Deborah Findlay

Deborah Findlay

Actor 1971–2025 (54 year career)

6.6 avg rating

Highest Rated

Cranford

Cranford

2007 · as Miss Tomkinson

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · as Rowena Drake

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

2014 · as Volumnia

Known For

Suite Française

Suite Française

Madame Joseph

Jackie

Jackie

Maud Shaw

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas

General (voice)

That Christmas

That Christmas

Mrs. Horton (voice)

The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

Pauline

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

Miss Smythe

The Ones Below

The Ones Below

Tessa

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

Mrs. Sedley

Filmography

Acting (67)

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Movies (39)

A Death in the Family

A Death in the Family

as Mother

That Christmas

That Christmas

as Mrs. Horton (voice)

Such a Lovely Day

Such a Lovely Day

as Grandmother

Up on the Roof

Up on the Roof

as Claire

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

National Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet

as Nurse

From A Strange Land

From A Strange Land

as Margaret

Making Noise Quietly

Making Noise Quietly

as Helene

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

National Theatre Live: Allelujah!

as Sister Gilchrist

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

as Maureen

Hampstead

Hampstead

as Mary Neal

Jackie

Jackie

as Maud Shaw

The Ones Below

The Ones Below

as Tessa

The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

as Pauline

Suite Française

Suite Française

as Madame Joseph

Coalition

Coalition

as Harriet Harman

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

National Theatre Live: Coriolanus

as Volumnia

Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas

as General (voice)

Gunrush

Gunrush

as Jill

One of Those Days

One of Those Days

as Supervisor

Summer

Summer

as Doctor Price

Wilfred Owen: A Remembrance Tale

as Susan Owen

This Life +10

This Life +10

as Doctor

The Yellow House

The Yellow House

as Madame Roulin

Who Gets the Dog

Who Gets the Dog

as Pamela Wilson

Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair

as Mrs. Sedley

State of Mind

State of Mind

as D.C.I Stella Munroe

Home

Home

as Margaret Ballantyne

Me Without You

Me Without You

as Judith

The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair

as Miss Smythe

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

as Mrs. Reed

Jack & Sarah

Jack & Sarah

as Miss Cartwright

Milner

Milner

as Sylvia Milner

15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight

as Cheryl Morris

Truly Madly Deeply

Truly Madly Deeply

as Claire

Top Girls

Top Girls

as Isabella Bird / Joyce / Mrs Kidd

The House of Bernarda Alba

The House of Bernarda Alba

as Martirio

First and Last

First and Last

as Lisa

Busted

Busted

as Angela

Commitments

Commitments

as Ingy

Television (28)

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as Miss Willard

The Drowning

The Drowning

as Lynn

The Split

The Split

as Ruth Defoe

Life In Squares

Life In Squares

as Aunt Jane

Lovesick

Lovesick

as Fiona

Leaving

Leaving

as Vanessa

Lewis

Lewis

as Lady Hugh

Cranford

Cranford

as Miss Tomkinson

Torchwood

Torchwood

as Denise Riley

Foyle's War

Foyle's War

as Mrs Thorndyke/Evelyn Cresswell

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

as Countess Lydia

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

as Miss Phoebe

The Last Train

The Last Train

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

as Hilary Richards

Silent Witness

Silent Witness

as Gemma King

This Life

This Life

as Doctor

Kavanagh Q.C.

Kavanagh Q.C.

as Susannah Emmott

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

as Eva Knight

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

as Kay Consett

Natural Lies

Natural Lies

as Grace

Performance

Performance

as Isabella Bird

All Good Things

All Good Things

as Doll

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Rowena Drake

Casualty

Casualty

as Debbie Cookson

Ladies in Charge

Ladies in Charge

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

as Sarah Cushing

Dalgliesh

Dalgliesh

as Heather Pearce

Great Performances

Great Performances

as Nurse