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Judy Parfitt
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Parfitt in The Avengers (1968)
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Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt
7 November 1935 |
| Alma mater | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Tony Steedman
(m. 1963; |
| Children | 1 |
Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt is an English actress known for her work in theatre, films, and television. She was born on November 7, 1935. She started her film career in the 1950s. One of her early TV roles was in the BBC show David Copperfield in 1966. She also played Queen Gertrude in the 1969 film Hamlet.
Judy Parfitt has had many important roles. She played Mildred Layton in the 1984 TV series The Jewel in the Crown, which earned her a BAFTA award nomination. She was also Lady Catherine de Bourgh in the 1980 TV series Pride and Prejudice. In 1995, she appeared in the film Dolores Claiborne. She also played Maria Thins in the 2003 film Girl with a Pearl Earring, receiving another BAFTA nomination. Since 2012, she has been a main cast member in the drama series Call the Midwife, playing Sister Monica Joan.
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Early Life and Education
Judy Parfitt was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, in 1935. Her parents were Catherine Josephine and Lawrence Hamilton Parfitt. As a teenager, she went to Notre Dame High School for Girls. After high school, she trained to be an actress at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She finished her studies there in 1953.
Acting Career Highlights
Judy Parfitt started her acting journey in theatre in 1954. Her first play was Fools Rush In at the Amersham Repertory Company.
Early Television and Film Roles
In 1968, Judy Parfitt appeared in the Hammer television film Journey to The Unknown. She acted alongside famous stars like Joseph Cotten. In 1978, she was in an episode of Laurence Olivier Presents with Laurence Olivier. She also played Eleanor in the Royal Shakespeare Company's play Passion Play in 1981.
Some of her most well-known roles include Mildred Layton in The Jewel in the Crown (1984). This role earned her a nomination for a BAFTA award. She also played Lady Catherine de Bourgh in the 1980 TV series Pride and Prejudice. In the 1995 film Dolores Claiborne, she played a strong character who was dying.
American TV and Other Films
Judy Parfitt has also appeared in some American television shows. She had a regular role as the Evil Queen Lillian "Lily" White in the series The Charmings. Her real-life husband, Tony Steedman, even appeared as Santa Claus in a Christmas special of The Charmings. She was also in an episode of Murder, She Wrote in 1989. Later, in 2002, she played the mother of Dr. Elizabeth Corday on several episodes of ER. In 1998, she played Queen Marie in the film Ever After: A Cinderella Story.
In 1997, Parfitt played Lady Mount-Temple in the film Wilde. She acted alongside Stephen Fry in this movie. In 2003, she played Maria Thins in Girl with a Pearl Earring. This role earned her another BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Recent Work
In 2004, Judy Parfitt played Mrs. van Schuyler in an episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot called Death on the Nile. In 2008, she was the main villain, Mrs. Clennam, in the TV series Little Dorrit.
Since 2012, Judy Parfitt has been a beloved character in the BBC TV series Call the Midwife. She plays Sister Monica Joan, an older nun who is starting to have memory problems. Sister Monica Joan is known for her strong education and love of classic books. Her knowledge often helps the story in the show.
Recently, Judy Parfitt has also appeared in the BBC spy show The Game. She was also in a film called Hello Carter. She has done radio work and appeared in the sitcom Up the Women.
Personal Life
In 1963, Judy Parfitt married actor Tony Steedman in Harrow, Middlesex. They had one son together. Tony Steedman passed away in 2001.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1956 | A Likely Tale | Ursula Bludgeon | Television film |
| 1964 | Hide and Seek | Chauffeur | |
| 1966 | David Copperfield | Rosa Dartle | |
| 1967 | Angel Pavement | Lilian Matfield | Television film |
| 1969 | Hamlet | Queen Gertrude | |
| 1970 | The Mind of Mr. Soames | Jenny Bannerman | |
| 1971 | Journey to Murder (Do Me a Favor and Kill Me) | Faith Wheeler | Television film |
| 1972 | The Edwardians | E. Nesbit | Television miniseries |
| 1974 | Alice Through the Looking-Glass | Red Queen | |
| 1974 | Galileo | Angelica Sarti | |
| 1979 | Secret Orchards | Muriel Perry | Television film |
| 1980 | Death of a Princess | Elsa Gruber | |
| 1983 | Office Romances | Pam Ivygale | Television film |
| 1983 | Champions | Dr. Merrow | |
| 1984 | The Chain | Deirdre | |
| 1985 | Covenant | Renata Beck | Television film |
| 1985 | Bon Voyage | Lola Widmeyer | Television film, also known as Star Quality: Bon Voyage |
| 1987 | Maurice | Mrs. Durham | |
| 1989 | Diamond Skulls | Lady Crewne | Also known as Dark Obsession |
| 1989 | Getting It Right | Lady Stella Munday | |
| 1991 | King Ralph | Queen Katherine | |
| 1993 | The Return of the Borrowers | Mrs. Platter | Television film |
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Vera Donovan | |
| 1995 | Heavy Weather | Lady Constance Keeble | |
| 1996 | Element of Doubt | Genevieve | |
| 1996 | Goodbye My Love | Ruth | |
| 1996 | September | Verena | Television film |
| 1997 | Wilde | Lady Mount-Temple | |
| 1998 | Ever After | Queen Marie | |
| 2000 | Falling Through | Ambassador | |
| 2003 | Girl with a Pearl Earring | Maria Thins | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| 2003 | Hearts of Gold | Isobel John | Television film |
| 2004 | The Aryan Couple | Rachel Krauzenberg | |
| 2005 | Asylum | Brenda Raphael | |
| 2008 | Dean Spanley | Mrs. Brimley | |
| 2008 | My Talks with Dean Spanley | Mrs. Brimley | |
| 2011 | The Bleak Old Shop of Stuff | Aunt Chastity | Television film |
| 2011 | W.E. | Queen Mary | |
| 2012 | The Moth Diaries | Mrs. Rood | |
| 2013 | Hello Carter | Aunt Miriam |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1962 | The Avengers | Miss Ellis | Episode: "Bullseye" |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | June Clifford | Episode: "Information Received" |
| 1963 | The Odd Man | Lisa Kapp | Episode: "Portrait of Caroline" |
| 1963 | The Avengers | Brenda Paterson | Episode: "The White Elephant" |
| 1963 | The Sentimental Agent | Sally Clare | Episode: "The Height of Fashion" |
| 1965 | Public Eye | Marion Hordern | Episode: "But the Joneses Never Get Letters" |
| 1965 | Undermind | Marion Gordon | Episode: “The New Dimension” |
| 1965 | Out of the Unknown | Marie | Episode: "Time in Advance" |
| 1965 | The Wednesday Play | Dorothy Gorbet | Episode: "Tomorrow, Just You Wait" |
| 1965 | Z-Cars | Christina Haines | Episode: "But the Crying..." |
| 1967 | The Saint | Anne Liskard | Episode: "The Persistent Patriots" |
| 1967 | The Avengers | Vesta | Episode: "Escape in Time" |
| 1967 | Adam Adamant Lives! | Ireyna | Episode: "Black Echo" |
| 1967 | Les Misérables | Mme. Thenardier | 5 episodes |
| 1967 | Angel Pavement | Lilian Matfield | 4 episodes |
| 1968 | Dixon of Dock Green | Mary Dewar | Episode: "The Attack" |
| 1968 | The Avengers | Loris | Episode: "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?" |
| 1969 | Journey to the Unknown | Faith Wheeler | Episode: "Do Me a Favor and Kill Me" |
| 1971 | Shadows of Fear | Episode: "The Death Watcher" | |
| 1973 | Play for Today | Episode: "Like the Filmstar" | |
| 1973 | The Protectors | Lena Hayden | Episode: "Lena" |
| 1974 | Shoulder to Shoulder | Lady Constance Lytton | Episode: "Lady Constance Lytton" |
| 1975 | Crown Court | Pauline Fanshawe | Episode: "The Healing Hand: Part 1" |
| 1976–82 | Crown Court | Gillian Forrest QC | 16 episodes |
| 1978 | Rumpole of the Bailey | Anna Aspen | Episode: "Rumpole and the Honourable Member" |
| 1978 | Laurence Olivier Presents | N/A | Unknown episodes |
| 1979 | Malice Aforethought | Julia Bickleigh | 2 episodes |
| 1980 | Pride and Prejudice | Lady Catherine de Bourgh | 2 episodes |
| 1980 | A Tale of Two Cities | Madame Defarge | 7 episodes |
| 1981 | Yes Minister | Betty Oldham | Episode: "A Question of Loyalty" |
| 1984 | The Jewel in the Crown | Mildred Layton | 9 episodes Nominated—BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress |
| 1986 | Mr Pye | Miss Dredger | 4 episodes |
| 1987–88 | The Charmings | Queen Lillian White | 21 episodes |
| 1989 | Murder, She Wrote | Peggy Brooks | Episode: "From Russia...with Blood" |
| 1992 | The Blackheath Poisonings | Harriet Collard | 3 episodes |
| 1993 | The Alleyn Mysteries | Lady O'Callaghan | Episode: "The Nursing Home Murder" |
| 1993 | Eye of the Storm | Martha Tabbert | 6 episodes |
| 1997 | Holding the Baby | Margaret | Episode: "#1.7" |
| 1998 | Berkeley Square | Lady Harmonsworth | Episode: "Ladybird, Ladybird" |
| 1999 | Midsomer Murders | Angela Wentworth | Episode: "Death's Shadow" |
| 2000, 2001 | ER | Isabelle Corday | Episodes: “Abby Road”, “Be Still My Heart” and "April Showers" |
| 2001 | Murder in Mind | Margaret Collins | Episode: "Mercy" |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Miss Van Schuyler | Episode: "Death on the Nile" |
| 2004 | The Long Firm | Lady Ruth Thursby | Episode: "Teddy's Story" |
| 2005 | Funland | Mercy Woolf | 11 episodes |
| 2008 | Heartbeat | Lady Veronique | Episode: "Danse Macabre" |
| 2008 | Little Dorrit | Mrs. Clennam | 12 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2008 | Midsomer Murders | Caroline Halsey | Episode: "Days of Misrule" |
| 2009 | Jonathan Creek | Constance Gessler | Episode: "The Grinning Man" |
| 2012–present | Call the Midwife | Sister Monica Joan | 102 episodes Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2012 | The Syndicate | Maureen | Episode: "#1.2" |
| 2012 | Vera | Maggie | Episode: "A Certain Samaritan" |
| 2013 | Agatha Christie's Marple | Cicely Beauclerk | Episode: "Greenshaw's Folly" |
| 2013 | Up the Women | Myrtle | Series regular |
| 2015 | The Game | Hester Waterhouse | 5 episodes |
Awards and Nominations
Judy Parfitt has been recognized for her acting with several nominations for important awards.
BAFTA Film Awards
- 2003 – Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Maria Thins in Girl with a Pearl Earring.
BAFTA TV Awards
- 1984 – Nominated for Best TV Actress for her role as Mildred Layton in The Jewel in the Crown.
Other Awards
- 2009 – Nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie for her role as Mrs. Clennam in Little Dorrit.
- 2014 – Nominated for a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie for her role as Sister Monica Joan in Call the Midwife.
See also
In Spanish: Judy Parfitt para niños
