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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

23

Gender

Female

Birthday

1944-06-08 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As

Deborah Norton

Biography

Deborah Norton was born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1944. She attended a Quaker boarding school and later studied at the Drama Centre London. She worked in Britain until she toured America with The Beggar's Opera. She later returned to the UK. She has acted roles in many television productions, including Marta Dorf in the television miniseries Holocaust and roles in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, although she is perhaps best known for her role as the PM's advisor Dorothy Wainwright in Yes, Prime Minister.

Known For

Acting

Hitting Town

1976

Hitting Town

as

Clare

Country

1981

Country

as

Faith

Robbie

1979

Robbie

as

Mum

Adult Fun

1972

Adult Fun

as

Jenny

The Executioner

1980

The Executioner

as

Ilse Giesebrecht

The Peddler

1976

The Peddler

as

Dr Rose Dane

Bliss

1995

Bliss

as

Dorothy Snowden

Yes, Prime Minister

Yes, Prime Minister

as

Dorothy Wainwright

Health and Efficiency

Health and Efficiency

as

Diana Ewerts

2Point4 Children

2Point4 Children

as

Martha Christie

Holocaust

Holocaust

as

Marta Dorf

Lady Killers

Lady Killers

as

Clara Hogg

Home to Roost

Home to Roost

as

Lydia Lane

Omnibus

Omnibus

as

Nance Edgeworth

Production

Crew

Directing