Judy Parfitt

Judy Parfitt
Parfitt in The Avengers (1968)
Born
Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt

(1935-11-07) 7 November 1935 (age 89)[1]
Alma materRoyal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1954–present
Spouse
(m. 1963; died 2001)
Children1

Judy Catherine Claire Parfitt (born 7 November 1935)[2] is an English theatre, film, and television actress. She made her film debut in the 1950s, followed by a supporting role in the BBC television serial David Copperfield (1966). She also appeared as Queen Gertrude in Tony Richardson's 1969 film adaptation of Hamlet.

Later credits include Mildred Layton in the 1984 ITV television series The Jewel in the Crown, for which she received her first BAFTA award nomination; Lady Catherine de Bourgh in the 1980 television serial version of Pride and Prejudice; Vera Donovan in the 1995 film adaptation of Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne; and as Maria Thins in the 2003 film Girl with a Pearl Earring, for which she earned another BAFTA award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She has been a cast member on the drama series Call the Midwife, playing Sister Monica Joan, since the show's launch in 2012.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference findmypast was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (1 October 2014), Judy C C Parfitt, 1935; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.