Susan Brown
Brown in 2018
Born
Susan Elizabeth Brown

(1946-05-06) 6 May 1946 (age 77)
Bristol, England
EducationRose Bruford College
OccupationActress
Years active1959–1960, 1971–present

Susan Elizabeth Brown (born 6 May 1946) is an English actress of stage and screen.[1][2] She had roles in the film The Iron Lady (2011) and the first season of the television series Game of Thrones (2011).

Brown has been nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the 2018 revival of the play Angels in America and a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the 2018 play Home, I'm Darling.

Biography

Brown was born in Bristol, England. Before starting her professional career, Brown trained at Rose Bruford College. She has appeared in such stage productions as The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse), Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Playing with Fire, Cardiff East[3] and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (National Theatre),[4] Easter, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III and Bad Weather (RSC), Road,[5] Shirley, Downfall, Gibraltar Strait and Seagulls (Royal Court), Butterfly Kiss (Almeida), The House of Bernarda Alba and The Chairs (Gate Theatre), You Be Ted and I'll Be Sylvia (Hampstead), Playing Sinatra (Croydon Warehouse and Greenwich Theatre), The Beaux' Stratagem, Back to Methuselah, The Vortex, The Way of the World and A Woman of No Importance (Cambridge Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (English Touring Theatre), Small Change,[6][7] Iphigenia (Sheffield Crucible) and Angels in America.

Brown played "Mrs Dimmock" a widow who comes across an oriental cannon, in an episode of Lovejoy, "The Peking Gun", in October 1993. To international audiences, Brown is perhaps best known for her role as Septa Mordane in the first series of Game of Thrones. Her character was killed off in the concluding episodes of the series. She had a supporting role as Margaret Thatcher's live-in carer June in The Iron Lady and has had small roles in BBC drama series Call the Midwife and Torchwood.

Filmography

Audio

Year Title Role Notes
2007 Doctor Who: 100 Midwife/Mary
2008 Doctor Who: Return of the Krotons Eleanor Harvey
2010 Doctor Who: The Prison in Space Chairman Babs
2010 Doctor Who: Castle of Fear Maud the Withered
2010 Doctor Who: The Eternal Summer Alice Withers
2010 Doctor Who: Plague of the Daleks Mrs Withers/Mrs Sowerby/Computer Voice

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1960 The Road to Carey Street Rosemary TV film
1987 Hope and Glory Mrs. Evans
1989 Work Experience Mrs. Percival Short
1998 Anorak of Fire Mrs. Gascoigne TV film
2002 A Matter of Taste Short
2003 The Brides in the Bath Mrs. Crossley TV film
2004 When Hitler Invaded Britain Clara Milburn TV film
2006 Pinochet in Suburbia Female Lawyer TV film
2008 Brideshead Revisited Nurse
2011 The Iron Lady June
2012 Now Is Good Shirley
2013 Belle Baroness Vernon
2017 National Theatre Live: Angels in America: Perestroika Hannah Pitt
National Theatre Live: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1959 Private Investigator Mary Episode: "A Shield for Caroline"
Ask for King Billy Girl Episode: "Part 5"
1960 ITV Play of the Week Theresa Episode: "All Summer Long"
1971 Public Eye Girl in Garage Episode: "And When You've Paid the Bill, You're None the Wiser"
1972 Man at the Top Mrs. Naughton Episode: "High Stakes"
Armchair Theatre Naafi Girl Episode: "The Breaking of Colonel Keyser"
New Scotland Yard Jean Gorton Episode: "Papa Charlie"
1973 Then and Now Annie Episode: "In Memoriam"
1973-1974 The Kids from 47A Miss Hayes 9 episodes
1974 Within These Walls Joan Harrison Episode: "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"
1975 The Hanged Man Anna Kreidner Episode: "The Bridge Maker"
1976 The Duchess of Duke Street Ivy 2 episodes
1977 Rooms Pat Spooner 3 episodes
1979 The Other Side Joyce Episode: "Underdog"
1981 Fanny by Gaslight Mrs. Hopwood Mini-series
1985 Up the Elephant and Round the Castle Mrs. Fowler Episode: "The Pied Piper of Hamlet"
Coronation Street Connie Clayton Series regular
1986 Kit Curran Wendy Lowe Episode: "Blind Date"
Slinger's Day Gladys Singer Episode: "Going Bananas"
1987 ScreenPlay Helen Episode: "Road"
1988 Andy Capp Ruby Series regular
This Is David Lander Joan Trescot Episode: "The Rocketing Cast of Defence"
1989 ScreenPlay Tracy Episode: "Loving Hazel"
1990 Chain Mrs. Elliott Episode: "Vicky Elliott"
Kappatoo Mrs. Cotton 2 episodes
The Paradise Club Audrey Episode: "Old Pals"
1990-1991 Making Out Avril Series regular
1991 The Bill Margaret Randle Episode: "Too Many Chiefs"
Prime Suspect Linda Episode: "Price to Pay: Part 2"
The Sharp End Mrs. Swales 1 episode
Screen One Mrs. Tribbly Episode: "Prince"
Performance Maria Episode: "Nona"
1992 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Brenda Harrison Episode: "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part One"
The Bill Mary Cox Episode: "A Friend in Need"
Casualty Julie Episode: "Will You Still Love Me?"
1993 Stay Lucky Barbara 2 episodes
Lovejoy Mrs. Dimmock Episode: "The Peking Gun"
The Bill Janie Pickett Episode: "Outbreak"
1993-1995 September Song Cilla Series regular
1994 Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie Glenda Toughbitch 1 episode
A Pinch of Snuff Betsy Heppelwhite Mini-series
The Riff Raff Element Maggie Belcher Series regular
1995 A Touch of Frost Stella Boxley Episode: "No Refuge"
Casualty Joan Hawley Episode: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1997 Wokenwell Jacqui Clovis 1 episode
The Bill Cheryl Walker Episode: "Heartbreak Hotel"
1998 Taggart Jan Dickson Episode: "Out of Bounds"
1999 Where the Heart Is June Wrekin Episode: "Moving On"
The Bill Jan Beckett Episode: "Cracked Up"
Dangerfield Mrs. Bassett Episode: "Forbidden Fruit"
2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Deirdre Hope Episode: "A Blast from the Past"
Peak Practice Clare Bain Episode: "Walls of Jericho"
2001 The Vice Brothel Madam Episode: "Out of Mind"
Best of Both Worlds Annie Sullivan Mini-series
Holby City Avril Welbeck Episode: "Family Ties"
2002 Wire in the Blood Jean Lawson Episode: "Justice Painted Blind"
2003 Blue Dove Sylvie Brennan Mini-series
2004 Dalziel and Pascoe ACC Alex Lawrence Episode: "The Price of Fame"
La Femme Musketeer Cecile D'Artagnan Mini-series
Rose and Maloney Wendy Sillery Series regular
2006 Coronation Street Maureen Tully 2 episodes
2007 Holby City Nora Simpson Episode: "Paranoid Android"
2009 Torchwood Bridget Spears Torchwood: Children of Earth
2010 Doctors Brenda Napier Episode: "Ghosts"
Holby City Rachel Jacoby Episode: "Together Alone"
2011 Waking the Dead Sue Myers Episode: "Harbinger"
Game of Thrones Septa Mordane 6 episodes
Midsomer Murders Leticia Clifford Episode: "The Sleeper Under the Hill"
2012 Stella Senior Magistrate 1 episode
Silent Witness Judge Royston Episode: "Paradise Lost"
2013 Call the Midwife Mrs. Peacock 1 episode
Broadchurch Liz Roper Series regular
2014 Father Brown Ethel Fernsley Episode: "The Shadow of the Scaffold"
Casualty Pauline Heggarty Episode: "Who Cares?"
Atlantis Pemphredo Episode: "The Grey Sisters"
2015 Partners in Crime Mrs Harrison Episode: "N or M?"
2017 Holby City Mrs. Birdie Thompson 2 episodes
2019 Good Omens Mother Superior Episode: "In the Beginning"
2021 It's a Sin Mrs. Bowen 2 episodes
2022 The Crown Lady Dugdale Episode: "Gunpowder"
2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Min Howard 4 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role
2012 The Secret World Dame Julia Beatrix Tyburn / Cucuvea / Olga Dimir
2014 Dreamfall Chapters Queenie / The Mole / Lady Alvane
LittleBigPlanet 3 Nana Pud
2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Wendy Boyles
2018 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Isbel of Hagge
2021 It Takes Two Stargazer

Theatre credits

Year Play Role Venue Notes
1986 Road Brenda/Molly/Helen/Marion Royal Court Theatre, London
1987 Downfall Hettie Royal Court Theatre, London
1989 The Way of the World Millament Young Vic, The Cut, London with Cambridge Theatre Company
1990 Gibraltar Strait Mrs Farrell/Carmen Proetta Royal Court Theatre, London
1992 Playing Sinatra Sandra Greenwich Theatre, London
The House of Bernarda Alba La Poncia Gate Theatre, London
1994 Butterfly Kiss Jenny Ross Almeida Theatre, London
1995 Easter Mrs. Heyst The Pit, London with Royal Shakespeare Company
1996 Romeo and Juliet Nurse Barbican Theatre, London with Royal Shakespeare Company
Richard III Queen Elizabeth Barbican Theatre, London with Royal Shakespeare Company
1997 Cardiff East Marge Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
1998 Bad Weather Kay Tonnerre The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon with Royal Shakespeare Company
1999 You'll Be Ted and I'll Be Sylvia Stella Hampstead Theatre, South Hampstead, London
2002 Small Change Mrs. Harte Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2003 We Happy Few Hettie Oaks Malvern Theatres, Malvern
Iphigenia Clytemnestra Crucible Theatre, Sheffield
2004 Twelfth Night Maria UK Tour with English Touring Theatre
2005 The Wild Duck Mrs. Sorbie Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden, London
Playing with Fire The Mayor Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
Henry IV, Part 1 & Part 2 Mistress Quickly Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
2008 The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other Ensemble Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
Harper Regan Alison Wooley Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
2009 The Contingency Plan Tessa Bush Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London
2011 Saved Mary Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London
2012 Goodbye to All That Iris Royal Court Theatre, London part of "Royal Court Young Writers' Festival"
Making Noise Quietly May Applewood Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden, London
2013 If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep Joan Royal Court Theatre, London
Julius Caesar Casca St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York City
2014 Good People Dotty Noël Coward Theatre, London
2015 Image of an Unknown Young Woman Candace Gate Theatre, London
Husbands & Sons Mrs. Gascoigne Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
2017 Angels in America Hannah Pitt Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London & Neil Simon Theatre, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
2019 Home, I'm Darling Sylvia Duke of York's Theatre, London also, UK tour
2021 Under Milk Wood Various roles Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref.
2018 Tony Awards Best Featured Actress in a Play Angels in America Nominated
2019 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Home, I'm Darling Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Susan Brown profile". Brainyhistory.com. 6 May 1946. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ Profile, imdb.com; accessed 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Cardiff East by Peter Gill, Cottesloe, 1997". Dspace.dial.pipex.com. Archived from the original on 5 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  4. ^ "Company Members: Susan Brown". National Theatre. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Susan Brown". Corrie.net. 6 May 1946. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  6. ^ John Pavel. "Sheffield Star interview with Susan Brown". Dspace.dial.pipex.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  7. ^ John Pavel. "Small Change by Peter Gill, Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 2002". Dspace.dial.pipex.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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