Barbara Ewing
Biography
Barbara Ewing, a New Zealand performer and writer, has worked as an actress, playwright and novelist. Born in Carterton, she earned a degree in English and Māori language from Victoria University of Wellington, then moved to Britain in 1962 to train at RADA, graduating in 1965. Her first television part came in A Choice of Kings in 1966, and her first film was the Amicus horror Torture Garden (1967). She followed it with Hammer's Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) and later appeared in Eye of the Needle (1981). On television she played Agnes Fairchild in the comedy Brass from 1983 to 1990. Her stage credits include a one-woman show from 1989, Alexandra Kollontai, which was acclaimed in London and at festivals in Edinburgh and Sydney. She has written novels, and her book The Petticoat Men earned a 2015 Ngaio Marsh Award shortlisting.
87years old
Turns 88 on January 14in 96 days
- Born Carterton
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 14 years1967 to 1981
Every film, newest first
- 1981Eye of the NeedleIMDb rating 7.1
- 1968Dracula Has Risen from the GraveIMDb rating 6.5
- 1967Torture GardenIMDb rating 6.2
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Early training
Ewing trained as an actor at RADA in London after winning a New Zealand Government scholarship, moving to Britain in 1962 because New Zealand had no national acting school at the time.
Beyond film
Ewing's 1989 one-woman stage show, Alexandra Kollontai, was a hit. It dealt with the sole woman in Lenin's cabinet in 1917 and won acclaim in London plus the Edinburgh and Sydney Festivals.
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Worked with
Barbara Ewing shares two films with Michael Ripper, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Michael Ripper's page
Christopher Lee's page
Donald Sutherland's page
Peter Cushing's page
Jack Palance's page
Burgess Meredith's page
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