Lynsey Baxter

Lynsey Baxter
Lynsey Baxter
Born	7 May 1959 (age 65); West Ham, London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1974–present

Lynsey Baxter (born 7 May 1959) is an English actress.

She was born in London on 7 May 1959. She began as a child actress in 1974, and later trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She has worked in theatre, television, film, radio and voiceover.

Baxter trained in reflexology in 1998, while appearing in the television series Dangerfield, and in her spare time worked in hospitals.^[2] She was also reported to be a trained remedial masseuse and transpersonal counsellor.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Ernestina
1984	Real Life	Jackie
1988	The Girl in the Swing	Barbara
1992	The Pleasure Principle	Sammy
1996	The Cold Light of Day	Milena Tatour
2003	The Bone Hunter	Henini
2003	The Gospel of John	Mary Magdalene
2005	Can't Stop Breathing	Louise	Short

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	The Little Match Girl	Little Match Girl	TV film
1976	Peter Pan	Jane	TV film
1976	Operation Patch	Betsy Cosserat	TV series
1976	Dickens of London	Orfling	TV miniseries
1978	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Sandy Stranger	TV series
1978	The Devil's Crown	Isabella of Angoulême	Recurring role
1983	To the Lighthouse	Nancy Ramsay	TV film
1983	Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime	Lois Hargreaves	"The House of Lurking Death"
1984	Horizon	Margaret Howard	"The Intelligence Man"
1984	Tales of the Unexpected	Jane	"Accidental Death"
1984	The Gentle Touch	Sally Wyatt	"Mad Dog"
1987	Succubus	Jane	TV film
1987	Screen Two	Mariella	"Hedgehog Wedding"
1988	The Ray Bradbury Theater	Katherine	"Punishment Without Crime"
1988	Screenplay	Elizabeth	"Starlings"
1988	Bust	Sarah Sturgis	"Love Bait"
1989	After the War	Felicity Hale	"Love and Kisses"
1989	Goldeneye	Wren Lieutenant	TV film
1989	Saracen	Juliet Isted	"Decoy"
1989	Act of Will	Jane Sedgewick	"1.4"
1989	Snakes and Ladders	Serena	"1.5", "1.6", "1.7"
1990	Bergerac	Joanna Carter	"Roots of Evil"
1990	Chancer	Victoria Douglas	13
1991	Zorro	Rosalinda de la Fuente	"The Devil's Fortress: Parts 1 & 2"
1991	4 Play	Zoe	"Seduction"
1991	Clarissa	Arabella "Bella" Harlowe	TV miniseries
1992	Screen Two	Madalena	"The Grass Arena"
1992	Natural Lies	Lucy	"1.1", "1.2", "1.3"
1992	Boon	Karen Verdi	"Queen's Gambit"
1993	The Mushroom Picker	Clea	TV miniseries
1993	The Darling Buds of May	Jasmine Brown	"Cast Your Pearls Not Before Swine: Part 2"
1993	The Comic Strip Presents...	Helen Wilson	"Queen of the Wild Frontier"
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Margaret Trappe	"Young Indiana Jones and the Phantom Train of Doom"
1993	Remember	Danielle	TV film
1994	I Spy Returns	Santina	TV film
1994	Broken Lives	Duchess of Beaufort	TV film
1994	Without Walls	Lucrezia Borgia	"Lucrezia Borgia Reveals All"
1994	The Trial of Lord Lucan	Lady Lucan	TV film
1995	Le blanc à lunettes	Lady Makinson	TV film
1995	Bugs	Sally	"Manna from Heaven"
1996	Casualty	Sarah Leonard	"Chain Reactions"
1996	Pie in the Sky	Sasha Wilkes	"New Leaf"
1997	Harry Enfield's Television Programme	Miss Baxter	"2.3"
1997	Bramwell	Laura Talbot	"3.7"
1998	Dangerfield	Beth Saunders	Recurring role
1999	An Evil Streak	Catherine Mereday	"1.1", "1.2", "1.3"
1999	Psychos	Dr. Karen Smith	TV miniseries
2000	Gormenghast	Cora Groan	TV miniseries
2000	Peak Practice	Kate Turner	Recurring role
2001	Doc Martin	Petronella	TV film
2001	Judge John Deed	Dr. Helena Bellew	"Hidden Agenda"
2002	Manchild	Marilyn	"Four of a Kind"
2003	Hardware	Jean	"Naked"
2003	Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie	Petronella	TV film
2003	Absolute Power	Virginia Harcourt	"Country Life"
2004	Rosemary & Thyme	Marcia Pearson	"Orpheus in the Undergrowth"
2005	The Walk	Stephanie	TV film
2005	Murder in Suburbia	Mary Soukis	"Viva La Salsa"
2005	Egypt	Sarah Belzoni	TV miniseries
2006	Mayo	Sandra	"1.4"
2006	Rebus	Belinda	"The Black Book"
2006	Blue Murder	Claire Wray	"Make Believe"
2010	Lewis	Ursula Van Tassel	"Falling Darkness"

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1974	Next of Kin	Lucy Lloyd	National Theatre^[4]^[5]
1975	Heroes	The Girl	Royal Court^[6]^[7]
1977	As You Like It	Phoebe	Royal Shakespeare Company
1977	The Cherry Orchard	Anya	Nottingham Playhouse^[8]
1978	The Dance of Death	Judith	^[9]
1979	You Never Can Tell	Dolly	Lyric Theatre^[3]^[9]
1979	The Master Builder	Hilde Wangel
1979	Brimstone and Treacle	Pattie	Open Space^[10]^[11]
1980	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet	African Tour^[12]
1981	Heartbreak House	Ellie Dunn	Royal Exchange^[13]
	Aunt Dan and Lemon	Mindy	Royal Court Theatre & New York^[3]
1981	Total Eclipse	Matilde Verlaine	Lyric Theatre^[14]
	The Lady from the Sea	Hilde Wangel	Royal Exchange, Manchester
	The Dance of Death	Judith	Royal Shakespeare Company
1994	Les Parents terribles	Madeleine	National Theatre^[15]
	A Flea in Her Ear	Eugenie	Nottingham Playhouse
	The Devil's Disciple	The Girl	Royal Shakespeare Company
	The Zycoys	Styopka	Royal Shakespeare Company^[3]

Radio

Kind Hearts and Coronets, BBC Radio (1995), as Sybella
Abelard and Heloise, BBC Radio (1999)^[3]

Awards

Most Promising Newcomer, Plays and Players Award^[3]
Best Actress, Monte-Carlo Film and Television Festival 1991, as Elizabeth in ScreenPlay: Starlings (1988).^[3]

References

^ England & Wales, Birth Index: 1915–2005 [database on-line] Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes
^ A Question of Health dated 1998 at thefreelibrary.com
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Biography at TV.com
^ Next of Kin by John Hopkins, The National Theatre, The Old Vic, 2 May 1974 at haroldpinter.org
^ Otis L. Guernsey, The Best plays of 1973–1974 (Dodd, Mead, 1974), p. 108
^ Punch, vol. 269 (1975), p. 66:"Peter Bennett as Julius's elderly gentleman friend and Lynsey Baxter as a teeny-bopper..."
^ The Listener vol. 94 (British Broadcasting Corporation, 1975), p. 57
^ Patrick Miles, Chekhov on the British stage (1993), p. 246
^ ^a ^b Ian Herbert, Christine Baxter, Robert E. Finley, Who's who in the theatre: a biographical record, Vol. 2 (1981), pp. 54, 92
^ Punch, vol. 276 (1979), p. 322
^ Plays & Players, Issue 26, p. 3
^ South African Digest (South African Information Service Dept. of Information, 1980)
^ 1981 Heartbreak House at royalexchange.co.uk
^ Country Life, vol. 169, (Country Life, Ltd., 1981), p. 1485
^ Jean Cocteau, Les parents terribles (Nick Hern Books, 1994, new translation), p. xviii

External links

Lynsey Baxter at IMDb

[1] England & Wales, Birth Index: 1915–2005 [database on-line] Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes

[2] A Question of Health dated 1998 at thefreelibrary.com

[Baxter01-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Biography at TV.com

[4] Next of Kin by John Hopkins, The National Theatre, The Old Vic, 2 May 1974 at haroldpinter.org

[5] Otis L. Guernsey, The Best plays of 1973–1974 (Dodd, Mead, 1974), p. 108

[6] Punch, vol. 269 (1975), p. 66:"Peter Bennett as Julius's elderly gentleman friend and Lynsey Baxter as a teeny-bopper..."

[7] The Listener vol. 94 (British Broadcasting Corporation, 1975), p. 57

[8] Patrick Miles, Chekhov on the British stage (1993), p. 246

[who1981-9] Ian Herbert, Christine Baxter, Robert E. Finley, Who's who in the theatre: a biographical record, Vol. 2 (1981), pp. 54, 92

[10] Punch, vol. 276 (1979), p. 322

[11] Plays & Players, Issue 26, p. 3

[12] South African Digest (South African Information Service Dept. of Information, 1980)

[13] 1981 Heartbreak House at royalexchange.co.uk

[14] Country Life, vol. 169, (Country Life, Ltd., 1981), p. 1485

[15] Jean Cocteau, Les parents terribles (Nick Hern Books, 1994, new translation), p. xviii

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