Lynsey Baxter
| Lynsey Baxter | |
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7 May 1959[1] London, England |
Lynsey Baxter is an English actress. Born in London, she began as a child actress in 1974 and later trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She has worked in theatre, television, film, radio and voiceover.
Baxter trained in reflexology in 1998, while appearing in the television series Dangerfield, and in her spare time worked in hospitals.[2] Additionally she is reported to be a trained remedial masseuse and transpersonal counsellor.[3]
Theatre
- Next of Kin by John Hopkins, directed by Harold Pinter (National Theatre, 1974), as Lucy Lloyd[4][5]
- Heroes by Stephen Poliakoff (Royal Court, July 1975) as the girl[6][7]
- As You Like It (Royal Shakespeare Company 1977), as Phoebe
- The Cherry Orchard, directed by Richard Eyre (Nottingham Playhouse, 1977) as Anya[8]
- The Dance of Death (1978) as Judith[9]
- You Never Can Tell (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1979) as Dolly[3][9]
- The Master Builder (1979) as Hilde Wangel
- Brimstone and Treacle by Dennis Potter (Open Space, 1979) as Pattie[10][11]
- Romeo and Juliet (African Tour, including Maynardville Open Air Shakespeare Theatre, Cape Town, 1980) as Juliet[12]
- Heartbreak House (Royal Exchange, 29 October - 28 November 1981) as Ellie Dunn[13]
- Aunt Dan and Lemon (Royal Court & New York) as Mindy[3]
- Total Eclipse (Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, 1981) as Matilde Verlaine[14]
- The Lady From the Sea (Royal Exchange, Manchester) as Hilde Wangel
- The Dance of Death, RSC, as Judith
- Les Parents Terribles (National Theatre, 1994) as Madeleine[15]
- Eugenee in A Flea in her Ear (Nottingham Playhouse)
- The Devil's Disciple (RSC), as 'the girl'.
- The Zycoys (RSC) as Styopka [3]
TV and filmography
- The Little Match Girl (1974) (TV)[3]
- Operation Patch (1976) (TV) as Betsy Cosserat
- Peter Pan (1976) as Jane
- Dickens of London (1976) (TV)
- The Devil's Crown (1978) (TV) as Isabelle
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. (1978) (TV) as Sandy
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1982) (TV) Episode 'The House of Lurking Death' as Lois Hargreaves
- Tales of the Unexpected - "Accidental Death" (1984) (TV)
- Starlings (1988) (TV) as Elizabeth
- Bergerac (1989) (TV) Episode 'Roots Of Evil' as Joanna Carter
- Chancer (1990) (TV) as Victoria Douglas
- Clarissa (1991) (TV)
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles "The Phantom Train of Doom" (1993) (TV) as Margarete Trappe
- The Darling Buds of May (1993) (TV)
- Gormenghast (2000) (TV), as Cora Groan
- Peak Practice (1993) and (2000–2001) (TV)
- Dangerfield (1998) (TV)
- The Gospel of John (2003), as Mary Magdelene
- Doc Martin (2003) (TV)
- Hardware (2004) (TV) Jean
- Egypt (2005) (TV)
- Murder in Suburbia (2005) (TV) as Mary Soukis in Episode 4, Season 2
Radio
- Kind Hearts and Coronets, BBC Radio (1995), as Sybella
- Abelard and Heloise, BBC Radio (1999)[3]
Awards
- Most Promising Newcomer, Plays and Players Award[3]
- Best Actress, Monte Carlo Film and Television Festival, 1991, as Elizabeth in Starlings (1988).[3]
References
- ↑ England & Wales, Birth Index: 1915-2005 [database on-line] Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes
- ↑ A Question of Health dated 1998 at thefreelibrary.com
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Biography at TV.com
- ↑ Next of Kin by John Hopkins, The National Theatre, The Old Vic, 2 May 1974 at haroldpinter.org
- ↑ Otis L. Guernsey, The Best plays of 1973-1974 (Dodd, Mead, 1974), p. 108
- ↑ Punch, vol. 269 (1975), p. 66:"Peter Bennett as Julius's elderly gentleman friend and Lynsey Baxter as a teeny-bopper..."
- ↑ The Listener vol. 94 (British Broadcasting Corporation, 1975), p. 57
- ↑ Patrick Miles, Chekhov on the British stage (1993), p. 246
- 1 2 Ian Herbert, Christine Baxter, Robert E. Finley, Who's who in the theatre: a biographical record, Vol. 2 (1981), pp. 54, 92
- ↑ Punch, vol. 276 (1979), p. 322
- ↑ Plays & Players, Issue 26, p. 3
- ↑ South African Digest (South African Information Service Dept. of Information, 1980)
- ↑ 1981 Heartbreak House at royalexchange.co.uk
- ↑ Country Life, vol. 169, (Country Life, Ltd., 1981), p. 1485
- ↑ Jean Cocteau, Les parents terribles (Nick Hern Books, 1994, new translation), p. xviii
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