Margaret Tyzack
Biography
Margaret Tyzack was an English actress, born in Essex and raised in Plaistow, West Ham, who trained at RADA and built a career on classical stage work, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962 for The Lower Depths. She won a 1970 BAFTA television award for her lead in the BBC serial The First Churchills, a Tony Award in 1990 for Lettice and Lovage, opposite Maggie Smith, and Olivier Awards in 1981 and 2009. Her films included 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Ring of Spies (1964), The Whisperers (1967), The Legacy (1978), Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Mrs Dalloway (1997), while on television she appeared in The Forsyte Saga, I, Claudius, Young Indiana Jones and EastEnders. She also acted at the Stratford Festival in Canada in 1977.
79years old at death
- Born Plaistow
- Died London
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
- Also credited as Margaret Maude Tyzack and Margaret Maud Tyzack
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 33 years1964 to 1997
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Behind the award
Margaret Tyzack took the role of Lotte Schoen in Lettice and Lovage, playing it in London and on Broadway alongside Dame Maggie Smith. Her performance earned her the 1990 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play.
First role
Tyzack joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1962 to play Vassilissa in Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths, beginning her noted classical stage career.
Margaret Tyzack movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father1996as Miss Helen Seymour
IMDb rating 7.2925 votes
Most often with
Four actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Awards
Five awards and honors from 1970 to 2010, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1990 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2010 | Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
| 1970 | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Won | |
| Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress | Won | ||
| Laurence Olivier Awards | Won | ||
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