Charlotte Attenborough

Born: 1959-06-29

Charlotte Isabel Attenborough (born 1959) is an English stage, film and television actress known for her appearances in Jane Eyre (1996) and Jeeves and Wooster (1991, 1993). She is the daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim. Charlotte Isabel Attenborough was born in 1959, the daughter of actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, and the film and theatre actress Sheila Sim. She has one brother, director Michael Attenborough. Her sister Jane and her 14-year-old niece Lucy were killed in the Indian Ocean tsunami as it struck their villa on the coast of Thailand on 26 December 2004. Another niece, Alice, was seriously injured. Charlotte Attenborough is the niece of television naturalist Sir David Attenborough, John Attenborough and actor Gerald Sim. Attenborough had an uncredited role as a small child in the crowd in Whistle Down the Wind (1961) and made a brief cameo appearance in Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) when she was directed by her father Richard Attenborough. Charlotte Attenborough was educated at Lady Eleanor Holles School in London and the University of Bristol[citation needed] before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) like her father before her, from where she left with an Acting Diploma in 1983. Her film roles include Ezekiel (1994) and Mary Rivers in Jane Eyre (1996), while television roles include Poopy Travis in May We Borrow Your Husband? (1986); Teasel in The Play on One (1989); Lucy in Storyboard (1989); Lucy Trent in Making News (1990); Verity in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1991); Margaret Froelich in Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1991); Stiffy Byng in Jeeves and Wooster (1991–1993); Prime Minister's Secretary in Screen One (1995) and Clinic Manager in Ultraviolet (1998). In 1987 she appeared as Sheila Birling in a production of An Inspector Calls at Theatr Clwyd, which transferred to London's Westminster Theatre. In 1989 she played Lucie Manette in an adaptation of A Tale of Two Cities for BBC Radio 4.


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Jane Eyre

as uncredited
Released: 1996-01-20

After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives...

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Oh! What a Lovely War

as Emma Smith - Age 8 (uncredited)
Released: 1969-03-10

The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys...

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Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

as Margaret Froelich
Released: 1991-12-06

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get involved with Balkan terrorists to save Emperor Franz...

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These Foolish Things

as Teasel
Released: 1989-02-28

Gutrune's romance with newspaper editor Nick Verney is hampered by the fact that he is still in...

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Jeeves and Wooster

as Stiffy
First aired: 1990-04-22

Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's...

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