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Gender: Female

Place of birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 6


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Biography

Judith Annabel Leventon (born 20 April 1942 in Hertfordshire, England) is an English actress who has acted in various roles on stage and television. While reading English at the University of Oxford she made several appearances at the Oxford Playhouse and toured France as Desdemona in the Oxford University Dramatic Society's production of Othello. She then joined the Fourbeats pop group, played at the Edinburgh Festival and continued in various other OUDS productions. On obtaining her BA she gained a grant to LAMDA and made her professional stage debut in Leicester. In December 1967 she left for America where she joined Tom O' Horgan's La MaMa troupe in New York and worked with them for seven months before returning to Britain. She was in the original London cast of Hair in 1968 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, also directed by O'Horgan. She went on to direct and appear in the show in Paris. She also appeared in the original London production of The Rocky Horror Show. Her first TV appearance was in The White Rabbit in 1967, and she went on to appear in a number of long-running series over the next four decades. Her film credits include roles in Come Back Peter (1969), Le Mur de l'Atlantique (1970), Every Home Should Have One (1970), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Shock Treatment (1981), Real Life (1984), Defence of the Realm (1986), M. Butterfly (1993), Wimbledon (2004) and A Royal Night Out (2015). In 2013, Leventon appeared in the role of Constance, the Madwoman of the Flea Market, in the British premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. In 2023, Leventon appeared in the role of Edith Tellmann in the British premiere of Bjørg Vik's The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre, London. For this role, she was nominated for an Offie for Lead Performance in a Play. She is the author of The Real Rock Follies: The Great Girl Band Rip-Off of 1976, released in 2017. Source: Article "Annabel Leventon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

Most Famous Work

Vera
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7

Vera

(2011) Margaret Kraszewski
A Touch of Frost
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8

A Touch of Frost

(1992) Marion
Bergerac
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6

Bergerac

(1981) Leonie Lemaire
Van der Valk
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6

Van der Valk

(1972) Hannie Wijsman
Dempsey and Makepeace
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6

Dempsey and Makepeace

(1985) Christine Bayly
M. Butterfly
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7

M. Butterfly

(1993) Frau Baden
The Nest
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6

The Nest

(2020) Patricia Davis
Penmarric
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Penmarric

(1979) Janna

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self
2020 Patricia Davis
2019 The Director
2015 Lady MacCloud
2011 Margaret Kraszewski
2010 Rich Lady
2004 Pauline Rossdale
1999 Various
1996 Paris Mourner
1994 Literary Guest
1993 Frau Baden
1992 Marion
1986 Trudy Markham
1985 Christine Bayly
1984 Carla
1981 Leonie Lemaire
DTV Audience Member (uncredited)
1979 Muriel Standen
Janna
Journalist
1978 N/A
1975 The Transylvanians
1974 Caro
1973 Shirley
1972 Hannie Wijsman
1970 Sybil, sous-officier Britannique
Chandler's Secretary
1969 Chico
Creampuff, Hippie
Wealthy Woman
Year Character Movie/Tv

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