Biography
Carol MacReady is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for the role of Mrs Dribelle in Bodger and Badger. She was often cast as matronly, authority and mother figures such as Mrs. Atkins in Danger: Marmalade at Work, Madge in Victoria Wood's play "The Library", Susan Speed in Waiting For God, Mrs. Daws in The Darling Buds of May, Elizabeth in The Ghostbusters of East Finchley, Agnes Wilford in 102 Dalmatians (2000), Olga in My Family and Ethel in Doc Martin. One of her earlier notable roles was in the Play for Today story Schmoedipus (1974) written by Dennis Potter. In 1996, she was memorably cast as Mrs. Tinker, the paranoid mother of Alice Tinker in The Vicar of Dibley episode "The Christmas Lunch Incident". More recently, she has appeared as Mrs. Norcliffe in Gentleman Jack and Irene Hickson in two episodes of Strike.
On stage, she has appeared in several productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Love in a Wood as Mrs. Joiner, Barthomlew Fair as Ursula and Roberto Zucco as Madam She has also featured in several plays at the National Theatre, including The Mandate as Tamara and Tales From the Vienna Woods as First Aunt.
Filmography
all 38
Movies 22
TV Shows 16
A Boy Called Christmas (2021)
Decrypted (2021)
Dead in a Week (Or Your Money Back) (2018)
Walk Like a Panther (2018)
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators (2018)
Quills (2000)
102 Dalmatians (2000)
Midsomer Murders (1997)
Loving (1996)
Ghostbusters of East Finchley (1995)
Mrs Hartley and the Growth Centre (1995)
A Feast At Midnight (1994)
The Rector's Wife (1994)
Boswell and Johnson's Tour of the Western Isles (1993)
Bad Girl (1992)
Heartbeat (1992)
How's Business (1991)
Waiting for God (1990)
Victoria Wood (1989)
Birds of a Feather (1989)
Bodger and Badger (1989)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Danger: Marmalade at Work (1984)
The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Forever Young (1983)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
Murder Is Easy (1982)
The Flame Trees of Thika (1981)
The Comic Strip (1981)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Afternoon Off (1979)
Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
A Christmas Carol (1977)
The Mayor's Charity (1977)
Couples (1975)
The Sweeney (1975)
Schmoedipus (1974)
The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1952-07-04 (71 years old)
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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