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Carol Drinkwater

British actress, writer and filmmaker (born 1948)

Carol Drinkwater

Drinkwater in 2012

Born (1948-04-22) 22 April 1948 (age 76)

London

NationalityBritish, Irish
Occupations
Spouse
RelativesLinda Regan (sister)
Websitecaroldrinkwater.com

Carol Drinkwater (born 22 April 1948) is a British actress, writer and filmmaker residing in France. She portrayed Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books All Creatures Great and Small, which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985.[1][2]

Career

Drinkwater was a member of the National Theatre Company under the leadership of Laurence Olivier[1] and has acted in numerous television series and films including the highly successful Chocky, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Another Bouquet, Golden Pennies and as Roz, an acquaintance of Det. Insp. Jack Regan in The Sweeney.

Drinkwater won a Critics' Circle Best Screen Actress award[1] for her

Carol Drinkwater

Carol Drinkwater (born 22 April 1948) is an Anglo-Irish actress, author and filmmaker. She portrayed Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books All Creatures Great and Small, which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985. Drinkwater is the daughter of the bandleader and agent, Peter Regan (born Peter Albert Drinkwater) and Irish nurse, Phillis McCormack.

She was a member of the National Theatre Company under the leadership of Laurence Olivier and has acted in numerous television series and films including the highly successful Chocky, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Another Bouquet and Golden Pennies. Drinkwater won a Critics' Circle Best Screen Actress award for her role, Anne, in the feature film Father (1990) in which she starred opposite Max von Sydow.

Amongst many other film and television series, she has appeared in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971), Queen Kong (1976), The Shout (1978), Father (1990), and the film adaptation of Beryl Bainbridge's novel An Awfull

Carol Drinkwater: from award-winning actor to bestselling author

Many have claimed that changing job and moving home are two of the most traumatic experiences that humans go through during the course of their lives.

Carol Drinkwater would know better than most, having made the troubled transition from award-winning actor to bestselling author while simultaneously crisscrossing the globe.

The Islington-born Londoner, who was raised for a time in Co Laois, explained: “I was educated at a convent in Kent. It was run by Irish and French nuns. I mostly hated it but they did allow me to follow my passion for drama, writing plays, performing, and directing my works.

“I was also able to study French, Italian and Spanish, all of which have stood me in good stead, so not all bad. Indeed, I still read a fair amount of French literature and I am very attracted to the emotional depth and simplicity of writers such as Marguerite Duras.”

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