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Profile of Geraldine James on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Geraldine James  
   
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Date of Birth: 6th July 1950
   
Place of Birth: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
   
Profession: Actress
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Geraldine James is a British actor who lives in London. She was born on July 6, 1950. Theatre director Peter Hall says Geraldine James ranks among the great English classical actresses. .

Desert Island Discs

On 30 May 2004 Geraldine James was a guest on the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs. She chose the following music to take with her if she was ever stranded on a desert island

  • "Adagio from Concerto opus 9 No.2" by Tomaso Albinoni
  • "Goodness Gracious Me" performed by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren
  • "Love Me or Leave Me" performed by Nina Simone
  • "Man in a Shed" performed by Nick Drake
  • "The Times They are a Changin'" performed by Bob Dylan
  • "Nana" performed by Pablo Casals (cello) and Eugene Istomin (piano)
  • "By your Side" performed by Sade
  • "In tears of grief, Dear Lord, we leave thee" by from St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) by Johann Sebastian Bach

Television appearances

  • Played Sarah Layton in The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
  • Played Lady Maud Lynchwood in Blott on the Landscape (1985)
  • Played Rose the prostitute in Band of Gold
  • Supporting actress in Moll Flanders
  • Has a cameo role in Little Britain as the mother of a thirty-year old mummy's boy

Theatre appearances

  • Played Portia opposite Dustin Hoffman in the London and Broadway productions of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare

Movie appearances

  • Calendar Girls
  • Gandhi

Awards

  • Best actress at the Venice Biennale for her work in the film She's Been Away.

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