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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 31, 1947
Place of Birth
Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known As
- Deborah Findley
- Deborah Finlay
Deborah Findlay
1.8 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
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Mother
A Death in the Family
2025
7.2
Mrs. Horton (voice)
That Christmas
2024
3.5
Grandmother
Such a Lovely Day
2023
5.6
Claire
Up on the Roof
2023
6.7
Miss Willard
Dalgliesh
2021
0.0
Margaret
From A Strange Land
2021
5.8
Nurse
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2021
5.6
Lynn
The Drowning
2021
5.7
Helene
Making Noise Quietly
2019
0.0
Sister Gilchrist
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
2018
Credits
A Death in the Family
as Mother
2025
0.0
That Christmas
as Mrs. Horton (voice)
2024
7.2
Such a Lovely Day
as Grandmother
2023
3.5
Up on the Roof
as Claire
2023
5.6
Dalgliesh
as Miss Willard
2021
6.7
From A Strange Land
as Margaret
2021
0.0
National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
as Nurse
2021
5.8
The Drowning
as Lynn
2021
5.6
Making Noise Quietly
as Helene
2019
5.7
National Theatre Live: Allelujah!
as Sister Gilchrist
2018
0.0
The Split
as Ruth Defoe
2018
7.2
Kaleidoscope
as Maureen
2017
5.6
Hampstead
as Mary Neal
2017
6.0
Jackie
as Maud Shaw
2016
6.5
The Ones Below
as Tessa
2016
6.0
The Lady in the Van
as Pauline
2015
6.4
Life In Squares
as Aunt Jane
2015
6.3
Coalition
as Harriet Harman
2015
7.0
Suite Française
as Madame Joseph
2015
7.2
Lovesick
as Fiona
2014
7.2
National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
as Volumnia
2014
8.2
Leaving
as Vanessa
2012
6.2
Arthur Christmas
as General (voice)
2011
6.8
Gunrush
as Jill
2009
6.0
Summer
as Doctor Price
2008
6.1
One of Those Days
as Supervisor
2008
7.3
Who Gets the Dog
as Pamela Wilson
2007
5.0
Cranford
as Miss Tomkinson
2007
8.2
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Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
as Susan Owen
2007
4.5
The Yellow House
as Madame Roulin
2007
7.7
Lewis
as Lady Hugh
2007
7.6
This Life +10
2007
8.1
This Life +10
as Doctor
2007
8.1
Torchwood
as Denise Riley
2006
7.3
Vanity Fair
as Mrs. Sedley
2004
5.8
Home
as Margaret Ballantyne
2003
6.9
State of Mind
as D.C.I Stella Munroe
2003
5.6
Foyle's War
as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell
2002
7.9
Me Without You
as Judith
2001
6.4
Anna Karenina
as Countess Lydia
2000
6.5
The End of the Affair
as Miss Smythe
1999
6.6
Wives and Daughters
as Miss Phoebe
1999
7.3
The Last Train
1999
7.2
Midsomer Murders
as Lorna Soane
1997
7.5
Midsomer Murders
as Hilary Richards
1997
7.5
Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed
1997
7.1
Silent Witness
as Gemma King
1996
7.5
Jack & Sarah
as Miss Cartwright
1995
6.7
Kavanagh Q.C.
as Susannah Emmott
1995
7.0
Milner
as Sylvia Milner
1994
6.0
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15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
as Cheryl Morris
1993
5.0
Natural Lies
as Grace
1992
0.0
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
as Kay Consett
1992
4.0
Heartbeat
as Eva Knight
1992
7.1
The House of Bernarda Alba
as Martirio
1991
0.0
Top Girls
as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
1991
0.0
Performance
as Isabella Bird
1991
6.0
All Good Things
as Doll
1991
0.0
Truly Madly Deeply
as Claire
1991
6.9
First and Last
as Lisa
1989
7.0
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Rowena Drake
1989
8.2
Casualty
as Debbie Cookson
1986
6.1
Ladies in Charge
1986
5.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Sarah Cushing
1984
8.1
Dalgliesh
as Heather Pearce
1983
6.9
Busted
as Angela
1983
6.0
Commitments
as Ingy
1982
0.0
Great Performances
as Nurse
1971
5.8