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Harriet Walter Biography

Birth Name:Harriet Mary Walter

Birth Place:London, England, United Kingdom

Profession Actress, Producer, Soundtrack

Fast Facts

Awarded CBE distinctions in 2000 by Queen Elizabeth I and later DBE in 2011
A longtime supporter of the non-profits, Shakespeare Schools Festival and Prisoners Ahead
Attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Her great-great-great-grandfather, John Walter, founded The Times of London
Niece of famed British actor, Sir Christopher Lee
Quote: "What I do for a living is the thing I have wanted to do since I was nine-years-old․"
Quote: "I have a deep-seated fear of being misunderstood or misjudged․ So I got into a profession where people decide a while bunch of things and project a whole lot of things on to you and it is completely out of your control․"
A former performer with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Joint Stock Theatre Company and Duke's Playhouse in Lancaster
Although they never married, she was the partner of actor Peter Blythe until his death in the early 2000s