Madeleine Potter
American actress
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Madeleine Daly Potter is an American actress who has played roles in over 20 films and TV shows, including four productions directed by James Ivory. She has also appeared in numerous stage productions in the United States and United Kingdom. She made her New York stage debut in Loves Labor's Lost at The Shakespeare Center, produced by the Riverside Shakespeare Company in 1981.[1]
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Madeleine Potter | |
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Madeleine Potter in Loves Labor's Lost, 1981. | |
| Born | Madeleine Daly Potter Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Spouse | Patrick Fitzgerald (divorced) |
Family
Potter is the only daughter of Philip B.K. Potter (1927-1975), an American diplomat who served in the OSS,[2] and his wife, the former Madeleine Mulqueen Daly (1921-1985).[3] She is a niece of Medal of Honor recipient Michael J. Daly and a great-great-granddaughter of New York Mayor Thomas Francis Gilroy. She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Episcopal bishop Alonzo Potter and a great-grand-niece of Episcopal bishop Henry Codman Potter.
Personal life
She was married to Patrick Fitzgerald, an Irish-born American actor, whom she wed in 1990.[4]
Potter's only child, Madeleine Daly (born June 4, 1995),[5] appeared as her character's niece in the 2005 movie The White Countess.[citation needed]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | The Bostonians | Verena Tarrant | |
| 1987 | Hello Again | Felicity Glick | |
| 1988 | The Suicide Club | Nancy | |
| 1989 | Bloodhounds of Broadway | Widow Mary | |
| 1989 | Slaves of New York | Daria | |
| 1990 | Two Evil Eyes | Annabel | Segment "The Black Cat" |
| 1995 | Leapin' Leprechauns! | Morgan de la Fey / Nula | Uncredited |
| 1996 | Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns | Morgan de la Fey / Nula | |
| 2000 | The Golden Bowl | Lady Castledean | Merchant Ivory |
| 2002 | Refuge | Sylvia Oakes | |
| 2005 | The White Countess | Greshenka | |
| 2012 | Red Lights | Sarah Sidgwick |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Svengali | Antonia | TV movie | ||||
| 1986 | The Equalizer | Zena | Episode: "Nightscape" | ||||
| 1988 | The Equalizer | Simone Peters / Susan Petersborough | Episode: "A Dance on the Dark Side" | ||||
| 2002 | State of Play | Professor Tate | 2 episodes | ||||
| 2006 | Midsomer Murders | Celia Patchett | Episode: "Country Matters" | ||||
| 2013 | Holby City | Sharon Kozinsky | 1 episode | ||||
| 2015 | Foyle's War | Edith Del Mar | Episode" "High Castle" | ||||
| 2015 | “[(Mr. Selfridge)]” | Elizabeth Arden | Season IV Episode 2 | 2023 | Unforgotten | Niamh | 1 episode |
Audio
- Doctor Who - Assassin in the Limelight (2008) - Lizzie Williams
- Doctor Who - The Cradle of the Snake (2010) - Yoanna Rayluss
Stage
London
- An Ideal Husband, directed by Peter Hall (1996) at Haymarket Theatre
- All My Sons, directed by Howard Davies (1999) on the Lyttelton stage of the Royal National Theatre
- Southwark Fair, directed by Nicholas Hytner (2006) on the Cottsloe stage at the Royal National Theatre
- After Mrs. Rochester, written and directed by Polly Teale (2003) at the Lyric Theatre and then the Duke of York's
- Broken Glass, directed by Iqbal Khan (2010) at the Tricycle Theatre[6]
Broadway
- Ibsen's Ghosts (1982) as Regina Engstrand, Mrs. Alving's maid
- Coastal Disturbances (1987) as Holly Dancer
- Metamorphosis (1989) as Greta, Gregor Samsa's sister
- The Crucible (1991) as Abigail Williams
- Getting Married (1991) as Leo
- The Master Builder (1992) as Hilde Wangel
- A Little Hotel on the Side (1992) as Victoire