
Deborah Findlay
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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.
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Ladies First (2026)
as Mrs. Sachs

Arthur Christmas (2011)
as General (voice)

That Christmas (2024)
as Mrs. Horton (voice)

The End of the Affair (1999)
as Miss Smythe

Suite Française (2015)
as Madame Joseph

Vanity Fair (2004)
as Mrs. Sedley

Jackie (2016)
as Maud Shaw

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet (2021)
as Nurse

Kaleidoscope (2017)
as Maureen

Jane Eyre (1997)
as Mrs. Reed

Hampstead (2017)
as Mary Neal

Top Girls (1991)
as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd

The Lady in the Van (2015)
as Pauline

Jack & Sarah (1995)
as Miss Cartwright

Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations (2019)
as Helene

Home (2003)
as Margaret Ballantyne

The Ones Below (2016)
as Tessa

Truly Madly Deeply (1991)
as Claire

Milner (1994)
as Sylvia Milner

This Life +10 (2007)
as Doctor

Such a Lovely Day (2023)
as Grandmother

Commitments (1982)
as Ingy

The Yellow House (2007)
as Madame Roulin

Me Without You (2001)
as Judith

One of Those Days (2008)
as Supervisor

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus (2014)
as Volumnia

First and Last (1989)
as Lisa

Summer (2008)
as Doctor Price

State of Mind (2003)
as D.C.I Stella Munroe

Up on the Roof (2023)
as Claire

National Theatre Live: Allelujah! (2018)
as Sister Gilchrist

The House of Bernarda Alba (1991)
as Martirio

Coalition (2015)
as Harriet Harman

Who Gets the Dog (2007)
as Pamela Wilson

From A Strange Land (2021)
as Margaret

A Death in the Family (2025)
as Mother
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale (2007)
as Susan Owen

Gunrush (2009)
as Jill

Busted (1983)
as Angela
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight (1993)
as Cheryl Morris





