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Trivia
Turned down the role, subsequently taken by Glenn Close,
in Fatal Attraction (1987)
How many
other actresses can say they've been in FOUR totally
unrelated movies where they were in charge of having
peoples heads cut off! Coincidence? - "Alice in
Wonderland" as Queen of Hearts - "Sleepy Hollow"
as Crone, as Queen Elizabeth in "Blackadder II"
(1986) and as Mrs. Tweedy in Chicken Run.
In Chicken
Run (2000) as Mrs. Tweedy (voice) it is again her job
to chop off heads.
Attended
Southport High School for Girls (Southport, England).
Later attended Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Father: William
Alan Richardson (Marketing Executive). Mother: Marian
Georgina Richardson. Sister: Lesley Richardson (Chiropodist,
born in 1949).
Gave up smoking
after being hypnotised.
Grew up in
Southport, Merseyside
Wanted to
become a vet.
One critic
wrote that "Miranda Richardson has a face like
an English sky".
In one of
the sketches on "Saturday Night Live" (1975)
(20 March 1993), The Rain People, her character tells
Phil Hartman's character that she draws inspiration
for a particularly emotional scene from a childhood
experience. She awoke after a bad crash, saw her father's
face, and told him that she was alright. Then, she saw
that it was just her father's severed head in her lap.
This makes both actors cry, and produces a great scene
for which Phil Hartman's character wins the Oscar. He
takes credit for the scene and claims the story as his
own (and messes up the details). Miranda's character
is so angry she screams, "I want his severed head
in my lap!" several times.
Personal quotes
"I like people to be surprised by the turn of events.
I don't want things just to bepat and formulaic. If
there's some sort of internal combustion in the character
or a desire to change the way things are going, that
makes for conflict, which is the essence of drama."
Miranda Richardson
- Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Prince & Me, The (2004) .... Queen Rosalind
... aka Prince and Me, The (2004) (USA)
Falling Angels (2003) .... Mary Field
Rage In Placid Lake, The (2003) .... Sylvia Lake
Actors, The (2003) .... Magnani
Lost Prince, The (2003) (TV) .... Queen Mary
Hours, The (2002) .... Vanessa Bell
Spider (2002) .... Yvonne/Mrs. Cleg/Mrs. Wilkinson
... aka Spider (2002) (Canada: French title) (France)
Snow White (2001) (TV) .... Queen Elspeth
... aka Blanche-Neige (2001) (TV) (Canada: French title)
... aka Snow White: The Fairest of Them All (2002) (TV)
(USA)
Get Carter (2000) .... Gloria
Chicken Run (2000) (voice) .... Mrs. Tweedy
... aka C:R-1 (2000) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
Miracle Maker, The (2000) (TV) (voice) .... Mary Magdalene
Blackadder
Back & Forth (1999) .... Lady Elizabeth/Queen Elizabeth
Sleepy Hollow (1999) .... Lady Mary Van Tassel/The Western
Woods Crone
... aka Sleepy Hollow (1999) (Germany)
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang (1999) .... Miss
Fowl
St. Ives (1999) .... Miss Gilchrist
... aka All for Love (1999) (UK: TV title)
Big Brass Ring, The (1999) .... Dinah Pellarin
King and I, The (1999) (voice) .... Anna Leonowens
Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV) .... Queen of Hearts
Ted & Ralph (1998) (TV) .... Henrietta Blough-Pendleton
Scold's Bridle, The (1998) (TV) .... Dr. Sarah Blakeney
Merlin (1998/II) (TV) .... Mab, Queen of the Old Ways
"Dance to the Music of Time, A" (1997) (mini)
TV Series .... Pamela Flitton
Apostle, The (1997) .... Toosie
Designated Mourner, The (1997) .... Judy
Evening Star, The (1996) .... Patsy Carpenter
Saint-Ex (1996) .... Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry
Swann (1996) .... Sarah Maloney
Kansas City (1996) .... Carolyn Stilton
Night and the Moment, The (1995) .... Julie
... aka Notte e il momento, La (1995) (Italy)
... aka Nuit et le moment, La (1995) (France)
Fatherland (1994/I) (TV) .... Charlie Maguire
Tom & Viv (1994) .... Vivienne Haigh-Wood
Century (1993) .... Clara
Line, the Cross & the Curve, The (1993) .... Mysterious
woman
Fatale (1992) .... Ingrid Fleming
... aka Damage (1992) (USA)
Crying Game, The (1992) .... Jude
"True Adventures of Christopher Columbus"
(1992) TV Series .... Queen Isabella
Enchanted April (1992) .... Rose Arbuthnot
Broken Skin (1991)
Mio caro dottor Gräsler (1991) .... Frederica/Widow
... aka Bachelor, The (1992) (USA)
Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (1991) (TV) .... Sandra
Old Times (1991) (TV) .... Anna
Redemption (1991) (TV) .... Valerie Paris
Fool, The (1990) .... Columbine/Rosalind/Ophelia
"Die Kinder" (1990) TV Series .... Sidonie
Reiger
Sueño del mono loco, El (1990) .... Marilyn
... aka Mad Monkey, The (1990)
... aka Mono loco, El (1990)
... aka Rêve du singe fou, Le (1990) (France)
... aka Twisted Obsession (1990)
Ball-Trap
on the Cote Sauvage (1989) (TV) .... Early Bird
Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV) .... Queen
Elizabeth
After Pilkington (1987) (TV) .... Penny
Eat the Rich (1987) .... DHSS Blonde
Sweet as You Are (1987) (TV) .... Julia Perry
"Sorrell and Son" (1987) (mini) TV Series
.... Lola
Empire of the Sun (1987) .... Mrs. Victor
Dream Lover, The (1986/II) (TV) .... Gina
"Blackadder II" (1986) TV Series .... Queen
Elizabeth I
... aka "Black-Adder II" (1986)
Death of a Heart, The (1985) (TV) .... Daphne Heccomb
Innocent, The (1985) .... Mary Turner
Underworld (1985) .... Oriel
... aka Transmutations (1985)
Dance with a Stranger (1985) .... Ruth Ellis
"Woman of Substance, A" (1983) (mini) TV Series
.... Paula McGill Amory
Miranda Richardson - Notable
TV Guest Appearances
"V Graham Norton" (2002) playing
"Herself" 5 December 2003
"French and Saunders" (1987) playing "Hermione"
in episode: "Comic Relief Special: Harry Potter
and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan" 14 March
2003
"Absolutely Fabulous" (1992) playing "Bettina"
in episode: "New Best Friend" (episode # 2.4)
24 February 1994
"Equinox" (1986) playing "Narrator"
in episode: "Brave New Babies" 1994
"Comic Strip Presents, The" (1982) playing
"Stella Elsbeth" in episode: "Jealousy"
(episode # 7.6) 27 May 1993
"Comic Strip Presents, The" (1982) playing
"Marie Antoinette" in episode: "Demonella"
(episode # 7.5) 20 May 1993
"Comic Strip Presents, The" (1982) playing
"Miss Straughheim" in episode: "Space
Virgins from Planet Sex" (episode # 7.2) 29 April
1993
"Saturday Night Live" (1975) playing "Host"
(episode # 18.16) 20 March 1993
"Comic Strip Presents, The" (1982) playing
"Bride's Mother" in episode: "Les Dogs"
(episode # 5.6) 8 March 1990
"Blackadder Goes Forth" (1989) playing "Nurse
Mary" in episode: "Plan E: General Hospital"
(episode # 1.5) 26 October 1989
"Alas Smith & Jones" (1984) in episode:
"The Unprepared Version" (episode # 5.6) 1989
"Alas Smith & Jones" (1984) in episode:
"The Undiscovered Version" (episode # 5.5)
1989
"Alas Smith & Jones" (1984) in episode:
"The Untouchable Version" (episode # 5.4)
1989
"Storyteller, The" (1987) playing "Witch"
in episode: "The Three Ravens" (episode #
1.7) 1988
"Blackadder the Third" (1987) playing "Amy
Hardwood/The Shadow" in episode: "Amy and
Amiability" (episode # 1.5) 15 October 1987
"Agony" (1979) playing "Gudrun"
in episode: "From Here to Maternity" (episode
# 3.1) 18 January 1981
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