Born: 9th December, 1934
Birthplace: York
Awarded OBE in 1970.
Awarded DBE in 1988.
Awarded Honorary Doctorates by a number of British universities.
Winner of numerous BAFTA awards.
Awarded Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, 1999.
TV programmes include:
- Langrishe Go Down
- Talking To A Stranger (1967)
- Love In A Cold Climate
- A Fine Romance (1981-1984)
- Mr. And Mrs. Edgehill
- The Browning Version
- Make And Break
- Behaving Badly
- Can You Hear Me Thinking?
- Absolute Hell
- As Time Goes By (1992-2005)
- Middlemarch