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Sylvestra Le Touzel

Sylvestra Le Touzel

6 movies on Netflix

Biography

Sylvestra Le Touzel is an English actress whose career started in childhood and then moved into adult roles, with character parts across television, radio, film and theater. Her first screen part came at ten, in Doctor Who's 1968 story The Mind Robber, and she was Helen in Look and Read's 1971 serial The Boy from Space. As an adult she played Fanny Price in the BBC's 1983 adaptation of Mansfield Park. Her later television credits include Between the Lines (1994), The Uninvited (1997), the sitcom Beast (2000 to 2001), Northanger Abbey (2007) and Titanic (2012). Her performance as D.C. Hazel Savage in Appropriate Adult (2011) drew praise from Variety and the Los Angeles Times, and she played Lady Dorothy Macmillan in The Crown in 2017. She made her feature debut in Amazing Grace (2006), then appeared in Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), The Iron Lady (2011), Cloud Atlas (2012) and The Death of Stalin (2017).

68years old

Turns 69 on January 1in 91 days

Born January 1, 1958Jersey
Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films: 6
Career span: 12 years2005 to 2017

Genres

Drama100%, 6 films
History50%, 3 films
Biography33%, 2 films
Comedy33%, 2 films
Romance33%, 2 films

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First role
At ten years old, Le Touzel started her career by playing a child who torments the Second Doctor in The Mind Robber, a 1968 Doctor Who story.
Beyond film
In 1985, Le Touzel appeared with Bryan Pringle in a Heineken television advertisement. It parodied the "Rain in Spain" scene from My Fair Lady, with Pringle teaching her cockney, and later ranked 29th on Channel 4's "100 Greatest TV Ads".

Sylvestra Le Touzel movies on Netflix

The Death of Stalin2017IMDb rating 7.3as Nina Khrushchev
The Iron Lady2011IMDb rating 6.4as Hostess 1949
Happy-Go-Lucky2008IMDb rating 7.0as Heather
Northanger Abbey2007IMDb rating 7.1as Mrs Allen
Amazing Grace2006IMDb rating 7.4as Marianne Thornton
Falling2005IMDb rating 7.1as Anna Blackstone

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

Happy-Go-Lucky2008 Comedy, Dramaas Heather
IMDb rating 7.043K votes
Northanger Abbey2007 Drama, Romanceas Mrs Allen
IMDb rating 7.118K votes
The Death of Stalin2017as Nina Khrushchev
IMDb rating 7.3128K votes
Amazing Grace2006as Marianne Thornton
IMDb rating 7.427K votes
The Iron Lady2011as Hostess 1949
IMDb rating 6.4117K votes
Falling2005as Anna Blackstone
IMDb rating 7.1259 votes

Worked with

Sylvestra Le Touzel shares two films with Nicholas Farrell, 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.

Nicholas Farrell

Andrea Riseborough

Steve Buscemi

Jim Broadbent

Meryl Streep

Toby JonesArmando IannucciDirector, 1 film Phyllida LloydDirector, 1 film Mike LeighDirector, 1 film

Films together

Nicholas Farrell2 films together, 2006 to 2011
Nicholas Farrell's page
- The Iron Lady2011IMDb rating 6.4Touzel as Hostess 1949Farrell as Airey Neave
- Amazing Grace2006IMDb rating 7.4Touzel as Marianne ThorntonFarrell as Henry Thornton
Andrea Riseborough2 films together, 2008 to 2017
Andrea Riseborough's page
- The Death of Stalin2017IMDb rating 7.3Touzel as Nina KhrushchevRiseborough as Svetlana Stalin
- Happy-Go-Lucky2008IMDb rating 7.0Touzel as HeatherRiseborough as Dawn
Steve Buscemi1 film together, 2017
Steve Buscemi's page
- The Death of Stalin2017IMDb rating 7.3Touzel as Nina KhrushchevBuscemi as Nikita Khrushchev
Jim Broadbent1 film together, 2011
Jim Broadbent's page
- The Iron Lady2011IMDb rating 6.4Touzel as Hostess 1949Broadbent as Denis Thatcher
Meryl Streep1 film together, 2011
Meryl Streep's page
- The Iron Lady2011IMDb rating 6.4Touzel as Hostess 1949Streep as Margaret Thatcher
Toby Jones1 film together, 2006
Toby Jones's page
- Amazing Grace2006IMDb rating 7.4Touzel as Marianne ThorntonJones as Duke of Clarence
Armando IannucciDirector, 1 film, 2017
All films by Armando Iannucci
- The Death of Stalin2017IMDb rating 7.3Touzel as Nina Khrushchev
Phyllida LloydDirector, 1 film, 2011
All films by Phyllida Lloyd
- The Iron Lady2011IMDb rating 6.4Touzel as Hostess 1949
Mike LeighDirector, 1 film, 2008
All films by Mike Leigh
- Happy-Go-Lucky2008IMDb rating 7.0Touzel as Heather

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