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 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.
Born: 31 December 1947
Played In
Movie
May 2026
Ladies First
Mrs. Sachs
Movie
Sep 2025
A Death in the Family
Mother
Movie
Nov 2024
That Christmas
Mrs. Horton (voice)
Movie
Oct 2023
Such a Lovely Day
Grandmother
Movie
Mar 2023
Up on the Roof
Claire
TV Show
Nov 2021
Dalgliesh
Miss Willard
Movie
Nov 2021
From A Strange Land
Margaret
Movie
Sep 2021
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Nurse
TV Show
Feb 2021
The Drowning
Lynn
Movie
Jul 2019
Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations
Helene
Movie
Nov 2018
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
Sister Gilchrist
TV Show
Apr 2018
The Split
Ruth Defoe
Movie
Nov 2017
Kaleidoscope
Maureen
Movie
Jun 2017
Hampstead
Mary Neal
Movie
Dec 2016
Jackie
Maud Shaw
Movie
Mar 2016
The Ones Below
Tessa
Movie
Oct 2015
The Lady in the Van
Pauline
TV Show
Jul 2015
Life In Squares
Aunt Jane
Movie
Mar 2015
Coalition
Harriet Harman
Movie
Mar 2015
Suite Française
Madame Joseph
TV Show
Oct 2014
Lovesick
Fiona
Movie
Jan 2014
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
Volumnia
TV Show
Sep 2012
Leaving
Vanessa
Movie
Nov 2011
Arthur Christmas
General (voice)
Movie
Aug 2009
Gunrush
Jill
Movie
Dec 2008
Summer
Doctor Price
Movie
Jan 2008
One of Those Days
Supervisor
Movie
Dec 2007
Who Gets the Dog
Pamela Wilson
TV Show
Nov 2007
Cranford
Miss Tomkinson
Movie
Nov 2007
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
Susan Owen
Movie
Mar 2007
The Yellow House
Madame Roulin
TV Show
Feb 2007
Lewis
Lady Hugh
Movie
Jan 2007
This Life +10
Doctor
Movie
Jan 2007
This Life +10
TV Show
Oct 2006
Torchwood
Denise Riley
Movie
Sep 2004
Vanity Fair
Mrs. Sedley
Movie
Oct 2003
Home
Margaret Ballantyne
Movie
Jan 2003
State of Mind
D.C.I Stella Munroe
TV Show
Oct 2002
Foyle's War
Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
Movie
Nov 2001
Me Without You
Judith
TV Show
May 2000
Anna Karenina
Countess Lydia
Movie
Dec 1999
The End of the Affair
Miss Smythe
TV Show
Nov 1999
Wives and Daughters
Miss Phoebe
TV Show
Apr 1999
The Last Train
TV Show
Oct 1997
Trial & Retribution
Jill Ashton
TV Show
Mar 1997
Midsomer Murders
Lorna Soane
TV Show
Mar 1997
Midsomer Murders
Hilary Richards
Movie
Mar 1997
Jane Eyre
Mrs. Reed
TV Show
Feb 1996
Silent Witness
Gemma King
Movie
Jun 1995
Jack & Sarah
Miss Cartwright
TV Show
May 1995
The Vet
Anna Walker
TV Show
Jan 1995
Kavanagh Q.C.
Susannah Emmott
Movie
Dec 1994
Milner
Sylvia Milner
TV Show
Mar 1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sarah Cushing
Movie
Aug 1993
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
Cheryl Morris
TV Show
May 1992
Natural Lies
Grace
TV Show
May 1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Kay Consett
TV Show
Apr 1992
Heartbeat
Eva Knight
Movie
Dec 1991
The House of Bernarda Alba
Martirio
Movie
Nov 1991
Top Girls
Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
TV Show
Oct 1991
Performance
Isabella Bird
TV Show
May 1991
All Good Things
Doll
Movie
May 1991
Truly Madly Deeply
Claire
Movie
Dec 1989
First and Last
Lisa
TV Show
Jan 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Rowena Drake
TV Show
Sep 1986
Casualty
Debbie Cookson
TV Show
May 1986
Ladies in Charge
Hetty
TV Show
Apr 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Sarah Cushing
TV Show
Mar 1984
Shroud for a Nightingale
Heather Pearce
TV Show
Apr 1983
Dalgliesh
Heather Pearce
Movie
Jan 1983
Busted
Angela
Movie
Jan 1982
Commitments
Ingy
TV Show
Jan 1971
Great Performances
Nurse