Charlotte Isabel Attenborough (born 29 June 1959) is an English stage, film and television actress known for her appearances in Jane Eyre (1996) and Jeeves and Wooster (1991, 93).[1] She is the daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim.[2][3][4]
Charlotte Attenborough | |
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| Born | Charlotte Isabel Attenborough 29 June 1959 |
| Nationality | English |
| Spouse |
Graham Sinclair
(m. 1993; died 2021) |
| Children | 2 |
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Biography
editFamily
editAttenborough was born in 1959, the daughter of actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough and the film and theatre actress Sheila Sim. She has one brother, director Michael Attenborough. Her sister Jane and her 14-year-old niece Lucy were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami as it struck their villa on the coast of Thailand on 26 December 2004. Another niece, Alice, was seriously injured.[5] Charlotte Attenborough is the niece of television naturalist Sir David Attenborough, John Attenborough and actor Gerald Sim.
Career
editAttenborough had an uncredited role as a small child in the crowd in Whistle Down the Wind (1961) and made a brief cameo appearance in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) when she was directed by her father Richard Attenborough. Charlotte Attenborough was educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School in London and the University of Bristol[citation needed] before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) like her father before her, from where she left with an Acting Diploma in 1983.[6]
Her film roles include Ezekiel (1994) and Mary Rivers in Jane Eyre (1996), while television roles include Poopy Travis in May We Borrow Your Husband? (1986); Teasel in The Play on One (1989); Lucy in Storyboard (1989); Lucy Trent in Making News (1990); Verity in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1991); Margaret Froelich in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991); Stiffy Byng in Jeeves and Wooster (1991–1993); Prime Minister's Secretary in Screen One (1995) and Clinic Manager in Ultraviolet (1998).[1]
In 1987 she appeared as Sheila Birling in a production of An Inspector Calls at Theatr Clwyd, which transferred to London's Westminster Theatre. In 1989 she played Lucie Manette in an adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities for BBC Radio 4.
In 1993, Attenborough married actor Graham Sinclair,[7] with whom she had two children.[8] Graham died on 24 June 2021.[9]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1961 | Whistle Down the Wind | Child in Final Crowd Scene | Uncredited |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War | Emma Smith – Age 8 | Uncredited |
| 1986 | May We Borrow Your Husband? | Poopy Travis | TV film |
| 1991 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Margaret Froelich | TV film |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre | Mary Rivers |
Television
edit| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Play on One | Teasel | Episode: "These Foolish Things" |
| Storyboard | Lucy Trent | Episode: "Making News" | |
| 1990 | Making News | Lucy Trent | Series regular |
| 1991 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Verity | Episode: "Murder Being Once Done" |
| 1991–1993 | Jeeves and Wooster | Stiffy | 3 episodes |
| 1995 | Screen Two | Prime Minister's Secretary | Episode: "A Very Open Prison" |
| 1998 | Ultraviolet | Clinic Manager | Episode: "Sub Judice" |
References
edit- ^ a b Charlotte Attenborough Archived 15 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine on the British Film Institute database
- ^ Brian McFarlane, The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition Archived 19 October 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Manchester University Press (2013) – Google Books pg 36
- ^ Attenborough, Richard Samuel, Baron Attenborough – Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Charlotte I Attenborough in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916–2007 (1959)
- ^ 'Triple tragedy hits Attenborough family' Archived 16 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine – The Daily Telegraph 29 December 2004
- ^ Charlotte Attenborough on the RADA website
- ^ "Richard Attenborough Wedding His Daughter Charlotte Editorial Stock Photo - Stock Image".
- ^ "Prints of DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE ATTENBOROUGH WITH NEWBORN CHARLIE, TOBY AND HUSBAND GRAHAM - FEBRUARY".
- ^ "Graham Sinclair RIP".
