Lucy Gutteridge Biography

Establishing her stage reputation with the Royal Shakespeare Company, British actress Lucy Gutteridge has been seen in films since 1978. Gutteridge has appeared in costume roles in a number of TV movies and miniseries: Belle in A Christmas Carol (1984), Niniame in Arthur the King (1985), to name but two. American audiences became familiar with the actress through her participation in the spectacular Broadway and TV staging of the RSC's Nicholas Nickelby, in which she essayed seven roles. Comedy fans best remember Lucy Gutteridge for her deadpan portrayal of French resistant fighter Hillary Flammond in the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker spy spoof Top Secrets (1984). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi