Geraldine James
Highest Rated: 100% Daphne (2017)
Lowest Rated: 8% Diana (2013)
Birthday: Jul 06, 1950
Birthplace: Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, UK
This softly attractive brunette is best known to British and American TV viewers as Sarah Layton in the miniseries "The Jewel in the Crown" (1984) to filmgoers as Mirabehn, the fanatical western follower of "Gandhi" (1982) and to theatergoers as Portia opposite Dustin Hoffman in the London and Broadway (1989-90) production of "The Merchant of Venice." Geraldine James has kept a low profile to American audiences, but has had an active career in her native England, on stage and in film and television. She first won notice on the London stage as Dr. Von Zandt in the 1979 production of "The Passion of Dracula." She played Jessica in a heralded Coventry production of "The Merchant of Venice" a decade before playing Portia opposite Hoffman.
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 84% | 94% | Downton Abbey | Queen Mary (Character) | $96.8M | 2019 |
| 100% | 63% | Daphne | Rita (Character) | - | 2017 |
| 92% | 75% | Beast | Hilary (Character) | $793.4K | 2017 |
| 87% | 82% | Megan Leavey | Dr. Turbeville (Character) | $13.4M | 2017 |
| 97% | 67% | 45 Years | Lena (Character) | $4.3M | 2015 |
| 61% | 24% | Robot Overlords | Monique (Character) | - | 2014 |
| 8% | 26% | Diana | Oonagh Toffolo (Character) | $331.6K | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Legacy | Martha (Character) | - | 2013 |
| 59% | 77% | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows | Mrs. Hudson (Character) | $186.8M | 2011 |
| 26% | 44% | Arthur | Vivienne (Character) | $33M | 2011 |
| 87% | 86% | The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | Cecilia Vanger (Character) | $102.5M | 2011 |
| 51% | 55% | Alice in Wonderland | Lady Ascot (Character) | $334.2M | 2010 |
| 80% | 75% | Made in Dagenham | Connie (Character) | $1.1M | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Northanger Abbey | Jane Austen (Voice) | - | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | A Harlot's Progress | Mother Needham (Character) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 84% | White Teeth | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
| 74% | 67% | Calendar Girls | Marie (Character) | $31M | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | Tom & Thomas | Miss Tromp (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hound of the Baskervilles | Mrs. Mortimer (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | An Angel for May | Susan Higgins (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 57% | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale | Unknown (Character) | - | 2001 |
| 56% | No Score Yet | Taliesin Jones | Tal's Mum (Character) | $77.4K | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 28% | All Forgotten | Mother (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 58% | 69% | The Luzhin Defence | Vera (Character) | $1.1M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Seesaw | Val Price (Character) | - | 1998 |
| 39% | 69% | The Man Who Knew Too Little | Dr. Ludmilla Kropotkin (Character) | $13.8M | 1997 |
| 43% | 72% | Moll Flanders | Edna (Character) | $3.4M | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Over Here | Lady Billingham (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doggin' Around | Sarah Williams (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Words Upon the Window Pane | Mrs. Henderson (Character) | - | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Healer | Dr. Mercedes Honeysett (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | The Bridge | Mrs. Todd (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | A Doll's House | Kristine Linde (Character) | - | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Losing Track | Mrs. Dewey (Character) | - | 1992 |
| 29% | 49% | If Looks Could Kill | Vendetta Galante (Character) | $6.3M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Inspector Morse: Who Killed Harry Field? | Helen Field (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prince of Shadows | Rebeca Osorio (Character) | - | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 62% | The Wolves of Willoughby Chase | Gertrude Brisket (Character) | - | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | She's Been Away | Harriet Ambrose (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 89% | 66% | The Tall Guy | Carmen (Character) | $91.1K | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Freedom Fighter | Krista Donner (Character) | - | 1988 |
| 85% | 92% | Gandhi | Mirabehn (Character) | - | 1982 |
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| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60% | 90% | Anne With an E | Marilla Cuthbert (Character) | 2017-2019 |
| 100% | 78% | Back to Life | Caroline Matteson (Character) | 2019 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Guest | 2016 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Black Work | Chief Constable Carolyn Jarecki (Character) | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hidden India | Narrator | 2015 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Poirot | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairy Tale | Unknown (Character) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Band of Gold | Rose Garrity (Character) | 1995-1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rebecca | Beatrice (Character) | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kavanagh Q.C. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Echoes | Angela O'Hara (Character) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Jewel in the Crown | Unknown (Character) | 1984-1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sweeney | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
QUOTES FROM Geraldine James CHARACTERS
Sherlock Holmes says: There's only one case that intrigues me at present. The curious case of Mrs. Hudson, the absentee landlady. I've been studying her comings and goings, they appear most... sinister.
Mrs. Hudson says: Tea, Mr. Holmes?
Sherlock Holmes says: Is it poisoned, Nanny?
Mrs. Hudson says: There's enough of that in you already.
Mrs. Hudson says: [turning to Dr. John Watson] Doctor, you must get him to a sanitorium! For the past month, he's taken nothing but coffee, tobacco, and cocoa leaves. He never sleeps! I hear multiple voices, as if he's rehearsing a play.
Sherlock Holmes says: Don't you have a goat that needs worming?
Mrs. Hudson says: Ah, yes. Such fun. What would I do without you?
Sherlock Holmes says: Why are you here?
Dr. John Watson says: I'm getting married. Tomorrow.
Sherlock Holmes says: Ah! Embrace me!