Amanda Walker

Amanda Walker trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She is notable for roles in 28 Weeks Later,^[1] Heat and Dust,^[2] A Room with a View, Pollyanna and Churchill and the Generals.

Overall, Amanda Walker has appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1959 and is still active as an actress as of 2024. In 1990, she appeared in the Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Cornish Mystery", an adaptation of Agatha Christie's short story of the same name.^[3]

In May 2024, Walker appeared as an elderly Ruby Sunday (companion to the Doctor) in the Doctor Who episode "73 Yards".^[4]

Amanda Walker is the daughter of Madeleine Christie.^[5] She is married to fellow actor Patrick Godfrey since 1960, they have two children. Their daughter Kate Godfrey is Head of Voice for the Royal Shakespeare Company.^[6]

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1967	The Deadly Affair	Brunette at Pub	Uncredited
1969	Anne of the Thousand Days	Anne's Lady-in-Waiting
1980	Richard's Things	Sister in hospital
1983	Heat and Dust	Lady Mackleworth
1985	A Room with a View	The Cockney Signora
1990	The Big Man	Beth's Mother
1994	Nostradamus	Mme. Scalinger
1996	The English Patient	Lady Hampton
1998	Ever After	Old Noblewoman
2000	Seven Days to Live [de]	Elizabeth Farrell
2004	Wimbledon	Country Club Tennis Lady
2007	28 Weeks Later	Sally
2009	The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus	Shopper
2010	Bad Night for the Blues	Elizabeth	Short
2011	Captain America: The First Avenger	Antique Store Owner
2012	Cloud Atlas	Veronica
2013	The Best Offer	Owner
2022	Triangle of Sadness	Clementine
2023	Rejoyce!!	Winifred Joyce	Short

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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	ITV Play of the Week	Judy Cherry	Episode: "Flowering Cherry"
1962	Studio 4	Mary Turner	Episode: "The Grass Is Singing"
1965	Jury Room	Jessie McLachlan	"The Sandyford Mystery"
1965-66	Dr. Finlay's Casebook	Henny Geddes/Maggie Strachan	2 episodes
1966	Mystery and Imagination	The Voice	Episode: "The Open Door"
	The Heart of Midlothian	Jeanie Deans	TV film
	The Dark Number	Rachel Ferguson	"1.1"
	Macbeth	Lady Macduff	TV film
1967	Conflict	Queen Isabel	Episode: "Richard II"
	Champion House	Miss Parr	Episode: "The One That Got Away"
1969	The Expert	Mrs. Arnold	Episode: "The Sardonic Smile"
1970	Codename	Marcadio	Episode: "The Alpha Men"
	Play for Today	Madge	Episode: Robin Redbreast
1971	Doomwatch	Sister Trewin	Episode: "The Iron Doctor"
1972	Upstairs, Downstairs	Mrs. Pinkerton	Episode: "A Voice from the Past"
	The Strauss Family	Therese	3 episodes
1972–73	Adam Smith	Peggy Houston	TV series
1973	The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club	Nurse Armstrong	Episode: "Execution Day"
1974	The ITV Play	Miss Pierce	Episode: "The Liberation of Eileen"
1975	Rooms	Helen	Episode: "Reg"
1976	Clayhanger	Miss Dayson	Episode: "Hilda"
	Sutherland's Law	Christine Darrach	Episode: "Shades of Black"
	Second City Firsts	Anne Bredin	Episode: "Summer Season"
1977	Out of Bounds	Mrs. Parkin	4 episodes
1979	The Mill on the Floss	Gritty Moss	2 episodes
	Churchill and the Generals	Queen Elizabeth	TV film
1982	Claire	Scotty	3 episodes
1983	Pictures	Mrs. Chase	Episode 1.4
1986	Shades of Darkness	Madame Paillot	"Agatha Christie's The Last Séance"
	Blood Red Roses	Ella	3 episodes
1987	Intimate Contact	Pamela	2 episodes
	The New Statesman	Mrs. Selway	Episode: "Three Line Whipping"
1988	The Woman He Loved	Betty Lawson-Johnson	TV film
	Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun	Nurse Graham
1989	Shadow of the Noose	Mrs. Hutchins	Episode: "An Alien Shore"
	No Strings	Mrs. King	2 episodes
	Norbert Smith: A Life	Mrs. Wilson	TV film
	Wild Flowers	Panama Hat
1990	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Mrs. Pengelley	Episode: "The Cornish Mystery"
1991	4 Play	Mrs. F.	Episode: "Deptford Graffiti"
1991	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Debbie Davidson	Episode: "From Doon with Death"
1992	Medics	Molly Gifford	Episode 2.1
	Kinsey	Sheila	2 episodes
	Charles and Diana: Unhappily Ever After	Queen Elizabeth II	TV film
1993	All or Nothing at All	Mrs. Lederman	Episode 1.2
1994	The Bill	Rita Little	Episode: "The Sixth Age"
	Dandelion Dead	Bessie	Miniseries
1996	Hetty Wainthropp Investigates	Miss Apthwaite	Episode: "Safe as Houses"
	Bramwell	Mrs. Johnson	Episode: 2.8
1997	Hamish Macbeth	Barbara Scott	Episode: "Deferred Sentence"
	Heartbeat	Jean Clarke	Episode: "Substitute"
	A Dance to the Music of Time	Mrs. Conyers	Episode: "The Thirties"
1997–98	The New Adventures of Robin Hood	Mortiana	3 episodes
1999	City Central	Joan Harrison	Episode: "Blue Legume"
	The Passion	Marjorie	Miniseries
	Midsomer Murders	Edwina	Episode: "Dead Man's Eleven"
	Dalziel and Pascoe	Mavis Marsh	Episode: "Recalled to Life"
	The Bill	F.M.E. Sally Tulcan	Episode: "Ring-a-Ring O'Roses"
2000	Life Force	Hepzibah McKinley	Episode: "Paradise Island"
	Masterpiece	Mrs. Ransome	Episode: "The Railway Children"
	Fish	Barbara Willis	Regular role
	Peak Practice	Elaine Deneley	Episode: "Lonely Hearts: Part 2"
	Daylight Robbery	Doreen	Episode 2.3
2001	Hearts and Bones	Olive Piper	Episode 2.4
	Doctors	Mary Briggs	Episode: "Caring for Mary"
	Midsomer Murders	Gwen	Episode: "Tainted Fruit"
2002	Heartbeat	Mrs. Sinclair	Episode: "Caught in the Headlights"
	Foyle's War	Lady Bannerman	Episode: "The White Feather"
2003	Pollyanna	Widow Benton	TV film
	Strange	Mrs. Fortune	Episode: "Dubik"
	My Family	Patricia Hall	"Sixty Feet Under"
2004	Murphy's Law	Mary	"Convent"
2005-17	Doctors	Various	3 episodes
2006-13	Holby City	Hilda Sutton/Winifred Hinton	2 episodes
2014	The Missing	Woman	2 episodes
2017	Doctors	Gwen Bempton	Episode: "Golden Boy"
2017–2018	Sense8	Aunt Kirsty	Episode: "Isolated Above, Connected Below"/"Amor Vincit Omnia"
2018	The Cry	Mrs. Amery	2 episodes
2021	Casualty	Brenda TOme	Episode: "Is the Pacient Breathing?"
2022	Tell Me Everything	Ruby	1 episode
2024	Doctor Who	Old Ruby Sunday	Episode: "73 Yards"

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