Deborah Norton
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Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
Occupation | Actress |
Deborah Norton is an English actress.
Personal life
Deborah Norton was born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1943. She attended a Quaker boarding school and later studied at the Drama Centre London. She worked in Britain until she toured America with The Beggar's Opera. She later returned to the UK.
Career
Stage work
Norton has taken part in productions of Six Degrees of Separation, Thérèse Raquin, The School for Scandal, and others in locations as diverse as the Royal Court, Bristol Old Vic, the Nottingham Playhouse, the National Theatre and others.
Television
She has acted roles in many television productions, including Marta Dorf in the television miniseries Holocaust, and multiple roles in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, although she is perhaps best known for her role as the PM's adviser Dorothy Wainwright in Yes, Prime Minister.
Selected filmography
- Holocaust (1978)
- The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980)
- Play for Today (4 plays, 1976–1981)
- Yes, Prime Minister (6 episodes, 1986–1988)
- A Bit of Fry and Laurie (3 episodes, 1989)
- Making Out (2 episodes, 1989)
- Health and Efficiency (12 Episodes 1993 – 1995)
- Chalk (1 Episode 1997)
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