Maureen Lipman
Maureen Lipman's film credits include David Fairman's
Lighthouse Hill;
Jeroen Krabbé's
Discovery of Heaven; Paul Morrison's
Solomon and Gaenor (which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film);
Robert Young's
Captain Jack; Dick Clement's
Water;
Amy Heckerling's
National Lampoon's European Vacation;
Lewis Gilbert's
Educating Rita (for which she received a BAFTA Award nomination);
Stephen Frears'
Gumshoe; and Peter Collinson and Bob Kellett's
Up the Junction (her screen debut).
She starred in her own television series, Agony, as well as its follow-up, Agony Again and About Face. Her notable telefilm appearances include Bob Brooks' The Knowledge (for Emmy Award-winning producer Verity Lambert); Alan Parker's The Evacuees and Re-Joyce; and the starring role of Shani Whittle in Piers Haggard's BAFTA Award-nominated Eskimo Day and its sequel Cold Enough for Snow.
Lipman's stage credits include playing Aunt Eller in Trevor Nunn's acclaimed National Theatre staging of Oklahoma! (later videotaped for a television airing); and playing Peggy Ramsay in Peggy for You (staged by Robin Lefevre). She starred in the West End productions of Lost in Yonkers and The Sisters Rosensweig; and in several seasons at the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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