| Julia St John | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hammersmith, London, England |
| Education | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse |
Peter McEnery
(m. 2007) |
Julia St John is an English actress and theatre director. Her television credits include A Touch of Frost, The Brittas Empire, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Lovejoy, Minder, Harry Enfield and Chums, Lewis, and Victoria Wood, appearing in the episode Over To Pam.
Directing credits include Walter and Lenny at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester, and Shakespeare, his Wife & the Dog at the Liverpool Playhouse.
Stage
- Ludmilla in Alasdair Gray's McGrotty and Ludmilla at Tron Theatre (1986)
- Natasha in Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Minerva Theatre, Chichester (1994)
- Regan in King Lear directed by Peter Cheeseman at New Vic Theatre (1996)
- Lady Pembroke in Alan Bennett's The Madness of George III at West Yorkshire Playhouse (2003)
- Maya in Arthur Miller's The Archbishop's Ceiling at the Southwark Playhouse (2004)
- Sheila in Charlotte Keatley's Our Father at Watford Palace Theatre (2012)
- Mrs Lintott in Alan Bennett's The History Boys at the Sheffield Crucible (2013)
- Martha/Nelly Rose in Jefferson's Garden at Watford Palace Theatre (2015)
- Mrs Cotton in "I Capture the Castle" musical at Watford Palace Theatre and Octagon Theatre Bolton (2017)
- Mrs Malaprop in "The Rivals" at the Watermill Theatre in Bagnor, Newbury (2018)
Selected film and television roles
- Charles & Diana: A Royal Love Story (1982) – as Jane Ward
- Victoria Wood, Over to Pam (1989) – as Caroline
- The Blackheath Poisonings (1992) – as Beatrice Vandervent
- Lovejoy, The Colour of Mary (1993) – as Rosemary
- The Brittas Empire (36 episodes, 1991–1994) – as Laura Lancing
- Searching (1995) – as Chancy
- Agatha Christie's Poirot – Dumb Witness (1996) – as Bella Tanios
- Princess in Love (1996) – as Camilla Parker Bowles
- The Grand (12 episodes, 1997–1998) – as Sarah Bannerman
- Harry Enfield and Chums (4 episodes, 1997) – as Arguing Wife / David's Mother
- Brand Spanking New Show (11 episodes, 2000) – as Various characters
- High Stakes, The Poacher (2001) – as Christabel Webster
- A Touch of Frost (7 episodes, 2003–2010) – as Pathologist Amanda Chase
- Doc Martin, Blood Is Thicker (2005) – as Sandra Mylow
- Julian Fellowes Investigates: A Most Mysterious Murder – The Case of the Earl of Erroll (2005) – as Gwladys Delamere
- The Line of Beauty (2 episodes, 2006) – as Greta Timms
- Lewis, And the Moonbeams Kiss the Sea (2008) – as Naomi Norris
- Doctors, (2 episodes, 2008–2011) – as Alice Connor / Agnes Fricke
- Casualty (2006–2011) – as Dr. Sarah Evans
Radio
- Legal Affairs (1996) five-part series on BBC Radio 4
References
- "A very Chichester tale in the Minerva". Littlehampton Gazette. 2 November 2015.
- Hall, Duncan (6 November 2015). "How an unlikely Anglo-American friendship led to the Chichester Psalms 50 years ago". The Argus (Brighton).
- "Shakespeare, his Wife & the Dog". Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse. 2016.
- Hemming, Sarah (31 March 1986). "Theatre: Review of 'McGrotty and Ludmilla' at the Tron, Glasgow". The Times.
- Kingston, Jeremy (16 August 1994). "Mess in need of a good tidy-up". The Times. p. 30.
- Peter, John (9 November 1986). "Arts (Theatre): Straight down the farce lane". Sunday Times.
- Walker, Lynne (2 October 2003). "REVIEW: THEATRE THE MADNESS OF GEORGE III West Yorkshire Playhouse Leeds". The Independent. London.
- Johns, Ian (11 May 2004). "Theatre". The Times. p. 17.
- Gardner, Lyn (22 February 2012). "Our Father – review". The Guardian.
- Sheffield Theatres (2013). "The History Boys at Sheffield Theatres". Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- Billington, Michael (10 February 2015). "Jefferson's Garden (Review)". The Guardian.
- "Jefferson's Garden – Theatre – Watford Palace Theatre". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- Woodward, David (23 March 2018). "Julia St John". Retrieved 16 May 2021. Some of the best lines are spoken by the eponymous Mrs Malaprop, played with a wicked sense of fun by Julia St John.
- Davalle, Peter (12 June 1996). "Baby talk, but very mature". The Times. p. 50.