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Later credits include Mildred Layton in the 1984 ITV television series The Jewel in the Crown, for which she received her first BAFTA award nomination; Lady Catherine de Bourgh in the 1980 television serial version of Pride and Prejudice; Vera Donovan in the 1995 film adaptation of Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne; and as Maria Thins in the ...
Lady Catherine de Bourgh (/ d ə ˈ b ɜːr / də-BUR; née Fitzwilliam) is a character in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. According to Janet Todd , Lady Catherine can be seen as a foil to the novel's protagonist Elizabeth Bennet .
Barbara Leigh-Hunt (14 December 1935 – 16 September 2024) was an English actress. [1] Her numerous theatre credits included Broadway productions of Hamlet (1958), Sherlock Holmes (1973) and Justice (1974), and she won the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the National Theatre production of An Inspector Calls.
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She made her film debut in the 1992 mystery drama Waterland. After appearing in a series of supporting parts throughout the 1990s, she went on to find fame for lead performances in big-budget films such as the fantasy film The Brothers Grimm (2005) and the action film 300 (2007), portraying Gorgo, Queen of Sparta , a role she yet again played ...
English: C. E. Brock illustration for the 1895 edition of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice (Chapter 57: Lady Catherine de Bourgh comes to make Elizabeth promise not to mary Mr Darcy.) Français : Une illustration de C. E. Brock pour l'édition de 1885 de Pride and Prejudice : Lady Catherine veut faire promettre à Elisabeth de ne jamais ...
A 1940 comic performance as Laurence Olivier's Mr. Darcy's domineering aunt Lady Catherine de Bourgh in Pride and Prejudice [11] and a 1941 role as Merle Oberon's grandmother in Lydia [12] concluded her film career. She was also cast in noncomedic films such as Cimarron [13] (1931), Ann Vickers [14] (1933), and Romeo and Juliet [15] (1936).
Deirdre Donnelly. Deirdre Donnelly is an Irish actress, based in Dublin who works in television, films and theatre.. Donnelly was a member of the Abbey Theatre Company for several years [1] before leaving to work on the television series The Riordans. [2]