Harriet Walter Biography
Harriet Walter (Dame Harriet Mary Walter) was born on 24th Sep[tember 1950 in London, United Kingdom. She is an actress popularly known for her role as Lady Shackleton in Down ton Abbey.
She is the niece of renowned British actor Sir Christopher Lee, being the daughter of his elder sister Xandra Lee. On her father’s side, she is a great-great-great-granddaughter of John Walter, founder of The Times.
She was educated at the Cranborne Chase School. After turning down a university education, she was in turn rejected by five different drama schools before being admitted into the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
She gained early experience with the Joint Stock Theatre Company, Paines Plough touring, and the Duke’s Playhouse, Lancaster. She has worked many times throughout her career in productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was made an associate artist of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1987.
Her films include Sense and Sensibility (1995), Bedrooms and Hallways (1998), The Governess (1998), Onegin (1999), Villa des Roses (2002) and Bright Young Things (2003). On television, in 1987, she portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey’s love interest Harriet Vane for three instalments of the BBC’s A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery, played Detective Inspector Natalie Chandler from 2009–12 in the ITV drama series Law & Order: UK. Other TV roles include Mrs. Gowan in the 2008 BBC adaptation of Little Dorrit and Lady Shackleton in three episodes of Downton Abbey (2013–15). series. In 2016, she played Clementine Churchill on the Netflix series “The Crown”, and in 2017, appeared in two episodes of the BBC drama Call the Midwife as Sister Ursula.
Harriet Walter Star Wars
She portrayed Dr. Harter Kalonia in the film Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens (2015).She was a human female who served as a doctor with the New Republic and later the Resistance. She was stationed on the Resistance base on D’Qar thirty years after the Battle of Endor. She notably attended both Chewbacca and Finn after they were wounded at the Battle on Takodana and the assault on Starkiller Base respectively.
Harriet Walter Husband
Her partner, until his death in 2004, was actor Peter Blythe. On 21 May, 2011 she married Guy Schuessler, an American actor.
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Harriet Walter Wedding
On 21 May, 2011 she married Guy Schuessler, an American actor.
Harriet Walter Books
- 2016: Brutus and Other Heroines: Playing Shakespeare’s Roles for Women
- 2011: Facing it: Reflections on Images of Older Women
- 2002: Macbeth
- 1994: Classic Women’s Short Stories
- 1999: Other People’s Shoes: Thoughts on Acting
- 2010: Infinite Variety: The Beauty of the Ageing Female Face: An Exhibition
- 2003: Titus Andronicus
- The Garden of Truth
- Some Ways of Love
- 1995: Classic Short Stories for Women
- Her Last Appearance
- Hard Times
- The Violet Car
- Short Stories: The Nostalgia Collection
Harriet Walter Awards
- 1988 – A Question of Geography / Twelfth Night / Three Sisters – Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival
- 2005 – Mary Stuart – Evening Standard Award for Best Actress
Harriet Walter Movies and TV Shows
Harriet Walter Movies
- Reflections – 1984
- The Good Father – 1985
- Turtle Diary – 1985
- Milou en mai – 1990
- They Never Slept – 1990
- A Man You Don’t Meet Every Day – 1994
- Sense and Sensibility – 1995
- The Leading Man – 1996
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying – 1997
- Bedrooms and Hallways – 1998
- The Governess – 1998
- Onegin – 1999
- Villa des Roses – 2002
- Bright Young Things – 2003
- Chromophobia – 2005
- Babel – 2006
- Atonement – 2007
- Cheri – 2009)
- The Young Victoria – 2009
- Morris: A Life with Bells On – 2009
- From Time to Time – 2009
- A Royal Affair – 2012
- The Wedding Video – 2012
- Man Up – 2015)
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 2015
- Denial – 2016
- Mindhorn – 2016
- The Sense of an Ending – 2017
Harriet Walter TV Shows
- Rebecca – 1979
- Play for Today: “The Imitation Game” – 1980
- Amy – 1984
- The Price – 1985
- Strong Poison – 1987
- Have His Carcase – 1987
- Gaudy Night – 1987
- La Nuit Miraculeuse – 1989
- Ashenden – 1991
- The Men’s Room – 1991
- Bye Bye Columbus – 1991
- The Hour of the Pig – 1993
- Inspector Morse – The Day of the Devil – 1993
- The Maitlands – 1993
- Hard Times – 1994
- A Dance to the Music of Time: segment two – 1997
- Norman Ormal: A Very Political Turtle – 1998
- Unfinished Business – 1998
- The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns – 1999
- Dalziel and Pascoe Time to Go – 1999
- Black Cab – Busy Body – 2000
- Waking the Dead – A Simple Sacrifice – 2001
- My Uncle Silas II – 2003
- Spooks – aka MI-5 – USA) – Who Guards the Guards? – 2004
- Messiah: The Harrowing – 2005
- New Tricks – Episode No. 2.3 – 2005
- Midsomer Murders – Orchis Fatalis – 2005
- Agatha Christie’s Marple – Episode: Sleeping Murder – 2006
- Ballet Shoes – 2007
- Cat Among the Pigeons – 2008
- Little Dorrit – 2008
- The Palace – 2008
- Law & Order: UK – 2009–12
- Midsomer murders – Death and the Divas – 2013
- Downton Abbey – 2013–15
- By Any Means – 2013
- Law & Order: UK – 2014
- London Spy – 2015
- The Crown – 2016
- Call the Midwife – 2017
- Black Sails – 2017
- My Dinner with Hervé – 2018