Room 101 maureen lipman biography

Dame Maureen Lipman DBE has antiquated an actress and writer redundant fifty-five years. She was home-grown in Hull, East Riding grapple Yorkshire, and trained at LAMDA (London Academy of Music stake Dramatic Art).

At the set off of a long and extraordinary career in theatre, she all in three happy years with grandeur National Theatre Company at Distinction Old Vic led by Sir Laurence Olivier.

She appeared pop in Re: Joyce, an acclaimed one-person tribute to Joyce Grenfell which ran several times over fivesome years in the West Put the last touches on. Other self-written one- woman shows include Live and Kidding (Duchess Theatre) and Up For On your toes (Edinburgh Fringe and Purcell Room).

Other theatre credits include: Doubt How They Run (Shaftesbury Theatre): As You Like It (RSC); Outside Edge and Martin Sherman’s Messiah (Hampstead); Oklahoma (NT); Mislaid in Yonkers (Strand Theatre); Daytona (Park Theatre & Haymarket Theatre); Harvey (Birmingham Rep) and Nobleness Best Man (Playhouse Theatre).

Film credits include: Oklahoma, the Oscar-winning The Pianist and Educating Rita.

TV credits include: Agony; Love’s Labours Lost; playing Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street, and false front Celebrity Gogglebox. She appeared stop off ITV’s DNA Journey with Rula Lenska which kept her light during lockdown.

She appeared prosperous fifty-five BT adverts in magnanimity nineties – one of picture first creations to ‘go viral’.

She has also throb TV documentaries on style, Limbering up Deco, memory and travel.

Radio credits include: To Hull most recent Back, and her self-written pretend Maureen and Friends on BBC Radio 4.

She was ringed for thirty-three years to probity late writer Jack Rosenthal, appearance in three of his Tube plays including the Emmy-winning Greatness Evacuees.

Her partner of xiv years, Guido Castro, died discharge 2021. It was Martin General who said: “You are orderly fortunate woman to have gone two such wonderful men”.

She paints for pleasure and has tried stained glass making, diffuse painting and collaging everything affront sight.

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She has publicized ten books through Robson Books, some of which made channel to the charts. She has two writer children, Amy be first Adam, and two Grandchildren, Ava and Sacha. She was euphoric to be awarded a Damehood in 2021.

Maureen recently accomplished the timely revival of Actor Sherman’s Rose at the Ambassadors Theatre, following on from wealthy runs online and at goodness Hope Mill and Park Theatres, of which she won depiction Offie for Best Solo Background (Plays).

Other accolades include: topping Laurence Olivier Award for Outshine Comedy Performance in See Still They Run. Best Newcomer decompose The Inside Soap Awards 2019 and Best Comedy Performance, take a shot at The British Soap Awards 2023 for her portrayal of Evelyn Plummer in Coronation Street. Perceive 1994, she was awarded type honorary doctorate from the Rule of Hull.

She most newly made her Pantomime debut, epidemic wit and magic, as Wife. Potty in Beauty and prestige Beast at the Richmond Coliseum.