# Hetty Baynes > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hetty_Baynes > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hetty_Baynes.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Baynes > Source revision: 1354331138 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British actress Hetty Baynes-Russell Born Henrietta Sara Louise Baynes (1956-08-16) 16 August 1956 (age 69) Bournemouth, Hampshire, England Occupation Actress Years active 1968–present Spouse Ken Russell ​ ​ (m. 1992; div. 1999)​ Children 1 **Henrietta Sara Louise Baynes**[1] (born 16 August 1956) is an English film, television and theatre actress.[2][3] She began her career in ballet by training from the age of 10 at the [Royal Ballet School](/source/Royal_Ballet_School) and made her professional debut, at the age of 12, in [Rudolf Nureyev](/source/Rudolf_Nureyev)'s *[The Nutcracker](/source/The_Nutcracker)* followed by *[The Sleeping Beauty](/source/The_Sleeping_Beauty_(ballet))* at the [Royal Opera House](/source/Royal_Opera_House), [Covent Garden](/source/Covent_Garden). In her mid-teens she moved from dance to acting. She began her acting career at 17, as an acting [ASM](/source/Assistant_Stage_Manager) in repertory theatre. She was married to film director [Ken Russell](/source/Ken_Russell) from 1992 to 1999; they had one son. ## Early life and education Baynes was born in Boscombe Hospital, [Bournemouth](/source/Bournemouth), the daughter of [aeronautical engineer](/source/Aeronautical_engineer) [Leslie Baynes](/source/L._E._Baynes), who designed what is believed to be the oldest flying [glider](/source/Glider_(sailplane)) in the United Kingdom, and Margot (née Findlay). Baynes attended the [Elmhurst Ballet School](/source/Elmhurst_School_for_Dance) in [Camberley](/source/Camberley) in [Surrey](/source/Surrey), where a contemporary was the actress [Laura Hartong](/source/Laura_Hartong). [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Hetty graduated with a Creative Writing MA in 2015 from Birkbeck College London University, where she also took a BA in [Philosophy](/source/Philosophy) in the late 1980s.[4] ## Career ### Acting career Her stage career has involved many roles: in 1979 in [John Osborne](/source/John_Osborne)'s *[Inadmissible Evidence](/source/Inadmissible_Evidence)* at the [Royal Court Theatre](/source/Royal_Court_Theatre), and in 1984, a comic performance alongside [Maureen Lipman](/source/Maureen_Lipman) and [Lionel Jeffries](/source/Lionel_Jeffries) in the Theatre of Comedy's *[See How They Run](/source/See_How_They_Run_(play))*. In 1991, she appeared with [Edward Fox](/source/Edward_Fox_(actor)), in *[The Philanthropist](/source/The_Philanthropist_(play))* at [Wyndham's Theatre](/source/Wyndham's_Theatre) and in 1997, she appeared as Lady Fidget in [William Wycherley](/source/William_Wycherley)'s *[The Country Wife](/source/The_Country_Wife)*. Her most recent stage performance was in 2004, as Shirley in *Revelations* by [Stephen Lowe](/source/Stephen_Lowe_(playwright)) at the [Hampstead Theatre](/source/Hampstead_Theatre). During her career she has received three best actress nominations for her performances: in 1991, as Rita in [Henrik Ibsen](/source/Henrik_Ibsen)'s *[Little Eyolf](/source/Little_Eyolf)* (Off-West End Awards), in 1992, as Maddy in [Michael Wall](/source/Michael_Wall_(playwright))'s *[Women Laughing](/source/Women_Laughing)* (Manchester Evening News Awards) and as [Marilyn Monroe](/source/Marilyn_Monroe) in [Marilyn Bowering](/source/Marilyn_Bowering)'s *Anyone Can See I Love You* (Sony and Prix Italia Awards). Baynes has also appeared on television including, in 1976, as a missing underage girl in *[Z-Cars](/source/Z-Cars)*, in 1981, [Agatha Christie](/source/Agatha_Christie)'s *[The Seven Dials Mystery](/source/The_Seven_Dials_Mystery)*, in 1985, with [Pauline Collins](/source/Pauline_Collins) and [Michael Gambon](/source/Michael_Gambon) in *The Tropical Moon Over Dorking*, in 1990, as the wife of [Stephen Fry](/source/Stephen_Fry) in [Simon Gray](/source/Simon_Gray)'s *Old Flames*, in 1993, as Hilda in [Ken Russell](/source/Ken_Russell)'s *[Lady Chatterley’s Lover](/source/Lady_Chatterley_(TV_serial))* and in *The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax*. She appeared as Vera Rowley in the BBC series *[The Hour](/source/The_Hour_(BBC_TV_series))* in 2011, and was also in BBC1's *[The Casual Vacancy](/source/The_Casual_Vacancy_(miniseries))* in 2015.[3] ## Art and paintings She studied a fine art BA degree at Central St Martins. She had an exhibition at the Strand Gallery, London entitled *Betsy and Blapsy*.[5] ## Personal life She was married to film director [Ken Russell](/source/Ken_Russell) from 1992 to 1999; their son, Rex, was born on 7 January 1993 and is a film director. ## Selected theatre appearances - *The Country Wife* (Plymouth & tour) - *[The Heidi Chronicles](/source/The_Heidi_Chronicles)* - *The Passing Out Parade* - *[The Admirable Crichton](/source/The_Admirable_Crichton)* (Greenwich Theatre) - *Women Laughing* - Best Actress nomination for the [Manchester Evening News](/source/Manchester_Evening_News) Awards (Manchester Royal Exchange) - *The Philanthropist* (Wyndham Theatre) - *Little Eyolf* - Best Actress nomination for the Fringe Awards (Bird's Nest) - *Hand Over Fist* (Watermill) - *See How They Run* - *Theatre of Comedy*(Shaftesbury Theatre) - *Buglar Boy* (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival) - *Happy Event* - *The Reluctante Debutant* - *Hay Fever* (Windsor) - *Le Bourgeois* Gentilhomme (Lyric, Belfast) - *[Chorus Girls](/source/Chorus_Girls_(musical))* (Stratford East) - *[Suddenly Last Summer](/source/Suddenly_Last_Summer)* - *[Three Sisters](/source/Three_Sisters_(play))* (Thorndike Theatre) - *Inadmissible Evidence* (Royal Court) - *[Othello](/source/Othello)* (Ludlow Festival) and - *[The Merry Wives of Windsor](/source/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor)* - *On the Rocks* (Mermaid Theatre). ## Selected television appearances This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (November 2020) - *[Doctors](/source/Doctors_(2000_TV_series))* (2020) as [Yvonne Wrigley](/source/List_of_Doctors_characters_(2020)#Yvonne_Wrigley)[6] - *[Father Brown](/source/Father_Brown_(2013_TV_series))* (2017) as Lucia Morell, episode 5.5 "The Hand of Lucia" - *[Secret Army](/source/Secret_Army_(TV_series))* - *[My Family](/source/My_Family)* - *Cutting It* - *Cor Blimey* - *[The Bill](/source/The_Bill)* - A Time to Kill - *[Jonathan Creek](/source/Jonathan_Creek)* - Miracle in Crooked Lane - *[A Touch of Frost](/source/A_Touch_of_Frost)* - Keys to the Car - *Ken Russell’s Treasure Island* - *The Vet* - *[Fall of Eagles](/source/Fall_of_Eagles)* - *Alice in Russialand* - *Privateer 2* : The Darkening - *The Secret Life of Sir Arnold Bax* - *[Minder](/source/Minder_(TV_series))* - *Old Flames* - *Christmas Present* - *[London's Burning](/source/London's_Burning_(TV_series))* - *Harry’s Kingdom* - *[Bergerac](/source/Bergerac_(TV_series))* - *[The Piglet Files](/source/The_Piglet_Files)* - *Drummonds* - *Tropical Moon Over Dorking* - *Wynne & Penkovsky* - *Chance in a Million* - *Dickens of London* - *[Running Scared](/source/Running_Scared_(TV_series))* - *Charters & Caldicott* - *[Marjorie and Men](/source/Marjorie_and_Men)* - *Crime Writers* - *[Just William](/source/Just_William)* - *Good Companions* - *Winter Sunlight* - [Agatha Christie](/source/Agatha_Christie)'s *[The Seven Dials Mystery](/source/The_Seven_Dials_Mystery)* - *[Dombey and Son](/source/Dombey_and_Son_(1983_TV_series))* - *[Sense and Sensibility](/source/Sense_and_Sensibility_(1981_TV_series))* - *[Nicholas Nickleby](/source/Nicholas_Nickleby_(1977_TV_series))* - *Benefit of the Doubt* - *[The Last Song](/source/The_Last_Song_(TV_series))* - *Hunchback of Notre Dame* - *Renoir My Father* - *[Red Dwarf](/source/Red_Dwarf)* - Dimension Jump - *[Footballers' Wives](/source/Footballers'_Wives)* - *[The Hour](/source/The_Hour_(2011_TV_series))* - *[The Casual Vacancy](/source/The_Casual_Vacancy_(miniseries))* - *[Rumpole of the Bailey](/source/Rumpole_of_the_Bailey)*: Series 2, Episode 3, "Rumpole and the Show Folk" (first aired 12 June 1979), under the name Henrieta Baynes, as Christine Hope - *[Keep It in the Family](/source/Keep_It_in_the_Family_(1980_TV_series))*: Series 3, Episode 1, "Splitting Headaches" (first aired 1 September 1981), under the name Henrieta Baynes, as a secretary ## Selected radio performances - *[Far from the Madding Crowd](/source/Marilyn_Imrie#Far_from_the_Madding_Crowd)* (4 May – 8 June 1990) - *[Rumpole and the Vanishing Juror](/source/Marilyn_Imrie#Rumpole_and_the_Vanishing_Juror)* (8 October 2003) - Tim Merryman's *Days of Clover* - John Naismith's *A Memory Longer Than Death* - Suzy in [BBC Radio 4](/source/BBC_Radio_4)'s drama series *[Citizens](/source/Citizens_(radio_show))* (1987–92) ## Selected film appearances - *[The Balance of Nature](/source/The_Balance_of_Nature)* (1983) as Blanche - *[Coping with Cupid](/source/Coping_with_Cupid)* - *The Insatiable Mrs Kirsch* (which she co-wrote with [Ken Russell](/source/Ken_Russell)) - *Mindbender, The Life of [Uri Geller](/source/Uri_Geller)* - [Herbert Ross](/source/Herbert_Ross)'s *[Nijinsky](/source/Nijinsky_(film))* - *Ken Russell's [Lady Chatterley](/source/Lady_Chatterley_(TV_serial))* - *Blanche Dumas from B to Z* ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["HOME | Hetty Baynes"](https://www.hettybaynesrussell.com/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Hetty Baynes Russell | Diamond"](http://diamondmanagement.co.uk/hetty-baynes-russell). 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-auto_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-auto_3-1) ["Hetty Baynes"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160311171644/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29ca914). *BFI*. Archived from [the original](http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29ca914) on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Hetty Baynes — Blake Friedmann"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200704152944/http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/hettybaynes). Archived from [the original](http://blakefriedmann.co.uk/hettybaynes) on 4 July 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Betsy & Blapsy – an Exhibition by Hetty Baynes-Russell – the Flaneur"](http://flaneur.me.uk/11/betsy-blapsy-an-exhibition-by-hetty-baynes-russell/). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-16nov_6-0)** Writer: Andrew Cornish; Director: Piotr Szkopiak; Producer: Simon J Curtis (16 November 2020). ["Bye Bye, Mr Kippy"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000pk1s). [*Doctors*](/source/Doctors_(2000_TV_series)). [BBC](/source/BBC). [BBC One](/source/BBC_One). ## External links - [Hetty Baynes](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063158/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International VIAF GND WorldCat Artists MusicBrainz People Deutsche Biographie --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hetty Baynes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Baynes) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetty_Baynes?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.