Cheryl Campbell (born 22 May 1949) is an English actress. She starred opposite Bob Hoskins in the 1978 BBC drama Pennies From Heaven, before going on to win the 1980 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for Testament of Youth and Malice Aforethought, and the 1982 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Revival for A Doll's House. Her film appearances include Chariots of Fire (1981), Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) and The Shooting Party (1985).
Early life
Born 22 May 1949 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. Campbell is the daughter of an airline pilot.
Career
Film and TV
Campbell earned her first BAFTA nomination in 1978 for her portrayal of Eileen Everson, opposite Bob Hoskins in Dennis Potter's television serial Pennies from Heaven (1978).
Campbell's one other role in a work by Potter was as Janet in Rain on the Roof (1980).
Campbell's other stage performances in London include You Never Can Tell (Lyric, 1979); Miss Julie (1983) in the title role; Little Eyolf (1985) as Asta; The Daughter-in-Law (1985) as Minnie; The Sneeze (a Chekhov selection) (1988) in various roles;
Filmography
Film
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|1980
|McVicar
| Sheila McVicar
|
|-
|1980
|Hawk the Slayer
| Sister Monica
|
|-
|1981
|Chariots of Fire
| Jennie Liddell
|
|-
|1984
|Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
| Lady Alice Clayton
|
|-
|1985
|'
| Aline, Lady Hartlip
|
|-
|2010
|Tamara Drewe
| Lucetta
|
|-
|}
Television
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|1974
|Affairs of the Heart
|Emma Gosselin
|
|-
|1975
|Edward the Seventh
|Princess Beatrice
| Episodes 8 and 10
|-
|1975
|Within These Walls
|Susan Carpenter
| Episode: Long Shadows
|-
|1976
|Killers
|Miss Duncan
|Episode: "The Crumbles Murder"
|-
|1977
|Z Cars
|Helen Milne
|Episode: "Attack"
|-
|1978
|Pennies From Heaven
|Eileen
|
|-
|1978
|'
|Erica Taylor
| Episode: Feet of Clay
|-
|1978
|Lillie
|Sarah Bernhardt
|
|-
|1979
|Malice Aforethought
|Madeleine Cranmere
|
|-
|1979
|Testament of Youth
|Vera Brittain
|
|-
|1980
|Rain on the Roof
|Janet
|
|-
|1981
|'
|Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent
|
|-
|1984
|'
|Caroline Ashurst
|TV series, 3 episodes
|-
|1985
|Absurd Person Singular
|Eva Jackson
|TV movie
|-
|1986
| Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple
|Griselda Clement
|Episode: “The Murder at the Vicarage”
|-
|1987
| '
|Elizabeth Fellowes
|TV series, 6 episodes
|-
| 1990
| Centrepoint
|Maria Wearing
|TV Mini-Series (4 episodes)
|-
| 1990
| Boon
|Pamela Drake
|Episode: “The Tender Trap”
|-
| 1990
| Inspector Morse
|Sylvie Maxton
|Episode: “The Infernal Serpent”
|-
| 1990
| '
|Lady Frances Carfax
|Episode: “The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax”
|-
|1991
|'
|Corrine Last
|Episode: “Means of Evil” Part 1 & 2
|-
| 1992
| '
|Winnie Verloc
|
|-
| 1992
| Maigret
|Aline Bauche
|-
|1995
| Ghosts
|Mrs. Maradick
|Episode: "Shadowy Third
|-
| 1996
| Bramwell
|Emily Coxon
|
|-
| 1997
| '
|Bessy Tulliver
|
|-
| 1999
| Wing and a Prayer
|Louise McAllister
|
|-
| 1999
| '
|Diana Grey
|Episode: "Appendix Man" as the assistant to the police coroner
|-
| 2000
| Monsignor Renard
|Madeleine Claveau
|
|-
| 2000
| Midsomer Murders
|Sandra MacKillop
|Episode: "Beyond the Grave"
|-
| 2001
| '
|Lady Carbury
|
|-
| 2002
| Foyle's War
|Emily Gascoigne
|Episode: "A Lesson in Murder"
|-
| 2003
| William and Mary
|Molly Gilcrest
|
|-
| 2005
| To the Ends of the Earth
|Lady Somerset
|
|-
| 2005
| Waking the Dead
|Maureen Hunt
|Episode: "Undertow"
|-
| 2005
| Funland
|Valerie Hinchcliffe
|
|-
| 2006
| Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
|Louie Williams
|TV movie
|-
| 2006
| Dalziel and Pascoe
|Jean Swainbank
| Episode: “Fallen Angel” Part 1 & 2
|-
| 2006
| Spooks
|Deputy Prime Minister
|Episode: “Aftermath”
|-
| 2007
| Peep Show
|Penny Chapman
|Episode: “Sophie’s Parents”, “Wedding”
|-
| 2008
| Lewis
|Valli Helm
| Episode: "Music to Die For"
|-
| 2008
| Agatha Christie's Poirot
|Lady Boynton
| Episode: "Appointment with Death"
|-
| 2010
| '
|Ocean Waters
| Episode: "The Vault of Secrets" Part 1 & 2
|-
| 2011
| Casualty
|Miriam Turner
|TV series, 10 episodes
|-
| 2012, 2014
| Call the Midwife
|Lady Browne
|TV series - 3 episodes
|-
|2013
|Breathless
|Mrs Truscott
|TV Mini-Series - 5 episodes
|-
| 2013
| Midsomer Murders
|Vivian Stannington
| Episode: "The Sicilian Defence"
|-
| 2015
| Doctor Foster
|Helen Foster
|TV series, 3 episodes
|-
|}