Line #5 Creator/MaureenLipman


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3	->''"I don't think TV is for me anymore - it has changed, it's formulaic and there are only certain people who are regarded as ratings people."''
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5	[[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Dame]] Maureen Diane Lipman, [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever DBE]], (10 May 1946), is a British actress, writer, and comedian.
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7	After training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and was a member of the National Theatre Company at the Old Vic from 1971 to 1973 and of the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany in 1973.
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9	Early in her TV career, she had small roles in ''The Lovers'', ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor at Large]]'', and ''The Evacuees'', before starring in ''Agony'' as Jane Lucas and ''All at No 20'' as Sheila Haddon.
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11	After playing Lillian Spencer in six 2002 episodes of ''Series/CoronationStreet'', she returned to the series in 2018 as Evelyn Plummer.
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13	!!Works on TV Tropes she appeared in:
14	[[AC:Films]]
15	* ''Film/BattleOfBritain'' (1969) -- Radar Operator (UncreditedRole)
16	* ''Film/TheKnowledge'' (1979) -- Brenda Weller
17	* ''Film/TheWildcatsOfStTrinians'' (1980) -- Miss Higgs
18	* ''Film/EducatingRita'' (1983) -- Trish
19	* ''{{Film/Water\|1985}}'' (1985) -- UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher
20	* ''Film/NationalLampoonsEuropeanVacation'' (1985) -- Lady in Bed
21	* ''Film/CarryOnColumbus'' (1992) -- Countess Esmerelda
22	* ''Film/EskimoDay'' (1996) -- Shani Whittle
23	* ''Film/ColdEnoughForSnow'' (1997) -- Shani Whittle
24	* ''Film/SolomonAndGaenor'' (1999) -- Rezl
25	* ''Film/ThePianist'' (2002) -- Edwarda Szpilman
26	* ''WesternAnimation/TheKingsBeard'' (2002) -- Maddie
27	* ''Film/RunForYourWife'' (2012) -- Exercising Woman
28	[[AC:Series]]
29	* ''[[Series/DoctorInTheHouse Doctor at Large]]'', episode "Saturday Matinee" (1971) -- Maxine
30	* ''Series/{{Sykes}}'', episode "Fancy Dress" (1973) -- Wardrobe Mistress (UncreditedRole)
31	* ''Series/TheSweeney'', 2 episodes:
32	** "Regan" (1974) -- Annie
33	** "Selected Target" (1976) -- Mrs. Smedley
34	* ''Series/PlayForToday'', episode "Dinner at the Sporting Club" (1978) -- Sharon Benson
35	* ''Series/{{Jackanory}}'', 5-episode story "The Mona Lisa Mystery" (1981) -- Storyteller
36	* ''Series/JackanoryPlayhouse'', episode "The Witching Hour" (1982) -- Witch
37	* ''Series/VictoriaWoodAsSeenOnTV'', 1 episode (1985) -- Ruth
38	* ''{{Series/ScreenPlay\|BBC}}'', episode "Shift Work" (1986) -- Julie
39	* ''Literature/ALittlePrincess'', 6 episodes (1987) -- Miss Minchin
40	* ''Series/CoronationStreet'', 321 episodes:
41	** 6 episodes (2002) -- Lillian Spencer
42	** 339 episodes (2018-23) -- Evelyn Plummer
43	* ''Series/JonathanCreek'', episode "The Tailor's Dummy" (2003) -- Louise Bergman
44	* ''Series/DoctorWho'', episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E7TheIdiotsLantern The Idiot's Lantern]]" (2006) -- The Wire
45	* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'', episode "Behind Closed Doors" (2007) -- Hannah "Hayley" Lidell
46	* ''Series/{{Skins}}'', episode "Thomas" (2009) -- Aunt Elizabeth
47	* ''Series/{{Minder}}'', episode "The Art of the Matter" (2009) -- Anita Richardson
48	* ''Animation/TingaTingaTales'', episode "Why Hummingbird Hums" (2011) -- Hummingbird
49	* ''Series/HolbyCity'', episode "Half Empty" (2011) -- Bonnie Walters
50	* ''Series/MidsomerMurders'', episode "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS15E3 Written in the Stars]]" (2012) -- Mags Dormer
51	* ''Series/{{Plebs}}'', 8 episodes[[labelnote:show list]]"The Beasts", "The Vestal", "The Weatherist", "Lupercalia", "The Accountant", "Beer", "The Grumbrella", "The Dig" [[/labelnote]] (2016-19) -- Landlady
52	* ''Series/TheCrystalMaze'', episode "[=SU2C=] Special" (2016) -- Mumsey

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