Susan Jameson

Susan Jameson
Born Susan I. M. Jameson[1]
(1941-08-13) 13 August 1941
Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England
Occupation Actress
Years active 1962–present
Spouse(s) James Bolam
Children Nigel Williams (born Mark Jameson)
Lucy Bolam

Susan I. M. Jameson (born 13 August 1941)[2] is an English actress who has played a wide range of roles, especially on television. She is possibly best known for portraying Esther Lane in the BBC crime drama New Tricks between 2003 and 2013.

Early life

Jameson was born in Barnt Green, Worcestershire, England. She is married to actor James Bolam with whom she has a daughter, Lucy. She has a son from a previous relationship who was given for adoption and had his name changed from Mark to Nigel.[3]

Career

Her television roles include Myra Booth in Coronation Street, Kate in Take Three Girls and Jessie Seaton in When the Boat Comes In. She played Emma Lambe in the third series of All in Good Faith, and John Duttine's second wife in the BBC drama To Serve Them All My Days. She also starred in two BBC children's comedy series, Bad Boyes in which she played the eponymous lead character's mother (two series, 1987–88) and Who, Sir? Me, Sir? (1985), as the feisty Biddy Bedwelty.

She has acted with her husband in several series, including an early episode of The Likely Lads as well as When The Boat Comes In, New Tricks, Grandpa in My Pocket and an ITV legal drama entitled Close and True (screened in 2000), which also starred Robson Green.

Her guest appearances include UFO, Space: 1999, Z-Cars, Special Branch, Dalziel and Pascoe, Hi-de-Hi! and Holby City.

In 2009 she was one of five actresses (alongside Emilia Fox, Barbara Flynn, Samantha Bond and Diana Quick) to portray Queen Elizabeth II in Channel 4's series The Queen.

Jameson is also a regular in BBC-produced Doctor Who audios, playing Mrs Wibbsey, the Doctor's housekeeper, in three series with Tom Baker, Hornets' Nest (2009), Demon Quest (2010) and Serpent Crest (2011). This was not her first foray into the world of Doctor Who, having played Mrs Moynihan in an early Big Finish Productions Doctor Who audio play, The Spectre of Lanyon Moor[4] opposite Colin Baker, Nicholas Courtney and husband James Bolam. In 1971 she had been cast in the Doctor Who serial Colony in Space, but was replaced by Tony Caunter when the BBC's Head of Drama Serials decided the role was inappropriate for a woman to perform. Jameson was nevertheless paid in full.[5]

She is also known as an audio book narrator, especially of Catherine Cookson novels.

In 2014 Susan Jameson's first book Pony Tails, a collection of short stories based on four native pony breeds—the Connemara, the Welsh Cob, the Shetland and the Exmoor—was published by Forelock Books.

Filmography

Radio

DateTitleRoleDirectorStation
23 August 2004The Coast of Maine: Miss Tempy's WatchersSarah Ann BinsonNed ChailletBBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
3 March 2005The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch[6]GrandmotherLu KempBBC Radio 3 The Wire
16 March 2005
– 6 April 2005		The Great PursuitCynthia BogdenToby SwiftBBC Radio 4
5 May 2005Stone Baby[7]NurseToby SwiftBBC Radio 3 The Wire
6 May 2005Claw Marks on the Curtain: The Open WindowCaroline NuttelNed ChailletBBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama
5 December 2005
– 30 December 2005		David CopperfieldPeggotty / Mrs GummidgeJeremy MortimerBBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour Drama

References

  1. ↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ↑ England & Wales Birth Register Index; Jameson, Susan I. M.; September quarter 1941; Registration District: Bromsgrove; Registration County: Worcestershire; Volume 6c; Page 572
  3. ↑ Laura Collins (10 October 2010). "'Sorry, I've no sense of being your mother': The long lost son of New Tricks star Susan Jameson reveals heartbreaking rejection". Daily Mail.
  4. ↑ "The Spectre of Lanyon Moor – Doctor Who – Main Range". Big Finish. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "Colony in Space". A Brief History of Time (Travel). Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "The Wire – The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr Punch". BBC. 3 March 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "The Wire – A new wave of dramaStone BabyBy Sean Buckley". BBC. 5 May 2005. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
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