Lesley-Anne Down

British actress

Film & TV

Acting · Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is an English actress who is best known for her roles as Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs; Olivia Blake in the NBC soap opera Sunset Beach and Madeline Fabray LaMotte Main in North and South. Since March 2003, she has portrayed Jacqueline Payne Marone in the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

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Reagan — Margaret Thatcher2024
Gates of Darkness — Sister Clare2019
Alex & the List — Victoria2018
Justice — Elizabeth2017
Hollywood-Diven von ihrer erotischen Seite — Self (archive footage)2017
I Am Watching You — Margaret2016
A Cinderella Christmas — Victoria Carmichael2016
Absolution — Zvetlana2015
Kill Me, Deadly — Lady Clairmont2015
Dark House — lilian2014

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Lesley-Anne Down (born 17 March 1954) is a British actress and singer. She made her motion picture debut in the 1969 drama film The Smashing Bird I Used to Know and later appeared in films Assault (1971), Countess Dracula (1971) and Pope Joan (1972). She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV period drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1973–75).

Down received further recognition for her performances in the films The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), A Little Night Music (1977), The First Great Train Robbery (1978), Hanover Street (1979), Rough Cut (1980), Sphinx (1981) and Nomads (1986). On television, she played the leading roles in The One and Only Phyllis Dixey (1978), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982), Murder Is Easy (1982), and most notably starred as Madeline Fabray in one of the highest rated miniseries in TV history North and South (1985–86), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1986.