Philippa Urquhart
Encyclopedia
Philippa Urquhart is a British
actress, best known for her performance as Lillian Cartland in the 1980s BBC
television
drama Tenko
.
She has worked as a film, television and theatre actress for more than 50 years.
Her television credits include: Vanity Fair, A Very Peculiar Practice
, Dempsey & Makepeace
, Wish Me Luck
, The Bill
, Dixon of Dock Green
, Within These Walls
, and Casualty
.
A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
, she has appeared in numerous West End productions including The Sea (2007), Lady Windermere's Fan
(2002), Wit (2001), and The Forest' (2000).
Her recent feature film credits include the role of Janice in Alfonso Cuarón
's 2007 film Children of Men
.
She is the mother of the film director Jack Jewers
, and she currently lives in the town of Rye, Sussex.
United Kingdom
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actress, best known for her performance as Lillian Cartland in the 1980s BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
drama Tenko
Tenko (TV series)
Tenko is a television drama, co-produced by the BBC and the ABC. A total of thirty episodes were produced between 1981 and 1984 for women, followed by a one-off special , Tenko Reunion, in 1985 - also for women in mind.The series dealt with the experiences of British, Australian and Dutch women...
.
She has worked as a film, television and theatre actress for more than 50 years.
Her television credits include: Vanity Fair, A Very Peculiar Practice
A Very Peculiar Practice
A Very Peculiar Practice is a BBC comedy-drama series, which ran for two series in 1986 and 1988. It was the first major success for screenwriter Andrew Davies, and was inspired by his experiences as a lecturer at the University of Warwick.- Storyline :...
, Dempsey & Makepeace
Dempsey & Makepeace
Dempsey & Makepeace is a British television crime drama made by London Weekend Television for ITV, created and produced by Ranald Graham...
, Wish Me Luck
Wish Me Luck
Wish Me Luck is a British television drama about the exploits of British women undercover agents during the Second World War. The series was made by London Weekend Television for the ITV network between 1987 and 1989 and created by Lavinia Warner and Jill Hyem, who had previously produced and...
, The Bill
The Bill
The Bill is a police procedural television series that ran from October 1984 to August 2010. It focused on the lives and work of one shift of police officers, rather than on any particular aspect of police work...
, Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series that ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. Despite being a drama series, it was initially produced by the BBC's light entertainment department.-Overview:...
, Within These Walls
Within These Walls
Within These Walls is a British television drama programme made by London Weekend Television for ITV and shown between 1974 and 1978. It portrayed life in HMP Stone Park, a fictional women's prison...
, and Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
.
A former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs 700 staff and produces around 20 productions a year from its home in Stratford-upon-Avon and plays regularly in London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and on tour across...
, she has appeared in numerous West End productions including The Sea (2007), Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan
Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman is a four act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced 22 February 1892 at the St James's Theatre in London. The play was first published in 1893...
(2002), Wit (2001), and The Forest' (2000).
Her recent feature film credits include the role of Janice in Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Y tu mamá también, and A Little Princess.- Early life :...
's 2007 film Children of Men
Children of Men
Children of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...
.
She is the mother of the film director Jack Jewers
Jack Jewers
Jack Jewers is a British film and television director and editor. Born into a theatrical family , both he and his sister, Rosie Jewers, were child actors. He directed his first amateur film when he was seven years old, and later studied film at university in Aberystwyth, Wales...
, and she currently lives in the town of Rye, Sussex.