Overview
Mini Biography:
Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London...
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Trivia:
She claims to be high-maintenance
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
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9 wins
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4 nominations
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Alternate Names:
Dame Eileen Atkins
Filmography
- "Psychoville" .... Nurse Kenchington (4 episodes, 2009)
- Episode #1.7 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
- Episode #1.6 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
- Episode #1.5 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
- Episode #1.3 (2009) TV episode (uncredited) .... Nurse Kenchington - "When Weather Changed History" (1 episode, 2008)
- Titanic (2008) TV episode - Ballet Shoes (2007) (TV) .... Madame Fidolia
- "Cranford" .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns (2 episodes, 2007)
... aka Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford (UK: complete title)
- August 1842 (2007) TV episode .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns
- June 1842 (2007) TV episode .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns - "Waking the Dead" .... Abigail Dusniak (2 episodes, 2007)
- Yahrzeit: Part 2 (2007) TV episode .... Abigail Dusniak
- Yahrzeit: Part 1 (2007) TV episode .... Abigail Dusniak - Marple: Towards Zero (2007) (TV) .... Lady Camilla Tressilian
... aka Agatha Christie - Marple: Towards Zero (Australia: DVD title) - Love Again (2003) (TV) .... Eva Larkin
- Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) (TV) .... Queen Mary
- The Lives of Animals (2002) (TV)
- Wit (2001) (TV) .... Evelyn 'E.M.' Ashford
- The Sleeper (2000) (TV) .... Violet Moon
- David Copperfield (2000) (TV) .... Miss Jane Murdstone
- Madame Bovary (2000) (TV) .... Marie Louise
- "Talking Heads 2" (1998) TV mini-series .... Celia (episode "Hand of God, The")
- "A Dance to the Music of Time" .... Brightman (1 episode, 1997)
- Post War (1997) TV episode .... Brightman - Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) .... Judith Starkadder
- "Performance" .... Mrs. May Maitland (1 episode, 1993)
- The Maitlands (1993) TV episode .... Mrs. May Maitland - The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) (TV) .... Rose Benjamin
- "Chillers" (1 episode)
... aka Cadavres exquis (France: short title)
... aka Les cadavres exquis de Patricia Highsmith (France)
... aka Mistress of Suspense (UK)
... aka Patricia Highsmith's Tales (International: English title: complete title)
- The Stuff of Madness (????) TV episode - A Room of One's Own (1990) (TV) .... Virginia Woolf
- "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers" .... Reader / ... (2 episodes, 1988)
... aka Ten Great Writers of the Modern World (USA)
- T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (1988) TV episode .... Reader
- Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway' (1988) TV episode .... Virginia Woolf - Roman Holiday (1987) (TV) .... Countess
- A Hazard of Hearts (1987) (TV) .... Lady Harriet's Maid
- The Vision (1987) (TV) .... Helen Marriner
- "Breaking Up" (1986) TV series .... Mrs. Mailer
- Titus Andronicus (1985) (TV) .... Queen Tamora
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus (USA: video title) - The Burston Rebellion (1985) (TV) .... Kitty Higdon
- A Better Class of Person (1985) (TV) .... Nellie Osborne
- Bewitched (1983) (TV) .... Mrs. Rutledge
... aka Shades of Darkness: Bewitched (UK: alternative title) - "Smiley's People" .... Madame Ostrakova (4 episodes, 1982)
- Episode #1.4 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
- Episode #1.3 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
- Episode #1.2 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
- Episode #1.1 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova - Oliver Twist (1982/I) (TV) .... Mrs. Mann
- "Sons and Lovers" (1981) TV mini-series .... Gertrude Morel
... aka Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers (USA)
- "BBC2 Play of the Week" .... Vanity Fair (1 episode, 1978)
- She Fell Among Thieves (1978) TV episode .... Vanity Fair - "Affairs of the Heart" .... Kate Cookham (1 episode, 1975)
- Kate (1975) TV episode .... Kate Cookham - The Lady's Not for Burning (1974) (TV) .... Jennet Jourdemayne
- "BBC Play of the Month" .... Catherine Sloper / ... (4 episodes, 1969-1974)
- Electra (1974) TV episode .... Electra
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1971) TV episode .... Titania
- The Three Sisters (1970) TV episode .... Olga
- The Heiress (1969) TV episode .... Catherine Sloper - The Lady from the Sea (1974) (TV) .... Ellida Wangel
- The Duchess of Malfi (1972) (TV) .... Duchess
... aka Stage 2: The Duchess of Malfi (UK: series title) - "W. Somerset Maugham" .... Leslie Crosbie / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
- Olive (1970) TV episode .... Olive Hardy
- The Letter (1969) TV episode .... Leslie Crosbie
- "The Wednesday Play" .... Joan / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
- Double Bill: The Compartment; Playmates (1969) TV episode .... The Woman
- Wanted: Single Gentleman (1967) TV episode .... Mabel
- The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966) TV episode .... The Girl
- Fable (1965) TV episode .... Joan - "The Sex Game" (1 episode, 1968)
- Women Can Be Monsters (1968) TV episode - "Half Hour Story" .... Her (1 episode, 1968)
- Nothing's Ever Over (1968) TV episode .... Her - "Theatre 625" .... Eileen (1 episode, 1968)
- Party Games (1968) TV episode .... Eileen - Major Barbara (1966) (TV) .... Barbara
- "Five More" .... Girl (1 episode, 1966)
- Are You There? (1966) TV episode .... Girl - "Knock on Any Door" .... Ruth (1 episode, 1965)
- Close Season (1965) TV episode .... Ruth - "ITV Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1965)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- When the Wind Blows (1965) TV episode - "The Massingham Affair" .... Charlotte Verney (6 episodes, 1964)
- The Finishing Touch (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
- A Tangle of Lies (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
- Parting of the Ways (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
- The Breakthrough (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
- A Tradition of Justice (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
(1 more) - "Z Cars" .... Grace Patchett (1 episode, 1964)
- A Stroll Along the Sands (1964) TV episode .... Grace Patchett - "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Girl (1 episode, 1961)
- The Square (1961) TV episode .... Girl - "An Age of Kings" .... Attendant Lady / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
- Henry VI Part 1: The Red Rose and the White (1960) TV episode .... Joan la Pucelle
- Richard II Part 2: The Deposing of a King (1960) TV episode .... Attendant Lady
- "Hilda Lessways" .... Maggie Clayhanger (6 episodes, 1959)
- Episode #1.6 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
- Episode #1.5 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
- Episode #1.4 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
- Episode #1.3 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
- Episode #1.2 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
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Additional Details
Other Works:
Her National Theatre credits include: Honor in the UK premiere of "Honour" by
Joanna Murray-Smith (2003), Gunhild in Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" (1996), Hannah in "Night of the Iguana" by
Tennessee Williams (1996), Paulina in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" and the Queen in "Cymbeline" (both 1988, also world tour), the elderly woman in "Mountain Language" a new play by
Harold Pinter (1988), Mrs Hitchcock in "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance" by
John Arden (1984), Jenet in "The Lady's Not For Burning" by
Christopher Fry (1978), Hesione in Shaw's "Heartbreak House" (1975), and Alice 'Childie' McNaught in "The Killing of Sister George" a new play by 'Frank Marcus' (1964, also NYC).
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