
Deborah Findlay
Biography
Deborah Findlay is an English actress. Her TV credits include the recurring character Greer Thornton in 4 of the 6 episodes of State of Play, and in the episode The French Drop (2004) in Foyle's War. She also appeared in 4 episodes of the 2001 series of The Armstrong and Miller Show. In Autumn 2007 she appeared with Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis in the BBC1 costume drama series Cranford playing the role of the endless spinster Miss Augusta Tompkinson as well as in Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale. She portrayed Home Secretary Denise Riley in Torchwood's 2009 third series Children of Earth, and featured as lawyer Gemma King in one episode of the BBC1 series Silent Witness in January 2010. In 2008 she starred in the US premiere of Vincent River by Philip Ridley. In 2009 she appeared, again alongside Judi Dench in a Donmar West End revival of Madame de Sade, and reprised her (in this case more prominent) role as Augusta Tompkinson in the two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford. She also played Gillian in the acclaimed 1999 ITV Drama The Last Train She won the 1997 Outer Critics' Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (sharing the award with Allison Janney and Celia Weston) as well as the Olivier Award for her formance in Stanley. Description above from the Wikipedia article Deborah Findlay, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

The End of the Affair
as Miss Smythe
1999

Vanity Fair
as Mrs. Sedley
2004

Me Without You
as Judith
2001

From A Strange Land
as Margaret
2021

One of Those Days
as Supervisor
2008

Jane Eyre
as Mrs. Reed
1997
Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale
as Susan Owen
2007

Home
as Margaret Ballantyne
2003

Top Girls
as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd
1991

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus
as Volumnia
2014
15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight
as Cheryl Morris
1993

First and Last
as Lisa
1989

Up on the Roof
as Claire
2023

Such a Lovely Day
as Grandmother
2023

Coalition
as Harriet Harman
2015

Suite Française
as Madame Joseph
2015

Gunrush
as Jill
2009

The Lady in the Van
as Pauline
2015

Busted
as Angela
1983

Truly Madly Deeply
as Claire
1991
TV Appearances

The Drowning
as Lynn
2021

Sherlock Holmes
as Sarah Cushing
1984

Great Performances
as Nurse
1971

Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Rowena Drake
1989

Leaving
as Vanessa
2012

The Last Train
1999

Kavanagh Q.C.
as Susannah Emmott
1995

Casualty
as Debbie Cookson
1986

Midsomer Murders
as Lorna Soane
1997

Anna Karenina
as Countess Lydia
2000

Life In Squares
as Aunt Jane
2015

Wives and Daughters
as Miss Phoebe
1999