Name Gillian Barge Role Television actress | ||
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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:
Television credits include: