Richenda Carey Explained

Richenda Carey
Birth Date:29 April 1948
Birth Place:Bitton, Gloucestershire, England
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1974–present
Spouse:
  • John Foley

Richenda Carey (born 29 April 1948) is a British actress who is mostly known for her roles in Monarch of the Glen, Jeeves and Wooster, Darling Buds of May, Crush and more recently, Separate Lies and Criminal Justice.[1]

Carey was the third wife of actor Nigel Stock, whom she married in Bristol in 1979. After Stock's death in 1986, Carey married John Foley in 1999.

From July 2009 she appeared in Calendar Girls at the Noël Coward Theatre.

Filmography

Film and television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1974Upstairs, DownstairsHead NurseTug of War (series four, episode five)
1975Within These WallsOfficer Budgen Let the People See (series two, episode nine)
1976Nuts in MayMiss Bealeaka Play for Today: Nuts in May
1982A Shocking AccidentSusan
1982P'tang, Yang, KipperbangBotany Teacher
1986Only Fools and HorsesLady at OperaA Royal Flush
1990Jeeves and WoosterLady WickhammersleyThe Purity of the Turf
1990Waiting for GodGreta MuellerFraulein Mueller (series one, episode five)
1991The Darling Buds of MayLady Bluff-GoreSeries 1 (3 episodes)
Bodger & BadgerMrs BogartSeries 3 (7 episodes)
1994WycliffeJane RuleThe Tangled Web
NostradamusCountess
1995The ChoirBridget Cavendish
1996The Prince and the PauperLady Milfordtelevision mini-series
1997Photographing FairiesFierce Woman
ChalkMary LanglandNew Student
Jane EyreLady Ingram
Kavanagh QCPamela ErskineBlood Money
Mrs DallowayLady Bradshaw
1998MosleyLady MosleyChannel 4 mini-series
dinnerladiesLady PamelaRoyals (series one, episode two)
Julia Jekyll and Harriet HydeSister BlisterAstro-Nuts
1999Whatever Happened to Harold Smith?Mary Blackcottage
SpacedDog pound clerkBattles (series one, episode four)
2001CrushLady Governor
Imperious Woman
Hot MoneyJudge Lucinda Winchcombe
2002VacuumsMrs Cartwrightmusical a.k.a. Stealing Bess (US title)
2003Monarch of the GlenLady Dorothy Trumpington-BonnetSeries 5 (five episodes)
The Young VisitersLady Gay Finchlingtelevision film version
Looking for VictoriaLady Wharncliffetelevision film
2004Midsomer MurdersMargaret HopkinsThe Straw Woman
2005Separate LiesSarah Tufnell
2008Criminal JusticeJudge Ira
2009Desperate RomanticsLandlady
2010The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne ListerMrs Priestley
2015Colonia DignidadGisela Seewald
2019Downton AbbeyMrs Webb

Radio and voice work

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002The Further Adventures of Sherlock HolmesMrs TerrissThe Star of the Adelphi (Radio)
Clock Tower 3Dorothy RandSurvival horror game (Video game)[2]
2005No CommitmentsLady Dorothy Trumpington-BonnetHard Times (series eleven, episode four) (Radio)
2000Dogged PersistenceNettieWritten by Martyn Wade and co-starring Joan Sims and Elizabeth Spriggs (BBC Radio 4, August 2000)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IMDB entry for Richenda Carey. 18 October 2008. IMDb.
  2. . Clock Tower 3 . Capcom . Ending credits, 7:09 in, CAST . 2002.