Deborah Findlay
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Lorna Soane
1997
Series
Midsomer Murders
Hilary Richards
1997
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Rowena Drake
1989
Series
Silent Witness
Gemma King
1996
Series
Casualty
Debbie Cookson
1986
Series
Great Performances
Nurse
1971
Series
Foyle's War
Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
2002
Series
Sherlock Holmes
Sarah Cushing
1984
Series
Heartbeat
Eva Knight
1992
Series
Lewis
Lady Hugh
2007
Series
Torchwood
Denise Riley
2006
Series
Dalgliesh
Miss Willard
2021
Series
Trial & Retribution
Jill Ashton
1997
Series
Performance
Isabella Bird
1991
Film
Ladies First
Mrs. Sachs
2026
Series
Kavanagh Q.C.
Susannah Emmott
1995
Film
Arthur Christmas
General (voice)
2011
Series
Dalgliesh
Heather Pearce
1983
Series
The Split
Ruth Defoe
2018
Series
Cranford
Miss Tomkinson
2007
Series
Lovesick
Fiona
2014
Film
That Christmas
Mrs. Horton (voice)
2024
Series
Wives and Daughters
Miss Phoebe
1999
Film
Jackie
Maud Shaw
2016
Film
Vanity Fair
Mrs. Sedley
2004
Film
Suite Française
Madame Joseph
2015
Series
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sarah Cushing
1994
Film
The End of the Affair
Miss Smythe
1999
Series
Life in Squares
Aunt Jane
2015
Series
Ladies in Charge
Hetty
1986
Film
Hampstead
Mary Neal
2017
Series
Leaving
Vanessa
2012
Film
The Lady in the Van
Pauline
2015
Series
The Drowning
Lynn
2021
Series
Anna Karenina
Countess Lydia
2000
Film
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Reed
1997
Series
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Kay Consett
1992
Series
The Last Train
1999
Film
Jack & Sarah
Miss Cartwright
1995
Film
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
2021
Film
Truly Madly Deeply
Claire
1991
Film
The Ones Below
Tessa
2016
Series
Shroud for a Nightingale
Heather Pearce
1984
Thin Ice
Jeanette
2006
Series
Natural Lies
Grace
1992
The Vet
Anna Walker
1995
Series
All Good Things
Doll
1991
Film
Milner
Sylvia Milner
1994
Film
Commitments
Ingy
1982
Film
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Volumnia
2014
Film
Kaleidoscope
Maureen
2017
Film
Me Without You
Judith
2001
Film
Home
Margaret Ballantyne
2003
Film
Up on the Roof
Claire
2023
Film
Top Girls
Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
1991
What If It's Raining
Marilyn
1986
Film
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
Helene
2019
Film
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Sister Gilchrist
2018
Film
Summer
Doctor Price
2008
Film
First and Last
Lisa
1989
Film
Coalition
Harriet Harman
2015
Film
This Life +10
Doctor
2007
Film
State of Mind
D.C.I Stella Munroe
2003
Film
The Yellow House
Madame Roulin
2007
Film
Such a Lovely Day
Grandmother
2023
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Cheryl Morris
1993
Film
The House of Bernarda Alba
Martirio
1991
Film
One of Those Days
Supervisor
2008
Film
Busted
Angela
1983
Film
Gunrush
Jill
2009
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
Susan Owen
2007
Film
From A Strange Land
Margaret
2021
Film
A Death in the Family
Mother
2025
Film
Who Gets the Dog
Pamela Wilson
2007