Geraldine McEwan Biography

Fast Facts

• Was married to Hugh Cruttwell, a former principal for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, for almost 50 years
• Got her start with the Windsor Repertory Company at the Theatre Royal in 1946
• Made her West End debut in the John Deighton play "Who Goes There?" in 1951
• Best known for playing the title character in "Agatha Christie's Marple" and Emmeline Lucas in "Mapp & Lucia․"
• As a theater director, she worked on "As You Like It" for Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company in 1988 and Christopher Hampton's "Treats" at the Hampstead Theatre the following year
• Often shared the stage with prominent British actors like Laurence Olivier and Albert Finney
• Often took over roles played by Dame Maggie Smith, including 1963's "The Private Ear and The Public Eye" and 1969's "The Way of the World․"
• Was a founding member of Ray Cooney's Theatre of Comedy at the Shaftesbury Theatre