Deborah Norton
Acting · Production
Born June 8, 1944, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Deborah Norton was born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1944. She attended a Quaker boarding school and later studied at the Drama Centre London. She worked in Britain until she toured America with The Beggar's Opera. She later returned to the UK. She has acted roles in many television productions, including Marta Dorf in the television miniseries Holocaust and roles in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, although she is perhaps best known for her role as the PM's advisor Dorothy Wainwright in Yes, Prime Minister.
Filmography
- 2002Harold Shipman: Doctor Death — Debra King
- Welcome to Orty-Fou
- 1995Bliss — Dorothy Snowden
- Health and Efficiency — Diana Ewerts
- Second Chances — Producer
- 2Point4 Children — Martha Christie
- 1991Deptford Graffiti — Nurse
- A Bit of Fry & Laurie
- Hardwicke House — Mrs Van der Git
- Worlds Beyond — Alice Seagrove
- Yes, Prime Minister — Dorothy Wainwright
- Home to Roost — Lydia Lane
- Mussolini: The Untold Story — Mrs. Thompson
- 1981Country — Faith
- Lady Killers — Clara Hogg
- 1980The Executioner — Ilse Giesebrecht
- 1980The Wildcats of St Trinian's — Mrs Brenner, Mrs Brennan
- 1979Instant Enlightenment Including VAT — Viv
- 1979Robbie — Mum
- Holocaust — Marta Dorf
- 1976Hitting Town — Clare
- Plays for Britain — Clare
- 1976The Peddler — Dr Rose Dane
- 1975Children of Rage
- Zodiac — Penny
- 1972Adult Fun — Jenny
- Omnibus — Nance Edgeworth