Susan Brown (English actress)

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Susan Brown
Born (1946-05-06) May 6, 1946 (age 77)
Bristol, England
Nationality British
Occupation Actress

Susan Brown (born 6 May 1946)[1][2] is an English actress of stage and screen. She is best known for her role as Septa Mordane in HBO series Game of Thrones.

Biography

Brown was born in Bristol, England. Before starting her professional career, Brown trained at Rose Bruford College. She has appeared in such stage productions as The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse), Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Playing with Fire, Cardiff East[3] and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (National Theatre),[4] Easter, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III and Bad Weather (RSC), Road,[5]Shirley, Downfall, Gibraltar Straight and Seagulls (Royal Court), Butterfly Kiss (Almeida), The House of Bernarda Alba and The Chairs (Gate Theatre), You Be Ted and I'll Be Sylvia (Hampstead), Playing Sinatra (Croydon Warehouse and Greenwich Theatre), The Beaux' Stratagem, Back to Methuselah, The Vortex, The Way of the World and A Woman of No Importance (Cambridge Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (English Touring Theatre), Small Change[6][7] and Iphigenia (Sheffield Crucible).

Brown played "Mrs Dimmock" a widow who comes across an oriental cannon, in an episode of Lovejoy, "The Peking Gun", in October 1993. To international audiences, Brown is perhaps best known for her role as Septa Mordane in the first series of Game of Thrones. Her character was killed off in the concluding episodes of the series. She had a supporting role as Margaret Thatcher's live-in carer June in The Iron Lady and has had small roles in BBC drama series Call the Midwife and Torchwood.[8]

Television

Year Television Show Role Other notes
1988 Andy Capp Ruby
1991 Prime Suspect Linda
1993 The Riff-Raff Element Susan Belcher
1995 A Touch of Frost Stella Boxley
1998 Taggart Jan Dickson
2004 Dalziel and Pascoe ACC Alex Lawrence[9][10][11]
2009 Torchwood Bridget Spears Season Three – Children of Earth
2011 Game of Thrones Septa Mordane
2013 Broadchurch Liz Roper
2013 Call the Midwife Mrs Peacock

Film

Year Film Role Other notes
1987 Hope and Glory Mrs. Evans[12]
2012 The Iron Lady June

Theatre

Year Play Role Other notes
2015 Husbands & Sons Mrs Gascoigne Co-production between National Theatre,London and Royal Exchange, Manchester

Audio

Year Audio Role Other notes
2007 Doctor Who:100 Midwife/Mary
2008 Doctor Who: Return of the Krotons Eleanor Harvey
2010 Doctor Who: The Prison in Space Chairman Babs
2010 Doctor Who: Castle of Fear Maud the Withered
2010 Doctor Who: The Eternal Summer Alice Withers
2010 Doctor Who: Plague of the Daleks Mrs Withers/Mrs Sowerby/Computer Voice

Video games

Year Title Role
2014 LittleBigPlanet 3 Nana Pud
2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Wendy Boyles

References

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  8. Susan Brown at the Internet Movie Database
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