Lynsey Baxter
Lynsey Baxter (born May 7, 1959 in West Ham , London ) is a British actress with character roles in film, television and theater. She became internationally known for her roles in the cinema productions The Beloved of the French Lieutenant , The Girl on the Swing , The Pleasure Principle , Death in the Cold Morning Light and The Gospel of John .
life and career
Lynsey Baxter, born in West Ham in London in 1959, played theater roles as a child. She later received her training at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London. She began her career on British television in the mid-1970s. She played in numerous television films, series and mini-series, including in the 1970s in television series such as Operation Patch (1976) or The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1978).
Since 1981 she has appeared as an actress in cinema productions at irregular intervals. With her role as Ernestina, she made her feature film debut in Karel Reisz's romantic drama The Beloved of the French Lieutenant, alongside stars like Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons . She had other cinema appearances in Francis Megahy's comedy Real Life in 1984 , in Gordon Hessler's thriller The Girl on the Swing in 1988, in 1992 in the relationship comedy Das Lustprinzip next to Peter Firth , and in 1996 in the Friedrich Dürrenmatt film Death in the Cold Morning Light by director Rudolf van den Berg and 2003 in Robbie Moffat's adventure film The Bone Hunter and Philip Saville's Bible adaptation The Gospel of John in the role of Mary Magdalene.
Baxter played more complex TV roles in 1989 in 7 episodes of the TV series Two Serious Ladies in Dublin as Serena, furthermore in the TV series Chancer in 1990 in 13 episodes, where she embodied the character of Victoria Douglas. She also appeared in the television miniseries The Mushroom Picker in 1993 and in the series Police Doctor Dangerfield in 1998, Psychos in 1999 and in 13 episodes of the series Peak Practice in 2000 , where she was seen as Kate Turner.
In addition to her career in film and television, Lynsey Baxter has played regularly in theater productions since the 1970s and also acts as a radio play speaker on the radio. In 2012 she also directed For the Love of Him, her first own dramatic short film as a screenwriter and director.
Awards
- Most Promising Newcomer, Plays and Players Award
- 1991: Best Actress at the Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo for her role in the Screenplay series in the episode A Cheeky Bird (Starlings)
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1981: The French Lieutenant's Woman (The French Lieutenant's Woman)
- 1984: Real Life
- 1988: The Girl in a Swing
- 1992: The Pleasure Principle
- 1996: Death in the Cold Light of Day (The Cold Light of Day)
- 2003: The Bone Hunter
- 2003: The Gospel of John (The Visual Bible: The Gospel of John)
Short film
- 2005: Can't Stop Breathing
watch TV
- 1974: The Little Match Girl (TV movie)
- 1976: Peter Pan (TV movie)
- 1976: Operation Patch (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1976: Dickens of London (TV miniseries)
- 1978: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 1978: The Devil's Crown (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1979: Crown Court (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1983: To the Lighthouse (TV movie)
- 1983: Detective Agency Blunt (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1984: The Incredible Stories of Roald Dahl (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1984: The Gentle Touch (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1987: Succubus (TV movie)
- 1988: The Ray Bradbury Theater (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1988: Screenplay (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1988: Bust (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1989: After the War (TV miniseries)
- 1989: Goldeneye (TV movie)
- 1989: Saracen (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1989: Act of Will (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1989: Two Serious Ladies in Dublin (TV series, 7 episodes)
- 1990: Jim Bergerac investigated (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1990: Chancer (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1991: Zorro - The Black Avenger (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1991: 4 Play (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1991: Clarissa (TV series, 4 episodes)
- 1987–1992: Screen Two (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1992: Natural Lies (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1992: Boon (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1993: The Mushroom Picker (TV miniseries)
- 1993: The Darling Buds of May (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1993: The Comic Strip Presents ... (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1993: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1993: What remains is the memory (Remember) (TV movie)
- 1994: Bill Cosby & Co.- I Spy Returns (TV movie)
- 1994: Broken Lives (TV movie)
- 1994: The Trial of Lord Lucan (TV movie)
- 1995: White man with glasses (Le blanc à lunettes) (TV movie)
- 1995: Bugs (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1996: Casualty (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1996: Pie in the Sky (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1997: Harry Enfield and Chums (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1997: Bramwell (television miniseries)
- 1998: Police Doctor Dangerfield (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 1999: An Evil Streak (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1999: Psychos (TV miniseries)
- 2000: Gormenghast (TV miniseries)
- 2000: Peak Practice (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 2001: Doc Martin (TV film)
- 2001: Judge John Deed (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2002: Late Boys (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2003: Hardware (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2003: Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (TV movie)
- 2003: Absolute Power (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2004: Rosemary & Thyme (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2005: The Walk (TV movie)
- 2005: Murder in Suburbia (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2005: Myth of Egypt (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2006: Mayo (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2006: Rebus (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2006: Blue Murder (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2010: Lewis - The Oxford Crime (TV series, 1 episode)
Theater roles (selection)
- Next of Kin by John Hopkins , directed by Harold Pinter (National Theater, 1974), as Lucy Lloyd
- Heroes by Stephen Poliakoff (Royal Court, 1975)
- As You Like It ( Royal Shakespeare Company 1977), as Phoebe
- The Cherry Orchard, directed by Richard Eyre ( Nottingham Playhouse , 1977) as Anya
- The Dance of Death (1978) as Judith
- You Never Can Tell (Lyric Theater, Hammersmith, 1979) as Dolly
- The Master Builder (1979) as Hilde Wangel
- Brimstone and Treacle by Dennis Potter (Open Space, 1979) as Pattie
- Romeo and Juliet (African Tour, including Maynardville Open Air Shakespeare Theater, Cape Town, 1980) as Juliet
- Heartbreak House (Royal Exchange, 1981) as Ellie Dunn
- Aunt Dan and Lemon (Royal Court & New York) as Mindy
- Total Eclipse (Lyric Theater, Hammersmith, 1981) as Matilde Verlaine
- The Lady From the Sea (Royal Exchange, Manchester) as Hilde Wangel
- The Dance of Death, RSC, as Judith
- Les Parents Terribles (National Theater, 1994) as Madeleine
- Eugenee in A Flea in her Ear (Nottingham Playhouse)
- The Devil's Disciple (RSC)
- The Zycoys (RSC) as Styopka
literature
- Lynsey Baxter. In: Film-Dienst, Volume 52, Issues 1-6. , Catholic Institute for Media Information, Catholic Film Commission for Germany, 1999, p. 20
Web links
- Official website of Lynsey Baxter
- Lynsey Baxter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmography by Lynsey Baxter in: The New York Times
- Films by Lynsey Baxter with German distribution titles
- Lynsey Baxter in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lynsey Baxter. In: Alan Goble: The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. , Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 1999, p. 12
- ↑ Lynsey Baxter. In: Horst Schäfer, Walter Schobert: Fischer Film Almanach. , Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, 1998, p. 319
- ↑ Lynsey Baxter. In: Plays and Players, Issue 1; Issue 26. , Hansom Books, 1978, p. 12
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baxter, Lynsey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | West Ham , London , England |