Robert Lindsay Parents: Meet Norman Stevenson, Joyce Stevenson

Robert Lindsay Stevenson (born 13 December 1949) is an English actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a British Academy Television Award, a Tony Award, and two Laurence Olivier Awards.

Lindsay’s success on Broadway and in the West End led to a starring role in the film Bert Rigby, You’re a Fool (1989).

Meet Norman Stevenson, Joyce Stevenson

Lindsay was born in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, to Joyce (née Dunmore) and Norman Stevenson, who worked at the local Stanton Ironworks. He was one of three children and his father was a World War II veteran, having been on a minesweeper.

After leaving Gladstone Boys’ School, Lindsay enrolled in the drama department of Clarendon College in Nottingham, intending to become a drama teacher.

However, friends at Nottingham Playhouse encouraged him to apply to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and in 1968, he was accepted there with the aid of a government grant. After graduation, he worked as a dialect coach for a repertory company in Essex, and then joined a regional theatre group.

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