Caroline Langrishe
| Caroline Langrishe | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 January 1958 London, England |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1976-present |
| Spouse | Patrick Drury (1984-1995) (divorced) 2 children |
Caroline Langrishe (born 10 January 1958, London),[1] is an English actress.
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[edit] Early life
The daughter of a baronet of Langrishe,[1][2] born in London, her parents moved to Kent when she was aged six, where she and her sister were raised. She trained at the Elmhurst Ballet School, but after deciding that she couldn't become a soloist for the Royal Ballet, decided to move into acting.[3]
[edit] Career
In 1976, Langrishe appeared in the BBC production of The Glittering Prizes. In 1977 aged 18 she played the role of Kitty in the BBC1 adaptation of Anna Karenina. She then did TV film The Flip Side of Dominic Hyde, before working in the theatre with Peter Gill.[3]
Her first big part was in the 1978 British adaption of Les Misérables. She also starred as Jane Winters in the futuristic BBC Play for Today episode The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980), and its follow up, Another Flip for Dominick (1982) both by Jeremy Paul and Alan Gibson. She played Janet Hollywell, wife of Fred Hollywell, in the 1984 adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott.[citation needed]
On stage she played in Kenneth Branagh's production of Twelfth Night.[3] She became a leading character actress, taking the female lead in the BBC detective series Pulaski in 1987 and appearing in several episodes of Chancer in 1990.
Langrishe is perhaps best known for her role as Charlotte Cavendish in the BBC series Lovejoy in which she starred for two series in 1993-94.[3] After apperaing in a series of epiosdes of The Good Sex Guide in the mid-1990s,[1] she aappeared in Sharpe's Regiment (1996) and Sharpe's Justice (1997) as Lady Anne Camoynes. She played the unhappy landlady to Hywel Bennett's professional scrounger James Shelley in the 5th series of "Shelley" on ITV.[3] She has also starred in Heartbeat, in the Christmas Eve episode Echoes of the Past in December 1998.
She played Georgina Channing alongside Martin Shaw in drama Judge John Deed,[3][1] and then joined BBC medical drama Casualty as executive director Marilyn Fox. In 2010 she played Ros, an 'older woman' in an open marriage in Pete Versus Life on Channel 4.[citation needed]
[edit] Personal life
Langrishe married the actor Patrick Drury in London on 15 November 1984, but the couple divorced in 1995 after having two daughters, Rosalind and Leonie. She presently lives in Putney,[3] and her hobbies include rowing, running, swimming, and tennis.[1]
[edit] Selected filmography
- No Ordinary Trifle (2011)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e "Caroline Langrishe". BBC Drama. http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/people/caroline_langrishe_person_page.shtml. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ "Langrishe". thepeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p50188.htm. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
- ^ a b c d e f g "20 Questions With...Caroline Langrishe". What's on Stage. 19 September 2005. http://www.whatsonstage.com/interviews/theatre/london/E8821125586403/20+Questions+With...Caroline+Langrishe.html. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
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