Fiona Gaunt

Fiona Gaunt (née Fiona Elizabeth Keet-Gaunt; born 25 May 1947) is an English actress and the mother of actress Genevieve Gaunt.

Fiona Gaunt
Born
Fiona Elizabeth Keet-Gaunt

(1947-05-25) 25 May 1947
Beirut, Lebanon

Personal life

According to a 1972 newspaper profile, Gaunt was born in Beirut to Scottish Presbyterian parents and lived in Uganda until she was 16.[1] In 1985 she met the Dutch actor Frederik de Groot. Their daughter, Genevieve, was born in January 1991.[2]

Career

Fiona Gaunt trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1969.[3] She subsequently played opposite Anthony Hopkins - as Hélène Kuragina, wife of Pierre Bezukhov - in the BBC's 1972 production of War and Peace.[4] She then starred as psychiatrist Helen Smith in the 1973 science fiction series Moonbase 3.[5][6] To prepare for her role, Gaunt studied tapes of the Apollo missions.[7]

Gaunt appeared in a 1973 episode of the comedy series Sykes, playing an upper-class girl who tricks Eric Sykes' character into getting engaged. She had a handful of roles in The Two Ronnies, including as a stowaway in their spoof of The Onedin Line, and starred as Grace Lovell in the 1978 TV adaptation of A Horseman Riding By.[8] She was also in the first production of Tom Stoppard's 1979 play, Undiscovered Country.[9]

Filmography
YearFormatTitleRole
1978 TV series A Horseman Riding By Grace Lovell.[8]
1973 TV series Moonbase 3 Dr. Helen Smith.[5]
1973 TV series The Two Ronnies.[10] Various roles.
1973 TV series Sykes: An Engagement.[11]
1973 TV series Justice: Malicious Damage Diana Blumenthal
1972 TV series War and Peace.[12] Hélène Kuragina.[13]
1971 Miniseries Cousin Bette Leonie.[14]
1970 Anthology Series Tales of Unease Girl

Selected stage credits

References

Citations
  1. Gavin Weightman, 'TV star who wins their hearts', Nottingham Evening Post, 1 December 1972, p. 11.
  2. "Genevieve Gaunt on her 'Amanda Knox' role... and how Cambridge acting helped her get a double first". Evening Standard. 29 August 2014.
  3. 'The Ortolan', The Stage, 27 March 1969, p. 15.
  4. "Saturday Television". The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois). 15 October 1977. Retrieved 25 May 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Butler, Andrew M. (2012). Solar Flares: Science Fiction in the 1970s. Liverpool University Press. p. 41. ISBN 9781781387986.
  6. Rolinson 2010, p. 79.
  7. Rolinson 2010, p. 88.
  8. Terrace, Vincent (1985). Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials. Vol. 2. New York Zoetrope. p. 197. ISBN 0918432618.
  9. Stoppard, Tom (2000). Plays 4: Dalliance, Undiscovered Country, Rough Crossing, The Seagull. Faber Contemporary Classics. ISBN 9780571197507.
  10. "The Two Ronnies". BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  11. "Listings". Genome. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  12. "TV Movie Tips". Independent Press-Telegram. 25 November 1973. Retrieved 25 May 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Educational TV". Kingsport News. 5 January 1974. Retrieved 25 May 2016 – via Newspaper Archive.
  14. "Cousin Bette". Genome. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  15. 'Chit Chat', The Stage, 18 December 1969, p. 8.
  16. 'Chit Chat', The Stage, 3 September 1970, p. 10.
  17. 'Gate: The Bedbug', The Stage, 14 February 1980, p. 24.

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