Deborah Norton


Deborah Norton is an English actress.

Personal life

Deborah Norton was born in Croydon, Surrey, 1943. She attended a Quaker boarding school and later studied at the Drama Centre London. She worked in Britain until she toured America with The Beggar's Opera. She later returned to the UK.

Career

Stage work

Norton has taken part in productions of Six Degrees of Separation, Thérèse Raquin, The School for Scandal, and others in locations as diverse as the Royal Court, Bristol Old Vic, the Nottingham Playhouse, the National Theatre and others.
PlayPlaywrightDirectorTheatre
The London CuckoldsEdward RavenscroftStuart BurgeRoyal Court Theatre
Inadmissible EvidenceJohn OsborneJohn OsborneRoyal Court Theatre
Six Degrees of SeparationJohn GuarePhylidda LloydRoyal Court Theatre / Comedy Theatre
A Lie of the MindSam ShepardSimon CurtisRoyal Court Theatre
Innocent BystandersGordon GrahamDenise CoffeyRoyal Court Theatre
AC/DCHeathcote WilliamsNicholas WrightRoyal Court Theatre
Red CrossSam ShepardRoyal Court Theatre
BackboneMichael RosenRoyal Court Theatre
The Enoch ShowRoyal Court Theatre
AnarchistMichael AlmazRoyal Court Theatre
The DragonYevgeny SchwarzRoyal Court Theatre
The Black PrinceIris MurdochStuart BurgeAldwych Theatre
A Little Hotel on the SideGeorges Feydeau Jonathan LynnRoyal National Theatre
On the RazzleJohann Nestroy Peter WoodRoyal National Theatre
Barnaby and the Old BoysKeith BaxterToby RobertsonClwyd Theatr Cymru / Vaudeville Theatre
Kennedy's ChildrenRobert PatrickClive DonnerArts Theatre
The PhilanthropistChristopher HamptonRobert KiddMay Fair Theatre
AgamemnonSteven BerkoffSteven BerkoffGreenwich Theatre
The Ball GameTom ThomasJohn FortuneOpen Space Theatre
Suicide in B FlatSam ShepardKenneth ChubbOpen Space Theatre
The Italian Straw HatEugene Labiche and Marc-MichelRay CooneyShaftesbury Theatre
Waiting for the ParadeJohn MurrellRichard CottrellLyric Theatre
Children's DayKeith Waterhouse & Willis HallClive PerryMermaid Theatre
ChiaroscuroIsrael HorovitzInstitute of Contemporary Arts
The Electronic NiggerEd Bullins
Dandy DickArthur Wing PineroSheila HancockCambridge Arts Theatre
SchooldaysJB StevensonJonathan LynnCambridge Arts Theatre
What the Butler SawJoe OrtonRoger MichellCambridge Arts Theatre
Private LivesNoël CowardGareth MorganNorthern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne
The School for ScandalRichard Brinsley SheridanPhyllida LloydManchester Royal Exchange
Thérèse RaquinEmile ZolaPip BroughtonNottingham Playhouse
Trees in the WindJohn McGrath
Killing of Mr ToadDavid GoodersonDavid GoodersonKing's Head Theatre
The Lenny Bruce ShowDanny BraininKing's Head Theatre
CracksMartin ShermanTim LuscombeKing's Head Theatre
Suicide in B FlatSam ShepardOpen Space Theatre
Just Between OurselvesAlan AyckbournTerry JohnsonBristol Old Vic
Sixty Thousand NightsVal MayBristol Old Vic
NightshadeStewart ParkerPeter FaragoBirmingham Repertory Theatre / King's Head Theatre
California Dog FightMark LeeSimon StokesBush Theatre
Look Back in AngerJohn OsborneJonathan HalesPhoenix Theatre
Live Like PigsJohn ArdenJonathan Hales
The Country WifeWilliam WycherleyJonathan HalesPhoenix Theatre
A View From The BridgeArthur MillerNorthern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lock Up Your DaughtersTheatre Royal, Lincoln
The Governor's LadyDavid Mercer
What the Butler SawJoe OrtonRobert DelamereManchester Royal Exchange

Television

She has acted roles in many television productions, including Marta Dorf in the television miniseries Holocaust, and multiple roles in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, although she is perhaps best known for her role as the PM's adviser Dorothy Wainwright in Yes, Prime Minister.

Selected filmography