Cherie Lunghi

Actor Apr 4 (age 74) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK 1964–2022 (58 year career)

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Biography

Cherie Lunghi (born 4 April 1952) is an English film, television and theatre actress. She is probably best known for her role as Guinevere in the 1981 film Excalibur, as football manageress Gabriella Benson in the 1990s television series The Manageress and for starring in a series of adverts for Kenco coffee. She also competed in the 2008 series of Strictly Come Dancing. She is the mother of the actress Nathalie Lunghi. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cherie Lunghi, licensed under …

Known For

Film

The Mission

Carlotta

Film

Excalibur

Guenevere

Film

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein

Film

Patrick

Rosemary Francis

Film

Viper in the Fist

Miss Chilton

Film

Jack & Sarah

Anna

Film

When Calls the Heart

Mrs. Thatcher

Film

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

Duchess of Wharfedale

Filmography

Acting (94)

Movies (47)

Patrick

2018

as Rosemary Francis

6.7

Hidden Histories: WW1's Forgotten Photographs

2014

as Herself - Narrator

Excalibur: Behind the Movie

2013

as Self

When Calls the Heart

as Mrs. Thatcher

Love's Kitchen

as Margaret

Forever Young: How Rock 'n' Roll Grew Up

2010

as Narrator (voice)

Versailles: The Dream of a King

2008

as Narrator (English)

The Open Doors

as Mrs Sappleton

Viper in the Fist

as Miss Chilton

The Seasons Alter

as Titania

Back to the Secret Garden

2000

as Lady Mary Craven

6.3

Hornblower: The Duchess and the Devil

1999

as Duchess of Wharfedale

7.2

An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn

as Myrna Smithee

Little White Lies

as Julia

The Canterville Ghost

as Lucille Otis

Jack & Sarah

as Anna

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

as Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein

6.4

A Question of Guilt

1993

as Helen West

Silent Cries

as Audrey St John

Intrigue

as Adriana

To Kill a Priest

as Halina

The Man Who Lived at the Ritz

1988

as Lily Globuska

3.3

The Lady's Not For Burning

1987

as Jennet Jourdemayne

Coast to Coast

as Susan

The Mission

as Carlotta

Harem

as Usta

Letters to an Unknown Lover

as Helene

King David

as Michal

Vicious Circle

as Estelle

Parker

1985

as Jenny Parker

5.3

The Man Who Shot Christmas

1984

as Debbie

Much Ado About Nothing

1984

as Beatrice

6.3

Desert of Lies

1984

as Sue

The Sign of Four

as Mary Morstan

Oliver Twist

as Nancy

Preview

as Emily

Praying Mantis

as Beatrice Manceau

Quell and Co.

as Angela Richardson

Excalibur

as Guenevere

The Making of Excalibur: Myth into Movie

1981

as Self

Dead Man's Kit

1980

as Stephanie

The Misanthrope

1980

as Celimene

Diversion ...

1980

as Erica

3.0

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

1980

as Annabella

5.0

Diversion

1979

as Erica

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1978

as Lady Thelma Furness

10.0

The Comedy of Errors

1978

as Ephesus Townsperson

8.8

Television (47)

The World's Most Luxurious Holidays

as Narrator

Strike

as Gloria Conti

Father Brown

as Grace Sullivan

Pat & Cabbage

as Cabbage (Jean)

Death in Paradise

as Jayne Smythe

The Old Guys

as Barbara

Versailles

as Narrator

Apparitions

Casualty 1900s

as Eva Luckes

Lewis

as Grace Orde

Secret Diary of a Call Girl

as Stephanie

The One Show

as Self

Hotel Babylon

Girls and Boys - Sex and British Pop

2005

as Narrator

Agatha Christie's Marple

as Sadie Swettenham

New Tricks

as Diane Loveless

The Brief

as Cleo Steyn QC

The Inspector Lynley Mysteries

as Sarah Gordon

Cutting It

as Zinnia Raggitt

Waking the Dead

as Leah Gold

David Copperfield

as Mrs. Steerforth

Hornblower

as Kitty Cobham

Midsomer Murders

as Lillian Webster

Dalziel & Pascoe

Strangers

Moloney

as Dr. Sarah Bateman

The Buccaneers

as Laura Testvalley

A Touch of Frost

as DS Annie Marsh

Love at First Sight

as Claire Stein

Covington Cross

as Lady Elizabeth

The Strauss Dynasty

as Jetti

The Manageress

1989

4.0

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Natalie Arno

Casualty

as Camille Windsor

Harem

as Usta

The Monocled Mutineer

EastEnders

as Jan Sherwood

Master of the Game

as Margaret Van der Merwe

5.9

Ellis Island

1984

as Una Marbury

4.6

The Agatha Christie Hour

1982

as Lady Noreen Elliot

6.7

Praying Mantis

1982

as Beatrice Manceau

Tales of the Unexpected

1979

as Karen Masterson

6.7

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978

as Lady Thelma Furness

Bill Brand

as Alex Ferguson

Playhouse

as Emily

BBC Play of the Month

as Anna Danby

Sherlock Holmes