Fiona Gaunt
Encyclopedia
Fiona Gaunt is an English actress, and the mother of child actress Genevieve Gaunt.
. Their daughter, Genevieve, was born in 1991.
as Helene Kuragin
, wife of Pierre Bezukhov
in the BBC's 1972 production of War and Peace
. She starred as Helen Smith in the 1973 British science fiction television programme Moonbase 3
.
Gaunt appeared in a 1973 episode of the comedy series Sykes as a flirty upper class girl who tricked Eric Sykes' character into an engagement, which was scuppered by her father player by Ballard Berkeley. She also starred as Grace Lovell in the 1978 TV adaptation of A Horseman Riding By
.
Personal life
At the age of eighteen, she moved to the Netherlands. In 1985, she met Dutch actor Frederik de GrootFrederik de Groot
Frederik Percy de Groot is a Dutch actor. In the Netherlands he appeared in the detective series Bureau Kruislaan and its spin-off Unit 13....
. Their daughter, Genevieve, was born in 1991.
Career
Fiona Gaunt played opposite Anthony HopkinsAnthony Hopkins
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins, KBE , best known as Anthony Hopkins, is a Welsh actor of film, stage and television...
as Helene Kuragin
Helene Kuragin
Elena "Hélène" Vasilyevna Kuragina is a fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace and its various cinematic adaptations.-Biography:...
, wife of Pierre Bezukhov
Pierre Bezukhov
Count Pyotr "Pierre" Kirillovich Bezukhov is a central fictional character in Leo Tolstoy's novel War and Peace. He is the favourite of several illegitimate sons of the wealthy nobleman Count Kirill Vladimirovich Bezukhov.-Description:...
in the BBC's 1972 production of War and Peace
War and Peace
War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature...
. She starred as Helen Smith in the 1973 British science fiction television programme Moonbase 3
Moonbase 3
Moonbase 3 is a British science fiction television programme that ran for six episodes in 1973. It was a co-production between the BBC, 20th Century Fox and the American ABC network...
.
Gaunt appeared in a 1973 episode of the comedy series Sykes as a flirty upper class girl who tricked Eric Sykes' character into an engagement, which was scuppered by her father player by Ballard Berkeley. She also starred as Grace Lovell in the 1978 TV adaptation of A Horseman Riding By
A Horseman Riding By
A Horseman Riding By is a 1966 novel by R. F. Delderfield that starts in 1902 at the tail end of the Boer War and is continued in the sequel to end in the summer of 1965. It is set in Devon in the early 20th century. It was to some extent an elegy for the traditional society which was blown apart...
.
Filmography
| Year | Format | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | TV Shows | Moonbase 3 Moonbase 3 Moonbase 3 is a British science fiction television programme that ran for six episodes in 1973. It was a co-production between the BBC, 20th Century Fox and the American ABC network... |
Dr. Helen Smith |