Catherine Neilson
Catherine Neilson (born 3 October 1957) is a British stage, television, and film actress, who was active from the late 1970s through the mid-1990s.
Career
On stage, Neilson starred as Christie in Traps by Caryl Churchill, at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in London, opposite Tim Pigott-Smith, in 1977.[1] The Spectator observed that the role was "superbly played by Catherine Neilson".[2] In 1980, she was Anni in Make and Break by Michael Frayn in the West End at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.[3] And in 1985 she starred at the National Theatre as Val in Neaptide by Sarah Daniels.[4]
On television, Neilson's early starring roles include the two-season series Yanks Go Home (1976–1977), and Czech Mate, one of the 13 teleplays of the Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1985). In 1988 she was Ian Charleson's love interest in the espionage miniseries Codename: Kyril. On the Ruth Rendell Mysteries, she played Elizabeth Nightingale in A Guilty Thing Surprised (1988).
Neilson continued her television success with a starring role in Small Zones, a teleplay for Screen Two (1990),[5] and she was a cast member of the crime series Yellowthread Street (1990). She also starred in two films by Ken Russell: The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990), which included a nude scene, and Prisoner of Honor (1991).
In feature films, Neilson had supporting and co-starring roles. These include, most notably, Lady June Carberry in White Mischief (1987), and Irene Saunders in Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart (1990).
Filmography
Film
- Firepower (1979)
- The Wicked Lady (1983)
- Biggles: Adventures in Time (1986)
- White Mischief (1987)
- White Hunter Black Heart (1990)
- The Trial (1993)
Television
- Warship (1976)
- Yanks Go Home (1976–1977)
- Coronation Street (1979)
- World's End (1981)
- Widows (miniseries) (1983)
- Mr. Palfrey of Westminster (1984)
- Czech Mate (Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, 1985)
- Widows 2 (miniseries) (1985)
- London's Burning (1988)
- Codename: Kyril (miniseries) (1988)
- Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1988)
- Wipe Out (miniseries) (1988)
- Bergerac (1989)
- The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (TV movie) (1990)
- Small Zones (Screen Two, 1990)
- Yellowthread Street (1990)
- Casualty (1990)
- Prisoner of Honor (TV movie) (1991)
- Perfect Scoundrels (1992)
- Thicker Than Water (TV movie) (1994)
References
- Screen International Film and TV Year Book, Volume 39. Screen International, King Publications, 1984. p. 606.
Notes
- ↑ Churchill, Caryl. Traps. Nick Hern Books, 1989. Preface.
- ↑ The Spectator, Volume 238, Part 1. 1977.
- ↑ Make and Break at the Theatre Royal Haymarket
- ↑ Plays and Players. Issues 394-399. Hansom Books, 1986. p. 34.
- ↑ Small Zones at the Internet Movie Database