{{Short description|English film and stage actress}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Kathryn Pogson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | birth_place = Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | death_date = | death_place = | othername = | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = | spouse = Stuart Browne | website = {{URL|diamondmanagement.co.uk/kathryn-pogson}} }} '''Kathryn Pogson''' (born 1954) is an English film and stage actress. She appeared in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film ''Brazil''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0688275/ imdb entry]</ref> She was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1986 New York production of ''Aunt Dan and Lemon''.<ref>[http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?ID=408636 Internet Broadway Database: Kathryn Pogson Credits on Broadway<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
She grew up in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire, where she attended Crossley & Porter Grammar School. She has appeared on television many times, including appearances in ''We'll Meet Again'', ''Midsomer Murders'', ''Vera'' and ''Foyle's War''.
==Work== ===Theatre work=== * ''Jack and the Beanstalk'' | Fairy Dewdrop | Bacup Empire | Gloria Parkinson * ''Macbeth'' | Lady Macbeth | Theatremobile * ''Twelfth Night'' | Viola | The Dukes, Lancaster * ''The Arbor'' | Girl | Royal Court Theatre * ''Hedda Gabler'' | Thea Elvsted | Roundhouse * ''Touched'' | Betty | Royal Court Theatre * ''At Home'' | Two Hander | Riverside Studios * ''Hamlet'' | Ophelia | Donmar Warehouse * ''The Shelter'' | The Woman | Lyric Theatre, London * 1983 ''Masterpieces'' | Rowena | Royal Court Theatre * 1984 ''The Lucky Chance'' | Leticia | Royal Court Theatre * 1985 ''Deadlines'' | Jane Carberry | Royal Court Theatre * 1985 ''Aunt Dan and Lemon'' | Lemon | Royal Court Theatre | The Public Theater | won Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play * 1987 ''The Balcony'' | Carmen | Royal Shakespeare Company | Terry Hands * 1987 ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' | Helena | Royal Shakespeare Company * 1988 ''One Way Pendulum'' | Sylvia | Old Vic * 1989 ''Richard II'' | Queen Isabel | Phoenix Theatre, London * 1989 ''Richard III'' | Lady Anne | Phoenix Theatre, London * 1990 ''Nightingale'' | Florence | Dimson Theatre NY * 1991 ''The Lady from the Sea'' | Ellida | Women's Playhouse Trust * 1992 ''The Crackwalker'' | Sandy | Gate Theatre * 1995 ''The Fairy Queen'' | Helena | Lisbon * 1997 ''The Cenci'' | Lucretia | Almeida Theatre * 1997 ''The Brutality of Fact'' | Maggie | New End Theatre * 1997 ''The Merchant of Venice'' | Portia | The Globe Theatre | Richard Olivier * 1997 ''The Honest'' | Viola | The Globe Theatre | Jack Shepherd * 1998 ''The Snow Palace'' | Stanislava | Sphynx – Tricycle and Oslo | Janet Suzman * 2001 ''Cherished Disappointments in Love'' | Her | Sphinx – Helsinki State Theatre | Sue Parish * 2002 ''Just Between Ourselves'' | Vera | No 1 Tour | Dominic Hill * 2003 ''Girl Watching'' | Polly | Birmingham Rep/Tour | Natasha Betteridge * 2005 ''Carver'' | Woman | Arcola | William Gaskill * 2009 ''Legacy'' | Dorothy Whitney Elmhirst | Theatre of Angels (National Tour) | Maria Pattinson * 2011 ''Sixty-Six Books'': ''The Foundation'' | Theta | Bush Theatre | Peter Gill * 2012 ''Blood Wedding'' | The Mother | Royal & Derngate, Northampton | Laurie Sansom * 2012 ''The Bachae'' | Agave | Royal & Derngate, Northampton | Laurie Sansom * 2015 ''Antigone'' | Eurydice | Barbican | Ivo van Hove * 2019 ''My Brother's Keeper'' | Mrs Stone | The Playground Theatre | Craig Gilbert
===Filmography=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Title !! Role |- | 1983 || ''The Pattern of Roses'' || May, The Past |- | 1984 || ''The Company of Wolves'' || Young Bride |- | rowspan="2" | 1985 || ''Brazil'' || Shirley |- | ''Mrs Capper's Birthday'' || Audrey |- | 1987 || ''The Happy Valley'' || June Carberry |- | 1989 || ''Somewhere to Run'' || Liz |- | 1995 || ''The Chemistry Lesson'' || Mrs. Clifford |- | 1996 || ''Eskimo Day'' || Malcolm's Mum |- | 1997 || ''Brass Eye'' || Various |- | 1999 || ''Captain Jack'' || Teacher |- | 2000 || ''The Last of the Blonde Bombshells'' || Young Elizabeth's Mum |- | 2002 || ''AKA'' || Freddy Furnish |- | 2004 || ''Millions'' || St. Clare |- | 2005 || ''Breakfast on Pluto'' || Mrs. Henderson |- | 2008 || ''The Life Class'' || Bird |- | 2010 || ''The Arbor'' || Pamela Dunbar |- | 2019 || ''Maude'' || Title character of Maude. 19-minute short film.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frow |first1=Toby |title=Maude |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11307240/ |publisher=Frowfred |access-date=24 November 2022 |date=16 November 2019}}</ref> |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Episode |- | 1979 || ''Thomas and Sarah'' || Doris || The Biters Bit |- | 1982 || ''We'll Meet Again'' || Vi Blair || |- | 1984 || ''Strangers and Brothers'' || Joan Royce || 3 episodes |- | 1997 || ''Reckless'' || Phyllis || |- | 2023 || ''Doctors'' || Judith Marsh || Episode: "Coming Back to Life"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Timblick |first1=Simon |title=Doctors spoilers: Scarlett Kiernan gets a NEW job! |url=https://www.whattowatch.com/spoilers/doctors-spoilers-scarlett-kiernan-gets-a-new-job |access-date=10 January 2023 |work=What to Watch |publisher=(Future plc)}}</ref> |}
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==External links== * {{official|http://www.diamondmanagement.co.uk/kathryn-pogson}} * {{IMDb name|id=0688275|name=Kathryn Pogson}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pogson, Kathryn}} Category:Living people Category:English film actresses Category:1954 births Category:English stage actresses Category:Actresses from Halifax, West Yorkshire Category:20th-century English actresses Category:21st-century English actresses