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Last Chance Harvey (2008) -- Clip: I won´t do it
Last Chance Harvey (2008) -- In London for his daughter's wedding, a rumpled man (Hoffman) finds his romantic spirits lifted by a new woman in his life (Thompson).
Last Chance Harvey (2008) -- Clip: Be good to her
Last Chance Harvey (2008) -- Clip: Meet me here tomorrow
Last Chance Harvey (2008) -- Clip: I´m gonna dance your socks off

Overview

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Mini Biography:
Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north London... more
Trivia:
Has been nominated for four Tony Awards: as Best Actress (Dramatic), in... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 9 wins & 4 nominations more
Alternate Names:
Dame Eileen Atkins
US TV Schedule:
Sun. July 57:00 AMAMC Wolf  more

Filmography

Actress:
  1. Mrs. Darwin (2009) (in production) (rumored) .... Emma Darwin
  2. Robin Hood (2010) (filming) .... Eleanor of Aquitaine
  3. Wild Target (2009) (completed) .... Louisa

  4. "Psychoville" .... Nurse Kenchington (5 episodes, 2009)
        - Episode #1.7 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
        - Episode #1.6 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
        - Episode #1.5 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
        - Episode #1.4 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
        - Episode #1.3 (2009) TV episode .... Nurse Kenchington
  5. Last Chance Harvey (2008) .... Maggie Walker
  6. "When Weather Changed History" (1 episode, 2008)
        - Titanic (2008) TV episode
  7. Ballet Shoes (2007) (TV) .... Madame Fidolia
  8. "Cranford" .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns (2 episodes, 2007)
    ... aka "Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford" (UK: complete title)
    ... aka "Masterpiece Theatre: Cranford" (USA)
        - August 1842 (2007) TV episode .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns
        - June 1842 (2007) TV episode .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns
  9. Evening (2007) .... The Night Nurse
    ... aka Spuren eines Lebens (Germany)
  10. "Waking the Dead" .... Abigail Dusniak (2 episodes, 2007)
        - Yahrzeit: Part 2 (2007) TV episode .... Abigail Dusniak
        - Yahrzeit: Part 1 (2007) TV episode .... Abigail Dusniak
  11. Marple: Towards Zero (2007) (TV) .... Lady Camilla Tressilian
    ... aka Agatha Christie - Marple: Towards Zero (Australia: DVD title)
  12. Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) .... Iris
  13. Ask the Dust (2006) .... Mrs. Hargraves
  14. La fiesta del chivo (2005) .... Aunt Adelina
    ... aka The Feast of the Goat (International: English title)
  15. The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004) .... School matron
  16. Vanity Fair (2004) .... Miss Matilda Crawley
  17. Cold Mountain (2003) .... Maddy
  18. Love Again (2003) (TV) .... Eva Larkin
  19. Egy hét Pesten és Budán (2003) .... Amanda
    ... aka A Long Weekend in Pest and Buda (Europe: English title)
  20. What a Girl Wants (2003) .... Jocelyn Dashwood
  21. The Hours (2002) .... Barbara in Flower Shop
  22. Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) (TV) .... Queen Mary
  23. The Lives of Animals (2002) (TV)
  24. Gosford Park (2001) .... Mrs. Croft
    ... aka Gosford Park (Italy)
  25. Wit (2001) (TV) .... Evelyn 'E.M.' Ashford
  26. The Sleeper (2000) (TV) .... Violet Moon
  27. David Copperfield (2000) (TV) .... Miss Jane Murdstone
  28. Madame Bovary (2000) (TV) .... Marie Louise

  29. Women Talking Dirty (1999) .... Emily Boyle
  30. The Avengers (1998) .... Alice
  31. "Talking Heads 2" (1998) TV mini-series .... Celia (episode "Hand of God, The")
  32. "A Dance to the Music of Time" .... Brightman (1 episode, 1997)
        - Post War (1997) TV episode .... Brightman
  33. Jack & Sarah (1995) .... Phil
  34. Cold Comfort Farm (1995) (TV) .... Judith Starkadder
  35. Wolf (1994) .... Mary
  36. "Performance" .... Mrs. May Maitland (1 episode, 1993)
        - The Maitlands (1993) TV episode .... Mrs. May Maitland
  37. The Lost Language of Cranes (1991) (TV) .... Rose Benjamin
  38. Let Him Have It (1991) .... Lilian Bentley
    ... aka L'âge de vivre (France)
  39. "Chillers" (1 episode)
    ... aka "Cadavres exquis" (France: short title)
    ... aka "Les cadavres exquis de Patricia Highsmith" (France)
    ... aka "Mistress of Suspense" (UK)
    ... aka "Patricia Highsmith's Tales" (International: English title: complete title)
        - The Stuff of Madness (????) TV episode
  40. A Room of One's Own (1990) (TV) .... Virginia Woolf

  41. "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers" .... Reader / ... (2 episodes, 1988)
    ... aka "Ten Great Writers of the Modern World" (USA)
        - T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land' (1988) TV episode .... Reader
        - Virginia Woolf's 'Mrs. Dalloway' (1988) TV episode .... Virginia Woolf
  42. Roman Holiday (1987) (TV) .... Countess
  43. A Hazard of Hearts (1987) (TV) .... Lady Harriet's Maid
  44. The Vision (1987) (TV) .... Helen Marriner
  45. Breaking Up (1986) (TV) .... Mrs. Mailer
  46. Titus Andronicus (1985) (TV) .... Queen Tamora
    ... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Titus Andronicus (USA: video title)
  47. The Burston Rebellion (1985) (TV) .... Kitty Higdon
  48. A Better Class of Person (1985) (TV) .... Nellie Osborne
  49. The Dresser (1983) .... Madge
  50. Bewitched (1983) (TV) .... Mrs. Rutledge
    ... aka Shades of Darkness: Bewitched (UK)
  51. Nelly's Version (1983) (TV) .... Nelly
  52. "Smiley's People" .... Madame Ostrakova (4 episodes, 1982)
        - Episode #1.4 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
        - Episode #1.3 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
        - Episode #1.2 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
        - Episode #1.1 (1982) TV episode .... Madame Ostrakova
  53. Oliver Twist (1982/I) (TV) .... Mrs. Mann
  54. "Sons and Lovers" (1981) TV mini-series .... Gertrude Morel
    ... aka "Masterpiece Theatre: Sons and Lovers" (USA)

  55. "BBC2 Play of the Week" .... Vanity Fair (1 episode, 1978)
        - She Fell Among Thieves (1978) TV episode .... Vanity Fair
  56. Equus (1977) .... Hesther Saloman
  57. Raku Fire (1977)
  58. "Affairs of the Heart" .... Kate Cookham (1 episode, 1975)
        - Kate (1975) TV episode .... Kate Cookham
  59. I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) .... Sister Albana
    ... aka It Lives Within Her (UK: video title)
    ... aka It's Growing Inside Her (TV title)
    ... aka Sharon's Baby (USA)
    ... aka The Baby
    ... aka The Devil Within Her (USA)
    ... aka The Monster
  60. The Lady's Not for Burning (1974) (TV) .... Jennet Jourdemayne
  61. "BBC Play of the Month" .... Catherine Sloper / ... (4 episodes, 1969-1974)
        - Electra (1974) TV episode .... Electra
        - A Midsummer Night's Dream (1971) TV episode .... Titania
        - The Three Sisters (1970) TV episode .... Olga
        - The Heiress (1969) TV episode .... Catherine Sloper
  62. The Lady from the Sea (1974) (TV) .... Ellida Wangel
  63. The Duchess of Malfi (1972) (TV) .... Duchess
    ... aka Stage 2: The Duchess of Malfi (UK: series title)
  64. "W. Somerset Maugham" .... Leslie Crosbie / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1970)
        - Olive (1970) TV episode .... Olive Hardy
        - The Letter (1969) TV episode .... Leslie Crosbie

  65. "The Wednesday Play" .... Joan / ... (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
        - Double Bill: The Compartment; Playmates (1969) TV episode .... The Woman
        - Wanted: Single Gentleman (1967) TV episode .... Mabel
        - The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966) TV episode .... The Girl
        - Fable (1965) TV episode .... Joan
  66. "The Sex Game" (1 episode, 1968)
        - Women Can Be Monsters (1968) TV episode
  67. "Half Hour Story" .... Her (1 episode, 1968)
        - Nothing's Ever Over (1968) TV episode .... Her
  68. Inadmissible Evidence (1968) .... Shirley
  69. "Theatre 625" .... Eileen (1 episode, 1968)
        - Party Games (1968) TV episode .... Eileen
  70. "Five More" .... Girl (1 episode, 1966)
        - Are You There? (1966) TV episode .... Girl
  71. "Knock on Any Door" .... Ruth (1 episode, 1965)
        - Close Season (1965) TV episode .... Ruth
  72. "ITV Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1965)
    ... aka "Play of the Week" (UK: short title)
        - When the Wind Blows (1965) TV episode
  73. "The Massingham Affair" .... Charlotte Verney (6 episodes, 1964)
        - The Finishing Touch (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
        - A Tangle of Lies (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
        - Parting of the Ways (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
        - The Breakthrough (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
        - A Tradition of Justice (1964) TV episode .... Charlotte Verney
          (1 more)
  74. "Z Cars" .... Grace Patchett (1 episode, 1964)
        - A Stroll Along the Sands (1964) TV episode .... Grace Patchett
  75. "ITV Television Playhouse" .... Girl (1 episode, 1961)
        - The Square (1961) TV episode .... Girl
  76. "An Age of Kings" .... Attendant Lady / ... (2 episodes, 1960)
        - Henry VI Part 1: The Red Rose and the White (1960) TV episode .... Joan la Pucelle
        - Richard II Part 2: The Deposing of a King (1960) TV episode .... Attendant Lady

  77. "Hilda Lessways" .... Maggie Clayhanger (6 episodes, 1959)
        - Episode #1.6 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
        - Episode #1.5 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
        - Episode #1.4 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
        - Episode #1.3 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
        - Episode #1.2 (1959) TV episode .... Maggie Clayhanger
          (1 more)
Miscellaneous Crew:
  1. "The House of Eliott" (1991) TV series (associate series creator) (unknown episodes)

  2. "Upstairs, Downstairs" (associate series creator) (66 episodes, 1971-1975)
        - Whither Shall I Wander? (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
        - All the King's Horses (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
        - Noblesse Oblige (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
        - Joke Over (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
        - Will Ye No Come Back Again (1975) TV episode (associate series creator)
          (61 more)
Writer:
  1. Mrs Dalloway (1997) (screenplay)
    ... aka Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
  2. "The House of Eliott" (23 episodes, 1991-1992)
        - Episode #2.12 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
        - Episode #2.11 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
        - Episode #2.10 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
        - Episode #2.9 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
        - Episode #2.8 (1992) TV episode (series deviser)
          (18 more)
Thanks:
  1. Major League II (1994) (thanks)
Self:
  1. The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV) .... Herself - Nominee
  2. "Arena" .... Herself (3 episodes, 1985-2008)
        - Paul Scofield (2008) TV episode (as Dame Eileen Atkins) .... Herself
        - Alec Guinness: A Secret Man (2003) TV episode (as Dame Eileen Atkins) .... Herself
        - From an Immigrant's Notebook (1985) TV episode
  3. "This Morning" .... Herself (2 episodes, 2008)
    ... aka "This Morning with Richard and Judy" (UK: informal title)
        - Episode dated 18 August 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode dated 21 April 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
  4. Jonathan Ross Salutes 'Dad's Army' (2008) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
  5. "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
        - Episode #14.21 (2008) TV episode (as Dame Eileen Atkins) .... Herself
  6. "The Alan Titchmarsh Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2008)
        - Episode dated 12 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Herself
  7. "Working in the Theatre" .... Herself - Actor (1 episode, 2006)
        - Actors on Performing (2006) TV episode .... Herself - Actor
  8. "Loose Women" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
        - Episode #7.17 (2005) TV episode .... Herself
  9. "The Heaven and Earth Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka "Heaven and Earth with Gloria Hunniford" (UK: new title)
        - Episode dated 17 April 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Herself

  10. "The Charlie Rose Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1995)
    ... aka "Charlie Rose" (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 10 January 1995 (1995) TV episode .... Herself
  11. "China Rising: The Epic History of 20th Century China" (1992) TV mini-series (voice) .... Narrator
Archive Footage:
  1. The 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008) (TV) .... Miss Deborah Jenkyns
  2. The 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004) (TV) .... Nominee: Best Actress in a Play


Additional Details

Other Works:
Her National Theatre credits include: Honor in the UK premiere of "Honour" by Joanna Murray-Smith (2003), Gunhild in Ibsen's "John Gabriel Borkman" (1996), Hannah in "Night of the Iguana" by Tennessee Williams (1996), Paulina in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" and the Queen in "Cymbeline" (both 1988, also world tour), the elderly woman in "Mountain Language" a new play by Harold Pinter (1988), Mrs Hitchcock in "Sergeant Musgrave's Dance" by John Arden (1984), Jenet in "The Lady's Not For Burning" by Christopher Fry (1978), Hesione in Shaw's "Heartbreak House" (1975), and Alice 'Childie' McNaught in "The Killing of Sister George" a new play by 'Frank Marcus' (1964, also NYC). more
Publicity Listings:
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Genres:
Drama | Comedy | Romance | Mystery more

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