Annabel Leventon
26 movies · 18 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 20, 1942 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Hertfordshire, England, UK
Biography
Judith Annabel Leventon (born 20 April 1942 in Hertfordshire, England) is an English actress who has acted in various roles on stage and television.
While reading English at the University of Oxford she made several appearances at the Oxford Playhouse and toured France as Desdemona in the Oxford University Dramatic Society's production of Othello. She then joined the Fourbeats pop group, played at the Edinburgh Festival and continued in various other OUDS productions.
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On obtaining her BA she gained a grant to LAMDA and made her professional stage debut in Leicester. In December 1967 she left for America where she joined Tom O' Horgan's La MaMa troupe in New York and worked with them for seven months before returning to Britain. She was in the original London cast of Hair in 1968 at the Shaftesbury Theatre, also directed by O'Horgan. She went on to direct and appear in the show in Paris. She also appeared in the original London production of The Rocky Horror Show.
Her first TV appearance was in The White Rabbit in 1967, and she went on to appear in a number of long-running series over the next four decades.
Her film credits include roles in Come Back Peter (1969), Le Mur de l'Atlantique (1970), Every Home Should Have One (1970), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), Shock Treatment (1981), Real Life (1984), Defence of the Realm (1986), M. Butterfly (1993), Wimbledon (2004) and A Royal Night Out (2015).
In 2013, Leventon appeared in the role of Constance, the Madwoman of the Flea Market, in the British premiere of Jerry Herman's Dear World at the Charing Cross Theatre, London. In 2023, Leventon appeared in the role of Edith Tellmann in the British premiere of Bjørg Vik's The Journey to Venice at the Finborough Theatre, London. For this role, she was nominated for an Offie for Lead Performance in a Play.
She is the author of The Real Rock Follies: The Great Girl Band Rip-Off of 1976, released in 2017.
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Annabel Leventon: movies and TV shows
Acting (43)
- 2023 Still Life
as The Mother
- 2022
- 2020 The Nest
as Patricia Davis
- 2019 This Camera is Broken
as The Director
- 2017 Sunday Worship
as Rose Champion
- 2015 A Royal Night Out
as Lady MacCloud
- 2011
- 2010 Lennon Naked
as Rich Lady
- 2005 Ian Fleming: Bondmaker
as Eve Fleming
- 2004 Wimbledon
as Pauline Rossdale
- 1999 Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell
as Various
- 1996 Alive and Kicking
as Paris Mourner
- 1994 A Business Affair
as Literary Guest
- 1993 M. Butterfly
as Frau Baden
- 1992
- 1990
- 1989 Work Experience
as Wealthy Woman
- 1986 Defence of the Realm
as Trudy Markham
- 1986
- 1985
- 1985
- 1984 Real Life
as Carla
- 1984
- 1981
- 1981 Shock Treatment
as DTV Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1980 Profiles of Andrea Dunbar and Victoria Wood
as Good Fun Cast Member (uncredited)
- 1979
- 1979
- 1979 On Giant's Shoulders
as Journalist
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show
as The Transylvanians
- 1974 The Actual Woman
as Caro
- 1973 Vérité
as Shirley
- 1972
- 1970 Atlantic Wall
as Sybil, British non-commissioned officer
- 1970 Every Home Should Have One
as Chandler's Secretary
- 1969 You've Made Your Bed - Now Lie in It
as Chico
- 1969 Some Like It Sexy
as Creampuff, Hippie
- 1967
- 1967
- 1956
Behind the camera (1)
- 1976
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 2022