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Amanda Walker

Amanda Walker

British actress

Amanda Galafres Patterson Walker (born 29 November 1935) is an English film and television actress.

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Career

Amanda Walker trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She is notable for roles in 28 Weeks Later,[1] Heat and Dust,[2] A Room with a View, Pollyanna and Churchill and the Generals.

Overall, Amanda Walker has appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1959 and is still active as an actress as of 2022. In 1990, she appeared in the Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Cornish Mystery", an adaptation of Agatha Christie's short story of the same name.[3]

Personal life

Amanda Walker is the daughter of Madeleine Christie.[4] She is married to fellow actor Patrick Godfrey since 1960, they have two children. Their daughter Kate Godfrey is Head of Voice for the Royal Shakespeare Company.[5]

Filmography

Film

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References

  1. [1]
    Grey, Tobias (14 August 2009). "The Arty Horror Picture Show". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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    "Merchant Ivory Productions - Heat and Dust". Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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    ""Agatha Christie's Poirot" The Cornish Mystery (TV Episode 1990)". IMDb. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
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    "Madeleine Christie". Herald Scotland. 3 February 1996. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
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    Bano, Tim (2 July 2018). "RSC head of voice Kate Godfrey: 'I want actors to use their own accents – it just needs to be clear'". "It was almost inevitable that she should end up in theatre, as the daughter of actors Amanda Walker, who had roles in 28 Weeks Later and A Room With a View, and Patrick Godfrey, who worked at the RSC at the time of Peter Brook’s iconic Midsummer Night’s Dream there in 1970." The Stage. Retrieved 29 March 2021.



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