Mary Roscoe

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

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Gender

Female

Birthday

12-Jun-1959

Age

(67 years old)

Place of Birth

Harare,Zimbabwe

Also Known As
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Mary Roscoe

Biography

Mary grew up in Zimbabwe and came to London to train. She has been acting in film, television and theatre since 1980, and teaching alongside her acting work for 10 years. Recent acting with the acclaimed film directors Mike Leigh and Joanna Hogg led to Mary teaching improvisation for film at several drama schools in London. Film work includes – Testament of Youth (James Kent), The Riot Club (Lone Scherfig), Paddington (Paul King), Woman in Black Angel of Death (Tom Harper) Exhibition (Joanna Hogg), Les Miserables (Tom Hooper), Suspension of Disbelief (Mike Figgis), Chatroom (Hideo Nakata), Unrelated (Joanna Hogg – Guardian & Evening Standard award for best first film, Independent Film Critic’s Award for best film), Topsy Turvy (Mike Leigh). TV work includes – War & Peace, Partners in Crime, The Casual Vacancy, Whitechapel, Holby City, Great Expectations, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canoe Man, Antiques Rogue Show, The Thieving Headmistress, George Orwell A Life in Pictures, The Rector’s Wife, Frank Stubbs, Lovejoy, Sorry! Theatre includes playing lead roles in Repertory Theatres all over UK. London work includes “Aunt Dan & Lemon” Royal Court, Olive Oyl in “Popeye” Arts Theatre, Maria in “Twelfth Night” for Regents Park, “Trilby & Svengali” for Shared Experience at Lyric Hammersmith, 2 years of work for Mike Alfreds at Sadlers Wells, and experimental improvised work with David Gale & David Glass Ensemble.


Credits

The Thieving Headmistress The Thieving Headmistress (2006) Character: Maureen Stapley
A Headmistress steals from her own school. As a young girl Colleen McCabe asks a priest in confessional "What is sin?" Thirty years later she is found out for practising it. An ex-nun,she leaves the convent because she becomes disillusioned with spiritual matters and goes into teaching, being appointed headmistress of the John Rigby School in London. Along with a small coterie of chosen staff members to act as her spies,she misappropriates half a million pounds from school funds which she spends on luxury goods and a trip on the Orient Express. Meanwhile the school suffers,having to use ancient text books and pupils as cleaners. She is tried,although admitted to hospital for depression on the trial day, and sentenced to five years in jail, later reduced to four. The film alternates dramatized scenes of Colleen's misbehaviour with interviews with those who knew her.
Canoe Man Canoe Man (2010) Character: Solicitor
The story of the "Canoe Man" John Darwin who faked his own death and tried to start a new life with a false identity.
Room Service Room Service (2012) Character: Kyla Meeks (voice)
Washed-up salesman Dennis Meeks is forced to confront his demons in a hotel room where the plumbing has a mind of its own.
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures George Orwell: A Life In Pictures (2003) Character: Eileen Blair
Dramatised biography of writer George Orwell.
The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014) Character: Woman in Tube
40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
The Riot Club The Riot Club (2014) Character: George's Mother
Two first-year students at Oxford University join a secret society and learn that their reputations can be made or destroyed over the course of one evening.
Ashes and Sand Ashes and Sand (2003) Character: Teacher
This is a British movie set in Brighton. It shows teenage angst and female gang behaviour. The leader of the gang is Hayley (Lara Belmont) and the other gang members are Jo (Beccy Armory), Anna (Sarah French-Ellis) and Lauren (Jessica Harris). They roam the streets of Brighton stalking single men, seducing and then robbing them. Hayley meets a policeman, Daniel (Nick Moran), and becomes fixated on him. She dreams of becoming his girlfriend/lover. Daniel has a shoe fetish and lets himself be seduced by Hayley. The end result is not what he envisages.
Exhibition Exhibition (2013) Character: Neighbour Guest
An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home.
Les Misérables Les Misérables (2012) Character: Ensemble Factory Women
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Paddington Paddington (2014) Character: Master Gruber's Aunt
A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
Unrelated Unrelated (2008) Character: Verena
A woman in an unhappy relationship takes refuge with a friend's family on holiday in Tuscany.
To Kill a King To Kill a King (2003) Character: Lady Whitby
A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
Enola Holmes Enola Holmes (2020) Character: Grace Whitting
While searching for her missing mother, intrepid teen Enola Holmes uses her sleuthing skills to outsmart big brother Sherlock and help a runaway lord.
Chatroom Chatroom (2010) Character: Psychiatrist
When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth. William is a dangerous loner, channeling all his energies into cyberspace. He's become an analyser, a calculating manipulator who finds it almost impossible to interact normally with others in the real world, instead turning his hand to manipulating people online.
The People We Hate at the Wedding The People We Hate at the Wedding (2022) Character: Martha
A dysfunctional family that can't seem to get along and get it together reluctantly reunites for a family wedding. As their many skeletons are wrenched from the closet, it turns out to be just what this singular family needs to reconnect.
Topsy-Turvy Topsy-Turvy (1999) Character: Miss Carlyle
For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.



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