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Deborah Findlay

Cast & creator

Deborah Findlay

1947-12-31 (age 78) Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, Agatha Christie's Poirot

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: Deborah Findley, Deborah Finlay

Movies

40

film credits

Series

34

television credits

Career

74

1971–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Lorna Soane · 1997

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Hilary Richards · 1997

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Rowena Drake · 1989

Great Performances

Great Performances

Nurse · 1971

Casualty

Casualty

Debbie Cookson · 1986

Across film & television

Filmography (74)

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Showing 74 of 74 credits

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Lorna Soane

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Hilary Richards

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Rowena Drake

Great Performances

Great Performances

Nurse

Casualty

Casualty

Debbie Cookson

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

Gemma King

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Eva Knight

Lewis

Lewis

Lady Hugh

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Sarah Cushing

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell

Torchwood

Torchwood

Denise Riley

Performance

Performance

Isabella Bird

Trial & Retribution

Trial & Retribution

Jill Ashton

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

Miss Willard

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

Susannah Emmott

Ladies First

Ladies First

Mrs. Sachs

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

Heather Pearce

The Split

The Split

Ruth Defoe

Lovesick

Lovesick

Fiona

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas

General (voice)

Cranford

Cranford

Miss Tomkinson

That Christmas

That Christmas

Mrs. Horton (voice)

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Sarah Cushing

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

Miss Phoebe

Life in Squares

Life in Squares

Aunt Jane

Leaving

Leaving

Vanessa

The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

Pauline

Ladies in Charge

Ladies in Charge

Hetty

Suite Française

Suite Française

Madame Joseph

Jackie

Jackie

Maud Shaw

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

Miss Smythe

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Mrs. Sedley

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Kay Consett

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Countess Lydia

Downtown Lagos

Celia Dawson

Natural Lies

Natural Lies

Grace

Thin Ice

Jeanette

The Drowning

The Drowning

Lynn

The Last Train

The Last Train

All Good Things

All Good Things

Doll

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

Nurse

Up on the Roof

Up on the Roof

Claire

Hampstead

Hampstead

Mary Neal

The Ones Below

The Ones Below

Tessa

Shroud for a Nightingale

Shroud for a Nightingale

Heather Pearce

Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah

Miss Cartwright

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

Volumnia

Me Without You

Me Without You

Judith

Milner

Milner

Sylvia Milner

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Mrs. Reed

Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations

Making Noise Quietly: Three Conversations

Helene

Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply

Claire

What If It's Raining

Marilyn

Top Girls

Top Girls

Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd

Home

Home

Margaret Ballantyne

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

Maureen

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

Sister Gilchrist

Commitments

Commitments

Ingy

Such a Lovely Day

Such a Lovely Day

Grandmother

From A Strange Land

From A Strange Land

Margaret

One of Those Days

One of Those Days

Supervisor

The Yellow House

The Yellow House

Madame Roulin

Coalition

Coalition

Harriet Harman

15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight

Cheryl Morris

Who Gets the Dog

Who Gets the Dog

Pamela Wilson

This Life +10

This Life +10

Doctor

The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba

Martirio

First and Last

First and Last

Lisa

Summer

Summer

Doctor Price

A Death in the Family

A Death in the Family

Mother

Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale

Susan Owen

State of Mind

State of Mind

D.C.I Stella Munroe

Busted

Busted

Angela

Gunrush

Gunrush

Jill