- Harriet Thorpe
Harriet Thorpe is an English
actress .She came to prominence in the mid-to-late 1990s in the British television sitcom "
The Brittas Empire ", playing Carole Parkinson, the receptionist who permanently kept her children with her, in drawers under her desk and would sometimes be seen feeding them or washing their clothes. She was also prone to depression and fits of extreme emotion.She also played Fleur in "
Absolutely Fabulous ", an eccentric and somewhat odd work-colleague who spoke in a very precise fashion. She has also appeared in BBC2'sAlexei Sayle's Stuff , ITV's "Crossroads" and "Midsomer Murders ", among other TV parts. She has done numerous stagework, often playing extreme roles.Thorpe has also appeared in a number of films mainly in minor roles, most famously in the "
Calendar Girls " as the rather patronising and superior head of theWomen's Institute .Thorpe began a run in the stage show Cabaret as Fraulein Kost at the Lyric Theatre in
London on22 September ,2006 . [Theatre.com - 18th August 2006 [http://www.theatre.com/story/id/3003356] ]Her sister,
Mathilda Thorpe , is also an actress.On April 14, 2008 Thorpe took over the role of
Madame Morrible fromSusie Blake in the London production of Wicked. [ [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/115188.html Playbill News: London's Wicked to Welcome New Madame Morrible in April ] ]She is set to appear on the first episode of ITV London chat show
Suggs in the city on Thursday 29th May, 2008. She will be appearing alongsideKen Livingstone andRowland Rivron chatting toSuggs about Wicked and her impressive career.References
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