Margaret Tyzack

Margaret Tyzack, 1971

Margaret Maud Tyzack CBE (born September 9, 1931 in Essex , England - † June 25, 2011 in London , England) was a British actress .

Life

Family and education

Margaret Tyzack was born in Essex in 1931 as the daughter of Thomas Edward Tyzack and his wife Doris (Moseley) Tyzack; other sources give London as the place of birth. Her father was a foreman at the Tate & Lyle food company . Tyzack grew up in the London borough of Plaistow , East London, in the London Borough of Newham . She attended St Angela's Ursuline School , an Ursuline Catholic girls' school , in Newham . It was there that a teacher discovered her acting talent. Tyzack completed her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art ; Joan Collins was one of her fellow students . From RADA she received an award for comedy and comedy ( comedy ).

theatre

As a theater actress , Tyzack first went to the provinces. She made her theatrical debut in 1951 at the Chesterfield Civic Theater in Chesterfield , when she was a spectator on the Covent Garden scene in the comedy Pygmalion . She stayed there for two years, where she appeared in several plays that were played en suite.

In 1959 she made her London theatrical debut at the Royal Court Theater with the role of Mag Keegan in the play The Progress to the Park by Alun Owen . This was followed in 1959, also at the Royal Court Theater, the role of the posh old-boy Miss Frost in a stage version of the novel The Ginger Man by JP Donleavy ; She also took on this role in 1963 in a production of the play at the Pembroke Theater in Croydon . In 1962 she played Alice Moore in the play A Man For All Seasons and Lady Macbeth in Macbeth at the Nottingham Playhouse .

Since 1962 she has appeared regularly with the Royal Shakespeare Company . Her roles there included: Wassilissa in Nachtasyl (1962, Arts Theater Club, London), Volumnia in Coriolan (1972, Stratford-upon-Avon; 1973, Aldwych Theater, London), Portia in Julius Caesar (1972, Stratford- upon-Avon) Avon in 1973, Aldwych Theater, London), Tamora in Titus Andronicus (1972, Stratford-upon-Avon), Maria Lvovna in summer guests of Maxim Gorky (1974, Aldwych Theater, London) and, in place of Peggy Ashcroft , the Countess of Roussillon in All's Well That Ends (1983, Barbican Theater, London).

In 1969 she appeared at the Northcott Theater in Exeter in the role of landowner Lyubov Andrejewna Ranjewskaja in the tragic comedy The Cherry Orchard . In 1971 she took over the role of Queen Elizabeth I in the play Vivat! At the Piccadilly Theater in London, replacing Eileen Atkins . Vivat Regina! by Robert Bolt .

From 1977 onwards, Tyzack played three years in the theater in Stratford , Ontario , including the Countess of Roussillon in All's Well That Ending , Mrs. Alving in Ghosts and the Queen-Widow Margaret in Richard III. by William Shakespeare . In 1979 she returned to Great Britain. She played the role of landlady Milly in the play People Are Living There by Athol Fugard at the Royal Exchange Theater in Manchester in 1979 . In 1981 she took on the role of Martha in Edward Albee's stage classic Who Is Afraid of Virginia Woolf? For the sick Joan Plowright at the Royal National Theater . .

In 1983 she appeared in the role of Countess von Roussillon in All's Well on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theater. In 1985, she played the role of Rose, Viv's mother in the play at the Royal Court Theater Tom and Viv by Michael Hastings , a play about the marriage of TS Eliot and his wife Vivienne Haigh-Wood. In 1987 she appeared at the Gielgud Theater in London, at the side of Maggie Smith , as the junior administrative clerk Lotte Schoen, in the tragicomedy Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer . She repeated this role on Broadway in 1990 at the Ethel Barrymore Theater. The American actors 'union Actors' Equity Association had initially denied Tyzack permission to appear for this Broadway production as a non-American; after intervention by Maggie Smith, who threatened not to appear without Tyzack, the union finally gave in.

In the 1990s she appeared as Sybil Berling in the British stage classic An Inspector Comes (1993, Aldwych Theater, London), as the housekeeper Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (1993, Aldwych Theater London; alongside Maggie Smith as Lady Bracknell), in Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard (1995, Aldwych Theater, London) and, again alongside Maggie Smith, as Muriel in Soldering On by Alan Bennett (1996, Chichester Festival Theater; Comedy Theater, West End) to see.

In 2000 she played the part of the widowed Lady Amy Monchensey in the play A Family Day by TS Eliot at the Pit Theater in London . In 2008 she played the role of the eccentric old Mrs. St. Maugham in the tragic comedy The Chalk Garden by Enid Bagnold at Donmar Warehouse in London . In 2009 she took on the role of old nurse and confidante Oenone in Racine's tragedy Phèdre, alongside Helen Mirren at the Royal National Theater . This was her last theater role in London. Her last stage role was in December 2010 as Mrs. Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris .

Movie and TV

Tyzack also regularly took on roles in motion pictures .

In the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), she played the role of the Russian scientist Elena, directed by Stanley Kubrick . Kubrick also cast her in a small role in A Clockwork Orange (1971). In 1987, she portrayed in The Prick Orton by Stephen Frears Madame Lambert. In 1997 she starred in the role of snobbish Lady Bruton in the film Mrs. Dalloway directed by Marleen Gorris . In 2005 she had a small role as neighbor Mrs. Nicole Eastby in the thriller Match Point by Woody Allen . In 2006 she took on the role of Mother Superior in the fantasy film adaptation of The Thief Lord .

Tyzack also frequently worked for television . Tyzack achieved notoriety here in particular through her role in the British television series The Forsyte Saga (1967). In the novel adaptation, Tyzack played the role of Winifred Dartie, the sister of the main male character Soames Forsyte. In the British television series The First Churchills (1969) she took on the role of Queen Anne . In the BBC television series Ich, Claudius, Kaiser und Gott (1976) she played the role of Antonia Minor , the mother of Emperor Claudius, alongside Derek Jacobi .

In the multi-part literary film adaptation of Cousin Bette (1971), based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac , she won over in the title role as poor relative Bette, who earns her living as a seamstress.

She had a continuous series role from 1992 to 1993 as Head of House Miss Seymour in the television series The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones . She also took on episode roles in various other television series, including Quatermass (1979), Miss Marple (1987), Our Mutual Friend (1998), Inspector Barnaby (2000; 2009) and Dalziel and Pascoe (1998). In early 2011 she had a role in the British soap opera EastEnders . She played Lydia Simmonds, the maternal grandmother of the characters Ricky and Janine Butcher. Tyzack had to give up the role due to illness.

Awards and honors

In 1969 and 1971 she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her portrayals in The First Churchills and Bette . In 1981 she received the Laurence Olivier Award in the category “Best Actress in a Revival” for her role as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? . In 1990 she received the Tony Award in the “Best Featured Actress” category for her portrayal of Lotte Schoen in Lettice and Lovage . In 1983 she was already once for a Tony Award as "Best Actress" for her role as Countess von Rousillon in All's Well That Ends Well! been nominated. In 2008 she won the Critics' Circle Theater Award in the “Best Actress” category and the Laurence Olivier Award for the second time in the “Best Actress” category, each for her role as Mrs. St. Maugham in The Chalk Garden .

In 1970 she was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of her artistic merits, and in 2010 she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire .

Private

In 1958 Tyzack married the mathematician Alan Stephenson. The marriage produced a son. Tyzack died at the age of 79 after a brief illness in the presence of her family in her home in London.

Filmography (selection)

• 1956: The End Begins (TV movie)
• 1956: The Crimson Ramblers (TV series)
• 1957: Kenilworth (TV series)
• 1957: A Woman of Property (TV movie)
• 1958: Behind the Mask (Behind the Mask)
• 1959: The Infamous John Friend (TV series)
• 1962: The Ginger Man (TV movie)
• 1963: Commissioner Maigret (Maigret)
• 1967: The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Saga)
• 1968: 2001 : A Space Odyssey (2001: A Space Odyssey)
• 1969: The First Churchills (TV series)
• 1971: Cousin Bette (mini series)
• 1971: A Clockwork Orange (A Clockwork Orange)
• 1976: I, Claudius, Kaiser and God (I, Claudius)
• 1978: The House of Satan (Legacy)
• 1979: The Quartermass Conclusion
• 1979: Quartermass (TV series)
• 1982: Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (TV movie)
• 1987: Miss Marple (episode: Nemesis )
• 1987: The Stormy Life of Joe Orton (Prick Up Your Ears)
• 1990: The King's Whore (La putain du roi)
• 1992–1993: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles)
• 1996: The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father
• 1997: Mrs. Dalloway (Mrs. Dalloway)
• 1998: Dalziel and Pascoe (TV series)
• 1998: Out Mutual Friend (TV series)
• 2000–2009: Inspector Barnaby (Midsomer Murders)
• 2005: Match Point (Match Point )
• 2006: The Thief Lord (The Thief Lord)
• 2011: EastEnders (TV series)

Web links

• Margaret Tyzack in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Margaret Tyzack in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
• Margaret Tyzack (1931-) - Short biography with list of roles
• Margaret Tyzack (PDF file; 86 kB) - Directory of roles (English)
• Margaret Tyzack obituary in: The Daily Telegraph, June 28, 2011
• Margaret Tyzack obituary in: The Independent, June 28, 2011
• Margaret Tyzack obituary in: The Guardian, June 27, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Margaret Tyzack, Award-Winning Actress, Dies at 79 Obituary in: New York Times, June 27, 2011 (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Margaret Tyzack Biography (1931-) Short biography and list of roles at Filmreference.com (English)
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The Forsyte Saga star Margaret Tyzack dies aged 79 obituary in: Daily Mail from June 28, 2011 (English)
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Margaret Tyzack obituary obituary in: The Guardian of June 27, 2011 (English)
5. ↑ BAFTA Best Actor / Best Actress ( Memento of the original from August 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Sixties City , accessed June 29, 2011 
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Double Olivier Winner Margaret Tyzack Dies at 79 ( Memento of the original from July 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Obituary Whatsonstage.com of June 28, 2011 (English) 
7. ↑ The London Gazette  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , December 31, 2009 edition