Deborah Norton
Acting • Born 1944-06-08
Biography
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
27 credits
Hitting Town
Movie • 1976
Clare
Country
Movie • 1981
Faith
Robbie
Movie • 1979
Mum
Harold Shipman: Doctor Death
Movie • 2002
Debra King
Adult Fun
Movie • 1972
Jenny
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Movie • 1980
Mrs Brenner
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Movie • 1980
Mrs Brennan
Instant Enlightenment Including VAT
Movie • 1979
Viv
The Executioner
Movie • 1980
Ilse Giesebrecht
Deptford Graffiti
Movie • 1991
Nurse
The Peddler
Movie • 1976
Dr Rose Dane
Bliss
Movie • 1995
Dorothy Snowden
Children of Rage
Movie • 1975
Yes, Prime Minister
TV • 1986
Yes, Prime Minister
TV • 1986
Dorothy Wainwright
Welcome to Orty-Fou
TV • 1999
Health and Efficiency
TV • 1993
Diana Ewerts
A Bit of Fry & Laurie
TV • 1989
2Point4 Children
TV • 1991
Martha Christie
Holocaust
TV • 1978
Marta Dorf
Lady Killers
TV • 1980
Clara Hogg
Home to Roost
TV • 1985
Lydia Lane
Omnibus
TV • 1967
Nance Edgeworth
Zodiac
TV • 1974
Penny
Mussolini: The Untold Story
TV • 1985
Mrs. Thompson
Hardwicke House
TV • 1987
Mrs Van der Git
Worlds Beyond
TV • 1986
Alice Seagrove