Judi Bowker
Biography
Judi Bowker is an English actress who became known through television before moving into film. Born in Shawford, Hampshire, she lived in Northern Rhodesia for eight years as a child and returned to England to pursue acting. Her breakthrough came in 1972 as the lead in the television series The Adventures of Black Beauty, a continuation of the book, and she believed her experience with horses helped secure the role. In the same year she played Saint Clare of Assisi in Franco Zeffirelli's Brother Sun, Sister Moon (1972). Her later film roles included Mina Harker in Count Dracula (1977), Andromeda in Clash of the Titans (1981), and Lady Olivia Lilburn in The Shooting Party (1985). On stage she has taken major roles in plays such as Hedda Gabler and Macbeth, and she narrated a BBC audiobook adaptation of P. D. James in 2018.
72years old
Turns 73 on April 6in 147 days
- Born Compton and Shawford
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 13 years1972 to 1985
Every film, newest first
- 1985The Shooting PartyIMDb rating 6.8
- 1981Clash of the TitansIMDb rating 6.9
- 1977Count DraculaIMDb rating 7.2
- 1972Brother Sun, Sister MoonIMDb rating 7.2
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Getting ready for a role
Bowker said her horse riding experience likely helped her get cast in The Adventures of Black Beauty. She remembered that some episodes were set in spring but filmed in winter, so she sometimes wore summer clothes in the cold.
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Worked with
Judi Bowker made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
James Mason's page
Burgess Meredith's page
John Gielgud's page
Maggie Smith's page
Laurence Olivier's page
Alec Guinness's page
Desmond DavisDirector, 1 film, 1981
All films by Desmond Davis
All films by Franco Zeffirelli
Philip SavilleDirector, 1 film, 1977
All films by Philip Saville
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