Georgie Glen
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Georgie Glen | |
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Born | Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland | 20 April 1956
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1986–present |
Notable credit(s) | Heartbeat (2000–2001, 2003–2005, 2009) Little Britain (2003–2005) Waterloo Road (2012–2015) Hetty Feather (2018–2020) Call The Midwife (2018–) The Crown (2020) |
Children | 2 |
Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Miss Higgins in the BBC One period drama series Call The Midwife from 2018 onwards, and as history teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2012 to 2015.
Life and career
[edit]Glen is from Helensburgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in graphic design. She worked at Thames and Hudson publishers as an assistant book designer[1] for five years before studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. After graduating she worked for a year at Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, England.[2]
She has featured in the BBC One drama series, Call the Midwife, Waterloo Road, Les Misérables, as Mother Abbess; in 2012, she had appeared in Les Misérables the film, as Madame Baptistine. Additional period performances include Hannah More in the 2006 film, Amazing Grace, John Ruskin's mother in the drama, Desperate Romantics about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, as well as lady-in-waiting to Judi Dench in both Shakespeare in Love and Mrs. Brown.
Since 2018, she has been cast in the role of Millicent Higgins, a GP receptionist, in Call the Midwife.[3][4]
Other notable performances include a recurring role in Heartbeat, as Sgt Jennifer Noakes and one of the eponymous Calendar Girls. Glen has also portrayed various characters in comedies including Little Britain and Harry Enfield and Chums, as well as a guest role in The Thick of It and one episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
She appeared in Series Four of Netflix drama, The Crown, in 2020 playing Ruth Roche, Lady Fermoy, the maternal Grandmother of Lady Diana Spencer and lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.[5]
Personal life
[edit]She has twin daughters called Holly and Eleanor.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- Lisa Stansfield (1991) - All Woman - plays the woman in music video
- Blue Juice (1995) – Hotel receptionist[6]
- Mothertime (1997) – Sister Louise[6]
- Mrs. Brown (1997) – Lady Churchill[6]
- What Rats Won't Do (1998) – Woman with Dog[7]
- Shakespeare in Love (1998) – Lady in Waiting
- The Little Vampire (2000) – Babysitter Lorna
- Lucky Break (2001) – Audience Member
- Calendar Girls (2003) – Kathy[8]
- Dating Ray Fenwick (2005, short) – Marjorie
- Amazing Grace (2006) – Hannah More
- Easy Virtue (2008) – Mrs. Landrigin
- Hysteria (2011) – Mrs. Parsons
- My Week with Marilyn (2011) – Rosamund Greenwood
- Les Misérables (2012) – Madame Baptistine
- Where Do We Go from Here? (2015) – Woman at Bar
- Jackie (2016) – Rose Kennedy
- The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) – ICC Lead Judge
- Get Duked! (2019) – The Duchess
- The Isle Tide Hotel (2023) - Dr. Aniston
Television
[edit]- Soldier Soldier (1995) – Georgina Bennett
- The Great Kandinsky (1995, TV film) – Vicar Shelley
- The Bill (1995, 2006) – Sophie Mallin / Mrs. Willis
- Doctor Finlay (1996) – Rosemary Bain
- Take the High Road (1996) – Anita McTartt
- No Bananas (1996) – Agnes Harding
- As Time Goes By (1997) – Miss Wessel
- Peak Practice (1997) – Myra Eburne
- Mothertime (1997) – Sister Louise
- Harry Enfield & Chums (1997–1998) – Tom's Mum / Potential Voter / Judith / Mother in Information Film
- Jonathan Creek (1998) – Mrs Kilby
- Berkeley Square (1998) – Lady Annabelle Wilton
- Alas Smith & Jones (1998)
- Children of the Forest (1998, TV film) – Phoebe[9]
- Tilly Trotter (1999) – Mabel Price
- All Along the Watchtower (1999) – Mrs. Mulvey
- Wives and Daughters (1999) – Miss Hornblower
- The Railway Children (2000) – Aunt Emma
- Hearts and Bones (2000) – Pamela
- Brand Spanking New Show (2000) – June Bond in 'Rodney Bond' / Mrs Bridges in 'Pharmacist' / Caroline Smith MP in 'Paxman' / Mrs Hosier in 'Father Handsome'
- Heartbeat (2000–2001, 2003–2005, 2009) – Sergeant Nokes
- The Armando Iannucci Shows (2001) – Nun
- Holby City (2001, 2007, 2010) – Anne Owen / Rosemary Greaves / Edie O'Connor
- The American Embassy (2002) – Landlady
- Daniel Deronda (2002) – Lady Mallinger
- Dalziel and Pascoe (2002) – Headmistress
- My Family (2003) – Mrs. Gleaves
- Little Britain (2003–2005) – Agent's First Secretary / Samantha's Mother
- Nighty Night (2004–2005) – Sister May / Bluebell
- Doctors (2004, 2009) – Chrissie Franklin / Dorothy Bakewell
- Doc Martin (2004, 2009) – Mrs. Willow / Barbara
- Taggart (2005) – Mrs. Campbell
- Sea of Souls (2005) – Consultant
- The Thick of It (2005) – Susan Dorling
- Rome (2005) – Poppea
- Love Soup (2005) – Woman in Store
- The Worst Week of My Life (2005) – Moira
- Cutting It (2005) – Bryony McClair (series 4)
- The Line of Beauty (2006) – Eileen
- After You've Gone (2007) – Mrs Grierson
- The Whistleblowers (2007) - Tribunal Chief
- To the Manor Born 2007 Christmas Special (2007) – Panel Chairman
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (2008) - Mrs Forbes - “Cat Among The Pigeons”
- The Sarah Jane Adventures (2008) – Mrs. King - The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith
- The Long Walk to Finchley (2008) – Miss Harris
- The Wrong Door (2008) - Various Characters
- Genie in the House (2009) - Colette
- Desperate Romantics (2009) - Mrs Ruskin
- The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson (2009) - Margaret Mountford / Grieving Widow / Antiques Roadshow Punter
- New Tricks (2010) - Anne Hargreaves
- Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul (2010) - Beatles Fan / Café Polska / Megan Mant
- Twenty Twelve (2011) - School Receptionist
- Sirens (2011) - Maureen Greenwick
- Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (2011) - Polly
- Waterloo Road (2012–2015) – Audrey McFall (series regular, 68 episodes)
- The Royal Bodyguard (2012) - Miss Gifford
- Coming Up (2012) - Sister Magaret
- Bob Servant (2014) - Sheriff
- Warren United (2014) – Warren's Mum (voice)
- Boomers (2014) – Emma
- Mount Pleasant (2014) - Patty
- The Evermoor Chronicles (2014–2016) – Aunt Bridget
- Hoff the Record (2015) – Miss Dunwoody
- Mountain Goats (2015) - Irene
- A Time to Dance (2016, TV film)
- Damned (2016–2018) – Denise
- Midsomer Murders (2017) – Mary Oswood - “Death by Persuasion”
- GameFace (2017)
- Death on the Tyne (2018, TV film) – Hilda
- Defending the Guilty (2018-2019) - Judge Minton
- Hetty Feather (2018–2020) – Lady Grenford
- Call the Midwife (2018–present) – Miss Millicent Higgins[3][4]
- Sally4Ever (2019) - Pat
- Les Misérables (2019) – Abbess
- Pure (2019) - Dr. Geary
- The Victim (2019) – Judge
- The Crown (2020) – Ruth Roche, Baroness Fermoy (season 4)[5]
- Maxxx (2020) - Sister Margaret
- Behind Her Eyes (2021) – Sue
- The Cleaner (2021) – Mrs Gathernoid
- The Larkins (2021) - Lady Bluff-Gore
- Inside No. 9 (2022) - Dinah
- Ridley (2022) – Dr. Wendy Newstone
- Am I Being Unreasonable? (2022) - Mrs Baggot
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Special interview with Helensburgh's Georgie Glen". Helensburgh Advertiser. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ Alex, Michael. "Call the Midwife's Georgie Glen: 'I feel helpless in the fight against climate change - and I'm not alone!'". The Courier. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ a b Roberts, Annie (18 February 2022). "BBC Call the Midwife star Georgie Glen teases what's in store for series finale". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ a b Sutton, Megan (13 January 2020). "Call The Midwife fans touched by poignant moment between Nurse Crane and Miss Higgins". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Who was Princess Diana's grandmother Lady Fermoy? The Crown season 4 explained". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ a b c "Georgie Glen". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "What Rats Won't Do (1998)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Calendar Girls". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Children of the New Forest (1998)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 27 November 2022.