Marsha Fitzalan
Acting
Biography
Marsha Fitzalan/Lady Marcia Mary Josephine Fitzalan Howard is a British actress best known for her portrayal as Sarah B'Stard in The New Statesman. She is the third daughter of Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk, and Anne Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk. She trained at the Weber Douglas Academy and apart from The New Statesman, has appeared in Upstairs, Downstairs, The Professionals and Murder Most Horrid.
Born: March 10, 1953
Place of Birth: Bonn, West Germany
Known For
Agatha Christie's Poirot
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first class deceptions.
Shelley
James Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.
Upstairs, Downstairs
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
Midsomer Murders
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
The Professionals
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Nancy Astor
Nancy Astor was the American-born socialite and politician who became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. This miniseries produced for BBC2 follows her journey from her early life in Virginia to her political career in Britain, including her marriage to Waldorf Astor and her struggles and triumphs as a Member of Parliament.
The New Statesman
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
The Booze Cruise
A group of men from Kent; Clive (Martin Clunes), Rob (Neil Pearson), Dave (Mark Benton), Maurice (Brian Murphy) and Daniel (Ben Whishaw) - go on a booze cruise to France, with mixed success and many mishaps along the way. Events involving their wives and families back home also form a large part of the plot.
Harry Enfield and Chums
Harry Enfield, Kathy Burke, Paul Whitehouse and others take on an array of oddball characters and old-time favorites in this sketch comedy show.
Winter Solstice
When Elfrida Philips abandons London for a country village, she settles in quickly. She is very poor, but has a tiny cottage, her four-legged friend Horace, and friendships of good neighbors. Tragedy upsets her newfound tranquillity, and she takes refuge in a rambling house with a new gentleman friend in Corrydale. But the group proves to be greater than the sum of its ill-fitting parts, and as the solstice passes, and as Christmas approaches, the healing power of love, begins to work its magic. (Filmed at Dunrobin Castle, Golspie, Sutherland)
Filmography
as Florence
as Didi Marchmont
as Ruth Rainer
as Ruth Rainer
as Dowager
as Lady Dot Edgerstone
as Mrs. Carlton
as Countess
as Jennifer Brinkley
as Laura Brierly
as Stately Home Lady
as Valerie Marchant-Hayne
as Alison Duff
as Lydia's Friend
as Behemoth (voice)
as Miss Delaney
as Sarah B'Stard
as Loelia
as Rosamund Darnley
as Polly Cockpurse
as Sarah B'Stard
as Georgina
as Katherine
as Penelope
as Lady
as Luce
as Wissie Astor
as Clara Eynsford-Hill
as Caroline Bingley
as Jennifer Black
as Party Guest