Selina Jane Cadell is an English actress. She is the younger sister of actor

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and granddaughter of actress

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. She is the great niece of the Scottish artist Francis Cadell.

Biography

Cadell was born in London. She has been appearing on British television, film and theatre over the past forty years. She has taken on a wide range of supporting and leading roles. In 1985, she appeared in Agatha Christie's ''

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'' 'A Pocket Full of Rye' as Mary Dove, also in the TV series ''Victoria Wood'' in 1989, ''

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'' in 1993, '' Pie in the Sky'' (S2:E5 "Dead Right") in 1995, and ''

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'' '

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' in 1997 (as Phyllis Cadel). She played Caroline Sheppard in the 2000 ''

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'':''

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''. She also appeared in '' The Catherine Tate Show'' in 2006 and as Eleanor Crouch in ''Midsomer Murders'' 'Midsomer Life' in 2008. Since then, she has played Dorothy Crowther in '' The Amazing Mrs Pritchard''; made regular appearances as Mrs Tishell in ''

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''; and the Dean Mieke Miedema in '' Lab Rats''. She appeared in

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' BAM production of

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's ''

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'', and played Maria in Mendes' highly acclaimed production of ''

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'' for the

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(London and New York). She also lent her voice to Jemima Puddle Duck's sister-in-law, Rebecca Puddle Duck, in the British children's animated series '' The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends'' for the

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and Fuji Television Network. Her film career has included roles in '' Not Quite Paradise'' (1985), ''

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'' (1987), '' The Madness of King George'' (1994), '' Mrs. Dalloway'' (1997), '' Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War'' (2002), '' Match Point'' (2005) and '' Snow Cake'' (2006). In 2015, she directed the

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's first production of '' Love for Love'' by

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. In 2009's "Allegory of Love", S3:E1 of '' Lewis'', she played Professor Bernice "Bernie" Rutherford. She played Pamela Bennett in "Among the Few", a 2011 episode of Foyle's War. In 2012, she briefly appeared in the remake of '' Gambit''. In 2013, she appeared as Sister Gregory, a Roman Catholic nun, in the ''

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'' episode "The Bride of Christ". She played the title role as the vanishing lady herself, Miss Froy, the character previously played by May Whitty and

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in the previous two versions, in the 2013 TV film ''

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'' from the BBC, directed by Diarmuid Lawrence from an updated screenplay by Fiona Seres. She appeared as Professor Alice Sandwell in

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episode "Buried Treasure" (S4:E6). In 2019, Cadell appeared in the Acorn TV series '' Queens of Mystery''. In 2017, Cadell revealed that the American actress

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has been her good friend for more than 40 years. They appeared together onscreen when Weaver guest starred in ''Doc Martin''. In October 2019, Cadell was the guest on an episode of the

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programme '' Private Passions''. Cadell made a third appearance as Venetia Butts in ''Midsomer Murders'' 'Book of the Dead' (2023).

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