Portrait of Judy Parfitt

Acting

Judy Parfitt

Career

Active from 1965 to 2013, busiest in 1980 and 1993 with 3 main titles each.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit
GoodWatch score85/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Judy Parfitt Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.5, average 4.1
  • Contemporary Realism
    4.1, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Character Study 4
  • Witty Dialogue 3
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Social Realism 2
  • Dialogue-Driven 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Gentle Humor 2
  • Political Satire 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2
  • Period Drama 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

110
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

7 titles · average score 58
The Game
The Game (2014)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Hester Waterhouse

Up the Women
Up the Women (2013)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show · as Myrtle

Hello Carter
Hello Carter (2013)
GoodWatch score 34

as Miriam

Call the Midwife
Call the Midwife (2012)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show · as Sister Monica Joan

Vera
Vera (2011)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Maggie

W.E.
W.E. (2011)
GoodWatch score 42

as Queen Mary

The Moth Diaries
The Moth Diaries (2011)
GoodWatch score 35

as Miss Rood

2000s

11 titles · average score 65
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit (2008)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show · as Mrs. Clennam

Dean Spanley
Dean Spanley (2008)
GoodWatch score 81

as Mr. Brimley

Funland
Funland (2005)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show · as Mercy Woolf

Asylum
Asylum (2005)
GoodWatch score 45

as Brenda Raphael

The Aryan Couple
The Aryan Couple (2004)
GoodWatch score 33

as Rachel Krauzenberg

Agatha Christie's Marple
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Cicely Beauclerk

The Long Firm
The Long Firm (2004)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Lady Thursby

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003)
GoodWatch score 70

as Maria Thins

Hearts of Gold
Hearts of Gold (2003)

as Isobel John

Murder in Mind
Murder in Mind (2001)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Margaret Collins

Falling Through
Falling Through (2000)

as Ambassador

1990s

22 titles · average score 64
Wilde
Wilde (1997)
GoodWatch score 69

as Lady Mount-Temple

Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders (1997)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Angela Wentworth / Caroline Halsey

Element of Doubt
Element of Doubt (1996)

as Genevieve

Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

as Vera Donovan

Heavy Weather
Heavy Weather (1995)
GoodWatch score 75

as Lady Constance Keeble

ER
ER (1994)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Isabelle Corday

The Blackheath Poisonings
The Blackheath Poisonings (1993)

TV show · as Harriet Collard

Heartbeat
Heartbeat (1992)
GoodWatch score 80

TV show · as Lady Veronique Victor

Midnight's Child
Midnight's Child (1992)
GoodWatch score 42

as Mother Superior

The Gravy Train Goes East
The Gravy Train Goes East (1991)

TV show · as Hilda Spearpoint

The Gravy Train
The Gravy Train (1990)

TV show · as Hilda

Diamond Skulls
Diamond Skulls (1990)
GoodWatch score 40

as Lady Crewne

1980s

25 titles · average score 72
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Miss Van Schuyler

The Charmings
The Charmings (1987)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Queen Lillian White

Maurice
Maurice (1987)
GoodWatch score 78

as Mrs. Durham

Mr Pye
Mr Pye (1986)

TV show · as Miss Dredger

Mr. Pye
Mr. Pye (1986)

as Miss Dredger

Covenant
Covenant (1985)

as Renata Beck

Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote (1984)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show · as Peggy Brooks

Champions
Champions (1984)
GoodWatch score 68

as Dr. Merrow

Office Romances
Office Romances (1983)

as Pam Ivygale

Death of a Princess
Death of a Princess (1980)
GoodWatch score 62

as Elsa Gruber

Yes Minister
Yes Minister (1980)
GoodWatch score 89

TV show

The Unborn
The Unborn (1980)

as Roma

1970s

28 titles · average score 58
Secret Orchards
Secret Orchards (1979)

as Muriel Perry

Heartland
Heartland (1979)
GoodWatch score 32

TV show · as Alice Pearson

Stones
Stones (1976)

as Anne Reeve

Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey (1975)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show · as Anna Aspen

Playhouse
Playhouse (1974)

TV show · as Anne Reeve / Roma

Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1973)

as The Red Queen

Crown Court
Crown Court (1972)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show · as Pauline Fanshaw

The Protectors
The Protectors (1972)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Lena Haydon

The Edwardians
The Edwardians (1972)

TV show · as Edith Nesbit

Journey to Murder
Journey to Murder (1971)

as Faith Wheeler

Villette
Villette (1970)

TV show · as Lucy Snowe

Diamond Crack Diamond
Diamond Crack Diamond (1970)

TV show · as Joyce Diamond

1960s

16 titles · average score 71
Hamlet
Hamlet (1969)
GoodWatch score 63

as Gertrude

Journey to the Unknown
Journey to the Unknown (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Faith Wheeler

Angel Pavement
Angel Pavement (1967)

TV show · as Lilian Matfield

ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse (1967)

TV show · as Dorothy Granger

Time in Advance
Time in Advance (1965)

as Marie

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Mrs. Clandon

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

TV show · as The Woman

Out of the Unknown
Out of the Unknown (1965)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Marie

The Wednesday Play
The Wednesday Play (1964)

TV show · as Dorothy Gorbet

The Saint
The Saint (1962)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show · as Anne Liskard

The Avengers
The Avengers (1961)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Vesta / Loris

Drama 61-67
Drama 61-67 (1961)

TV show · as Margaret

1950s

1 title · average score 68
Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Giulia Donelli / Toni Jeffries