Elizabeth Counsell

Actor

Born: Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK

BIOGRAPHY

Elizabeth Counsell (born June 7, 1942) is an English actress, best known for starring in the BBC television series Brush Strokes, and for her work in classical theatre. She played Lady Macbeth to Michael Gambons Macbeth at the Forum Theatre in 1968, and was Michael Redgraves leading lady in his anthology Shakespeares People, 1976-77. In 1983 she took the nominal part in Peter Halls Jean Seberg (musical) at the Royal National Theatre. Her film career includes roles in Hot Millions (1968), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Under the Doctor (1976), Killers Moon (1978), and Claudia (1985). Her most recent film appearances include the 2012 film Song for Marion with Vanessa Redgrave, and the 2014 film Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman.Counsell is the daughter of actress Mary Kerridge and stage director John Counsell, who together ran the Theatre Royal, Windsor. In the 1970s she married the actor David Simeon, and in 1979 gave birth to a son.

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