1950-11-07 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Lindsay Vere Duncan, CBE (born November 7, 1950) is a Scottish stage and television actress. She is the recipient of three BAFTA nominations and one Scottish BAFTA nomination, as well as two Olivier Awards and a Tony Award for her work on stage. She has starred in several plays by Harold Pinter. Duncan's film credits include Prick Up Your Ears (1987), The Reflecting Skin (1990), City Hall (1996), An Ideal Husband, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Mansfield Park (all 1999), Under the Tuscan Sun, AfterLife (both 2003), Starter for 10 (2006), Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland (2010), About Time (2013), Birdman (2014), and Blackbird (2019). Outside of stage and film, Duncan appeared as Barbara Douglas in Alan Bleasdale's critically acclaimed G.B.H. (1991), Servilia of the Junii on the HBO historical drama series Rome (2005–2007), Adelaide Brooke in the Doctor Who special "The Waters of Mars" (2009), Anjelica Hayden-Hoyle in the BBC Two miniseries The Honourable Woman (2014), and Lady Smallwood on BBC One's Sherlock (2014–2017). She also portrayed Elizabeth Longford and Margaret Thatcher in the television films Longford (2006) and Margaret (2009), respectively.
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National Theatre Live: Dear Octopus | Dora | 2024-07-19 |
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Call Me Back | Grace | 2023-09-29 |
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Doctor Jekyll | 2023-10-27 | |
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Last Call | Kate | 2023-06-09 |
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A Banquet | June | 2022-02-18 |
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No Ordinary Joe | Marion Barbara "Joe" Carstairs | 2021-09-06 |
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Made in Italy | Kate | 2020-07-09 |
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November 1st | Bonnie | 2019-11-01 |
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National Theatre Live: Hansard | Diana Hesketh | 2019-11-07 |
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Blackbird | Liz | 2019-09-06 |
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My Zoe | Kathy | 2019-11-14 |
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Little Joe | Psychotherapist | 2019-11-01 |
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Carnage: Swallowing the Past | Maude | 2017-03-19 |
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Gifted | Evelyn Adler | 2017-04-07 |
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Alice Through the Looking Glass | Helen Kingsleigh | 2016-05-25 |
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Churchill's Secret | Clemmie Churchill | 2016-02-29 |
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He Does Not Want Peace | Rachel Englebright | 2016-08-11 |
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Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Tabitha | 2014-10-17 |
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About Time | Mum | 2013-09-04 |
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Le Week-End | Meg Burrows | 2013-10-04 |
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Last Passenger | Elaine Middleton | 2013-10-18 |
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Lawless | Lady Justice MacNeil | 2013-10-03 |
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Amish: A Secret Life | Narrator (voice) | 2012-08-02 |
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Christopher and His Kind | Kathleen Isherwood | 2011-03-19 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Helen Kingsleigh | 2010-03-03 |
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Burlesque Fairytales | Ice Queen | 2010-01-01 |
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Harold Pinter: A Celebration | Self | 2010-01-24 |
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Margot | Madam | 2009-11-30 |
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Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars | Captain Adelaide Brooke | 2009-11-15 |
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Margaret | Margaret Thatcher | 2009-03-26 |
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Frankenstein | Jane Pretorius | 2007-10-24 |
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Starter for 10 | Rose Harbison | 2006-09-13 |
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Longford | Lady Elizabeth Longford | 2006-10-26 |
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | Audrey Pretty | 2004-12-25 |
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AfterLife | 2003-08-19 | |
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Under the Tuscan Sun | Katherine | 2003-09-20 |
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Hamilton Mattress | Beryl / Gertrude (voice) | 2002-01-01 |
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Witness of Truth: The Railway Murders | Narrator | 2001-12-11 |
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Victoria Wood with All the Trimmings | Pauline | 2000-12-25 |
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Dirty Tricks | Alison | 2000-09-24 |
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An Ideal Husband | Lady Markby | 1999-01-14 |
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace | TC-14 (voice) | 1999-05-19 |
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Expelling the Demon | Woman | 1999-06-19 |
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Mansfield Park | Mrs. Price / Lady Bertram | 1999-11-12 |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hippolyta / Titania | 1996-11-29 |
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City Hall | Sydney Pappas | 1996-02-16 |
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Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair | Narrator | 1995-03-11 |
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Redemption | Kath Peachey | 1991-07-03 |
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Body Parts | Dr. Agatha Webb | 1991-08-02 |
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The Reflecting Skin | Dolphin Blue | 1990-08-28 |
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These Foolish Things | Gutrune Day | 1989-02-28 |
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The Childeater | Eirwen | 1989-01-01 |
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Manifesto | Lily Sachor | 1988-01-27 |
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Prick Up Your Ears | Anthea Lahr | 1987-04-17 |
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Rainy Day Women | Karen Miller | 1984-04-10 |
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Loose Connections | Sally | 1984-04-13 |
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays | Self (archive footage) | 1982-09-04 |
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On Approval | Helen | 1982-06-21 |
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Grown-Ups | Mrs Butcher | 1980-11-27 |
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The Winkler | Diane | 1979-04-03 |
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Further Up Pompeii | Scrubba | 1975-03-31 |
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