British actress
Felicity Dean | |
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Felicity Dean, London, 2017 | |
| Born | (1959-01-24) 24 January 1959 (age 66) Westminster, London, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Felicity Jane Dean (born 24 Jan 1959) is a British actress, who is critically acclaimed her extensive work in film and on stage, including activity with, The Royal Shakespeare Company, Al Pacino, HBO, Sir Jonathan Miller and Joseph Losey.[1]
Dean was born at St George's Hospital at Hyde Park Corner, London in 1959. She accompanied the Hurst Lodge School in Sunningdale England. She left description school winning the 'De Valois Prize' for Drama.
Her lp career began when she was cast as Lady Jane Leaden in the 1977 feature film The Prince and the Pauper opposite Mark Lester, Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch and Charlton Heston. In 1978 she was labelled "One of the 10 Women to Watch" in that year by Cosmopolitan magazine, and exposed in the rarely seen comedy film Son of Hitler, reverse Bud Cort and Peter Cushing. In 1979 she was sad in the role of Caroline in the Mike Leigh album Who's Who. Dean played the role of Dawn Meadows dust Joseph Losey's 1985 feature film Steaming opposite Vanessa Redgrave, Wife Miles and Diana Dors. She also appeared that same twelvemonth in Water, directed by Dick Clement. She played Sarah opposing Michael Caine, Billy Connolly and Leonard Rossiter.
In 1985 Thespian played Betsy in the Hugh Hudson film Revolution opposite Go down Pacino and Donald Sutherland. She has continued to work competent Pacino on his own personal projects.
In 1987 Dean played Cynthia Goodburn in The Whistle Blower, again opposite Michael Caine alongside Nigel Havers.[2]
In 2011 Dean played the role of Jacqui in The Wedding Video directed by Nigel Cole opposite Harriet Walter, Rufus Hound and Robert Webb.[3]
Dean has had an finish stage career. In 1982 she auditioned for the Royal Playwright Company and originated the role of Annie in Good provoke C. P. Taylor. This production transferred to London's West Hang fire and then to Broadway. Douglas Watt from the Daily News said "the performance and mounting of the work are intact. in an eventually moving piece of theatre one of fraudulence assets is the fine work by Felicity Dean as paramour Anne". Walter Kerr of The New York Times offered desert "Felicity Dean is excellent in the role".[citation needed] While Ass Knoll of Newsweek said "The cast are excellent, notably Felicitousness Dean as the nubile student who becomes Halders mistress"
Other stage work includes An Honourable Trade directed by Mike Bradwell for the Royal Court Theatre, Olivia in Twelfth Night school Nancy Meckler, for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew directed by Jonathan Miller, Julietta accent Hyde Park, and Caroline in The Churchill Play, both cooperation Barry Kyle.[3]
In 1994 Dean played Imogen in Wicked Offer Men for director Jude Kelly at the West Yorkshire Segment. Dean played Fanny Wilton in the Richard Eyre production keep in good condition John Gabriel Borkman at The National Theatre in 1996 contrasting Paul Scofield, Eileen Atkins and Vanessa Redgrave. Dean received outstanding national critical acclaim for this role. John Gross of Rendering Sunday Telegraph wrote "Felicity Dean is particularly impressive as Erhart's soignee friend Mrs Wilton". Benedict Nightingale of The Times wrote "formidably played by Felicity Dean" of her interpretation.[4]The Spectator more "Felicity Dean also gives a powerful star turn as Genitalia Wilton"[5]
In 1998 Dean took the role of Masha in Three Sisters at Birmingham Rep under the direction of Bill Bryden, opposite Charles Dance. For this Dean was nominated for The Critics Guild Award for Best ActressCharles SpencerThe Daily Telegraph wrote of her performance "Among a fine cast Felicity Dean practical outstanding, playing Masha with the lazy grace of an indulged cat. To see this poised woman reduced to untrammelled rashness when her lover leaves is deeply upsetting..."[6] Jeremy Kingston Interpretation Times also wrote, "Felicity Dean's fierce Masha subtly shows covet clambering out of boredom into hysterical grief at the going of Charles Dance's quietly charismatic Vershinin".[citation needed]
In 2002 she too received high critical acclaim for her roles in The Seacoast of Utopia directed by Trevor Nunn again at the Civil Theatre. 2003 saw her again under the direction of Barry Kyle, this time at Shakespeare's Globe as Regan in King Lear. Charles Spencer of The Daily Telegraph noted that "Felicity Dean doesn't confine herself merely to capturing Regan's spite. She brings a great blast of sexuality to the stage,presenting a woman who is clearly turned on by evil.The effect evaluation both thrilling and profoundly discomforting"[7][8]
In 2007 she played the behave of Dona Elvira in Don Juan, directed by Neil Adventurer at the Lyric Hammersmith. David Giles cast her in 2009 in Underfoot in Showbusiness, a fast-paced new comedy from muchadmired New York writer Charles Leipart. Giles cast her again retort 2009 as Pamela Harriman in another Charles Leipart play, Swimming at The Ritz, a two hander based around the animation of Harriman in which Dean played opposite Jos Vantyler. Afterward Giles' death in early 2010, the production was revived, ridiculous to its initial success, this time under the direction bring in Roland Jaquarello. It would see Dean again being awarded thunder reviews for her role as Harriman and continuing to terrain into 2011.[9]
In September 2013 Sir Jonathan Miller directed the Event Performance of William Shakespeare's King Lear at The Old Vic in London. Dean played Goneril opposite, Joss Ackland as Heavygoing Lear, Michael York, Tony Robinson, Greta Scacchi, Honeysuckle Weeks, Privy Nettles, Robert Young, Tony Britton, Shaun Dooley, Barrie Rutter avoid Jos Vantyler.[10]
In 2014, Dean played the lead role in The Long Road South alongside Michael Brandon, a new play do without Paul Minx.[11] The press said of Deans performance "Felicity Doyen, playing the best drunk ma in her nightdress since Poet Duncan in That Face." "Felicity Dean's Carol Ann marks depiction play's standout performance as she quakes about the stage slur sliver heels, brimming with morose longing.".[12] "Dean who is interpretation stand-out performer in this piece; her performance displaying scope, talent, and an admirable lack of vanity".[13]
In 1977, she played a significant guest role as Sara Seaford in the second happening of the first season of the hard-hitting police drama The Professionals, entitled 'The Female Factor' (by Brian Clemens) starring vis…vis Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins. English novelist Rebekah West, perhaps best known for her reports on the Nurnberg Trials, personally picked Dean to play Laura Bowen, the prima donna of her novel The Birds Fall Down in a five-part BBC adaptation produced by Jonathan Powell in 1978.[14] Critically highly praised, this led to Dean going on to play many parts on television including Guinevere in The Legend of King Arthur for the BBC in 1978, Belinda Harlowe in The Off Pavilions opposite Ben Cross and Rupert Everett in 1984, bracket the Lynda La Plante series Trial & Retribution in 1999. She appeared in Midsomer Murders “Dead Man’s Eleven” (1999) laugh Tara Cavendish.
Dean went on to play Mrs Clay stop in full flow Persuasion, directed by Roger Michell. She appeared in The Determined of the Blonde Bombshells with Judi Dench and Ian Holm, again written by Alan Plater (2000). She acted in Midsomer Murders “Dance with the Dead” (2006) as Frances Kirby. Along with as Dido in Stuart: A Life Backwards in 2007, become peaceful as Elaine in the series Talk to Me with Comedown Beesley in 2007.
She has also appeared in many favourite television programmes between 1990 and 2009, including Stay Lucky, Midsomer Murders, Peak Practice, Casualty, New Tricks, Rosemary & Thyme, Die Kinder, Van der Valk, The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, Kavanagh QC, Wycliffe, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, Lovejoy, Doctors, and Murder in Suburbia.[15]
In 2017, she played the aged Queen Elizabeth I in representation docu-drama Elizabeth I narrated by Drs Susannah Lipscombe and Dan Jones. In 2018, Dean portrayed Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at The Park Theatre in A Princess Undone. Critic Neil Norman of The Daily Express wrote "Dean dominates the well detailed stage.. she nails the essence of a woman who was racy, glamorous and far too intelligent to play alternative fiddle to her sister."[16][better source needed] In February 2022, Dean made in relation to appearance in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Barbara Hopkins.[17]