| Amanda Walker | |
| Birth Date: | 29 November 1935 |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Yearsactive: | 1959–present |
| Children: | 2 |
| Mother: | Madeleine Christie |
Amanda Galafres Patterson Walker (born 29 November 1935) is an English film and television actress.
Amanda Walker trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She is notable for roles in 28 Weeks Later,[1] Heat and Dust,[2] A Room with a View, Pollyanna and Churchill and the Generals.
Overall, Amanda Walker has appeared in over 100 film and television productions since 1959 and is still active as an actress as of 2024. In 1990, she appeared in the Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "The Cornish Mystery", an adaptation of Agatha Christie's short story of the same name.[3]
In May 2024, Walker appeared as an elderly Ruby Sunday (companion to the Doctor) in the Doctor Who episode "73 Yards".[4]
Amanda Walker is the daughter of Madeleine Christie.[5] She is married to fellow actor Patrick Godfrey since 1960, they have two children. Their daughter Kate Godfrey is Head of Voice for the Royal Shakespeare Company.[6]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair | Brunette at Pub | Uncredited | ||
| 1969 | Anne of the Thousand Days | Anne's Lady-in-Waiting | |||
| 1980 | Richard's Things | Sister in hospital | |||
| 1983 | Heat and Dust | Lady Mackleworth | |||
| 1985 | The Cockney Signora | ||||
| 1990 | The Big Man | Beth's Mother | |||
| 1994 | Nostradamus | Mme. Scalinger | |||
| 1996 | Lady Hampton | ||||
| 2000 | Elizabeth Farrell | ||||
| 2004 | Wimbledon | Country Club Tennis Lady | |||
| 2007 | 28 Weeks Later | Sally | |||
| 2009 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Shopper | |||
| 2010 | Bad Night for the Blues | Elizabeth | Short | ||
| 2011 | Antique Store Owner | ||||
| 2012 | Cloud Atlas | Veronica | |||
| 2013 | The Best Offer | Owner | |||
| 2022 | Triangle of Sadness | Clementine | |||
| 2023 | Rejoyce! | Winifred Joyce | Short |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ITV Play of the Week | Judy Cherry | "Flowering Cherry" | |
| 1962 | Studio 4 | Mary Turner | "The Grass Is Singing" | |
| 1965 | Jury Room | Jessie McLachlan | "The Sandyford Mystery" | |
| 1965 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Henny Geddes | "Medical Finance" | |
| 1966 | Dr. Finlay's Casebook | Maggie Strachan | "The Anxious Man" | |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination | The Voice | "The Open Door" | |
| 1966 | Jeanie Deans | TV film | ||
| 1966 | Rachel Ferguson | "1.1" | ||
| 1966 | Macbeth | Lady Macduff | TV film | |
| 1967 | Conflict | Queen Isabel | "Richard II" | |
| 1967 | Champion House | Miss Parr | "The One That Got Away" | |
| 1969 | Mrs. Arnold | "The Sardonic Smile" | ||
| 1970 | Codename | Marcadio | "The Alpha Men" | |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Madge | "Robin Redbreast" | |
| 1971 | Doomwatch | Sister Trewin | "The Iron Doctor" | |
| 1972 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Mrs. Pinkerton | "A Voice from the Past" | |
| 1972 | Therese | "Hetti", "Adele", "Lili" | ||
| 1972–73 | Adam Smith | Peggy Houston | TV series | |
| 1973 | Nurse Armstrong | "Execution Day" | ||
| 1974 | Miss Pierce | "The Liberation of Eileen" | ||
| 1975 | Rooms | Helen | "Reg: Parts 1 & 2" | |
| 1976 | Clayhanger | Miss Dayson | "Hilda" | |
| 1976 | Sutherland's Law | Christine Darrach | "Shades of Black" | |
| 1976 | Second City Firsts | Anne Bredin | "Summer Season" | |
| 1977 | Out of Bounds | Mrs. Parkin | "1.1", "1.2", "1.4", "1.5" | |
| 1979 | Gritty Moss | TV miniseries | ||
| 1979 | Churchill and the Generals | Queen Elizabeth | TV film | |
| 1982 | Claire | Scotty | TV miniseries | |
| 1983 | Pictures | Mrs. Chase | "1.4" | |
| 1986 | Shades of Darkness | Madame Paillot | "Agatha Christie's The Last Séance" | |
| 1986 | Blood Red Roses | Ella | "Anger and War", "Boadicea vs. the Roman Empire", "The Slippery Slope" | |
| 1987 | Intimate Contact | Pamela | "1.1", "1.4" | |
| 1987 | The New Statesman | Mrs. Selway | "Three Line Whipping" | |
| 1988 | Betty Lawson-Johnson | TV film | ||
| 1988 | Beryl Markham: A Shadow on the Sun | Nurse Graham | TV film | |
| 1989 | Shadow of the Noose | Mrs. Hutchins | "An Alien Shore" | |
| 1989 | No Strings | Mrs. King | "On Such a Night as This", "Just a Bowl of Cherries" | |
| 1989 | Mrs. Wilson | TV film | ||
| 1989 | Wild Flowers | Panama Hat | TV film | |
| 1990 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs. Pengelley | "The Cornish Mystery" | |
| 1991 | 4 Play | Mrs. F. | "Deptford Graffiti" | |
| 1991 | Debbie Davidson | "From Doon with Death: Parts 1 & 2" | ||
| 1992 | Medics | Molly Gifford | "2.1" | |
| 1992 | Kinsey | Sheila | "Heads and Tails", "Drop Shot" | |
| 1992 | Queen Elizabeth II | TV film | ||
| 1993 | All or Nothing at All | Mrs. Lederman | "1.2" | |
| 1994 | Rita Little | "The Sixth Age" | ||
| 1994 | Dandelion Dead | Bessie | TV miniseries | |
| 1996 | Hetty Wainthropp Investigates | Miss Apthwaite | "Safe as Houses" | |
| 1996 | Bramwell | Mrs. Johnson | "2.8" | |
| 1997 | Hamish Macbeth | Barbara Scott | "Deferred Sentence" | |
| 1997 | Heartbeat | Jean Clarke | "Substitute" | |
| 1997 | Mrs. Conyers | "The Thirties" | ||
| 1997–98 | Mortiana | "The Legion", "The Sceptre", "A Date with Destiny" | ||
| 1999 | City Central | Joan Harrison | "Blue Legume" | |
| 1999 | Marjorie | TV miniseries | ||
| 1999 | Midsomer Murders | Edwina | "Dead Man's Eleven" | |
| 1999 | Dalziel and Pascoe | Mavis Marsh | "Recalled to Life" | |
| 1999 | F.M.E. Sally Tulcan | "Ring-a-Ring O'Roses" | ||
| 2000 | Life Force | Hepzibah McKinley | "Paradise Island" | |
| 2000 | Masterpiece | Mrs. Ransome | "The Railway Children" | |
| 2000 | Fish | Barbara Willis | Regular role | |
| 2000 | Peak Practice | Elaine Deneley | "Lonely Hearts: Part 2" | |
| 2000 | Daylight Robbery | Doreen | "2.3" | |
| 2001 | Hearts and Bones | Olive Piper | "2.4" | |
| 2001 | Doctors | Mary Briggs | "Caring for Mary" | |
| 2001 | Midsomer Murders | Gwen | "Tainted Fruit" | |
| 2002 | Heartbeat | Mrs. Sinclair | "Caught in the Headlights" | |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Lady Bannerman | "The White Feather" | |
| 2003 | Pollyanna | Widow Benton | TV film | |
| 2003 | Strange | Mrs. Fortune | "Dubik" | |
| 2003 | My Family | Patricia Hall | "Sixty Feet Under" | |
| 2004 | Murphy's Law | Mary | "Convent" | |
| 2005 | Doctors | Beryl Curtis | "Relative Stress" | |
| 2006 | Holby City | Hilda Sutton | "Conscience" | |
| 2007 | 27 Weeks Later | Sally | ||
| 2010 | Doctors | Edie Markell | "Mystery at Moot Point" | |
| 2013 | Holby City | Winifred Hinton | "Friends Like You" | |
| 2014 | Doctors | Grace Alexander | "Special" | |
| 2014 | Woman | "Eden", "Molly" | ||
| 2017 | Doctors | Gwen Bempton | Episode: "Golden Boy" | |
| 2017–2018 | Sense8 | Aunt Kirsty | "Isolated Above, Connected Below"/"Amor Vincit Omnia" | |
| 2018 | The Cry | Mrs. Amery | two episodes | |
| 2021 | Casualty | Brenda TOme | Episode: "Is the Pacient Breathing?" | |
| 2022 | Tell Me Everything | Ruby | 1 episode | |
| 2024 | Doctor Who | Old Ruby Sunday | Episode: "73 Yards" |