Date of Birth : Apr 8th 1930
English actor of stage, film, and television. An obituary in The Daily Telegraph described her as “one of the most enchanting, accomplished and intelligent leading ladies on the post-war British stage. With her husky voice, deep brown eyes, wistful smile and sense of humour, she brought an enduring charm to all kinds of stage drama, ancient and modern, as well as to films and television plays in a career that spanned more than 40 years.” Having made her stage debut in 1949, her unusual looks, as well as her acting ability, led to early success. She won the role of Cecily in Anthony Asquith’s 1952 film version of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (BAFTA nomination for Most Promising Newcomer). In the same year she played Polly Peachum to Laurence Olivier’s Macheath in Peter Brook’s film version of The Beggar’s Opera, 1952. Her next major film role was as Lucie in the 1958 film of A Tale of Two Cities, opposite Dirk Bogarde. She continued to divide her appearances between stage, TV, and film, appearing in the 1970 film Cromwell starring Richard Harris and Sir Alec Guinness as Queen Henrietta Maria, before playing another Queen in 1971 as Anne Boleyn in the BBC’s series, The Six Wives of Henry VIII. She appeared in the Ken Russell film Savage Messiah in 1972.
She also performed as the teacher Sarah Burton in the TV-series South Riding (1974), based on the novel by Winifred Holtby. In the early 1980s Tutin also appeared in the made-for-television movie “Murder with Mirrors” (based on an Agatha Christie novel) along with Helen Hayes and Bette Davis. Another of her notable roles was as Goneril in an Emmy-winning television production of Shakespeare’s King Lear, opposite Laurence Olivier as King Lear and Robert Lang as the Duke of Albany.
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