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Claire Skinner is a British actress noted for her roles in such films as Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Clockwork Mice (1995).


 
 
                          

. Claire Skinner

"Dance to the Music of Time, A" (1997) (mini)

Title: "Dance to the Music of Time, A" (mini)
Released: 1997
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Runtime: 120 min (4 episodes)
Country: UK
Language: English

Plot Summary: Anthony Powell's 12 volume novel sequence "A Dance to the Music of Time" has been dramatised for television.

Comments: At long last, Anthony Powell's 12 volume novel sequence A Dance to the Music of Time has been dramatised for television. If Powell's "Journals" are to be believed, this is after any number of false starts spanning the best part of 20 years. The dramatisation was in four two-hour episodes, each covering approximately 3 books. They were shown on UK's Channel 4 TV in October 1997. The format of four 2-hour films was, in many ways, unfortunate as it severely constrained the amount of the action which could be shown, however given the exigencies of modern TV scheduling it was probably the only way in which "Dance" was ever going to get televised. As a devotee of the books, I was apprehensive about how they would translate into film. Just how do you condense 12 novels into 8 hours of television? However in my view the dramatisation worked extremely well, notwithstanding the necessary omissions.

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Claire Skinner - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography (list of movies she's appeared in)

Eroica (2003) (TV) .... Therese Brunsvik
Booze Cruise, The (2003) (TV) .... Leonie Sewell
"Trevor's World of Sport" (2003) TV Series .... Meryl
"Bedtime" (2001) TV Series .... Sarah Newcombe (2001)
Swallow (2001) (TV) .... Gail Collins
Perfect Strangers (2001) (TV) .... Rebecca
... aka Almost Strangers (2001) (TV) (UK)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) .... Magda
... aka Journal de Bridget Jones, Le (2001) (France)
Second Sight II: Hide and Seek (2000) (TV) .... Tully

Mauvaise passe (1999) .... Patricia
... aka Escort, The (1999)
... aka Wrong Blonde, The (1999)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) .... Midwife Elizabeth 'Beth' Killian
... aka Sleepy Hollow (1999) (Germany)
You're Dead... (1999) .... Jo
... aka You Are Dead (1999) (Germany)
Second Sight (1999) (TV) .... DI Catherine Tully
"Peter Principle, The" (1995) TV Series .... Susan Harvey (Series 1-2) (1997-2000)
... aka "Boss, The" (1995) (USA)
Wingless Bird, The (1997) (TV) .... Agnes Conway
... aka Catherine Cookson's The Wingless Bird (1997) (TV) (UK)
"Dance to the Music of Time, A" (1997) (mini) TV Series .... Jean Duport
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
... aka Fräulein Smillas Gespür für Schnee (1997) (Germany)
... aka Fröken Smillas känsla för snö (1997) (Sweden)
... aka Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne (1997) (Denmark)
... aka Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1997)
Clockwork Mice (1995) .... Fairy
I.D. (1995) .... Marie
... aka Undercover (1996) (Germany)
"Chef!" (1993) TV Series .... Lucinda (1994)
Two Golden Balls (1994) (TV) .... Linda
Return of the Native, The (1994) (TV) .... Thomasin
Naked (1993) .... Sandra the Nurse
... aka Mike Leigh's Naked (1993)
Life Is Sweet (1990) .... Natalie

Rachel Papers, The (1989) .... Gloria


Claire Skinner - Notable TV Guest Appearances
"Brass Eye" (1997) playing "Martha O'Dennell" in episode: "Moral Decline" (episode # 1.6) 5 March 1997
"Brass Eye" (1997) playing "Helly Melvick" in episode: "Science" (episode # 1.3) 12 February 1997
"Brass Eye" (1997) playing "Mrs. Wastrey" in episode: "Drugs" (episode # 1.2) 5 February 1997
"Coogan's Run" (1995) playing "Frances" in episode: "The Curator" (episode # 1.6) 22 December 1995
"Inspector Morse" (1987) playing "Girl Pupil" in episode: "Ghost in the Machine" (episode # 3.1) 4 January 1989