Julia St John
{{Short description|British actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2013}}
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| name = Julia St John
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| birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England
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| education = London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1982–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Peter McEnery{{cite news|newspaper=Littlehampton Gazette|date=2 November 2015|title=A very Chichester tale in the Minerva|url=https://www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk/arts-and-culture/very-chichester-tale-minerva-881340?amp}}|2007}}
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Julia St John is an English actress and theatre director. Her television credits include A Touch of Frost, The Brittas Empire, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Lovejoy, Minder, Harry Enfield and Chums, Lewis, and Victoria Wood, appearing in the episode Over To Pam.
Directing credits include Walter and Lenny at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester,{{cite news|url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/leisure/stage/13949590.how-an-unlikely-anglo-american-friendship-led-to-the-chichester-psalms-50-years-ago/|title=How an unlikely Anglo-American friendship led to the Chichester Psalms 50 years ago|date=6 November 2015|first=Duncan|last=Hall|newspaper=The Argus (Brighton)}} and Shakespeare, his Wife & the Dog at the Liverpool Playhouse.{{cite web|url= https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/whats-on/shakespearehis-wife-the-dog|title=Shakespeare, his Wife & the Dog|date=2016|website=Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse}}
Stage
- Ludmilla in Alasdair Gray's McGrotty and Ludmilla at Tron Theatre (1986){{cite news|title=Theatre: Review of 'McGrotty and Ludmilla' at the Tron, Glasgow|newspaper=The Times|date=31 March 1986|first=Sarah|last=Hemming}}
- Natasha in Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester (1994){{cite news|newspaper=The Times|title=Mess in need of a good tidy-up|first=Jeremy|last=Kingston|date=16 August 1994|page=30}}
- Regan in King Lear directed by Peter Cheeseman at New Vic Theatre (1996){{cite news|newspaper=Sunday Times|title=Arts (Theatre): Straight down the farce lane|first=John|last=Peter|date=9 November 1986}}
- Lady Pembroke in Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III at West Yorkshire Playhouse (2003){{cite news|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|first=Lynne|last=Walker|date=2 October 2003|title=REVIEW: THEATRE THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds}}
- Maya in Arthur Miller's The Archbishop's Ceiling at the Southwark Playhouse (2004){{cite news|first=Ian|last=Johns|title=Theatre|newspaper=The Times|date=11 May 2004|page=17}}
- Sheila in Charlotte Keatley's Our Father at Watford Palace Theatre (2012){{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Lyn|last=Gardner|date=22 February 2012|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/feb/22/our-father-review|title=Our Father – review}}
- Mrs Lintott in Alan Bennett's The History Boys at the Sheffield Crucible (2013){{cite web|title=The History Boys at Sheffield Theatres|url=http://www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk/event/the-history-boys-13/|author=Sheffield Theatres|date=2013|accessdate=5 September 2013}}
- Martha/Nelly Rose in Jefferson's Garden at Watford Palace Theatre (2015){{cite news|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 February 2015|last1=Billington|first1=Michael|title=Jefferson's Garden (Review)|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/feb/10/jeffersons-garden-review-timberlake-wertenbaker}}{{cite web|url=http://www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk/page/jeffersons-garden#-Cast|title=Jefferson's Garden – Theatre – Watford Palace Theatre|accessdate=24 April 2015|archive-date=23 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223203710/http://www.watfordpalacetheatre.co.uk/page/jeffersons-garden#-Cast|url-status=dead}}
- Mrs Cotton in "I Capture the Castle" musical at Watford Palace Theatre and Octagon Theatre Bolton (2017)
- Mrs Malaprop in "The Rivals" at the Watermill Theatre in Bagnor, Newbury (2018){{cite web|url=https://thespyinthestalls.com/tag/julia-st-john/|title=Julia St John|first=David|last=Woodward|date=23 March 2018|accessdate=16 May 2021}} Some of the best lines are spoken by the eponymous Mrs Malaprop, played with a wicked sense of fun by Julia St John.
Selected film and television roles
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982) – as Jane Ward
- Victoria Wood, Over to Pam (1989) – as Caroline
- The Blackheath Poisonings (1992) – as Beatrice Vandervent
- Lovejoy, The Colour of Mary (1993) – as Rosemary
- The Brittas Empire (36 episodes, 1991–1994) – as Laura Lancing
- Searching (1995) – as Chancy
- Agatha Christie's Poirot – Dumb Witness (1996) – as Bella Tanios
- Princess in Love (1996) – as Camilla Parker Bowles
- The Grand (12 episodes, 1997–1998) – as Sarah Bannerman
- Harry Enfield and Chums (4 episodes, 1997) – as Arguing Wife / David's Mother
- Brand Spanking New Show (11 episodes, 2000) – as Various characters
- High Stakes, The Poacher (2001) – as Christabel Webster
- A Touch of Frost (7 episodes, 2003–2010) – as Pathologist Amanda Chase
- Doc Martin, Blood Is Thicker (2005) – as Sandra Mylow
- Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder – The Case of the Earl of Erroll (2005) – as Gwladys Delamere
- The Line of Beauty (2 episodes, 2006) – as Greta Timms
- Lewis, And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (2008) – as Naomi Norris
- Doctors, (2 episodes, 2008–2011) – as Alice Connor / Agnes Fricke
- Casualty (2006–2011) – as Dr. Sarah Evans
Radio
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0820653}}
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