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Georgie Glen | |
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| Born | (1956-04-20)20 April 1956 (age 69) Helensburgh,Argyll and Bute, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Notable credit(s) | Heartbeat (2000–2001, 2003–2005, 2009) Little Britain (2003–2005) Waterloo Road (2012–2015) Hetty Feather (2018–2020) Call the Midwife (2018–) The Crown (2020) |
| Children | 2 |
Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Miss Higgins in theBBC One period drama seriesCall the Midwife from 2018 onwards, and as history teacherAudrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama seriesWaterloo Road from 2012 to 2015.
Glen is fromHelensburgh inArgyll and Bute, Scotland, and graduated fromGlasgow School of Art with a degree in graphic design. She worked atThames and Hudson publishers as an assistant book designer[1] for five years before studying at theBristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. After graduating she worked for a year atWolsey Theatre inIpswich, England.[2]
She has featured in the BBC One drama seriesCall the Midwife,Waterloo Road, andLes Misérables as Mother Abbess; in 2012, she appeared in the filmLes Misérables as Madame Baptistine. Additional period performances includeHannah More in the 2006 filmAmazing Grace,John Ruskin's mother in the dramaDesperate Romantics about thePre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, as well as lady-in-waiting toJudi Dench's characters in bothShakespeare in Love andMrs. Brown.
Since 2018, she has been cast in the role of Millicent Higgins, a GP receptionist, inCall the Midwife.[3][4]
Other notable performances include a recurring role inHeartbeat as Sgt Jennifer Noakes, and one of the eponymousCalendar Girls. Glen has also portrayed various characters in comedies includingLittle Britain andHarry Enfield and Chums, as well as a guest role inThe Thick of It and oneepisode ofThe Sarah Jane Adventures.
She appeared in series four of Netflix dramaThe Crown in 2020 playingRuth Roche, Lady Fermoy, the maternal grandmother ofLady Diana Spencer and lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.[5]
She has twin daughters called Holly and Nell.[1]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | The Bell-Run | Scottish Barmaid | Television film |
| 1995 | Blue Juice | Hotel Receptionist[6] | |
| The Great Kandinsky | Vicar Shelley | Television film | |
| 1997 | Mothertime | Sister Louise[6] | |
| Mrs Brown | Lady Churchill[6] | ||
| 1998 | What Rats Won't Do | Woman with Dog[7] | |
| Big Cat | Bank Customer | Television film | |
| Shakespeare in Love | Lady in Waiting | ||
| 2000 | The Railway Children | Aunt Emma | Television film |
| The Little Vampire | Babysitter Lorna | ||
| 2001 | Lucky Break | Audience Member | |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Kathy[8] | |
| 2005 | Angel of Death | Nurse Kate Lock | Television film |
| Housewife, 49 | Mrs. Hockey | Television film | |
| Dating Ray Renwick | Marjorie | Short film | |
| 2006 | Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes | Pamela | Television film |
| Amazing Grace | Hannah More | ||
| 2008 | Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story | Norah Buckland | Television film |
| The Long Walk to Finchley | Miss Harris | Television film | |
| Easy Virtue | Mrs. Landrigin | ||
| 2009 | Pigsy Doodle | Mum | Short film |
| 2011 | Hysteria | Mrs. Parsons | |
| My Week with Marilyn | Rosamund Greenwood | ||
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Madame Baptistine | |
| 2015 | Where Do We Go from Here? | Woman at Bar | |
| A Lot Meant | Short film | ||
| 2016 | Jackie | Rose Kennedy | |
| 2017 | The Hitman's Bodyguard | ICC Lead Judge | |
| 2018 | Death on the Tyne | Hilda | Television film |
| 2019 | Get Duked! | The Duchess | |
| Dial M for Middlesbrough | Hilda | Television film | |
| The Cure | Heather Wood | ||
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | ICC Lead Judge |
| Year | Series | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | A Time to Dance | Andrew's Secretary | Miniseries |
| Harry Enfield's Television Programme | Social Worker | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1" | |
| 1994 | Screen Two | Margaret Summer | Episode: "O Mary This London" |
| 1995 | The Bill | Sophie Mallin | Episode: "Other Voices" |
| Tears Before Bedtime | Rival Couple | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1" | |
| London's Burning | Mrs. Wickston | Episode: "Series 8, Episode 2" | |
| Soldier Soldier | Georgina Bennett | Episode: "Far Away" | |
| 1996 | Doctor Finlay | Rosemary Bain | Episode: "Days of Grace" |
| No Bananas | Agnes Harding | Episode: "Sitzkreig" | |
| 1997 | True Tilda | Nurse | Miniseries |
| As Time Goes By | Miss Wessel | Episode: "The Psychotherapist" | |
| Screen Two | Sister Louise | Episode: "Mothertime" | |
| Peak Practice | Myra Eburne | Episode: "The Price" | |
| 1997–1998 | Harry Enfield & Chums | Various | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 1998 | Jonathan Creek | Mrs. Kilby | Episode: "The Problem at Gallows Gate" |
| In the Red | Assistant to D.G. | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| Berkeley Square | Lady Annabelle Wilton | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| Alas Smith and Jones | Various | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| The Children of the New Forest | Phoebe[9] | Miniseries | |
| 1999 | Tilly Trotter | Mabel Price | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| All Along the Watchtower | Mrs. Mulvey | Miniseries; 6 episodes | |
| Wives and Daughters | Miss Hornblower | Miniseries; 2 episodes | |
| 2000 | Hearts and Bones | Pamela | Episode: "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" |
| Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show | Various | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| 2000–2009 | Heartbeat | Sergeant Nokes | Recurring role; 9 episodes |
| 2001 | Holby City | Anne Owen | Episode: "Release" |
| The Armando Iannucci Shows | Nun | Episode: "Time Passing" | |
| 2002 | The American Embassy | Landlady | Episode: "Driven" |
| Always and Everyone | Eleanor Smedley | Episode: "Do Not Pass Go" | |
| Daniel Deronda | Lady Mallinger | Miniseries; 3 episodes | |
| Dalziel and Pascoe | Headmistress | Episode: "Dialogues of the Dead" | |
| 2003 | My Family | Mrs. Gleaves | Episode: "They Shoot Harpers, Don't They?" |
| 2003–2005 | Little Britain | Various | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2004 | Nighty Night | Sister May | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 6" |
| Doctors | Chrissie Franklin | Episode: "Rotten Eggs" | |
| Doc Martin | Mrs. Willow | Episode: "Shit Happens" | |
| 2005 | Taggart | Mrs. Campbell | Episode: "The Ties That Bind" |
| Sea of Souls | Consultant | Episode: "Empty Promise" | |
| The Thick of It | Susan Dorling | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3" | |
| Cutting It | Mrs. McClair | Episode: "Series 4, Episode 3" | |
| Rome | Poppaea | Episode: "Egeria" | |
| Love Soup | Woman in Store | Episode: "Death and Nurses" | |
| Nighty Night | Bluebell | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| The Worst Week of My Life | Moira | Episode: "Tuesday" | |
| 2006 | The Bill | Mrs. Willis | Episode: "The Green Eyed Monster" |
| The Line of Beauty | Eileen | Episode: "The End of the Street" | |
| The Amazing Mrs Pritchard | Anne Lister | Episode: "Episode 4" | |
| 2007 | The Whistleblowers | Tribunal Chief | Episode: "Fit for Purpose" |
| Holby City | Rosemary Greaves | Episode: "I Feel Pretty" | |
| After You've Gone | Mrs. Grierson | Episode: "Ride of the Valkyrie" | |
| To the Manor Born | Panel Chairman | Episode: "Christmas Special" | |
| 2008 | The Wrong Door | Various | Episode: "The World's Most Annoying Creature" |
| Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs. Forbes | Episode: "Cat Among the Pigeons" | |
| The Sarah Jane Adventures | Mrs. King | Episode: "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith" | |
| 2009 | Doctors | Dorothy Bakewell | Recurring role; 5 episodes |
| Genie in the House | Colette | Episode: "Flower Power" | |
| Desperate Romantics | Mrs. Ruskin | Miniseries; 4 episodes | |
| Doc Martin | Barbara | Episode: "Better the Devil" | |
| The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson | Various | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
| 2010 | Foyle's War | Mrs. Ramsay | Episode: "The Hide" |
| Holby City | Edie O'Connor | Episode: "The Last Day of Summer" | |
| Harry & Paul | Various | Recurring role; 2 episodes | |
| New Tricks | Anne Hargreaves | Episode: "The Fourth Man" | |
| 2011 | Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge | Polly Maplin | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| Twenty Twelve | School Receptionist | Episode: "Raising The Bar" | |
| Sirens | Maureen Greenwick | Episode: "King of the Jungle" | |
| 2012 | The Royal Bodyguard | Miss Gifford | Miniseries; 2 episodes |
| Coming Up | Sister Margaret | Episode: "Ben and Lump" | |
| 2012–2015 | Waterloo Road | Audrey McFall | Series regular; 69 episodes |
| 2014 | Warren United | Warren's Mother | Recurring role |
| Playhouse Presents | Team Leader | Episode: "Damned" | |
| Boomers | Emma | Episode: "Thurnemouth Day" | |
| Mount Pleasant | Patty | Episode: "Series 4, Episode 3" | |
| Bob Servant | Sheriff | Episode: "Court" | |
| 2014–2016 | The Evermoor Chronicles | Aunt Bridget | Recurring role; 24 episodes |
| 2015 | Hoff the Record | Miss Dunwoody | Episode: "The United Nations" |
| Mountain Goats | Irene | Episode: "Liar" | |
| 2016 | Silent Witness | Professor Belinda Roach | Episode: "After the Fall" |
| I Want My Wife Back | Florence | Episode: "Chapter Three" | |
| The Collection | Mother Superior | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| 2016–2018 | Damned | Denise | Series regular; 12 episodes |
| 2017 | Quacks | Mrs. Pope | Episode: "The Duke's Tracheotomy" |
| Midsomer Murders | Mary Oswood | Episode: "Death by Persuasion" | |
| 2018 | Sally4Ever | Pat | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
| Defending the Guilty | Judge Minton | Episode: "Pilot" | |
| 2018–2020 | Hetty Feather | Lady Grenford | Series regular; 20 episodes |
| 2018–present | Call the Midwife | Millicent Higgins[3][4] | Series regular |
| 2019 | Les Misérables | Abbess | Episode: "Episode 3" |
| Pure | Dr. Geary | Episode: "Episode 1" | |
| The Victim | Judge | Miniseries; 4 episodes | |
| GameFace | Pam | Episode: "Pickle" | |
| 2020 | Maxxx | Sister Margaret | Episode: "Death" |
| The Crown | Ruth, Lady Fermoy[5] | Recurring role; 4 episodes | |
| 2021 | Behind Her Eyes | Sue | Miniseries; 4 episodes |
| The Cleaner | Mrs. Gathernoid | Episode: "The Writer" | |
| The Larkins | Lady Bluff-Gore | Recurring role; 3 episodes | |
| 2022 | Inside No. 9 | Dinah | Episode: "Wise Owl" |
| Ridley | Wendy Newstone | Miniseries; 4 episodes | |
| 2022-2025 | Am I Being Unreasonable? | Clarissa Baggot | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
| 2023 | Summer Camp Island | Adult Mildred | Recurring role; 2 episodes |
| 2025 | Juice | Bertha | Episode: "The Storm is Coming" |
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