Sara Kestelman

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Sara Kestelman
Sara Kestelman Breath of Fresh Air.jpg
Kestleman performing at A Breath of Fresh Air, June 17, 2008
Born (1944-05-12) 12 May 1944 (age 79)
London, England
Occupation Actress

Sara Kestelman (born 12 May 1944) is an English actress.[1] She is known for her role as Lady Frances Brandon, Lady Jane Grey's mother, in Lady Jane.

Life and career

Kestelman was born in London, the daughter of Dorothy Mary (née Creagh), a dress designer, and Morris Kestelman, an artist.[2][3] Her father was Jewish, from a family from Russia.[4] In 1994, she won a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for her performance as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret in the London revival of the show. She has performed with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 1982 she performed in the play Macbeth, playing as Lady Macbeth. Kestelman joined the latter in 1968 but left in 1973 when she had her first role in a film as a scientist in Zardoz.

She also voiced the character Kreia in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords,

Filmography

Film

  • Ex Memoria (short) 2006 – Eva
  • Love Story: Berlin 1942 ~ 1997 – Narrator
  • Lady Jane ~ 1986 – Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk
  • Break of Day ~ 1976 – Alice
  • Lisztomania ~ 1975 – Princess Carolyn
  • Zardoz ~ 1974 – May

TV

Documentaries

Adverts

  • Telegraph
  • Bryant Homes
  • Erwins

Theatre

  • Torch Song Trilogy ~ 2012 – Mrs Backoff (Menier Chocolate Factory, London)
  • Girl With a Pearl Earring ~ 2008 (Cambridge Arts Theatre; West End, London, England)
  • The Shape of Metal ~ 2003 – Nell Jeffrey (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Ireland)
  • Bitter Fruits of Palestine ~ 2002 – (Barons Court Theatre, London, England)
  • Hamlet ~ 2001 – Queen Gertrude (Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA, US)
  • All About Me ~ 2001 – one woman show (Royal National Theatre, the Firebird Cafe in New York, the Royal Academy of Art)
  • Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn and Victorian Music Hall ~ 1999 – Dame Marten (Britten Theatre, London, England)
  • Copenhagen ~ 1998 – Margrethe Bohr (The Duchess Theatre, ; West End, London, England)
  • Nine ~ 1996 – (Donmar Warehouse, London, England)
  • Three Tall Women ~ 1995 – (Wyndham's Theatre, London, England)
  • Fiddler on the Roof ~ 1994 – (London Palladium,London, England)
  • Cabaret ~ 1993 – Fraulein Schneider (Donmar Warehouse, London, England)
  • Point Valaine ~ 1991 – Linda Valaine (Minerva Studio, Chichester, UK) (see Actor Connections – Theatre)
  • Lettice and Lovage ~ 1988 – (West End, London, England)
  • Dalliance ~ 1986 – (Lyttelton Theatre, London, England)
  • The American Clock ~ 1986 – (Royal National Theatre, London, England)
  • Four Repertoire Leaflets ~ 1986 – (Royal National Theatre, London, England)
  • The Threepenny Opera ~ 1986 – (Olivier Theater, London, England)
  • Repertoire Leaflet ~ 1985/6 – (National Theatre, London, England)
  • Love for Love ~ 1985 – (Lyttelton Theatre, London, England)
  • Macbeth ~ 1982 – (Royal Shakespeare Company, England)
  • Childe Byron ~ 1981 – (Young Vic, London, England)
  • Nine Repertoire Leaflets ~ 1980 – (National Theatre, London, England)
  • Eleven Repertoire Leaflets ~ 1979 –
  • The Fruits of Enlightenment ~ 1979 – Lady with the Monocle (Royal National Theatre, London, England)
  • Undiscovered Country ~ 1979 – (Olivier Theatre, London, England)
  • As You Like It ~ 1979 – Rosalind (National Theatre, London, England)
  • The Double Dealer ~ 1978/9 – (Olivier Theatre, London, England)
  • Twelve Repertoire Leaflets ~ 1978 – (National Theatre, London, England)
  • State of Revolution ~ 1977 – Kollontai (Repertory Theatre, Birmingham/The Lyttelton Theatre, London, England)
  • Bedroom Farce ~ 1977 – (National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, England)
  • Marquise of Keith ~ 1974 – Mona/Anna (Aldwych Theatre, London, England)
  • Macbeth ~ 1972 – Lady Macbeth (Birmingham Rep. England)
  • Enemies ~ 1971 – (Aldwych Theatre, London, England)
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream ~ 1970 – Titania (Royal Shakespeare Theatre)
  • The Physicists ~ – (Library Theatre, Manchester, England)
  • The Crucible ~ – (Library Theatre, Manchester, England)
  • The Importance of Being Earnest ~ – (Library Theatre, Manchester, England)

Audio books

  • King Lear ~ 2002 – Regan
  • Mill on the Floss
  • Proto Zoe
  • Quarantine
  • The Siege
  • When I Lived in Modern Times
  • Full House

Radio

  • Full House (read and adapted)
  • Baldi

Books

  • A Two Hander ~

Video games

Awards, honors and nominations

  • Australian Film Institute
  • Nom 1977 Best Actress in a Lead Role for Break of Day
  • Clarence Derwent Award
  • Rec'd 1994 Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for Cabaret
  • Irish Times ESB Awards
  • Nom 2004 for The Shape of Metal
  • Laurence Olivier Theatre Award
  • Rec'd 1994 Best Supporting Performance in a Musical for Cabaret

References

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External links

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