Geraldine James
Geraldine James Trivia
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Trivia
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Theatre director Peter Hall says Geraldine James ranks amongst the great English classical actresses.
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Geraldine has recorded several audio books including "So Worthy My Love" in 1990 and "The Secret Garden" for Random House Audio in 1993.
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Geraldine has one daughter, Eleanor.
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Geraldine is spokesperson for the Rushes Soho Short Film Festival, held annually in London.
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Geraldine starred as Mirabehn in the multi-Oscar-winning film Gandhi in 1982.
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Geraldine is a Patron for NACOA, the National Association for Children of Alcoholics.
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Geraldine has guest starred in the BBC Radio 4 series, Baldi.
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Geraldine went to school at Downe House, a girls' independent school in Newbury, Berkshire. Later she went to the Drama Centre London.
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Geraldine's father was a cardiologist.
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In 1989 Geraldine won the Volpi Cup at The Venice Film Festival for Best Actress in She's Been Away. She tied with Peggy Ashcroft who was also in She's Been Away.
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In 1990 Geraldine was nominated for a Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actress for She's Been Away.
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Geraldine was nominated for a BAFTA Award four times - in 1978 for Dummy, in 1985 for The Jewel in the Crown, in 1996 for Band of Gold and in 2001 for The Sins.
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Geraldine was nominated for a Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) in 1990 for her portrayal of Portia in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
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Geraldine lives in Battersea, London, England.
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Geraldine was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for her services to Drama in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
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Geraldine is married to Joseph Blatchley.
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Geraldine: It was on a driving holiday in northern France in the early 1990s. I think French hotels are generally pretty awful - lumpy beds, often not terribly clean and just uncomfortable - but usually the food is fantastic.
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Geraldine: I'm not very good in the sun - though I love being in it - so I always take a hat and factor 47 suncream.
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Geraldine: I'm a chronic insomniac, so I need something to lull me to sleep, like rain on the roof or the sound of the sea.
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Geraldine: When I was filming Gandhi, the cast found a little hotel north of Bombay that the family had built when their daughter was getting married - the Manori Belle, near Gujarat. It was run by a wonderful woman named Phoebe and we stayed there often. It was absolutely beautiful and now, when I can't sleep at night, I take myself back there.
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(About Drama Centre London) Geraldine: It was a brilliant place for people like me. All I wanted to do was be on a stage and I just remember the enthusiasm there.
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