Susan Engel (born 25 March 1935) is a British actress. She was born in

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, Austria.

Career

Theatre

Engel's work in theatre includes: '' Angels in America'' (1992), ''

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'', '' King Lear'' (1990), '' The Good Person of Sezuan'', '' Watch on the Rhine'' (1980), '' Spring Awakening'', '' The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other'' and '' Her Naked Skin'' (2008) at the National Theatre, London; '' Women Beware Women'' (2006), ''

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'' (2001), '' Bad Weather'', '' The Dybbuk'', ''King John'' (1988), '' Cousin Vladimir'' (1978), '' The Tempest'', '' The Comedy of Errors'' (1962), ''

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'' (1963), '' Henry VI, Part 2'' and '' The Wars of The Roses'' (1963) for the RSC; '' Spinning into Butter'', '' The Happy Haven'', ''

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'' (1968) and ''

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'' at the Royal Court, London, ''Hecuba'' (2004) at the Donmar Warehouse, London; ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Shortlist'' at the Hampstead Theatre, London; ''

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'' at the Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester; '' Prayers of Serkin'' at the Old Vic, London, '' A Passage to India'' (2003) for Shared Experience; '' Himself'' at the Nuffield Theatre, Southampton; ''

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'' (2003), '' An Inspector Calls'', '' The Clandestine Marriage'' (for which she won the Clarence Derwent Award for Best Supporting Actress), ''

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'' (1994), '' The Cherry Orchard'', '' A Kind of Alaska'' (1985), '' Hamlet'', '' The Last of the Red Hot Lovers'' and '' Three Sisters'' in the West End, London.

Television

Her work in television includes the series '' The Lotus Eaters'' (1973) and the '' Doctor Who'' serial '' The Stones of Blood'' (1978). In 2004 she appeared in the popular detective series ''

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'' “Sins of Commission” as Camilla Crofton and in 2011 “Death in the Slow Lane” as Harriet Wingate. Other TV credits include: '' afterlife'', '' The Black Death'', ''

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'', '' Dalziel and Pascoe'', '' Trial and Retribution V'', '' Thursday the 12th'', '' The Vice'', ''

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'', '' Public Eye'', ''Underworld'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Cedar Tree'' and ''

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''.

Radio

In 2004, she guest-starred in the audio drama ''Gallifrey: A Blind Eye'', produced by

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. Other radio includes: '' Looking for Angels: Left at the Angel'', '' The January Wedding'', '' The Making of the English Landscape'', ''

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'', '' The Bruno Bettelheim Project'', '' The Raj Quartet'', '' Miss Esther's Guest'', '' Are You Sure?'', '' Peeling Figs for Julius'', '' La Grande Therese'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Film

Film credits include: '' The Leading Man'' (1996), '' Damage'' (1992), '' Ascendancy'' (1983), ''

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'' (1980), '' Butley'' (1974), ''

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'' (1971),King Lear
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'' (1968) and ''

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'' (1967).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Engel, Susan 1935 births Living people 20th-century British actresses Actresses from Vienna 21st-century British actresses British film actresses British radio actresses British stage actresses British television actresses