Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt was born on 7 November 1935 and is an English theatre, film, and television actress.
12 Facts About Judy Parfitt
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Judy Parfitt made her film debut in the 1950s, followed by a supporting role in the BBC television serial David Copperfield.
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Judy Parfitt appeared as Queen Gertrude in Tony Richardson's 1969 film adaptation of Hamlet.
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Judy Parfitt has been a cast member on the drama series Call the Midwife, playing Sister Monica Joan, since the show's launch in 2012.
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Judy Parfitt began her career in theatre in 1954, appearing in a production of Fools Rush In at the Amersham Repertory Company.
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In 1978, Judy Parfitt appeared opposite Laurence Olivier, Joan Plowright and Frank Finlay in the episode "Saturday, Sunday, Monday" of Laurence Olivier Presents.
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Judy Parfitt has appeared in some American television shows, beginning with her regular role as Snow White's Stepmother, Evil Queen Lillian "Lily" White in the series The Charmings.
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Judy Parfitt appeared on an episode of Murder, Judy Parfitt Wrote in 1989, and as the mother of Dr Elizabeth Corday on several episodes of ER in 2002.
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Judy Parfitt played Lady Mount-Temple in the biopic film Wilde, alongside Stephen Fry, Vanessa Redgrave and Gemma Jones in 1997.
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Judy Parfitt played the domineering American dowager, Mrs van Schuyler, opposite David Suchet, James Fox, Frances de la Tour and David Soul in a feature-length episode of Agatha Christie's Poirot in the 2004 edition of Death on the Nile.
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Judy Parfitt has recently appeared in BBC's spy tale, The Game; a film, Hello Carter; a Radio 4 show, Tom Wrigglesworth's Hang-Ups; and Jessica Hynes's suffragette sitcom Up the Women.
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In 1963, Judy Parfitt married actor Tony Steedman in Harrow, Middlesex.