Suzanne Bertish

Suzanne Bertish
Bertish in "Back to School Mr. Bean" (1994)
Born (1951-08-07) 7 August 1951 (age 73)
Hammersmith, London, England
OccupationActress

Suzanne Bertish[1] (born 7 August 1951) is an English actress.

Educated at Woldingham School, Bertish joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in many of its productions, including its marathon eight-and-a-half-hour version of Charles Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, in which she played three roles.[2] She repeated these three roles in the 1982 television version of the complete play.[3] She was later seen in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (1983) as Adriana.[4]

In 1984, she appeared as Freida Gottleib, in two series of Shine on Harvey Moon, a refugee from Austria who owns a house with her brother Erich, when the Moons take up tenancy at their lodgings.[5] [6]

She also appeared as a female Arnold Rimmer (Arlene Rimmer), in an episode of Red Dwarf, "Parallel Universe" in 1988.[7]

She has also played small roles in several films, including the Harrison Ford vehicle Hanover Street, and the vampire film The Hunger.[8] She had a recurring role as Eleni in the cable television series Rome (2005–2007).[9] In 2009 she had a role in a production of Breakfast at Tiffany's at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.[10]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. ^ "Search | RSC Performances | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust". collections.shakespeare.org.uk.
  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The (1982)". BFI Screenonline.
  4. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Comedy of Errors, The (1983)". BFI Screenonline.
  5. ^ "Shine on Harvey Moon". British Comedy Guide.
  6. ^ Mangan, Lucy (11 October 2012). "Your next box set: Shine On Harvey Moon". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "Parallel Universe (1988)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 22 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Suzanne Bertish". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 23 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Suzanne Bertish | TV, Documentary and Other Appearances". AllMovie.
  10. ^ "Anna Friel stars in Breakfast at Tiffany's". The Guardian. 1 October 2009.