Walker, Amanda

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Walker, Amanda

PERSONAL

Birth name Amanda Galafres Patterson Walker; married Patrick Godfrey, April 20, 1960; children: Kate, one other child.

Addresses:

Agent—Michelle Braidman Associates, 3rd Floor Suite, 10/11 Lower John Street, London W1F 9EB, England.

Career:

Actress.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Brunette (uncredited), The Deadly Affair, Columbia, 1967.

Anne's lady-in-waiting, Anne of the Thousand Days, 1969.

Sister (uncredited), Richard's Things, New World, 1981.

Lady Mackleworth, Heat and Dust, Universal Classics, 1982.

The Cockney Signora, A Room with a View, Cinecom International, 1986.

Ella, Blood Red Roses, 1986.

Beth's mother, The Big Man (also known as Crossing the Line), Miramax, 1990.

A League of Their Own, Columbia, 1992.

Madame Scalinger, Nostradamus (also known as Nostradamus—Prophezeiungen des schreckens), Orion Classics, 1994.

Lady Hampton, The English Patient, Miramax, 1996.

Zoo secretary, Fierce Creatures, Universal, 1997.

Old noblewoman, Ever After, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.

Elisabeth Farrell, Seven Days to Live (also known as 7 Days to Live, Du lebst noch 7 Tage and Seven D), Amberlon Pictures, 2000.

Country club tennis lady, Wimbledon (also known as La Plus belle victoire), United International, 2004.

Sally, 28 Weeks Later (also known as 28 semanas despues), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Jeanie Deans, The Heart of Midlothian, BBC, 1966.

Queen Elizabeth, Churchill and the Generals, 1979.

Pamela, Intimate Contact, 1987.

Betty Lawson-Johnson, The Woman He Loved, 1988.

Mrs. Walker, Norbert Smith, a Life (also known as Sir Norbert Smith, a Life), 1989.

Debbie Davidson, From Doon with Death (also known as Ruth Rendell Mysteries: From Doon with Death), 1991.

Mrs. F, Deptford Graffiti (also known as 4 Play: Deptford Graffiti), Channel 4, 1991.

Queen Elizabeth, Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After (also known as Charles and Diana: A Palace Divided and A Place Divided), ABC, 1992.

Marjorie, The Passion, 1998.

Mavis Marsh, Dalziel and Pascoe: Recalled to Life, Arts and Entertainment, 2000.

Mrs. Ransome, The Railway Children, PBS, 2000.

Widow Benton, Pollyanna, ITV and PBS, 2003.

Tina's mother, Too Good to Be True, Carlton, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Sheila, Kinsey, 1990.

Barbara Willis, Fish, 2000.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

Rachel Ferguson, The Dark Number, BBC, 1966.

Nurse Armstrong, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (also known as Lord Peter Wimsey: Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club), BBC and PBS, 1972.

Ella, Blood Red Roses, Channel 4, 1986.

Mrs. Conyers, A Dance to the Music of Time, 1997.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Panama Hat, Wild Flowers, 1989.

Bessie, Dandelion Dead, PBS, 1994.

Mrs. Johnson, Bramwell IV, PBS, 1999.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Mary Turner, "The Grass Is Singing," Studio Four, BBC, 1962.

"The Open Door," Mystery and Imagination, 1966.

Miss Parr, "The One That Got Away," Champion House, BBC, 1967.

"The Conscience Clause," Dr. Finlay's Casebook, BBC, 1968.

Police Inspector, ""The Season of the Witch," The Wednesday Play, BBC, 1970.

Marcadio, "The Alpha Men," Codename, BBC, 1970.

Maid, "The Dead Live Longer," Ryan International, BBC, 1970.

Madge, "Robin Redbreast," Play for Today, BBC1, 1970.

Sister Trewin, "The Iron Doctor," Doomwatch, BBC, 1971.

Mrs. Pinkerton, "A Voice from the Past," Upstairs, Downstairs, 1972.

Theresa, The Strauss Family, ABC, 1973.

Christine Darrach, "Shades of Black," Sutherland's Law, BBC, 1976.

Out of Bounds, 1977.

Mrs. Selway, "Three Line Whipping," The New Statesman, 1987.

Mrs. Bell, "Not Without Cause," The Bill, ITV1, 1987.

Mrs. James, "Make My Day," The Bill, ITV1, 1989.

Alice Pengelley, "The Cornish Mystery," Poirot, 1990.

Molly Gifford, Medics, ITV, 1992.

Edwina the rambler, "Dead Man's 11," Midsomer Murders, 1993.

Rita Little, "The Sixth Age," The Bill, ITV1, 1994.

The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis Show, 1994.

Alison's mother, Joking Apart, 1995.

Mrs. Apthwaite, "Safe as Houses," Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, BBC1, 1996.

Mortiana, "The Legion," The New Adventures of Robin Hood, 1997.

Barbara Scott, "Deferred Sentence," Hamish Macbeth, 1997.

Mortiana, "The Sceptre," The New Adventures of Robin Hood, 1997.

Jean Clarke, "Substitute," Heartbeat (also known as Classic Heartbeat), ITV, 1997.

F.M.E. Sally Tulcan, "Ring-a-Ring O'Roses," The Bill, ITV1, 1999.

Edwina the Rambler, "Dead Man's 11," Midsomer Murders, ITV and Arts and Entertainment, 1999.

Elaine Deneley, "Lonely Hearts: Part 2," Peak Practice, 2000.

Gwen, "Tainted Fruit," Midsomer Murders, ITV and Arts and Entertainment, 2001.

Mary Briggs, "Caring for Mary," Doctors, BBC, 2001.

Mrs. Sinclair, "Caught in the Headlights," Heartbeat (also known as Classic Heartbeat), ITV, 2002.

Lady Bannerman, "The White Feather," Foyle's War, ITV and PBS, 2002.

Patricia Hall, "Sixty Feet Under," My Family, BBC, 2003.

Mary, "Convent," Murphy's Law, BBC and BBC America, 2004.

Hilda Sutton, "Conscience," Holby City (also known as Holby), 2006.

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