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Georgie Glen
Born (1956-04-20) 20 April 1956 (age 68)
OccupationActress
Years active1986–present
Notable credit(s)Heartbeat (2000–2001, 2003–2005, 2009)
Little Britain (2003–2005)
Waterloo Road (2012–2015)
Hetty Feather (2018–2020)
Call The Midwife (2018–)
The Crown (2020)
Children2

Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Miss Higgins in the BBC One period drama series Call The Midwife from 2018 onwards, and as history teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2012 to 2015.

Life and career[edit]

Glen is from HelensburghinArgyll and Bute, Scotland and graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in graphic design. She worked at Thames and Hudson publishers as an assistant book designer[1] for five years before studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. After graduating she worked for a year at Wolsey TheatreinIpswich, England.[2]

She has featured in the BBC One drama series, Call the Midwife, Waterloo Road, Les Misérables, as Mother Abbess; in 2012, she had appeared in Les Misérables the film, as Madame Baptistine. Additional period performances include Hannah More in the 2006 film, Amazing Grace, John Ruskin's mother in the drama, Desperate Romantics about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, as well as lady-in-waiting to Judi Dench in both Shakespeare in Love and Mrs. Brown.

Since 2018, she has been cast in the role of Millicent Higgins, a GP receptionist, in Call the Midwife.[3][4]

Other notable performances include a recurring role in Heartbeat, as Sgt Jennifer Noakes and one of the eponymous Calendar Girls. Glen has also portrayed various characters in comedies including Little Britain and Harry Enfield and Chums, as well as a guest role in The Thick of It and one episodeofThe Sarah Jane Adventures.

She appeared in Series Four of Netflix drama, The Crown, in 2020 playing Ruth Roche, Lady Fermoy, the maternal Grandmother of Lady Diana Spencer and lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.[5]

Personal life[edit]

She has twin daughters called Holly and Eleanor.[1]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Special interview with Helensburgh's Georgie Glen". Helensburgh Advertiser. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ Alex, Michael. "Call the Midwife's Georgie Glen: 'I feel helpless in the fight against climate change - and I'm not alone!'". The Courier. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ a b Roberts, Annie (18 February 2022). "BBC Call the Midwife star Georgie Glen teases what's in store for series finale". WalesOnline. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ a b Sutton, Megan (13 January 2020). "Call The Midwife fans touched by poignant moment between Nurse Crane and Miss Higgins". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ a b "Who was Princess Diana's grandmother Lady Fermoy? The Crown season 4 explained". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ a b c "Georgie Glen". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ "What Rats Won't Do (1998)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ "Calendar Girls". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  • ^ "Children of the New Forest (1998)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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