Geraldine James

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name = Geraldine James
birthname = Geraldine Taylor
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birthplace = Maidenhead, Berkshire, England
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occupation = Actress
yearsactive = 1976-present
spouse = Joseph Blatchley (?-present)
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Geraldine James OBE (born 6 July, 1950) is an award-winning English actress. Theatre director Peter Hall has said that Geraldine James ranks among the great English classical actresses. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/womanshour/2001_51_mon_01.shtml BBC - Radio 4 - Woman's Hour -Geraldine James ] ]

James was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire to a cardiologist father. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/30/Geraldine-James.html Geraldine James Biography (1950-) ] ] She was educated at Downe House, a girls' independent school in Newbury, Berkshire, and at Drama Centre London.

Desert Island Discs

On 30 May 2004 Geraldine James was a guest on the BBC radio programme "Desert Island Discs". She chose the following music to take with her if she was ever stranded on a desert island
*"Adagio from Concerto opus 9 No.2" by Tomaso Albinoni
*"Goodness Gracious Me" performed by Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren
*"Love Me or Leave Me" performed by Nina Simone
*"Man in a Shed" performed by Nick Drake
*"The Times They are a Changin'" performed by Bob Dylan
*"Nana" performed by Pablo Casals (cello) and Eugene Istomin (piano)
*"By your Side" performed by Sade
*"In tears of grief, Dear Lord, we leave thee" by from St. Matthew Passion (BWV 244) by Johann Sebastian Bach

Television appearances

*Played Sarah Layton in "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984)
*Played Lady Maud Lynchwood in "Blott on the Landscape" (1985)
*Played Rose the prostitute in "Band of Gold"
*Played Beatrice in "Rebecca" (1997)
*Supporting actress in "Moll Flanders"
*Has a cameo role in "Little Britain" as the mother of Kenny Craig"
*Guest starred as Lillith Hughes in 1 episode of "Hex" (2004).
*Former Lib Dem turned "Purple Alliance" Home Secretary in "The Amazing Mrs Pritchard".
*Played The Gran who keeps 'Dying' On CBBC's Stupid!
*Played Helen Field in "Inspector Morse, Who Killed Harry Field"
*Played Barbara Turney in "The Last Enemy"
*Played Joanna the Concubine in "Heist"

Theatre appearances

*Played Portia opposite Dustin Hoffman in the London and Broadway productions of "The Merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare

Radio appearances

*Guest appearance in the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi.

Movie appearances

*"Calendar Girls"
*"Gandhi"
*"The Tall Guy"
*"The Bridge"
*"If Looks Could Kill - Teen Agent, 1991 - Vendetta Galante"
*"An Angel for May"

Awards

*Best actress at the Venice Biennale for her work in the film "She's Been Away"

References

External links

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* [http://www.bmivoyager.com/2007/10/04/the-jewel-that-is-james/ The Jewel That is James] - Interview by Jeremy Taylor for bmi Voyager October 2007
* [http://www.nacoa.org.uk/about.htm Geraldine is also a Patron for NACOA, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics.]
* [http://www.myclapham.co.uk/clapham/celebs&gossip-geraldine-james.htm Geraldine James page on myclapham.co.uk]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/desertislanddiscs_20040530.shtml Guest on Desert Island Discs]