Julia McKenzie

Julia McKenzie

Born: February 17, 1941
in Enfield, Middlesex, England
​She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1983 (1982 season) for Best Actress in a Musical, Guys and Dolls. She was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 1994 (1993 season) for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance in Sweeney Todd at the Royal National Theatre.

She was awarded the 1987 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for her performance in Woman in Mind.

Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Side by Side by Sondheim" (under the name "Julie N. McKenzie").

Movies for Julia McKenzie...

Allelujah
Title: Allelujah
Character: Mrs Maudsley
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
When news of the closure of a small hospital's geriatric ward begins to reach the community, the hospital invites a local news crew to document their planning of a concert in honor of the hospital's most celebrated nurse. But there might be something more threatening to the hospital itself, more deadly than the politicians ready to shut down the place at a moment's notice.
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Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Title: Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Character: Granny
Released: December 16, 2022
Type: Movie
We join Ben a year on as he is getting used to life without his beloved Gran. With the memory of their daring Crown Jewel heist still fresh in his mind, he is stunned to learn another spate of thefts are beginning to occur - with all the clues pointing to The Black Cat, better known to Ben as Granny!
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Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Title: Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends
Character: Self
Released: May 3, 2022
Type: Movie
On 3 May 2022, Cameron Mackintosh invited many of Stephen Sondheim’s old friends to join him in London’s West End for a thrilling, joyously staged production. He had specially devised it to celebrate Sondheim’s extraordinary talents as a composer and lyricist. Featuring an all-star cast including Michael Ball, Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Petula Clark, Anna-Jane Casey, Rosalie Craig, Janie Dee, Judi Dench, Daniel Evans, Maria Friedman, Haydn Gwynne, Bonnie Langford, Damian Lewis and Julia McKenzie.
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Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Title: Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years
Character: Self
Released: December 27, 2021
Type: Movie
Archival footage provides a glimpse into the life of Cameron Mackintosh; the storied producer famous for Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, Cats and many more.
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Title: Gold Digger
Character: Hazel
Released: November 12, 2019
Type: TV
Gold Digger tells the story of wealthy 60 year old Julia as she falls in love with Benjamin, a man 25 years her junior. As this six part series progresses the impact their unconventional relationship has on her family is explored and the secrets of their past are revealed. Has Julia finally found the happiness she's always deserved? Or is Benjamin really the gold digger they think he is?
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The Queen and I
Title: The Queen and I
Character: The Queen Mother
Released: December 24, 2018
Type: Movie
A new republican prime minister strips the British monarch and her family of their money and assets, and forces them to live on a rundown council estate.
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Title: The Casual Vacancy
Character: Shirley Mollison
Released: February 15, 2015
Type: TV
The citizens of the small British town of Pagford fight for the spot on the parish council after Barry Fairbrother dies.
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Gangsta Granny
Title: Gangsta Granny
Character: Granny
Released: December 26, 2013
Type: Movie
A young boy is bored spending time with his dull grandma until he discovers she's an international Jewel thief.
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Title: The Town
Character: Betty Nicholas
Released: December 5, 2012
Type: TV
Following a family tragedy, 30-year-old Mark Nicholas returns to the town where he grew up. After ten years away, coming home is harder than Mark could ever have imagined.
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Happy and Glorious
Title: Happy and Glorious
Character: Queen's Double
Released: July 26, 2012
Type: Movie
A short film by Danny Boyle starring James Bond and Queen Elizabeth II. It originally aired as part of the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
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Title: Cranford
Character: Mrs Forrester
Released: November 18, 2007
Type: TV
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
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Title: Cranford
Character: Self/Mrs. Forrester
Released: November 18, 2007
Type: TV
A rich and comic drama about the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town on the cusp of change in the 1840s. Adapted from the novels by Elizabeth Gaskell.
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You Can Choose Your Friends
Title: You Can Choose Your Friends
Character: Margaret Snell
Released: June 7, 2007
Type: Movie
Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children and grandchildren along gather to celebrate. For Ken and Margaret's children, it's a day to revisit childhood arguments and to paper over present-day fractures in their relationships.
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Celebration
Title: Celebration
Character: Prue
Released: February 26, 2007
Type: Movie
All the action takes place in a swish London restaurant where two coarse-grained strategy consultants are dining with their respective wives. At an adjacent table a banker and his wife banter over his recently discovered affair. But while Pinter gets a lot of laughs out of these gold-plated philistines, he also suggests they are displaced people. Shorn of any inherited values, they live in an eternal present of sex, food and conspicuous consumption. - Michael Billington, Guardian
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Notes on a Scandal
Title: Notes on a Scandal
Character: Marjorie
Released: December 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.
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These Foolish Things
Title: These Foolish Things
Character: Miss Abernethy
Released: March 10, 2006
Type: Movie
The world's on the brink of World War II, but a young actress is caught in a sentimental contest between a playwright and a director.
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Title: Agatha Christie's Marple
Character: Miss Marple
Released: December 12, 2004
Type: TV
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
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Bright Young Things
Title: Bright Young Things
Character: Lottie Crump
Released: October 3, 2003
Type: Movie
During the 1930s in England, a group of young socialites dominate the national gossip with extravagant and outlandish antics. Among the group is the aspiring novelist Adam Fenwick-Symes, who is attempting to raise enough money to marry fellow member Nina Blount. However, after customs officials confiscate his first manuscript, Fenwick-Symes must recover from the financial setback and figure out new ways to earn money for a wedding.
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Title: The Last Detective
Character: Sheila Harthog
Released: February 7, 2003
Type: TV
"Dangerous" Davies always gets the cases no one else wants, and no one notices when he eventually succeeds. But his old-fashioned decency and dogged determination have won him legions of loyal fans.
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Title: Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
Character: Jack's Mum
Released: December 2, 2001
Type: TV
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Jack and the Beanstalk
Title: Jack and the Beanstalk
Character: Mavis
Released: October 11, 1999
Type: Movie
In this spell-binding story brave Jack climbs the Beanstalk to the magical world of Beanland. He and his new friends Dilly (the small but fearless Bean girl) and Ambrose (the nervous donkey) are drawn into all sorts of exciting adventures as they attempt to rid the Beanland of the wicked Giant. This exciting and beautifully animated re-telling of the classic tale is filled with fun, humour and wonderful music to delight children of all ages time and time again.
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Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Title: Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Released: November 7, 1998
Type: Movie
'Hey, Mr Producer!' features selected scenes from the productions of the world's most successful musical producer, Cameron Mackintosh - classic songs from classic musicals performed by the ultimate cast.
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Title: Midsomer Murders
Character: Ruby Wilmott
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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The Snow Queen's Revenge
Title: The Snow Queen's Revenge
Character: The Snow Queen / Freda / The Proprietor
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
The Snow Queen holds Ellie responsible for ruining her plans to freeze the world and sets out to seek revenge. She kidnaps Dimly the flying reindeer and once again Ellie and her friend Peeps the Sparrow are forced to travel, this time to the South Pole, where the Snow Queen and her Trolls have taken up residence.
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Vol-au-vent
Title: Vol-au-vent
Character: Audrey
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
It's Samantha's big wedding day but her mother is making it miserable for her with a typical maternal conflict of interests. Her mother orders her the wrong flowers, the wrong type of make-up and wants to video the garden instead of the girls getting dressed. To top it off three thieves have crashed the party pretending to be video-assistants, the make-up artist gets drunk and the chauffeur has choked on a biscuit and died.
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Title: The Old Curiosity Shop
Character: Mrs Jartley
Released: March 19, 1995
Type: Movie
1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of money to Nell's grandfather as an investment, expecting a large profit. But when Quilp finds out the old man has lost all the money with playing cards, he is determined to get the man in a madhouse as revenge. Nell and her grandfather are forced to leave their house and to start traveling across the country. But Quilp isn't sitting still, his spies are everywhere. Meanwhile a stranger is also looking for Nell's grandfather.
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The Snow Queen
Title: The Snow Queen
Character: Old Lady / Freda
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Far away, in her vast ice palace, the Snow Queen plots to rule the world by deflecting all the sun's warmth away from Earth so that it freezes over. But her mirror breaks, and on her mission to find all the missing pieces, she kidnaps Tom, who has part of the mirror in his body. Can his sister Ellie save Tom, and stop the evil Queen from achieving global dominance?
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Title: GMTV
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: TV
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
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Adam Bede
Title: Adam Bede
Character: Mrs. Poyser
Released: March 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Rich and languorous, this adaptation of George Eliot's classic tale perfectly evokes rural England in the 18th Century. But beneath the tranquil surface of this pastoral idyll run deep passions and the bitter gall of betrayal.
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Title: French Fields
Character: Hester Fields
Released: September 5, 1989
Type: TV
French Fields is a British situation comedy. It ran for 19 episodes from 5 September 1989 to 8 October 1991. It was written by John T. Chapman and Ian Davidson and was produced by Thames Television for ITV. The series starred Anton Rodgers and Julia McKenzie as husband and wife William and Hester Fields and followed the series Fresh Fields, which ran from 7 March 1984 to 23 October 1986. At the end of the last series of Fresh Fields, William accepted a position with a French company. French Fields follows Hester and William after they make the move to Calais. Other regular cast included their French real estate agent Chantal, who was also the Fields' neighbour to the left. On the right, were the horrible and snobbish English couple the Trendles. Hester and William also coped with Madame Remoleux, an unintelligible and ancient French woman who lived in and cared for the estate — called Les Hirondelles — where they all lived. Also, popping in on a regular basis, were local farmer and mayor Monsieur Dax and his daughter Marie-Christine, to whom Hester did her best to teach English. Nicholas Courtney also appeared frequently as the Marquis.
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Shirley Valentine
Title: Shirley Valentine
Character: Gillian
Released: August 30, 1989
Type: Movie
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
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Hotel du Lac
Title: Hotel du Lac
Character: Jennifer Pusey
Released: March 2, 1986
Type: Movie
Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests.
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Absent Friends
Title: Absent Friends
Character: Diana
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the play by Alan Ayckbourn.
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Title: Theatre Night
Released: September 15, 1985
Type: TV
A series of dramas featuring staged theatre plays.
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Blott on the Landscape
Title: Blott on the Landscape
Released: February 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Bawdy adaption of Tom Sharpe's comic tale. A landowning MP attempts to have a motorway built through the grounds of his wife's ancestral home.
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Title: Fresh Fields
Character: Hester Fields
Released: March 7, 1984
Type: TV
Fresh Fields is a British situation comedy written by John T. Chapman and produced by Thames Television for ITV between 7 March 1984 and 23 October 1986. A ratings success at the time, the show is well remembered for its opening titles featuring a silhouette of a person in a rocking chair. It stars Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers as Hester and William Fields, a devoted middle-class couple with an idyllic suburban lifestyle. William works while Hester keeps home. The crux of the show was that she was always looking to try new hobbies or find ways to improve her life, much of which exasperated her hard-working husband. The family home had a granny flat attached, in which Hester's mother Nancy lived. She was divorced from Hester's father Guy although remarried him as the series progressed. The couple had a daughter called Emma who frequently telephoned but never appeared. Her husband Peter did appear often. They later had a son — the Fields' first grandchild — whom they named Guy, after his great-grandfather. Perhaps, the best remembered supporting character was Sonia Barrett who would frequently pop round to borrow items to replace hers due to breakage, theft or mislaying. Hester was not perturbed by this, as the two were close friends, but it used to irritate William. Sonia had the show's only catchphrase — she would always knock on the back door of the Fields' home and then say It's only Sonia! as she walked in. This would sometimes lead to applause of recognition from the studio audience, a phenomenon more regularly seen within American sitcoms. Sonia's husband John appeared on occasion, as did William's secretary Miss Denham, played by Daphne Oxenford.
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Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Title: Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Trace the life and career of visionary puppeteer Jim Henson through this fascinating documentary, which profiles the creative genius's early endeavors in college, his incredible contributions to "Sesame Street" and the creation of "The Muppet Show." In addition to interviews with Henson, his wife, Jane, and close collaborator Frank Oz, this in-depth special also offers viewers a peek inside the magical Henson Workshop.
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Those Glory Glory Days
Title: Those Glory Glory Days
Character: Mrs Herrick
Released: November 17, 1983
Type: Movie
Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.
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Title: Wogan
Character: Self
Released: May 4, 1982
Type: TV
Wogan is a British television chat show
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Title: That Beryl Marston...!
Released: July 24, 1981
Type: TV
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An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Title: An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
Released: December 26, 1980
Type: Movie
Dame Edna Everage takes questions from a celebrity audience about her life and career.
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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Title: The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Character: Miss Dolly Dormancott
Released: September 10, 1980
Type: Movie
The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
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Ike
Title: Ike
Character: Sybil Bryan
Released: May 3, 1979
Type: Movie
Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.
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Title: An Audience with...
Character: Self
Released: January 8, 1978
Type: TV
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
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Title: Maggie And Her
Released: August 13, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Battle of the Sexes
Released: March 19, 1976
Type: TV
Amusing sketches and musical standup routines about the differences between men and women.
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Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Title: Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done
Character: Rose Maybud (voice)
Released: December 17, 1975
Type: Movie
Able Seaman Dick Deadeye is charged by Queen Victoria to find the stolen Ultimate Secret. His ugliness means that his life has always been lonely but a buxom barmaid takes a shine to him. Together, they battle pirates and an evil magician before discovering that the Ultimate Secret is nothing but LOVE! Using songs based on the original works of Gilbert and Sullivan (but updated with modern lyrics), this film was created to commemorate the centenary anniversary of the first collaboration of the composers of the Savoy Operas.
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Title: The Stanley Baxter Picture Show
Released: October 8, 1972
Type: TV