Clare Higgins

ActorWriter Nov 10 (age 70) Bradford, Yorkshire, England 1956–2026 (70 year career)

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Biography

Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an award-winning English actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Clare Higgins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Ready Player One

Mrs. Gilmore

Film

The Witcher

Writer

Film

Hellraiser

Julia

Film

The Golden Compass

Ma Coster

Film

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Julia Cotton

Film

Cassandra's Dream

Mother

Film

The Worst Witch

Miss Ada Cackle

Film

I Give It a Year

Elaine

Filmography

Acting (69)

Movies (35)

Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies

2025

as Self - (archive footage)

Ready Player One

as Mrs. Gilmore

The Convent

as Reverend Mother

Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II

as Self

I Give It a Year

as Elaine

Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor

2013

as Ohila

8.0

A Fantastic Fear of Everything

as Clair De Grunwald

Toast

as Mavis

National Theatre Live: Hamlet

2010

as Gertrude

7.8

National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well

2009

as Countess of Rosillion

The Curse of Steptoe

as Joan Littlewood

The Golden Compass

as Ma Coster

Cassandra's Dream

as Mother

The Stronger

as Mrs. X

Spring 1941

as Clara Planck

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

as Mrs. Meyer

Bigger Than the Sky

as Edwina Walters

The Libertine

as Molly Luscombe

Stage Beauty

as Mistress Revels

Vincent in Brixton

as Ursula Loyer

The House of Mirth

as Mrs. Bry

B. Monkey

as Ms. Cherry

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence

as Edith Wharton

Small Faces

as Lorna Maclean

The Absence of War

as Lindsay Fontaine

Fatherland

1994

as Klara

6.2

Men of the Month

1994

as Fiona

Circle of Deceit

as Eilish

Bad Behavior

as Jessica Kennedy

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

as Julia Cotton

The Fruit Machine

as Eve

Hellraiser

as Julia

Up Line

as Fizzy Targett

Nineteen Nineteen

1985

as Young Sophie

1.0

Unity

1981

as Annie MacFarlane

Television (34)

Gone

The Sandman

as Mad Hettie

Dangerous Liaisons

as Madame Jericho

Trying

as Bev

The Bisexual

as Grace

The Worst Witch

as Miss Ada Cackle

Liar

as Felicity Cassidy

Father Brown

as Dinah Fortescue

Rogue

as Vivian

Vera

as Elaine Sidden

Downton Abbey

as Mrs. Bartlett

Being Human

as Josie

Doctor Who

as Ohila

Casanova

as Cook

New Tricks

as Francis Kane

Shameless

as Hazel

Murder in Suburbia

as Helen Whittle

Murder Investigation Team

as Lesley Pattison

The Secret

as Maggie Hewitt

Midsomer Murders

as Gina Colby

Silent Witness

as D.S. Farmer

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Susannah Dixon QC

Heartbeat

as Maureen Bristow

After the War

as Rachel Lucas

Hideaway

Screen Two

as Lindsey Fontaine

Cover Her Face

as Catherine Bowers

The Bill

Mitch

as Jo

The Citadel

as Christine Barlow

Pride and Prejudice

as Catherine 'Kitty' Bennet

Playhouse

as Annie MacFarlane

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (1)

Television (1)

The Witcher

2019

Writer

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