Birthday of Miranda Richardson (March 3, 1958) British Actress
Miranda Richardson (born March 3, 1958) is a British actress. Notable works include "Dance with a Stranger" (1985 British film, starring role, film debut), "Enchanted April" (1991 British film, starring role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actress [Musical or Comedy]), "Damage" (1992 British-French film, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role), and "Blackadder" Series 2-4 (1986-1989, BBC historical comedy drama).
🔍 BBC Studios YouTube Channel "Blackadder Series 2 Episode 3 'Potato' (1986)" From the right in the video: Patsy Byrne as Nursie, Miranda Richardson as Queen Elizabeth I (still image), Stephen Fry as Lord Melchett, Simon Jones as Sir Walter Raleigh, Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder, Tony Robinson as Baldrick, and Tim McInnerny as Lord Percy. Upon returning from his adventure, Blackadder is pressured by the Queen for a souvenir and offers her urine, claiming it is wine.
🔍 BBC Comedy Greats YouTube Channel "Blackadder Series 3 (1987)" Miranda Richardson as Amy (from 27 seconds in. [Spoiler alert] She changes her voice at first.), Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder (still image), and Tony Robinson as Baldrick.
🔍 BBC Comedy Greats YouTube Channel "Blackadder Series 4 (1989)" Miranda Richardson as Nurse, Stephen Fry as General Melchett (right, still image), and Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder.
🔍 BBC Studios YouTube Channel "Blackadder Special 'Blackadder's Christmas Carol' (1988)" From the right in the still image: Rowan Atkinson as Blackadder, Tony Robinson as Baldrick. In the video, following the 19th-century scene with Rowan Atkinson and Robbie Coltrane as the Spirit of Christmas Past, there is a future prediction scene (Miranda Richardson as Queen of the Universe, with Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry to her left, and Patsy Byrne in the back).
While based on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," this version features the exact opposite development. The kind and constantly exploited 19th-century Blackadder is shown another future vision (after this video) where "the good Blackadder ends up in his underwear, the villains achieve eternal glory, and the incompetent Baldrick (who is so dim he replies 'I forgot!' when asked his name by the Queen) becomes the boss." Although the spirit preaches that "peace of mind is what matters (...like a man who has lost his Bible...)", Blackadder "reforms" into a profitable villain, yet still fails.
🔍 Wikipedia (English) "Blackadder" Cast and Character List https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackadder#Recurring_cast
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🔍 Official Film4 Tweet. Film "Dance with a Stranger" (1985 British film. Starring role, film debut)
Director Mike Newell tells the tragic story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Written by A Taste of Honey’s Shelagh Delaney and starring Miranda Richardson and Rupert Everett, Dance With A Stranger is on tonight, 1.20am. and All 4 from tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/IPUmyvgzns
— Film4 (@Film4) March 18, 2021
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🔍 Wikipedia (English) " Miranda Richardson " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Richardson
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(Article published May 2021)