Amanda Walker

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Amanda Walker
Born (1935-11-29) 29 November 1935 (age 88)
OccupationActress
Years active1959–present
Spouse
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(m. 1960)​
Children2
Parent

Amanda Galafres Patterson Walker (born 29 November 1935) is an English film and television actress.

Career[edit]

Amanda Walker trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She is notable for roles in 28 Weeks Later,[1] Heat and Dust,[2] A Room with a View, Pollyanna and Churchill and the Generals.

Overall, Amanda Walker has appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1959 and is still active as an actress as of 2022. In 1990, she appeared in the Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Cornish Mystery", an adaptation of Agatha Christie's short story of the same name.[3]

Personal life[edit]

Amanda Walker is the daughter of Madeleine Christie.[4] She is married to fellow actor Patrick Godfrey since 1960, they have two children. Their daughter Kate Godfrey is Head of Voice for the Royal Shakespeare Company.[5]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1967 The Deadly Affair Brunette at Pub Uncredited
1969 Anne of the Thousand Days Anne's Lady-in-Waiting
1980 Richard's Things Sister in hospital
1983 Heat and Dust Lady Mackleworth
1985 A Room with a View The Cockney Signora
1990 The Big Man Beth's Mother
1994 Nostradamus Mme. Scalinger
1996 The English Patient Lady Hampton
2000 Seven Days to Live [de] Elizabeth Farrell
2004 Wimbledon Country Club Tennis Lady
2007 28 Weeks Later Sally
2009 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Shopper
2010 Bad Night for the Blues Elizabeth Short
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Antique Store Owner
2012 Cloud Atlas Veronica
2013 The Best Offer Owner
2022 Triangle of Sadness Clementine
2023 Rejoyce!! Winifred Joyce Short

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1960 ITV Play of the Week Judy Cherry "Flowering Cherry"
1962 Studio 4 Mary Turner "The Grass Is Singing"
1965 Jury Room Jessie McLachlan "The Sandyford Mystery"
1965 Dr. Finlay's Casebook Henny Geddes "Medical Finance"
1966 Dr. Finlay's Casebook Maggie Strachan "The Anxious Man"
1966 Mystery and Imagination The Voice "The Open Door"
1966 The Heart of Midlothian Jeanie Deans TV film
1966 The Dark Number Rachel Ferguson "1.1"
1966 Macbeth Lady Macduff TV film
1967 Conflict Queen Isabel "Richard II"
1967 Champion House Miss Parr "The One That Got Away"
1969 The Expert Mrs. Arnold "The Sardonic Smile"
1970 Codename Marcadio "The Alpha Men"
1970 Play for Today Madge "Robin Redbreast"
1971 Doomwatch Sister Trewin "The Iron Doctor"
1972 Upstairs, Downstairs Mrs. Pinkerton "A Voice from the Past"
1972 The Strauss Family Therese "Hetti", "Adele", "Lili"
1972–73 Adam Smith Peggy Houston TV series
1973 The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club Nurse Armstrong "Execution Day"
1974 The ITV Play Miss Pierce "The Liberation of Eileen"
1975 Rooms Helen "Reg: Parts 1 & 2"
1976 Clayhanger Miss Dayson "Hilda"
1976 Sutherland's Law Christine Darrach "Shades of Black"
1976 Second City Firsts Anne Bredin "Summer Season"
1977 Out of Bounds Mrs. Parkin "1.1", "1.2", "1.4", "1.5"
1979 The Mill on the Floss Gritty Moss TV miniseries
1979 Churchill and the Generals Queen Elizabeth TV film
1982 Claire Scotty TV miniseries
1983 Pictures Mrs. Chase "1.4"
1986 Shades of Darkness Madame Paillot "Agatha Christie's The Last Séance"
1986 Blood Red Roses Ella "Anger and War", "Boadicea vs. the Roman Empire", "The Slippery Slope"
1987 Intimate Contact Pamela "1.1", "1.4"
1987 The New Statesman Mrs. Selway "Three Line Whipping"
1988 The Woman He Loved Betty Lawson-Johnson TV film
1988 Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun Nurse Graham TV film
1989 Shadow of the Noose Mrs. Hutchins "An Alien Shore"
1989 No Strings Mrs. King "On Such a Night as This", "Just a Bowl of Cherries"
1989 Norbert Smith: A Life Mrs. Wilson TV film
1989 Wild Flowers Panama Hat TV film
1990 Agatha Christie's Poirot Mrs. Pengelley "The Cornish Mystery"
1991 4 Play Mrs. F. "Deptford Graffiti"
1991 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Debbie Davidson "From Doon with Death: Parts 1 & 2"
1992 Medics Molly Gifford "2.1"
1992 Kinsey Sheila "Heads and Tails", "Drop Shot"
1992 Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After Queen Elizabeth II TV film
1993 All or Nothing at All Mrs. Lederman "1.2"
1994 The Bill Rita Little "The Sixth Age"
1994 Dandelion Dead Bessie TV miniseries
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Miss Apthwaite "Safe as Houses"
1996 Bramwell Mrs. Johnson "2.8"
1997 Hamish Macbeth Barbara Scott "Deferred Sentence"
1997 Heartbeat Jean Clarke "Substitute"
1997 A Dance to the Music of Time Mrs. Conyers "The Thirties"
1997–98 The New Adventures of Robin Hood Mortiana "The Legion", "The Sceptre", "A Date with Destiny"
1999 City Central Joan Harrison "Blue Legume"
1999 The Passion Marjorie TV miniseries
1999 Midsomer Murders Edwina "Dead Man's Eleven"
1999 Dalziel and Pascoe Mavis Marsh "Recalled to Life"
1999 The Bill F.M.E. Sally Tulcan "Ring-a-Ring O'Roses"
2000 Life Force Hepzibah McKinley "Paradise Island"
2000 Masterpiece Mrs. Ransome "The Railway Children"
2000 Fish Barbara Willis Regular role
2000 Peak Practice Elaine Deneley "Lonely Hearts: Part 2"
2000 Daylight Robbery Doreen "2.3"
2001 Hearts and Bones Olive Piper "2.4"
2001 Doctors Mary Briggs "Caring for Mary"
2001 Midsomer Murders Gwen "Tainted Fruit"
2002 Heartbeat Mrs. Sinclair "Caught in the Headlights"
2002 Foyle's War Lady Bannerman "The White Feather"
2003 Pollyanna Widow Benton TV film
2003 Strange Mrs. Fortune "Dubik"
2003 My Family Patricia Hall "Sixty Feet Under"
2004 Murphy's Law Mary "Convent"
2005 Doctors Beryl Curtis "Relative Stress"
2006 Holby City Hilda Sutton "Conscience"
2007 27 Weeks Later Sally
2010 Doctors Edie Markell "Mystery at Moot Point"
2013 Holby City Winifred Hinton "Friends Like You"
2014 Doctors Grace Alexander "Special"
2014 The Missing Woman "Eden", "Molly"
2017 Doctors Gwen Bempton Episode: "Golden Boy"
2017-2018 Sense8 Aunt Kirsty "Isolated Above, Connected Below"/"Amor Vincit Omnia"
2018 The Cry Mrs. Amery two episodes
2021 Casualty Brenda TOme Episode: "Is the Pacient Breathing?"
2022 Tell Me Everything Ruby 1 episode

References[edit]

  1. ^ Grey, Tobias (14 August 2009). "The Arty Horror Picture Show". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Merchant Ivory Productions - Heat and Dust". Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  3. ^ ""Agatha Christie's Poirot" The Cornish Mystery (TV Episode 1990)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Madeleine Christie". Herald Scotland. 3 February 1996. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  5. ^ Bano, Tim (2 July 2018). "RSC head of voice Kate Godfrey: 'I want actors to use their own accents – it just needs to be clear'". "It was almost inevitable that she should end up in theatre, as the daughter of actors Amanda Walker, who had roles in 28 Weeks Later and A Room With a View, and Patrick Godfrey, who worked at the RSC at the time of Peter Brook’s iconic Midsummer Night’s Dream there in 1970." The Stage. Retrieved 29 March 2021.

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