Eileen Atkins Add to My Celebs Age 77 Birthday Jun. 16th, 1934 Born in Clapton, London, England, UK Height 5' 6 1/2"

Eileen Atkins' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Psychoville (UK) Nurse Kench… Cranford (UK) Miss Debora… Smiley's People (UK) Madame Ostr… David Copperfield 2000 Jane Murdst… The Massingham Affair (UK) Charlotte V…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Robin Hood 2009 - Last Chance Harvey 2007 - Evening 2006 - Scenes of a Sexual Nature 2006 - Ask the Dust 2004 - Vanity Fair 2003 - What a Girl Wants 2003 - Cold Mountain 2002 - The Hours 2001 - Gosford Park 1998 - The Avengers 1995 - Jack & Sarah 1994 - Wolf 1983 - The Dresser 1977 - Equus

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB


BIOGRAPHY:

Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in "The Killing of Sister George" took her to Broadway.


TRIVIA:

• Has been nominated for four Tony Awards: as Best Actress (Dramatic), in 1967 for "The Killing of Sister George" and in 1972 for "Vivat! Vivat Regina!; and as Best Actress (Play), in 1995 for "Indiscretions" and in 2004 for "The Retreat from Moscow."
• She has no children. She claimed in an interview with the Radio Times that she has never had any maternal instinct and put that down to the fact that she did not get on with her mother
• She was nominated for a 2003 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Honour at the Royal National Theatre: Cottesloe.
• Is a breast cancer survivor.
• Co-creator (with actress 'Jean Marsh' (qv)) of the classic British drama series _"Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971)_ (qv) - making her wonderful presence in the Altman upstairs-downstairs movie _Gosford Park (2001)_ (qv) particularly resonant.
• 2004 Tony Award nominee for Best Actress in a Play for "The Retreat from Moscow."
• She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1989 (1988 season) for Best Performance in a Supporting Role for Cymbeline and Mountain Language.
• She claims to be high-maintenance

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