Suzanne Bertish
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Suzanne Bertish (born 7 August 1951) is an English actress.
Educated at Woldingham School, Bertish joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and appeared in many of its productions, including its marathon eight-and-a-half-hour version of Charles Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, in which she played three roles. She repeated these three roles in the 1982 television version of the complete play. She was later seen in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (1983) as Adriana.
In 1984, she appeared as Freida Gottleib, in two series of Shine on Harvey Moon, a refugee from Austria who owns a house with her brother Erich, when the Moons take up tenancy at their lodgings.
She also appeared as a female Arnold Rimmer (Arlene Rimmer), in an episode of Red Dwarf, "Parallel Universe" in 1988.
She has also played small roles in several films, including the Harrison Ford vehicle Hanover Street, and the vampire film The Hunger. She had a recurring role as Eleni in the cable television series Rome (2005–2007). In 2009 she had a role in a production of Breakfast at Tiffany's at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Clare Omney | 3 episodes |
| 1979 | BBC Play of the Month | Kate Croy | Episode: "The Wings of the Dove" |
| 1979 | ITV Playhouse | Lena | Episode: "You're Not Watching Me, Mummy" |
| 1981 | Maybury | Julia Charlton | Episode: "Indoor Games" |
| 1981 | The Three Sisters | Masha | Television film |
| 1982 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Fanny Squeers | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | Shakespeare Lives! | Television series | |
| 1983 | To the Lighthouse | Lily Briscoe | Television film |
| 1983 | The Comedy of Errors | Adriana | Television film |
| 1984 | Play for Today | Alice Durkow | Episode: "Rainy Day Women" |
| 1984 | Freud | Minna Bernays | Minna Bernays |
| 1984–1985 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Frieda Gottlieb | 17 episodes |
| 1986 | Ladies in Charge | Clara Cane | Episode: "Dangerous Prelude" |
| 1986 | Lenny Henry Tonite | Episode: "Pratt Outta Hell" | |
| 1986 | Girls on Top | RSC Actress 1 | Episode: "Mr Yummie Brownie" |
| 1987 | Omnibus | Herself | Episode: "Getting to Dylan" |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Rebekka West | Episode: "Henrik Ibsen" |
| 1988 | Inspector Morse | Cheryl Baines | Episode: "Last Seen Wearing" |
| 1988 | Red Dwarf | Arlene Rimmer | Episode: "Parallel Universe" |
| 1989 | A Day in Summer | Georgina | Television film |
| 1989 | The Bill | Dr. Reece | Episode: "Waste" |
| 1990 | Casualty | Caroline Collier | Episode: "Remembrance" |
| 1991 | Ruby Takes a Trip... | Herself | Television film |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Titania | Episode: "A Midsummer Night's Dream" |
| 1993 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Dean Stellar | Episode: "No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story" |
| 1993 | 15: The Life and Death of Philip Knight | Margaret Harris | Television film |
| 1993 | Screen One | Rosa Klein | Episode: "Wall of Silence" |
| 1994 | Love Hurts | Mirav Levison | 4 episodes |
| 1994 | Mr. Bean | Art Teacher | Episode: "Back to School Mr. Bean" |
| 1995 | Space Precinct | Regina Baylek | Episode: "Divided We Stand" |
| 1995 | Absolutely Fabulous | Gina | Episode: "The End" |
| 1995 | The 49th Annual Tony Awards | Herself | Nominee: The Molière Comedies as Lisette/Sganerelle's Wife |
| 1997 | Peak Practice | Dr. Brodie | Episode: "Lost Feelings" |
| 1998 | Coronation Street | Viv Fay | Episode: #4333 |
| 1999 | The Scarlet Pimpernel | La Touraine | Episode: "A King's Ransom" |
| 2000 | Silent Witness | Eva Horowitz | 2 episodes |
| 2000 | Ruby | Herself | Episode: #4.4 |
| 2003 | The Commander | Vivian Newburgh | Television film |
| 2003 | The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Julia | Television film |
| 2004 | Judas | Rohab | Television film |
| 2004 | The Grid | Sarah Camfield | 6 episodes |
| 2004 | Rosemary & Thyme | Emma Standish | Episode: "The Italian Rapscallion" |
| 2005 | Love Soup | Sally | Episode: "Death and Nurses" |
| 2007 | Trial & Retribution | Ms Newburgh | Episode: "Mirror Image (Part 1)" |
| 2005–2007 | Rome | Eleni | 14 episodes |
| 2010 | Poirot | Miss Milray | Episode: "Three Act Tradegy" |
| 2011 | Secret Diary of a Call Girl | Anna | 2 episodes |
| 2016 | X Company | Abbess | Episode: "Last Man, Last Round" |
| 2016–2017 | Mercy Street | Hospital Matron Brannan | 12 episodes |
| 2018 | The Looming Tower | Landlady | Episode: "Mistakes Were Made" |
| 2020 | Atlantic Crossing | Florence Harriman | 8 episodes |
| 2021 | Sex Education | Dr. Cutton | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Life After Life | Mrs. Woolf | Episode: #1.4 |
| 2023 | Dead Ringers | Linda | 3 episodes |
| 2025 | Andor | Aunt Squidna | 3 episodes |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Hanover Street | The French Girl | |
| 1983 | The Hunger | Phyllis | |
| 1987 | Hearts of Fire | Anne Ashton | |
| 1990 | The Monk | Sister Mariana | |
| 1992 | Venice/Venice | Carlotta | |
| 1994 | Thin Ice | Lotte | |
| 1996 | Crimetime | Lady Macbeth | |
| 1997 | Bent | Half-Woman - Half-Man | |
| 1999 | The 13th Warrior | Hulda | |
| 2004 | The Fever | Susan | |
| 2005 | The Upside of Anger | Gina | |
| 2005 | The Toybox | Madeline Usher | |
| 2009 | Holy Money | Charlotte | |
| 2009 | Pope Joan | Bishop Arnaldo | |
| 2011 | W.E. | Lady Cunard | |
| 2014 | River of Fundament | Wake Guest | |
| 2014 | The Departure | Blind woman | Short film |
| 2017 | Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Fifi Oscard | |
| 2017 | The Wife | Dusty Berkowitz | |
| 2018 | Royal Shakespeare Company: Troilus and Cressida | Agamemnon | |
| 2018 | Tahiti | Francesca | Short film |
| 2019 | Mad? | Miriam | |
| 2021 | Benediction | Lady Ottoline Morrell | |
| 2023 | Magic Mike's Last Dance | Renata | |
| 2023 | The Nun II | Madame Laurent | |
| 2024 | Hellboy: The Crooked Man | Grammy Oakhum | |
| TBA | Vindicta | Older Hannah | Post-production |
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–2023 | Hey Duggee | Tag's Mum Great Grandmama Tag Mum | 6 episodes |
External links
- at IMDb