Acting · Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK · Born December 31, 1947
Deborah Findlay is an English actress. Her TV credits include the recurring character Greer Thornton in 4 of the 6 episodes of State of Play, and in the episode The French Drop (2004) in Foyle's War. She also appeared in 4 episodes of the 2001 series of The Armstrong and Miller Show. In Autumn 2007 she appeared with Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis in the BBC1 costume drama series Cranford playing the role of the endless spinster Miss Augusta Tompkinson as well as in Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale. She portrayed Home Secretary Denise Riley in Torchwood's 2009 third series Children of Earth, and featured as lawyer Gemma King in one episode of the BBC1 series Silent Witness in January 2010. In 2008 she starred in the US premiere of Vincent River by Philip Ridley. In 2009 she appeared, again alongside Judi Dench in a Donmar West End revival of Madame de Sade, and reprised her (in this case more prominent) role as Augusta Tompkinson in the two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford. She also played Gillian in the acclaimed 1999 ITV Drama The Last Train She won the 1997 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (sharing the award with Allison Janney and Celia Weston) as well as the Olivier Award for her formance in Stanley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
MovieLadies First
2026
as Mrs. Sachs
MovieA Death in the Family
2025
as Mother
MovieThat Christmas
2024
as Mrs. Horton (voice)
MovieSuch a Lovely Day
2023
as Grandmother
MovieUp on the Roof
2023
as Claire
TVDalgliesh
2021
as Miss Willard
MovieFrom A Strange Land
2021
as Margaret
MovieNational Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021
as Nurse
TVThe Drowning
2021
as Lynn
MovieMaking Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
2019
as Helene
MovieNational Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018
as Sister Gilchrist
TVThe Split
2018
as Ruth Defoe
MovieKaleidoscope
2017
as Maureen
MovieHampstead
2017
as Mary Neal
MovieJackie
2016
as Maud Shaw
MovieThe Ones Below
2016
as Tessa
MovieThe Lady in the Van
2015
as Pauline
TVLife In Squares
2015
as Aunt Jane
MovieCoalition
2015
as Harriet Harman
MovieSuite Française
2015
as Madame Joseph
TVLovesick
2014
as Fiona
MovieNational Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014
as Volumnia
TVLeaving
2012
as Vanessa
MovieArthur Christmas
2011
as General (voice)
MovieGunrush
2009
as Jill
MovieSummer
2008
as Doctor Price
MovieOne of Those Days
2008
as Supervisor
MovieWho Gets the Dog
2007
as Pamela Wilson
TVCranford
2007
as Miss Tomkinson
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
2007
as Susan Owen
MovieThe Yellow House
2007
as Madame Roulin
TVLewis
2007
as Lady Hugh
MovieThis Life +10
2007
as Doctor
TVTorchwood
2006
as Denise Riley
MovieVanity Fair
2004
as Mrs. Sedley
MovieHome
2003
as Margaret Ballantyne
MovieState of Mind
2003
as D.C.I Stella Munroe
TVFoyle's War
2002
as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
MovieMe Without You
2001
as Judith
TVAnna Karenina
2000
as Countess Lydia
MovieThe End of the Affair
1999
as Miss Smythe
TVWives and Daughters
1999
as Miss Phoebe
TVThe Last Train
1999
TVTrial & Retribution
1997
as Jill Ashton
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Lorna Soane
MovieJane Eyre
1997
as Mrs. Reed
TVSilent Witness
1996
as Gemma King
MovieJack & Sarah
1995
as Miss Cartwright
The Vet
1995
as Anna Walker
TVKavanagh Q.C.
1995
as Susannah Emmott
MovieMilner
1994
as Sylvia Milner
TVThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Sarah Cushing
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993
as Cheryl Morris
TVNatural Lies
1992
as Grace
TVAnglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
as Kay Consett
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Eva Knight
MovieThe House of Bernarda Alba
1991
as Martirio
MovieTop Girls
1991
as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
TVPerformance
1991
as Isabella Bird
TVAll Good Things
1991
as Doll
MovieTruly Madly Deeply
1991
as Claire
MovieFirst and Last
1989
as Lisa
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Rowena Drake
TVCasualty
1986
as Debbie Cookson
What If It's Raining
1986
as Marilyn
TVLadies in Charge
1986
as Hetty
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Sarah Cushing
TVShroud for a Nightingale
1984
as Heather Pearce
TVDalgliesh
1983
as Heather Pearce
MovieBusted
1983
as Angela
MovieCommitments
1982
as Ingy
TVGreat Performances
1971
as Nurse
