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Born Harriet Mary Walter
1950 (age 75–76)
London, England
1950 (age 75–76)
London, England
Education London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation Actress
Born Harriet Mary Walter
1950 (age 75–76)
London, England
1950 (age 75–76)
London, England
Education London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (BA)
Occupation Actress
Wikipedia
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Harriet Walter - Wikipedia
November 26, 2025 - Harriet Walter was born in London, England in 1950. She is the niece of British actor Sir Christopher Lee, being the daughter of his elder sister Xandra Lee and so she has Italian origins.
IMDb
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Harriet Walter | Actress, Producer, Soundtrack
December 2, 2025 - Both she and her uncle Christopher Lee appeared in "Star Wars" films: Lee played Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) and Walter played Dr.
IMDb
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Harriet Walter - Biography - IMDb
Harriet's father was a legal consultant with a ship building firm while her mother worked on top-secret material in the admiralty during the war. Her parents split when she was 13, She and her older sister ,Charlotte were sent to boarding school but Harriet left early as she got A levels at 16 and knew she wanted to be an actress and auditioned for 5 London drama schools but all turned her down.
Encyclopedia.com
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Walter, Harriet 1950– | Encyclopedia.com
Walter, Harriet 1950–PERSONALFull name, Harriet Mary Walter; born September 24, 1950, in the United Kingdom; daughter of Roderick Walter and Xandra Carandini (maiden name, Lee; later known as Lady de Trafford); niece of Christopher Lee (an actor). Education: Attended the London Academy of ...
Reddit
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r/SuccessionTV on Reddit: Harriet Walter is criminally underrated as Caroline.
May 25, 2023 -
In the discussion about this show's abundance of excellent performances, I don't see Harriet Walter's name come up enough, which is a shame because she elevates the material in every single scene she's in. Not a single false note in her performance, she just completely owns the Caroline character and makes her every bit as memorable as Logan despite having just a fraction of the screentime. Every single one of her scenes are like getting tickled by a snake: by turns hilarious and fanged.
She also feels like a signifier of this show's peaks in quality: with the exception of season 2, she has only ever appeared in the final two episodes of every season, with Armstrong himself penning the script. Her British aristocrat background also feels symbolic given that this is a show about Americans written by Brits: Caroline (and Walter's performance) seems to represent the lifeblood of this show's comic voice, which makes it ever more perfectly fitting that she's playing the kids' mother. Just a terrific character and performance, by far one of the best in the show.
ELLE
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Succession’s Matriarch Dame Harriet Walter On Motherhood, Mistresses And The Best Man For The Job
May 23, 2023 - But Dame Harriet Walter’s portrayal of the acerbic wealthy aristocrat certainly deserves a standing ovation. Viewers of the HBO hit show - which comes to its conclusion after four critically-acclaimed and widely-memed seasons next week - first welcomed Caroline into the fold in season one, ahead of her daughter Shiv Roy (Sarah Snook) and Tom Wambsgans' (Matthew Macfadyen) wedding.
Fandom
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Harriet Walter - Downton Abbey Wiki - Fandom
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Fandom
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Harriet Walter | Killing Eve Wiki | Fandom
1 week ago - Dame Harriet Walter portrays Dasha Duzran on Killing Eve. Walter was born in London, England. She is the niece of British actor Sir Christopher Lee. On her father's side, she is the great-great-great-granddaughter of John Walter, who founded The Times. She went to Cranborne Schase School.
BBC America
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10 Things You May Not Know About Harriet Walter | Anglophenia | BBC America
Her full title: Countess Estelle Marie Rose. Walter has described her grandmother as "frightening" and said she channels her when playing formidable characters like Dasha in Killing Eve and Veronique in This Is Going to Hurt.
The Telegraph
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Star of stage and screen Harriet Walter discusses life in her London homes
London legend: Dame Harriet Walter has starred in hit dramas such as Succession, Killing Eve and The Crown ... I was born in St John’s Wood. I arrived on the same date in the same ‘nursing home’ where Judi Dench gave birth to her daughter. Not the same year, obviously.
Vanity Fair
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Harriet Walter on Mothering Succession’s Roys: “She’s Actually Quite Scared of Her Own Children” | Vanity Fair
December 6, 2021 - This week on Succession, the Roys decamped to Italy for their mother’s wedding. Caroline Collingwood, played by the great Harriet Walter, returns to the show to throw everyone into a tailspin—especially her only daughter, Shiv (Sarah Snook).
TV Insider
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Harriet Walter - Actress
Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actor
Vanity Fair
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Succession’s Harriet Walter on Caroline’s Nightmare Relationship with the Roy Children | Vanity Fair
May 22, 2023 - Walter’s character is an absolute insult MVP on a series packed with insult MVPs. During Shiv’s wedding weekend, Caroline reassured her daughter, “It’s quite good, your being the second-most important person at your wedding.
Rotten Tomatoes
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Harriet Walter Movies & TV Shows List | Rotten Tomatoes | Rotten Tomatoes
London native, Dame Harriet Walter, DBE began her theater career in the 1970s while also making sporadic appearances on UK TV.
Vogue
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How Harriet Walter Found Her Niche Playing Truly Abominable Mothers | Vogue
October 21, 2023 - Set in the stifling Spanish heat, the all-women play opens on the funeral of Alba’s husband and the new widow’s decision to enforce a period of mourning on her daughters so strict they’re forbidden to leave their claustrophobic casa for eight years. And so they sit inside and sew and stew, growing increasingly frustrated by the promise of men, sex, and life that sits just beyond their front door. “The patriarchy is, occasionally, very well run by matriarchs,” says Walter of the play, which, written just before the start of the Spanish Civil War and Lorca’s own violent death at the hands of Nationalists, is often read as a critique of the country’s then fascist forces.
Bustle
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At 28, Dame Harriet Walter Was The Only Woman On Stage
February 20, 2024 - If you were to speak to 28-year-old Harriet now, would you recommend therapy to her? I probably would, though I don’t think anorexia is very easy to understand. I mean, even now I don’t because people say to me, “Can you help my daughter or my granddaughter?” and I can’t really, even now.
The Guardian
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‘You get more confident as the parts run out’: Harriet Walter on her stage career, Succession and Shakespeare’s women | Harriet Walter | The Guardian
October 27, 2024 - Walter knew as a child what it was to be “on the receiving end of cold, snooty, put-down people”. Flippancy was at a premium and “no one said anything very serious” (I would love to see her in Noël Coward). When her father left the household he told his 13-year-old daughter: “I’m sure I can rely on you to take it like a chap.”
The Movie Database
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Harriet Walter — The Movie Database (TMDB)
Dame Harriet Mary Walter DBE (born 24 September 1950) is a British actress. She has received a Laurence Olivier Award as well as numerous nominations including for a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order ...
A Rabbit's Foot
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A Rabbit's Foot The Dark Lady: Harriet Walter - A Rabbit's Foot
March 17, 2025 - Maybe if I looked at the world from her point of view, I’d see something else.” In perhaps her most Shakespearean role to date, Walter played Lady Caroline Collingwood, the hilarious ex-wife of Murdoch-inspired media mogul Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession. Her funniest moment includes asking guests at her daughter’s wedding how long they give the marriage.
MrOwl
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Harriet Walter > Cast > The Crown (TV series) | @navpreet | MrOwl
Dame Harriet Mary Walter, DBE (born 24 September 1950) is an English stage and screen actress. Her film appearances include Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Governess (1998), Villa des Roses (2002), Atonement (2007) and Man Up (2015).