Marjorie Yates
Biography
Marjorie Yates is a British actress who studied at the Bournville College of Art in her native Birmingham and has worked in television, film, radio and the theater. She began on television in the early 1970s in an episode of the BBC's Play for Today, and went on to appear in series including Z-Cars, The Brothers and The Sweeney, with a leading role in A Very British Coup. Her films include The Black Panther (1977), Wetherby (1985), Dead Man's Folly (1986) and Terence Davies's The Long Day Closes (1992). In 2001 she took a role in the West End in Noël Coward's Star Quality, and from 2004 she played Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless, the part for which she is best known, initially for one episode before returning as a regular. In 2022 she appeared in the film Allelujah.
85years old
Turns 86 on April 13in 163 days
- Born Birmingham
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 15 years1977 to 1992
Every film, newest first
- 1992The Long Day ClosesIMDb rating 7.3
- 1986Dead Man's FollyIMDb rating 6.3
- 1985WetherbyIMDb rating 6.5
- 1981Priest of LoveIMDb rating 6.0
- 1977The Black PantherIMDb rating 6.7
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Beyond film
Yates took a West End stage role in London in 2001, appearing in Noël Coward's Star Quality alongside Penelope Keith and Una Stubbs.
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Worked with
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Films together
Vanessa Redgrave's page
Tom Wilkinson's page
Ian Holm's page
Judi Dench's page
Ian McKellen's page
John Gielgud's page
All films by Terence Davies
Clive DonnerDirector, 1 film, 1986
All films by Clive Donner
All films by David Hare
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