Julia Swift

Julia Swift


in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Julia Swift was born in July 1956 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Fainthearted Feminist (1984), Dick Turpin (1979) and The Sailor's Return (1978). She has been married to David Bamber since July 1982. They have two children.

Movies for Julia Swift...

Song of Songs
Title: Song of Songs
Character: Sarah Cohen
Released: August 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Devoutly religious Ruth returns from Israel to care for her dying mother, but when she tries to bring her estranged brother David back into the fold, in accordance with her mother's wishes, the result is a startling journey into the darkest realms of sexual obsession: a forbidden game under the guise of religious law. Dark, ambiguous and distinctly adult, this study of belief and desire, set in the cloistered world of London's Orthodox Jewish community, thoughtfully explores the links between faith and violence, denial and longing.
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Title: The Royal
Character: Mrs. Blackwood
Released: January 19, 2003
Type: TV
Follows the staff and patients of a Yorkshire cottage hospital in the 60s, embroiled in tangled love lives and bitter power struggles.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Angie Blunstone
Released: March 23, 1997
Type: TV
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
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Broken Glass
Title: Broken Glass
Character: Harriet
Released: October 19, 1996
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Arthur Miller's play set in Brooklyn 1938, focusing on the marriage of Sylvia and Phillip Gellburg against the backdrop of Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany.
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Title: Ladies in Charge
Character: Vicky Barton
Released: May 6, 1986
Type: TV
This touching drama series charts the fortunes of three young women who, having returned from their voluntary service as ambulance drivers during the First World War, decide to set up a 'universal aunts' agency to help those less fortunate than themselves. This set comprises the complete series alongside the pilot episode, scripted by Upstairs, Downstairs' Alfred Shaughnessy and screened in 1985 as a drama in ITV's Storyboard anthology. Penned by a largely female team that includes novelist Fay Weldon, Ladies in Charge stars Carol Royle, Julia Hills and Julia Swift as the ladies of benevolent intent; guests include Imelda Staunton, Julian Glover, Michael Gough, Richard Vernon and, in one of his earliest television roles, Hugh Grant.
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Title: The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Character: Grusha
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
The hardships faced by a woman trying to survive a bloody civil war while caring for the abandoned child of the deposed former ruler.
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Salad Days
Title: Salad Days
Character: Asphynxia
Released: January 2, 1983
Type: Movie
A boy, a girl, a tramp and a piano with the most amazing effect on people, find each other in a park in a heatwave.
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Title: The History Man
Character: Becky Pott
Released: January 4, 1981
Type: TV
Ardently left-wing, or so it seems, Howard Kirk (Antony Sher) subtly extends his power over students and colleagues alike at a redbrick university.
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The Sailor's Return
Title: The Sailor's Return
Character: Annie
Released: November 15, 1978
Type: Movie
Based on the 1925 novel The Sailor's Return by David Garnett. A sailor returns to his hometown to open a pub bringing with him his new black wife. Very quickly they find themselves ostracised by the community.