform in their entire careers. It was my education. We weren't spoiled or indulged. It was very hard work, and the paying ­customer came first. It was expected that they would hear every word, even if they were sitting far from the stage... See more »

Trivia:

Joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962, Margaret was known for her regal stance and added a gallery of queens to her credits over the years, including Queen Anne, Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth II. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo