Katharine Schlesinger
Birthday
1963/01/01 (62 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Islington, London, England
Also know as
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Biography
British actress best known for playing Anne Frank in a 1987 4 part BBC adaptation of The Diary of Anne Frank, and as Jane Austen's heroine Catherine Moreland in a BBC film version of Northanger Abbey opposite Peter Firth. Other roles include Susie in Kathy Staff sitcom No Frills and the evil Gwendolyn in 1989 Doctor Who serial Ghost Light. She was the niece of director John Schlesinger and now teaches drama for children in North London.
Acting
(1987) Northanger Abbey
as Catherine Morland
(1989) Doctor Who: Ghost Light
as Gwendoline
(1999) Simon Magus
as Askha
(1998) The Tale of Sweeney Todd
as Lucy
(1988) Madame Sousatzka
as Piano Student
(1992) Rides
as ---
(2000) In the Beginning
as Miriam
(1987) The Diary of Anne Frank
as Anne Frank
(1996) Silent Witness
as Dr. Annabelle Evans
(1991) Young Catherine
as Elizabeth Vorontsova