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Famous Like Me > Actress > J > Geraldine James
Profile of Geraldine James
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Geraldine James |
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6th July 1950 |
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK |
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Actress |
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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
Awards
- Best actress at the Venice Biennale for her work in the film She's Been Away.
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