Phoebe Nicholls
English actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1957 · age 69
Phoebe Sarah Nicholls is an English actress. She is most notable for her roles as Cordelia Flyte in Brideshead Revisited (1981), and as the mother of John Merrick in The Elephant Man (1980).
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Talamasca: The Secret OrderSeries, Abigail / Rose2024
Widow ClicquotFilm, Marie-Catherine Clicquot2022
Anatomy of a ScandalSeries, Tuppence Whitehouse2020
The Empty ManFilm, Nurse2017
Chubby FunnyFilm, Aunty Jane2015
FortitudeSeries, Doctor Allerdyce2012
Loving Miss HattoFilm, Mrs. Hatto2010
Downton AbbeySeries, Susan MacClare2007
Clapham JunctionFilm, Natasha2004
New TricksSeries, Annie Banks2000
The Miracle MakerFilm, Old Woman (voice)1997
I'm Alan PartridgeSeries, Karen Colman1995
PersuasionFilm, Elizabeth Elliot1991
Prime SuspectSeries, Shaw1990
Drowning in the Shallow EndFilm, Sarah1985
Screen TwoSeries, Louie JermyPoppylandFilm, 1985Louie Jermy1983
Party PartyFilm, Rebecca1980
Blade on the FeatherFilm, Christabel Cavendish1979
Tales of the UnexpectedSeries, Carol1977
Alternative 3Film1972
Van der ValkSeries, Treesje1967
Our Mother's HouseFilm, Gerty (as Sarah Nicholls)1964
The Pumpkin EaterFilm, Younger Elizabeth1957Born7 April 1957People around Phoebe
Richard Loncraine Directed Secret Orchards (1979)
Anton Lesser Also in The Missionary (1982)
Jack Clayton Directed Our Mother's House (1968)
Sophie Thompson Also in Persuasion and Secret Orchards
Patricia Hodge Also in Downton Abbey and The Elephant Man
Julian Wadham Also in Downton Abbey, Maurice and The Scapegoat
George Harrison Produced The Missionary (1985)
Anthony Hopkins Also in The Elephant Man (1980)
David Lynch Directed The Elephant Man (1981)
Maggie Smith Also in Downton Abbey and The Missionary
Donald Sutherland Also in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1966)
Benedict Cumberbatch Also in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
Anne Bancroft Also in The Pumpkin Eater and The Elephant Man
Imelda Staunton Also in Downton Abbey and Finding Your Feet
Michael Gough Also in Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1966)
James Fox Also in Downton Abbey and Heart of Darkness
Sophia Di Martino Also in The Road to Coronation Street (2010)
Samantha Bond Also in Downton Abbey and Clapham Junction
Jim Carter Also in Downton Abbey
Freddie Francis Directed Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1966)- John Woodvine Also in The Trial of Tony Blair and Persuasion
- Yootha Joyce Also in The Pumpkin Eater and Our Mother's House
- Michael Elphick Also in The Elephant Man and Ordeal by Innocence
Asim Chaudhry Also in Chubby Funny (2017)
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The Elephant Man 1980
Maurice 1987
Persuasion 1995
Our Mother's House 1967
Hawking 2004
Filmography 39
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Television 24
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Other credits include Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965), Women in Love (1969), Van der Valk (1977), Bless Me, Father (1979), Persuasion (1995), Kavanagh QC (1995), Gulliver's Travels (1995), Fairy Tale: A True Story (1997), The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1997), Shackleton (2002), Hawking (2004), The Brief (2004), Spooks (2006), The Trial of Tony Blair (2007), Lewis (2007), Prime Suspect (2003), Midsomer Murders (2003), Lewis, Foyle's War (2003), Second Sight, Downton Abbey (2012), Fortitude (2015), Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (2015), Doctor Thorne (2016), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), Eric (2024), and The Sandman (2025).
