Richenda Carey
Richenda Carey | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 April 1948 Bitton, Gloucestershire, England |
| Education | Rose Bruford College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1974–present |
Richenda Carey (born 29 April 1948) is a British film, television, stage, and radio actress who is known for her roles in Monarch of the Glen, Jeeves and Wooster, The Darling Buds of May, Crush and, more recently, Separate Lies, Criminal Justice and Colonia.[1]
Carey has performed extensively on the British stage. In July 2009, she joined the West End company of Calendar Girls[2] at the Noël Coward Theatre. In 2012, she played Mrs Higgins in a Sheffield Crucible revival of My Fair Lady.[3] Her other stage work includes the National Theatre's original 1991 production of The Madness of George III[4], as well as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel[5] and Summer 1954.[6]
In 2017, Carey appeared as Lady Knightsbridge in the New York production of J. B. Priestley's The Roundabout.[7]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Who's in Charge? | Secretary | |
| 1981 | Couples and Robbers | Registrar | |
| 1982 | A Shocking Accident | Susan | |
| 1985 | Morons from Outer Space | Countess Gretel | |
| Florence Nightingale | Committee Lady | ||
| Lace II | Mrs.Hale | ||
| 1988 | The Woman He Loved | Maud Kerr-Smiley | |
| 1989 | Dealers | Mallory's Secretary | |
| 1990 | Strike It Rich | Miss Mullen | |
| Dunrulin | Sister | ||
| 1994 | Nostradamus | Countess | |
| Late Flowering Lust | Mrs Fairclough | ||
| 1997 | Photographing Fairies | Fierce Woman | |
| Jane Eyre | Lady Ingram | ||
| Mrs Dalloway | Lady Bradshaw | ||
| 1998 | Monk Dawson | Lady Toynton | |
| 1999 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | Mary Blackcottage | |
| 2000 | Five Seconds to Spare | Police Officer | |
| 2001 | Crush | Lady Governor | |
| Lara Croft: Tomb Raider | Imperious Woman | ||
| Hot Money | Judge Lucinda Winchcombe | ||
| 2003 | Vacuums | Mrs Cartwright | musical also known as Stealing Bess (US title) |
| Looking for Victoria | Lady Wharncliffe | ||
| The Young Visiters | Lady Gay Finchline | ||
| 2005 | Separate Lies | Sarah Tufnell | |
| 2010 | The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister | Mrs Priestley | |
| 2015 | Colonia | Gisela Seewald | |
| 2019 | Downton Abbey | Mrs Webb | |
| 2021 | The Protégé | Mother Lucia | |
| 2025 | The Thursday Murder Club | Marjorie |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Childhood | Woodcutter | Episode: "A Great Day for Bonzo" |
| Upstairs, Downstairs | Head Nurse | Episode: "Tug of War" | |
| 1975 | Within These Walls | Officer Budgen | Episode: "Let the People See" |
| 1976 | Play for Today | Miss Beale | Episode: "Nuts in May" |
| 1977 | The Muppet Show | Queen | |
| 1978 | Going to Work | Careers Officer | Episode: "What's the Choice?" |
| 1979 | Play for Today | Lady Crouchurst | Episode: "Who's Who" |
| Liz Charter | Episode: "Don't Be Silly" | ||
| 1982 | P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang | Botany Teacher | TV movie |
| 1982–1983 | Nanny | Diana Curry-Rivel | |
| 1983 | Jemima Shore Investigates | Vee Brewer | Episode: "A Promising Death" |
| 1984 | Lace | Mrs Hale | 2 episodes |
| Just Good Friends | Hilary Styles | Episode: "Special" | |
| 1985 | Inside Out | Magistrate | |
| Cover Her Face | Miss Bullard | ||
| The Detective | Miss Dawkins | 2 episodes | |
| Storyboard | Lady in Buffet | Episode: "Ladies in Charge" | |
| C.A.T.S Eyes | Mrs Granger
Mrs Hargreaves |
Episode #1.3
Episode #1.10 | |
| 1986 | To Have and to Hold | Norah | Episode #1.8 |
| Call Me Mister | Technician | Episode: "The Other Women" | |
| Only Fools and Horses | Lady at Opera | Episode: "A Royal Flush" | |
| Screen Two | Mrs Slipper
Tall Woman |
Episode #2.4
Episode #2.7 | |
| 1987 | Dear John | Miss Culver | Episode: "Once Bitten" |
| A Perfect Spy | Nanny | Episode #1.1 | |
| 1988 | Gems | Mrs Evans | 3 episodes |
| Gentlemen and Players | Mrs Sampson | Episode: "Stags at Bay" | |
| Sunday Premiere | Betty Buckley | Episode: "Across the Lake" | |
| 1989 | Ticket to Ride | Nurse Kosztka | Episode: "It's Just the Gypsy in My Soul" |
| Hannay | Marigold Hudspith | Episode: "The Confidence Man" | |
| The Play on One | Ann | Episode: "A Master of the Marionettes" | |
| Streetwise | Mrs Swithin | Episode: "Breaking In" | |
| Close to Home | Mavis | Episode: "Helen's Parents" | |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster | Lady Wickhammersley | Episode: "The Purity of the Turf" |
| Waiting for God | Greta Mueller | Episode: "Fraulein Mueller" | |
| In Sickness and in Health | Lady in Garden | Episode: "Dogs" | |
| She-Wolf of London | Zelda | Episode: "Can't Keep a Dead Man Down: Part One" | |
| 1991 | The Darling Buds of May | Lady Bluff-Gore | 3 episodes |
| Roy's Raiders | Beryl | Episode #1.3 | |
| Bodger & Badger | Mrs. Bogart | 7 episodes | |
| 1994 | Late Flowering Lust | Mrs Fairclough | TV movie |
| Wycliffe | Jane Rule | Episode: "The Tangled Web" | |
| Spacevets | Episode: "A Hero's Welcome" | ||
| 1995 | The Choir | Bridget Cavendish | Miniseries |
| 1996 | The Prince and the Pauper | Lady Milford | 6 episodes |
| 1997 | Chalk | Mary Langland | Episode: "The New Student" |
| Jane Eyre | Lady Ingram | TV movie | |
| Kavanagh QC | Pamela Erskine | Episode: "Blood Money" | |
| 1998 | Mosley | Lady Mosley | Episode: "Young Man in a Hurry" |
| dinnerladies | Lady Pamela | Episode: "Royals" | |
| Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde | Sister-Blister | Episode: "Astro-Nuts" | |
| 1999 | Spaced | Dog Pound Clerk | Episode: "Battles" |
| 2000 | Victoria Wood: With All The Trimmings | Various | Christmas special |
| 2003 | Monarch of the Glen | Lady Dorothy Trumpington-Bonnet | 5 episodes |
| 2004 | Midsomer Murders | Margaret Hopkins | Episode: "The Straw Woman" |
| 2008 | Criminal Justice | Judge Ira | 4 episodes |
| 2009 | Desperate Romantics | Landlady | 1 episode |
| 2015 | Residue | Evangeline Diehl | 3 episodes |
| 2017 | Graceless | Triangle | 4 episodes (voice only) |
| Fallet | Mrs Brown | 5 episodes | |
| 2019 | Agatha Raisin | Olivia Witherspoon | Episode: "The Haunted House" |
Radio and voice work
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Peril at End House | Mildred Croft | |
| Clock Tower 3 | Dorothy Rand | ||
| 2002 | |||
| 2002 | The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | Mrs Terriss | |
| 2005 | No Commitments | Lady Dorothy Trumpington-Bonnet | Episode: "Hard Times" (series eleven, episode four) |
| 2000 | Dogged Persistence | Nettie | Written by Martyn Wade and co-starring Joan Sims and Elizabeth Spriggs (BBC Radio 4, August 2000) |
| 2011 | Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor Adventures | Gliss | Episode: "Prisoner of the Sun" |
| 2016 | Doctor Who: The Third Doctor Adventures | Mother Finsey | Podcast series |
| 2017 | Doctor Who: The Early Adventures | Professor Blavatsky | Podcast series |
| 2018 | Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures | Lady Crozion | Podcast series |
| 2019 | The Diary of River Song | Various | Podcast series |
| 2019 | Survivors | Meg Pritchard | Podcast series |
| 2021 | The Worlds of Blake's 7 | Shar | Podcast series |
| 2023–2024 | Doctor Who: The Seventh Doctor Adventures | Mother Finsey | Podcast series |
References
- ↑ "The Colony press conference with Florian Gallenberger and Richenda Carey". The Upcoming. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ Shenton, Mark (28 July 2009). "West End's Calendar Girls Welcomes Hall, Brown, Dobson and More". Play Bill.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Gardner, Lyn (19 December 2012). "My Fair Lady – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ "The Madness of George III". National Theatre Archive. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ McLean, Keiran (29 September 2022). "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Theatre Royal Glasgow – Review". Theatre Scotland. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ "Review: Summer 1954, Richmond Theatre". West End Best Friend. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ Webster, Andy (3 May 2017). "Review: In 'The Roundabout,' a Family Is Thrown for a Loop". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 August 2026.