Hannah Gordon
Biography
Hannah Gordon is a Scottish actress and presenter whose career has centered on British television. Born in Edinburgh and trained at Glasgow's Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, she began on screen in 1965 in Out of the Unknown and appeared in the Doctor Who serial The Highlanders as Kirsty in 1966 and 1967. She took a role in Spring and Port Wine on stage in 1967 and repeated it in the 1970 film. Her television profile grew with My Wife Next Door in 1972 and Upstairs, Downstairs from 1974 to 1975, where she played Virginia Hamilton, followed by Telford's Change in 1979 and the sitcom Joint Account from 1989 to 1990. She voiced Hyzenthlay in Watership Down (1978) and played Ann Treves in The Elephant Man (1980). From 1998 to 2001 she presented Watercolour Challenge, and in 2000 she appeared in the last episode of One Foot in the Grave.
85years old
Turns 86 on April 9in 178 days
- Born Edinburgh
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Hannah Warwick and Hannah Campbell Grant Gordon
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 22 years1978 to 2000
Every film, newest first
- 2000Victoria Wood with All the TrimmingsIMDb rating 7.8
- 1980The Elephant ManIMDb rating 8.2
- 1978Watership DownIMDb rating 7.5
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First role
Hannah Gordon's first screen appearance was as Zaylo in the opening episode of Out of the Unknown, titled No Place Like Earth, broadcast in October 1965.
Early training
Gordon trained in drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, then spent a year at a repertory theater in Dundee after graduating.
A change of course
From 1998 to 2001, Gordon hosted the Channel 4 program Watercolour Challenge, serving as the host of the show during those years.
Beyond film
Gordon took the narrator's role for a Christmas performance of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, given by the Corinthian Chamber Orchestra at St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, on 14 December 2007.
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Worked with
Hannah Gordon shares two films with John Hurt, 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
John Hurt's page
Anthony Hopkins's page
Richard E. Grant's page
Joss Ackland's page
John Gielgud's page
Michael Hordern's page
All films by David Lynch
Martin RosenDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Martin Rosen
John BirkinDirector, 1 film, 2000
All films by John Birkin
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.