The star of stage and screen opens the door to her private study
Geraldine James, 61, has "rather lived in" her study for the past 25 years. She bought the house in Clapham, south London, for "a snip" when she was pregnant with her daughter Ellie and had just become a household name in BBC mini-series The Jewel in the Crown (she still has sketches of the costumes she wore).
It's her only truly private space; her husband, director Joseph Blatchley, isn't allowed in, although a jacket hand-embroidered with peacocks belonging to his great-great grandmother lives here because it is "the most beautiful thing". Most of James's accolades for film, TV and theatre performances have been banished ("I'm not very showy") and only a Venice Film Festival Best Actress cup won jointly with Dame Peggy Ashcroft for the 1989 drama She's Been Away remains. James recalls Ashcroft sending a telegram saying, "Laurel, rejoicing,...
Geraldine James, 61, has "rather lived in" her study for the past 25 years. She bought the house in Clapham, south London, for "a snip" when she was pregnant with her daughter Ellie and had just become a household name in BBC mini-series The Jewel in the Crown (she still has sketches of the costumes she wore).
It's her only truly private space; her husband, director Joseph Blatchley, isn't allowed in, although a jacket hand-embroidered with peacocks belonging to his great-great grandmother lives here because it is "the most beautiful thing". Most of James's accolades for film, TV and theatre performances have been banished ("I'm not very showy") and only a Venice Film Festival Best Actress cup won jointly with Dame Peggy Ashcroft for the 1989 drama She's Been Away remains. James recalls Ashcroft sending a telegram saying, "Laurel, rejoicing,...
- 11/20/2011
- by Megan Conner
- The Guardian - Film News
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