Amanda Boxer

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Short description|English actress}} {{More footnotes|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox person | name = Amanda Boxer | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}} | birth_place = London, England | education = London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1969–present | parents = C. R. Boxer <br> Emily Hahn }}

'''Amanda Boxer''' (born 1948) is an English theatre, television, and film actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/people/14226|title=Amanda Boxer|publisher=National Theatre|access-date=11 August 2019}}</ref> She is perhaps best known for her role in the film ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998).

==Early life== Boxer was born in London, the daughter of English scholar C.R. Boxer and American author Emily Hahn.

==Career== Boxer is known for her performances in ''The Last Days of Judas Iscariot'' at the Almeida Theatre, ''Cling to Me Like Ivy'' at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, and ''The Painter'' at the Arcola Theatre. Her credits include ''Sense and Sensibility'', ''The Cleopatras'', ''The Gentle Touch'', ''Miss Marple'', (''Sleeping Murder'' episode), ''Between The Lines'', ''Trial & Retribution'', ''Casualty'' and ''The Brothers'', Boxer played Amanda Trippley in both series of the BBC sitcom ''Chalk''. She also had a role as Mrs. Ryan in ''Saving Private Ryan'', and played the mother of Matt Smith's character in the 2009 short film ''Together''. In January 2020, Boxer appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera ''Doctors'' as Elizabeth Pinfield.<ref>{{Cite episode|title=Release|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dlrd|series=Doctors|series-link=Doctors (2000 TV series)|credits=Writer: Dale Overton; Director: Edward Dick; Producer: Gail Evans|network=BBC|station=BBC One|airdate=24 January 2020}}</ref>

==Selected theatre performances== * Arsinoe in ''The Misanthrope'' by Moliere. Directed by Casper Wrede at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1981) * Calpurnia in ''Julius Caesar''. Directed by Robert Delamere at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1994) * Marion Brewster-Wright in ''Absurd Person Singular'' by Alan Ayckbourn. Directed by James Maxwell at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1994) * Monica Reed in ''Present Laughter'' by Noël Coward. Directed by Matthew Lloyd at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (1998) * Mme Pinchard in ''The Fall Guy'' by Georges Feydeau. Directed by Matthew Lloyd at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2001) * Mrs Baker in ''Come Blow Your Horn'' by Neil Simon. Directed by Jacob Murray at the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2005)

==Films== *Miss Biggs in ''Cider with Rosie'' (1998)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0101524}}

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