- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Place of Birth
- Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK
Deborah Findlay
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…
Filmography
movieLadies First
2026 · Mrs. Sachs
movieA Death in the Family
2025 · Mother
movieThat Christmas
2024 · Mrs. Horton (voice)
movieSuch a Lovely Day
2023 · Grandmother
movieUp on the Roof
2023 · Claire
tvDalgliesh
2021 · Miss Willard
movieFrom A Strange Land
2021 · Margaret
movieNational Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021 · Nurse
tvThe Drowning
2021 · Lynn
movieMaking Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
2019 · Helene
movieNational Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018 · Sister Gilchrist
tvThe Split
2018 · Ruth Defoe
movieKaleidoscope
2017 · Maureen
movieHampstead
2017 · Mary Neal
movieJackie
2016 · Maud Shaw
movieThe Ones Below
2016 · Tessa
movieThe Lady in the Van
2015 · Pauline
tvLife In Squares
2015 · Aunt Jane
movieCoalition
2015 · Harriet Harman
movieSuite Française
2015 · Madame Joseph
tvLovesick
2014 · Fiona
movieNational Theatre Live: Coriolanus
2014 · Volumnia
tvLeaving
2012 · Vanessa
movieArthur Christmas
2011 · General (voice)
movieGunrush
2009 · Jill
movieSummer
2008 · Doctor Price
movieOne of Those Days
2008 · Supervisor
movieWho Gets the Dog
2007 · Pamela Wilson
tvCranford
2007 · Miss Tomkinson
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
movieWilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
2007 · Susan Owen
movieThe Yellow House
2007 · Madame Roulin
tvLewis
2007 · Lady Hugh
movieThis Life +10
2007 · , Doctor
tvTorchwood
2006 · Denise Riley
movieVanity Fair
2004 · Mrs. Sedley
movieHome
2003 · Margaret Ballantyne
movieState of Mind
2003 · D.C.I Stella Munroe
tvFoyle's War
2002 · Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
movieMe Without You
2001 · Judith
tvAnna Karenina
2000 · Countess Lydia
movieThe End of the Affair
1999 · Miss Smythe
tvWives and Daughters
1999 · Miss Phoebe
tvThe Last Train
1999
tvTrial & Retribution
1997 · Jill Ashton
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Lorna Soane, Hilary Richards
movieJane Eyre
1997 · Mrs. Reed
tvSilent Witness
1996 · Gemma King
movieJack & Sarah
1995 · Miss Cartwright
The Vet
tvThe Vet
1995 · Anna Walker
tvKavanagh Q.C.
1995 · Susannah Emmott
movieMilner
1994 · Sylvia Milner
tvThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994 · Sarah Cushing
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
movie15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
1993 · Cheryl Morris
tvNatural Lies
1992 · Grace
tvAnglo Saxon Attitudes
1992 · Kay Consett
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Eva Knight
movieThe House of Bernarda Alba
1991 · Martirio
movieTop Girls
1991 · Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
tvPerformance
1991 · Isabella Bird
tvAll Good Things
1991 · Doll
movieTruly Madly Deeply
1991 · Claire
movieFirst and Last
1989 · Lisa
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Rowena Drake
tvCasualty
1986 · Debbie Cookson
tvLadies in Charge
1986 · Hetty
tvSherlock Holmes
1984 · Sarah Cushing
tvShroud for a Nightingale
1984 · Heather Pearce
tvDalgliesh
1983 · Heather Pearce
movieBusted
1983 · Angela
movieCommitments
1982 · Ingy
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Nurse