Deborah Norton
Deborah Norton (born 20 century in London) is a British actress.
Life
Norton was born in the London borough of Croydon. She attended a boarding school run by Quakers. Her acting training, she graduated at the Drama Centre London. Norton worked as a character actor in numerous British theaters. She joined, among others, at the Royal Court Theatre ( 1978 in Inadmissible Evidence by Nicol Williamson, Director: John Osborne, 1979 in The London Cuckolds by Edward Ravenscroft, Michael Elphick, Stephanie Beacham as partner), at the Old Vic Theatre in Bristol, at the Nottingham Playhouse and the Royal National Theatre (1984/1985 échange as Madame Pinglet in A Little Hotel On The Side, original title L' Hôtel du libre, by Georges Feydeau ) on.
In 1979 she appeared at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith in the play Waiting for the Parade by John Murrell on. In 1981, she played at the Lyttleton Theatre in London in the comedy On the Razzle by Tom Stoppard based on themes by Johann Nestroy. At the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in 1986 she starred in the comedy An Italian Straw Hat (Original Title: Un Chapeau de Paille d' Italie) by Eugène Labiche. In 1989, she played at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton in the play Barnaby and the Old Boys by Keith Baxter; In the same year she was also seen in the piece Black Prince by Iris Murdoch at the Aldwych Theatre in London. In 1992, she appeared on the Comedy Theatre in London in the play Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare on.
With the role of Polly Peachum in The Beggar's Opera she also went on an international tour, including the United States. Norton lived after the completion of the Beggar's Opera tour some time in Greenwich Village, but later returned back to the UK. In the United States they also played theater. At the Douglas Morrisson Theatre in Hayward, she took over in 1989, the role of Hester Salomon in the play Equus by Peter Shaffer.
Norton is now working in the UK as a theater director. On The West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2001, she directed the farce Horse and Carriage by Georges Feydeau. Norton also worked as a literary critic and wrote book reviews for the Sunday Times; they also presented together with Kenneth Tynan Arena Arts Programs.
1978 Norton played in the miniseries Holocaust - The history of the White family, the role of Marta village, a patient of the Jewish physician Dr. Weiss, Weiss because of a heart condition and her husband Erik, an unemployed lawyers, visits. It drives her husband, the aide of Reinhard Heydrich is later, in the arms of the Nazis.
In the British television Norton was known primarily through their involvement in the television series Yes Minister and A Bit of Fry & Laurie. In the satirical British cult series Yes, Minister, she played the role of Dorothy Wainwright in the 1980s. Norton embodied the highly qualified and experienced policy adviser to the Prime Minister; her figure was partly understood as a satirical allusion to Margaret Thatcher.