Geraldine James's guest appearances

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The theatre director Peter Hall referred to Geraldine James as one of the great English classical actresses. Graduating from the Drama Centre she embarked on a theatre career that would see her nominated for a Tony and winning the Drama Desk Award for her role as Portia in the Broadway revival of The Merchant Of Venice.Her film credits include Gandhi, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and 45 Years. Since 2017, she has starred in the Netflix series Anne With An E. Geraldine has been nominated four times for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress; for Dummy, Band Of Gold, The Sins and The Jewel In The Crown where she played the character Sarah Layton. David caught up with her to talk about that experience earlier this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The theatre director <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hall_(director)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Peter Hall</a> referred to Geraldine James as one of the great English classical actresses. Graduating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_Centre_London" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Drama Centre</a> she embarked on a theatre career that would see her nominated for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Play" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Tony </a>and winning the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_Desk_Award_for_Outstanding_Actress_in_a_Play" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Drama Desk Award</a> for her role as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portia_(Merchant_of_Venice)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Portia</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_(theatre)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Broadway</a> revival of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Merchant Of Venice</a>.Her film credits include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi_(film)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Gandhi</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon_Tattoo_(2011_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45_Years" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">45 Years</a>. Since 2017, she has starred in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netflix" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Netflix</a> series <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_with_an_E" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Anne With An E</a>. Geraldine has been nominated four times for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy_Television_Award_for_Best_Actress" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress</a>; for Dummy, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Gold_(TV_series)" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Band Of Gold</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sins" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Sins</a> and The Jewel In The Crown where she played the character Sarah Layton. David caught up with her to talk about that experience earlier this year. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

My guest is Geraldine James, a prolific author of design books, including the very popular "Creative Walls" and "#shelfie."  These are the two books I wanted to talk about with her in particular because buying art as well as displaying collections are two things I think we should all be embracing.   The Style Matters podcast is now Slow Style Home! Click here for the latest episode. 

My guest is Geraldine James, a prolific author of design books, including the very popular "Creative Walls" and "#shelfie."  These are the two books I wanted to talk about with her in particular because buying art as well as displaying collections are two things I think we should all be embracing.   The Style Matters podcast is now Slow Style Home! <a href="https://www.slowstylehome.com/episodes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here for the latest episode. </a>

Anything Goes When It Comes To Your Walls with Geraldine James

Rob's guest this week is the celebrated screen and stage actress, Gerladine James. She chooses music including Ives' Holidays Symphony, Wagner's Das Rheingold and Bach played by Pablo Casals.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is one of Britain's best known actresses - Geraldine James. Geraldine James became a household name 20 years ago for her performance as Sarah Layton in the epic, lavish series The Jewel in the Crown. But she is also used to far more earthy roles - one of her first television performances was portraying the real-life story of a deaf/mute prostitute from Bradford for which she won a TV Critics' award. The TV role she took after Jewel in the Crown was as the redoubtable and beefy Lady Maud in Blott on the Landscape and, later, more northern prostitutes in Band of Gold. She is a well respected stage actress - key roles include Portia in the Merchant of Venice opposite Dustin Hoffman and When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout. Her most recent screen work was as the prim and disapproving Women's Institute leader in the hugely successful film Calendar Girls. After school she studied drama at the Drama Centre, London, and spent three years in repertory theatre and school theatre before embarking on her television career; most recently as Lady Rowley in Trollope's He Knew He was Right. She was made an OBE in 2003.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: In Tears of Grief, Dear Lord We Leave Thee by Johann Sebastian BachBook: The Fatal Shore by Robert HughesLuxury: iPod

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is one of Britain's best known actresses - Geraldine James. Geraldine James became a household name 20 years ago for her performance as Sarah Layton in the epic, lavish series The Jewel in the Crown. But she is also used to far more earthy roles - one of her first television performances was portraying the real-life story of a deaf/mute prostitute from Bradford for which she won a TV Critics' award. The TV role she took after Jewel in the Crown was as the redoubtable and beefy Lady Maud in Blott on the Landscape and, later, more northern prostitutes in Band of Gold. She is a well respected stage actress - key roles include Portia in the Merchant of Venice opposite Dustin Hoffman and When I Was a Girl I Used to Scream and Shout. Her most recent screen work was as the prim and disapproving Women's Institute leader in the hugely successful film Calendar Girls. After school she studied drama at the Drama Centre, London, and spent three years in repertory theatre and school theatre before embarking on her television career; most recently as Lady Rowley in Trollope's He Knew He was Right. She was made an OBE in 2003. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: In Tears of Grief, Dear Lord We Leave Thee by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: The Fatal Shore by Robert Hughes Luxury: iPod