{{Short description|Singer, actress, comedian and campaigner}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2022}} {{use British English|date=February 2022}} {{infobox person | name = Amanda Waring | birth_date = London, England | alma_mater = Guildhall School of Music and Drama | occupation = actor, comedian, activist | parents = Dorothy Tutin and Derek Waring | website = https://www.amandawaring.com/ }} '''Amanda Waring''' (born '''Amanda Barton-Chapple''') is an English singer, actress, comedian and activist for dignity within health and social care. She played the title role in the 1985 West End production of ''Gigi'', and is also known for roles in ''Outside Edge'' and ''All Creatures Great and Small''.
==Early life== Waring was born in London to parents Dorothy Tutin and Derek Waring, both famous actors. As a child, she wanted to be a vet or an actress.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Beal |first=Ryan |date=2020-11-11 |title=AMANDA WARING HAS A HEART OF GOLD |url=https://www.heydaymagazine.co.uk/2020/11/11/amanda-waring/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=heyday magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Career== Waring trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She was cast in the title role of the 1985 West End production of ''Gigi'' at the age of 19,<ref>{{cite news |title=Theatre: Tourist's view of snobs; Review of Gigi at the Lyric Theatre.|work=The Times |date=18 September 1985 |via=Gale Academic OneFile |id={{gale|A117959025}} |first=Irving |last=Wardle |authorlink=Irving Wardle}}</ref> and was a featured performer at the 1985 Royal Variety Performance.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalvarietycharity.org/royal-variety-performance/archive/detail/1985-london-theatre-royal |title=Performances :: 1985, London Theatre Royal|last=Charity|first=Royal Variety |website=RoyalVarietyCharity.org |language=en|access-date=2019-12-06}}</ref>
In 2003, Waring planned an Edinburgh Fringe Festival show based on Joanne Harris' ''Chocolat'', but following a late ''cease and desist'' communication from Disney,<ref name="sweet">{{cite news |last=Mullaney |first=Andrea |date=18 August 2003 |title=Life is sweet again for sick chocoholic. |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA106666285 |work=Evening News |location=Edinburgh, Scotland |page=1 |via=Gale OneFile |id={{Gale|A106666285}}}}</ref> she reworked it into a more generic chocolate-themed show.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2008 |title=Interview with Amanda Waring |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POe4L-4xczU |access-date=14 April 2025 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> It was titled ''For the Love of Chocolate''.<ref name=":0" />
==Activism== Inspired by the care received by her mother at the end of her life in 2001, Waring became an activist and researcher for dignity in end-of-life care.<ref>{{Cite journal |pmid=21850863 |year=2011 |last1=Waring |first1=A. |title=One-woman show |journal=Nursing Older People |volume=23 |issue=6 |page=40 |doi=10.7748/nop.23.6.40.s11 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web |last=Learner |first=Sue |date=4 June 2013 |title=Profile: Teenagers should do mandatory care 'national service' says actress and 'dignity in care' campaigner |url=https://www.carehome.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1560105/teenagers-should-do-mandatory-care-national-service-says-actress-and-dignity-in-care-campaigner |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=CareHome.co.uk}}</ref> She established the Dignity in Care campaign with the Government, which has over 180,000 dignity champions and launched "Dignity Matters" with the National Council for Palliative Care.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-05 |title=NHS Confederation Commission on improving dignity in care |url=https://www.dignityincare.org.uk/Dignity-in-Care-news/NHS-Confederation-Commission-on-improving-dignity-in-care/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=www.dignityincare.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>
Waring wrote and directed the 2005 short film ''What Do You See?,'' starring Virginia McKenna OBE, on the topic.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Short film brings nurse's poem to life.|journal=Nursing Standard|volume=20 |issue=39 |date=7 June 2006 |page=6 |via=Gale Academic OneFile |id={{gale|A147746607}}}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=8 January 2009 |title=Review: Virginia McKenna {{!}} Amanda Waring {{!}} older people {{!}} 'What do you See? |url=https://www.thecnj.com/review/2009/010809/feature010809_03.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=The Camden New Journal}}</ref> She aims to “remove this culture of fear people have about getting older and look at ways to celebrate, include, share with and honour our elders”.<ref name=":1" />
Warning has written the book ''The Carer's Bible'', which was launched in 2018 during National Carer's Week at The New Deanery and St Mary's Court care homes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bryson |first=Robbie |date=19 June 2018 |title=Actress launches new book at care homes |url=https://www.braintreeandwithamtimes.co.uk/news/16298209.carers-bible-launched-braintree-care-homes/ |access-date=14 April 2025 |website=Braintree and Witham Times}}</ref> Her other publications include ''Being A Good Carer: An Invaluable Guide to Looking After Others – And Yourself''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Being A Good Carer |url=https://profilebooks.com/work/being-a-good-carer/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Profile Books |language=en-GB}}</ref> and ''The Heart of Care: Dignity in Action-A Guide to Person-centred Compassionate Elder Care''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mabbott |first=Irene |title=Review The Heart of Care: Dignity in Action - A Guide to Person-centred Compassionate Elder Care |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/ded898dab0b7988aadbecd331d67f8e7/1?cbl=30130&pq-origsite=gscholar |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Nursing Standard |language=en}}</ref>
==Screen credits== *''Outside Edge'' *''All Creatures Great and Small''<ref name=":1" /> *''Casualty''<ref name="sweet"/> *''The Princess and the Pea''
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==External links== *{{official website}} *{{IMDb name}}
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