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Geraldine James
Highest Rated: 100% Daphne (2017)
Lowest Rated: 7% Diana (2013)
Birthday: Jul 6, 1950
Birthplace: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
This softly attractive brunette is best known to British and American TV viewers as Sarah Layton in the miniseries "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984) to filmgoers as Mirabehn, the fanatical western follower of "Gandhi" (1982) and to theatergoers as Portia opposite Dustin Hoffman in the London and Broadway (1989-90) production of "The Merchant of Venice." Geraldine James has kept a low profile to American audiences, but has had an active career in her native England, on stage and in film and television. She first won notice on the London stage as Dr. Von Zandt in the 1979 production of "The Passion of Dracula." She played Jessica in a heralded Coventry production of "The Merchant of Venice" a decade before playing Portia opposite Hoffman.
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Filmography
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87% | 97% | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Unknown (Character) | $43.3M | 2022 |
| 93% | 65% | Benediction | Theresa Thornycroft (Character) | $201.1K | 2021 |
| 84% | 94% | Downton Abbey | Queen Mary (Character) | $96.8M | 2019 |
| 92% | 73% | Beast | Hilary (Character) | $793.4K | 2017 |
| 100% | 62% | Daphne | Rita (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 86% | 82% | Megan Leavey | Dr. Turbeville (Character) | $13.4M | 2017 |
| 97% | 67% | 45 Years | Lena (Character) | $4.3M | 2015 |
| 61% | 25% | Robot Overlords | Monique (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 7% | 26% | Diana | Oonagh Toffolo (Character) | $331.6K | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Legacy | Martha (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 60% | 77% | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Mrs. Hudson (Character) | $186.8M | 2011 |
| 27% | 44% | Arthur | Vivienne (Character) | $33.0M | 2011 |
| 86% | 86% | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | Cecilia Vanger (Character) | $102.5M | 2011 |
| 80% | 75% | Made in Dagenham | Connie (Character) | $1.1M | 2010 |
| 51% | 55% | Alice in Wonderland | Lady Ascot (Character) | $334.2M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen (Voice) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | A Harlot's Progress | Mother Needham (Character) | - | 2006 |
| 74% | 67% | Calendar Girls | Marie (Character) | $31.0M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | White Teeth | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | An Angel for May | Susan Higgins (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Mrs. Mortimer (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Tom & Thomas | Miss Tromp (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 58% | 69% | The Luzhin Defence | Vera (Character) | $1.1M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | All Forgotten | Mother (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Taliesin Jones | Tal's Mum (Character) | $77.4K | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seesaw | Val Price (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 37% | 69% | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin (Character) | $13.8M | 1997 |
| 46% | 72% | Moll Flanders | Edna (Character) | $3.4M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over Here | Lady Billingham (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doggin' Around | Sarah Williams (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Words Upon the Window Pane | Mrs. Henderson (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Healer | Dr. Mercedes Honeysett (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Bridge | Mrs. Todd (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | A Doll's House | Kristine Linde (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Losing Track | Mrs. Dewey (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prince of Shadows | Rebeca Osorio (Character) | - | 1991 |
| 29% | 50% | If Looks Could Kill | Vendetta Galante (Character) | $6.3M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inspector Morse: Who Killed Harry Field? | Helen Field (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Gertrude Brisket (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She's Been Away | Harriet Ambrose (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 86% | 66% | The Tall Guy | Carmen (Character) | $91.1K | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Freedom Fighter | Krista Donner (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Making of Gandhi: Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Gandhi | Self | - | 1983 |
| 89% | 92% | Gandhi | Mirabehn (Character) | - | 1982 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62% | 80% | This Town | Marie (Character) | 2024 |
| 100% | 86% | Back to Life | Caroline Matteson (Character) | 2019 2021 |
| 63% | 91% | Anne With an E | Marilla Cuthbert (Character) | 2017-2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Echoes | Angela O'Hara (Character) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jewel in the Crown | Unknown (Character) | 1984-1985 |