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Elizabeth Counsell is an English actress, best known for starring in the BBC television series Brush Strokes, and for her work in classical theatre. She played Lady Macbeth to Michael Gambon's Macbeth at the Forum Theatre in 1968, and was Michael Redgrave's leading lady in his anthology Shakespeare's People, 1976-77. In 1983 she took the nominal part in Peter Hall's Jean Seberg at the Royal National Theatre. Her film career includes roles in Hot Millions (1968), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Doctor at Sea (1974), Under the Doctor (1976), Killer's Moon (1978), and Claudia (1985). Her most recent film appearances include the 2012 film Song for Marion with Vanessa Redgrave, and the 2014 film Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman. Recent appearance in the second series of the BBC1 drama, The Split (2020).
Born
Sunday, 07 June 1942
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Forever Young | Janice | 2023 |
| The Invitation | Mina Harker | 2022 |
| Bull | Marge | 2021 |
| The Outlaws | Barbara | 2021 |
| Trying | Aunt | 2020 |
| Miss Scarlet & the Duke | Mrs Dashwood | 2020 |
| Cold Call | Elisabeth Wiley | 2019 |
| Intrigo: Dear Agnes | Frau Bloeme | 2019 |
| Intrigo: Death of an Author | Fraue Bloeme / Frau Bloeme | 2018 |
| The Little Stranger | Mrs. Rossiter | 2018 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Forever Young | Janice | 2023 |
| The Invitation | Mina Harker | 2022 |
| Bull | Marge | 2021 |
| The Outlaws | Barbara | 2021 |
| Trying | Aunt | 2020 |
| Miss Scarlet & the Duke | Mrs Dashwood | 2020 |
| Cold Call | Elisabeth Wiley | 2019 |
| Intrigo: Dear Agnes | Frau Bloeme | 2019 |
| Intrigo: Death of an Author | Fraue Bloeme / Frau Bloeme | 2018 |
| The Little Stranger | Mrs. Rossiter | 2018 |
| The Split | Amanda Venwell | 2018 |
| Quacks | Lady Neilson-Toy | 2017 |
| Born to Kill | Margaret | 2017 |
| Walliams & Friend | Various | 2015 |
| Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell | Storm Cloud Woman | 2015 |
| Unforgotten | Suzie Montgomery | 2015 |
| Grace of Monaco | Princess Ghislaine | 2014 |
| The Mimic | Della | 2013 |
| Unfinished Song | Cheryl | 2012 |
| Call the Midwife | Mrs. Nyall | 2012 |
| The American Embassy | Magistrate | 2002 |
| Lock, Stock... | Moira | 2000 |
| Doctors | Sylvia Blim / Jeanette Cooper / Dorien Frost-Griffiths / Betty Dillon / Anitta Purchase / Anita Broughton | 2000 |
| Nelson's Column | Jackie Spicer | 1994 |
| The Woman He Loved | Katherine Rogers | 1988 |
| Executive Stress | Anthea Duxbury | 1986 |
| Casualty | Amy Beth Page | 1986 |
| Brush Strokes | Veronica Bainbridge / Veronica | 1986 |
| If Tomorrow Comes | Blanche Deauville | 1986 |
| Boon | Denise Appleby | 1986 |
| C.A.T.S. Eyes | Bella Lewis | 1985 |
| Miss Marple: The Moving Finger | Angela Symmington | 1985 |
| Claudia | Audrey | 1985 |
| The Gentle Touch | Marcia Bancroft | 1980 |
| Killer's Moon | Miss Lilac | 1978 |
| Song by Song | Self - Music Performer | 1977 |
| Under the Doctor | Nurse Addison | 1976 |
| Beasts | Mrs. Gibson | 1976 |
| The Cedar Tree | Dr. Sarah Martin | 1976 |
| The Many Wives of Patrick | Helen Woodford | 1976 |
| The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs | Cathy | 1974 |
| Doctor at Sea | Nurse Joyce Wynton | 1974 |
| Nobody Is Norman Wisdom | Anya | 1973 |
| Crown Court | Rita Davey | 1972 |
| The Adventures of Black Beauty | Elizabeth | 1972 |
| Jason King | Anna Brenskaja | 1971 |
| The Two Ronnies | Party guest who goes weeee | 1971 |
| Bless This House | Miss Plummer | 1971 |
| Anne of the Thousand Days | Anne's Lady-in-Waiting | 1969 |
| Hark at Barker | Heroine | 1969 |
| Hot Millions | Miss Glyn | 1968 |
| Carry on Follow That Camel | Harem Girl | 1967 |
| Six of the Best | Irma | 1965 |
| The Intelligence Men | Girl in Cucaracha | 1965 |
| Gideon C.I.D. | Veronica Kendal | 1964 |
| From Russia with Love | Woman in a Punt | 1963 |
| The Mind Benders | Girl Student on Station | 1963 |
| The Plane Makers | Jean Phillips | 1963 |
| Call Oxbridge 2000 | Thora | 1961 |
| Emergency-Ward 10 | Nora Penhurst | 1957 |
