Julia McKenzie
Biography
Julia Kathleen Nancy McKenzie CBE (born 17 February 1941) is an English actress, singer, presenter, and theatre director. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1983 (1982 season) for Best Actress in a Musical, Guys and Dolls. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Sweeney Todd at the Royal National Theatre.
She was awarded the 1987 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Woman in Mind.
Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Side by Side by Sondheim" (under the name "Julie N. McKenzie").
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Acting History
2023
Allelujah as Mrs Maudsley
2022Gangsta Granny Strikes Again as Granny
2022Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends as Self
2021Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years as Self
2019Gold Digger as Hazel
2018The Queen and I as The Queen Mother
2015The Casual Vacancy as Shirley Mollison
2013Gangsta Granny as Granny
2012The Town as Betty Nicholas
2012Happy and Glorious as Queen's Double
2012The Mystery of Edwin Drood as Mrs. Crisparkle
2008Stanley Baxter: Now and Then as Self - Narrator
2007Cranford as Mrs Forrester
2007You Can Choose Your Friends as Margaret Snell
2007Celebration as Prue
2006Notes on a Scandal as Marjorie
2006These Foolish Things as Miss Abernethy
2004Agatha Christie's Marple as Miss Marple
2003Bright Young Things as Lottie Crump
2003Death in Holy Orders as Margaret Munroe
2003The Last Detective as Sheila Harthog
2001Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story as Jack's Mum
1999Jack and the Beanstalk as Mavis
1998Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
1997Midsomer Murders as Ruby Wilmott
1996The Snow Queen's Revenge as The Snow Queen / Freda / The Proprietor
1996Vol-au-vent as Audrey
1995The Old Curiosity Shop as Mrs Jartley
1995The Snow Queen as Old Lady / Freda
1993GMTV as Self
1992Adam Bede as Mrs. Poyser
1989French Fields as Hester Fields
1989Shirley Valentine as Gillian
1987Side by Side by Sondheim
1986Hotel du Lac as Jennifer Pusey
1985Absent Friends as Diana
1985Theatre Night as Diana
1985Blott on the Landscape
1985Blott on the Landscape as Mrs Forthby
1984Fresh Fields as Hester Fields
1984Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets as Narrator
1983Those Glory Glory Days as Mrs Herrick
1982Wogan as Self
1981That Beryl Marston...! as Georgie Bodley
1980An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980The Wildcats of St. Trinian's as Miss Dolly Dormancott
1979Ike as Sybil Bryan
1979Ike as Sibyl Bryan
1978An Audience with... as Self
1976Maggie and Her as Maggie Brooks
1976Battle of the Sexes
1975Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done as Rose Maybud (voice)
1972The Stanley Baxter Picture Show