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Name
  
Gillian Barge

Role
  
Television actress

Ex-spouse
  
Clive Merrison


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Died
  
November 19, 2003, Ipswich, United Kingdom

Nominations
  
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Movies and TV shows
  
Mesmer, A Dance to the Music of Time, The Discovery of Heaven, Love Actually, A Dangerous Man: Law

Similar People
  
Clive Merrison, Christopher Menaul, Jeroen Krabbe, Richard Curtis, Richard Eyre

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Gillian Barge, born Gillian Bargh, (27 May 1940 – 19 November 2003) was an English stage, television and film actress.

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She was born in Hastings, Sussex and she started acting at the age of 17, training at the Birmingham Theatre School.

Gillian performed on the stage internationally, as well as in Britain where she has played all the major London theatres. Her stage roles included The Cherry Orchard (as Varya), Measure For Measure (Isabella) and The Winter's Tale (Paulina). In 2001 she was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award as Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Passion Play at the Donmar Warehouse.

In addition to her theatre work, Gillian Barge has numerous television appearances to her credit. These include guest appearances on episodes of Pie in the Sky (1996), Lovejoy (1994), Midsomer Murders (2002), One Foot in the Grave(1990), All Creatures Great and Small (1980), Van der Valk(1977) and Softly, Softly (1972). Her film credits include The National Health (1973).

Her second husband was the actor Clive Merrison. She died in 2003 of cancer, aged 63.

Selected film and television roles

Film credits include:

  • The National Health (1973) - Dr. Bird
  • Seal Island (1976) - Warden's Wife
  • Singleton's Pluck (1984) - Gwen
  • Mesmer (1994) - Frau Mesmer
  • The Discovery of Heaven (2001) - Onno's mother
  • Charlotte Gray (2001) - Madame Galliot
  • Love Actually (2003) - Cabinet Minister
  • Money Kills (2012) - Helga (final film role)
  • Television credits include:

  • King Lear (1982) - Goneril
  • A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990) (TV) - Gertrude Bell
  • Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1990) - Emily Inglethorp
  • Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991) - Mildred Strete
  • The Uninvited (1997) - Mary Madigan
  • Doomwatch: Winter Angel (1999) - Cheryl
  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries - The Lake of Darkness (1999) (TV) - Mrs Urban
  • Peak Practice (1999 episode: The First Stone) - Grace Longfield
  • Anna Karenina (2000) - Princess Shcherbatskya
  • The Jury (2002) - Eva Prohaska / Juror No.9
  • Midsomer Murders (2002 episode: A Worm in the Bud) - Hannah Harrington
  • References

    Gillian Barge Wikipedia