Dame Dorothy Tutin, (8 April 19306 August 2001) was an English actress of stage, film and television. For her work in the theatre, she won two

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and two ''Evening Standard'' Awards for Best Actress. She was made a

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in 1967 and a Dame (DBE) in 2000. Tutin began her stage career in 1949 and won the 1960 Best Actress ''Evening Standard'' Award for ''

Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...

''. Having made her

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debut in the 1963 production of ''

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'', she received a

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nomination for her role in the 1968 original Broadway production of ''

Portrait of a Queen ''Portrait of a Queen'' is a play about the life of Queen Victoria based on her letters. Dorothy Tutin played the role of Victoria on the West End and Broadway.

''. In the 1970s, she won a second Best Actress ''Evening Standard'' Award and won the

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(then the Society of London awards) for Best Actress in a Revival for '' A Month in the Country'' and '' The Double Dealer''. Her films included ''

The Importance of Being Earnest ''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...

'' (1952), ''

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'' (1953), ''

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'' (1958), '' Savage Messiah'' (1972) and ''

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'' (1985). An obituary in ''

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'' described her as "one of the most enchanting, accomplished and intelligent leading ladies on the post-war British stage. With her husky voice, deep brown eyes, wistful smile and sense of humour, she brought an enduring charm to all kinds of stage drama, ancient and modern, as well as to films and television plays in a career that spanned more than 40 years".

Biography

Dorothy Tutin was born in

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on 8 April 1930, the daughter of John Tutin and Adie Evelyn Fryers, a Yorkshire couple who married the following year.''All Memories Great & Small'', Oliver Crocker (2016; MIWK) She was educated at St Catherine's School, Bramley, Surrey and studied for the stage at PARADA and the

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. Tutin was also a talented pianist. In 1963 she married the actor Derek Waring, and they had two children, Nicholas (born 1966) and Amanda, both of whom became actors (mother and daughter appeared together in the 1989 '' All Creatures Great and Small'' episode "Mending Fences"). Dorothy Tutin and Derek Waring remained married until her death in 2001 at the age of 71 from

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. Waring died in 2007, also from cancer.

Career

Theatre

Dorothy Tutin made her first stage appearance at

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on 6 September 1949, playing Princess Margaret of England in

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's play ''The Thistle and the Rose''. She joined the

Bristol Old Vic Bristol Old Vic is a British theatre company based at the Theatre Royal, Bristol. The present company was established in 1946 as an offshoot of the Old Vic in London. It is associated with the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which became a f ...

Company in January 1950, appearing as Phebe in '' As You Like It'', Anni in

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's ''Captain Carvallo'' and Belinda in John Vanbrugh's ''The Provok'd Wife''. She joined the

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company in London for the 1950–51 season, playing Win-the-Fight Littlewit in

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's '' Bartholomew Fair'', Ann Page in '' The Merry Wives of Windsor'' and Princess Katharine in '' Henry V''. At the Lyric Theatre in September 1951, she played Martina in Christopher Fry's ''Thor with Angels'', followed in January 1952 by Hero in

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's production of ''

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'' at the Phoenix Theatre. Subsequent roles included: *Rose Pemberton in ''

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'' (

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, April 1953 *

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in ''

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'' (

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), New Theatre, March 1954 *Joan in '' The Lark'' (

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), Lyric Hammersmith, March 1955 *Hedvig in ''

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'',

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, December 1955 *Caroline Traherne in ''The Gates of Summer'', touring, September 1956 *Jean Rice in ''The Entertainer'',

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, April 1957

Work with the RSC

Tutin first joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre Company for the 1958 season in Stratford-upon-Avon, appearing as Juliet in '' Romeo and Juliet'', Viola in ''

'' and Ophelia in ''

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''. With the same company (but renamed the Royal Shakespeare Company from January 1961), she appeared as: *Viola in ''Twelfth Night'',

Aldwych Theatre The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Aldwych in the City of Westminster, central London. It was listed Grade II on 20 July 1971. Its seating capacity is 1,200 on three levels. History Origins The theatre was constructed in th ...

, December 1960 (

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Best Actress) *Sister Jeanne in ''The Devils'', Aldwych, February 1961. *Juliet in ''Romeo and Juliet'',

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, Stratford, August 1961 *Desdemona in '' Othello'', Stratford October 1961, Aldwych, October 1962 *Varya in ''

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'', Aldwych, December 1961 and October 1962 *Polly Peachum in ''

'', Aldwych, July 1963 Other work included: *Beatrice in ''Beatrice et Benedict'' (concert version) Royal Festival Hall, November 1963 *Queen Victoria in ''

Portrait of a Queen ''Portrait of a Queen'' is a play about the life of Queen Victoria based on her letters. Dorothy Tutin played the role of Victoria on the West End and Broadway.

'', Bristol Old Vic March 1965;

Vaudeville Theatre The Vaudeville Theatre is a West End theatre on the Strand in the City of Westminster. As the name suggests, the theatre held mostly vaudeville shows and musical revues in its early days. It opened in 1870 and was rebuilt twice, although each ...

, May 1965; and Henry Miller NY, February 1968 (Tony nominee) *Rosalind in '' As You Like It'', RSC Stratford and Aldwych, summer 1967, then at the

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, Los Angeles, January 1968 *Ann in ''Ann Veronica'', Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, February 1969 *Francine in ''Play on Love'', St Martin's Theatre, January 1970 *Alice in '' Arden of Faversham'', RSC Theatregoround Festival, Roundhouse, November 1970 *Kate in '' Old Times'', Aldwych, June 1971 *Title role in ''

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'',

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, December 1971 and 1972 *Maggie Wylie in '' What Every Woman Knows'', touring, March 1972 and

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, November 1974 *Natalya Petrovna in '' A Month in the Country'',

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, 1974 season; and (for Prospect Productions) Albery Theatre, November 1975 (

Best Actress) & (

for Best Actress in a Revival) *Lady Macbeth in '' Macbeth'', Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, October 1976 *Cleopatra in '' Antony and Cleopatra'',

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1977 and Old Vic November 1977 *Madame Ranevsky in ''

'', National Theatre, Olivier, February 1978 *Lady Macbeth in ''Macbeth'', National, Olivier, June 1978 *Lady Plyant in ''The Double Dealer'', National, Olivier, September 1978 (

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in a Revival) *Genia Hofreiter in ''Undiscovered Country'', National, Olivier, June 1979 *Madame Dubarry in ''Reflections'', Theatre Royal Haymarket, March 1980 *Hester Collyer in '' The Deep Blue Sea'', Greenwich Theatre September 1981 * Sarah in ''After the Lions'' by Ronald Harwood. World premiere directed by Michael Elliott at the Royal Exchange, Manchester 1982 *Deborah in ''

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'' (part of a

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''Other Places'' triple-bill),

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, March 1985 *Blanche Jerome in ''

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'', Aldwych Theatre, December 1986 *Sonia in Loleh Bellon's ''Thursday's Ladies'',

Apollo Theatre The Apollo Theatre is a Grade II listed West End theatre, on Shaftesbury Avenue in the City of Westminster, in central London.

, September 1987 *Edna Selby in ''Harlequinade'' and Millie Crocker-Harris in '' The Browning Version'', Royalty Theatre, March 1988 *Desiree Armfeldt in ''

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'',

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, October 1989 *Elderly Woman in ''Mountain Language'' and Melissa in ''Party Time'' (Harold Pinter),

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, November 1991 *Rhoda Monkhams in

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's ''After October'', Minerva, Chichester, May 1997,

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and Greenwich Theatre, June 1997, co-starring with Nicholas Waring *Fonsia Dorsey in ''

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'',

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, March 1999, co-starring with Joss Ackland

Films and television

Tutin won the role of Cecily in

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's film version of Oscar Wilde's ''

'' (1952), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Most Promising Newcomer). Around the same time, she played Polly Peachum to Laurence Olivier's Macheath in

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's film version of ''

'' (1953). Her next major film role was as Lucie in the film ''

'' (1958), opposite Dirk Bogarde. She continued to divide her appearances among stage, TV and film, appearing in the title role of a television production of

's ''

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'' (1959) and the film '' Cromwell'' (1970) as Queen Henrietta Maria, and then played

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in the

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Biography

Career

Theatre

Work with the RSC

Films and television

Awards and nominations

Honours

Filmography

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