Geraldine James

73 · Born: Jul 6, 1950

Career

acting

2023

Silo as Mayor Ruth Jahns

2021

Benediction as Theresa Thornycroft

2019

Back to Life as Caroline Matteson

2018

Beast as Hilary Huntington

2017

Daphne as Rita

Anne with an E as Marilla Cuthbert

2016

Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass as Lady Ascot

The Five as Julie Wells

2015

45 Years as Lena

Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords as Monique

2013

Diana as Oonagh Toffolo

Legacy as Martha

Tales of Winter: The Art of Snow and Ice

Tales of Winter: The Art of Snow and Ice as Narrator

The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World

The Genius of Marie Curie: The Woman Who Lit Up the World as Marie Curie's letters read by

Utopia as Milner

2012

13 Steps Down as Gwendolen Chawcer

2011

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as Cecilia Vanger

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows as Mrs. Hudson

Arthur as Vivienne

Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth

Planet of the Apemen: Battle for Earth as Narrator

2010

Made in Dagenham

Made in Dagenham as Connie

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders as Miranda Bedford

2009

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes as Mrs. Hudson

2008

Léif Lëtzebuerger

Léif Lëtzebuerger as Narrator

Heist as Joanna the Concubine

The Last Enemy as Barbara Turney

Little Britain USA

Little Britain USA

2007

Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey as Jane Austen (voice)

Ocean Voyagers as Narrator (voice)

The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life as Eileen

The Time of Your Life

The Time of Your Life as Eileen

2006

A Harlot's Progress

A Harlot's Progress as Mother Needham

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire

Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire as Cornelia

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

Jane Hall as Lorraine Hall

Poirot as Helen Abernethie

2004

He Knew He Was Right

He Knew He Was Right as Lady Rowley

2003

Hearts of Gold as Elizabeth Powell

Calendar Girls as Marie

2002

Small Miracles as Mum

An Angel for May

An Angel for May as Susan Higgins

The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles as Mrs. Mortimer

White Teeth as Joyce Malfen

Tom & Thomas as Miss Tromp

Crime & Punishment

Crime & Punishment as Pulcheria

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale as Hans's Mother

2001

Lover's Prayer as Mother

2000

The Luzhin Defence

The Luzhin Defence as Vera, Natalia's Mother

The Sins as Gloria Green

1999

Kavanagh QC as Eleanor Harker QC

1998

Seesaw as Val Price

1997

The Man Who Knew Too Little

The Man Who Knew Too Little as Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin

Rebecca as Beatrice

1996

Moll Flanders as Edna

1995

Band of Gold as Rosemary "Rose" Garrity

1994

Screen One as Sarah Williams

No Worries as Anne O'Dwyer

Words Upon the Window Pane

Words Upon the Window Pane as Mrs. Henderson

1992

Screen One as Mrs. Dewey

Performance as Kristine Linde

1991

Screen One as Alice

If Looks Could Kill

If Looks Could Kill as Vendetta Galante

Beltenebros as Rebeca Osorio

Stanley and the Women

Stanley and the Women as Dr. Trish Collings

Inspector Morse

Inspector Morse as Helen Field

1989

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase as Gertrude Brisket

She's Been Away

She's Been Away

The Tall Guy as Carmen

1985

Blott on the Landscape

Blott on the Landscape

1984

The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown as Sarah Layton

1982

I Remember Nelson

I Remember Nelson as Lady Emma Hamilton

1981

The History Man

The History Man as Barbara Kirk

1980

Sweet William as Pamela

1979

Play for Today as Miss Hunt

1976

The Sweeney as Shirley Glass

appearances

2015

2014

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film

Richard Attenborough: A Life in Film