
Beatie Edney
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Beatrice "Beatie" Edney (born 23 October 1962) is an English television actress.
Born in London, she is the daughter of actress Sylvia Syms, and sister of Benjamin Edney and a cousin of musician Nick Webb. Edney first came to audiences' attention as Heather MacLeod in the 1986 film Highlander, the first film in the Highlander series. She returned to the role again in the 2000 film Highlander: Endgame. In 1987 Edney performed the title role in the TV production of 'The Dark Angel' with Peter O'Toole. In 1990, she appeared in the Bruce Beresford directed film Mister Johnson alongside Pierce Brosnan and Edward Woodward.
Her many television appearances include a leading role in the TV series Lost Empires, based on the novel by J.B. Priestley, with Colin Firth in 1986. She has also appeared in episodes of Rosemary & Thyme, A Touch of Frost, Prime Suspect, Inspector Morse, Lewis (TV series), Agatha Christie's Poirot adaptation of The Mysterious Affair at Styles and Wallander (2009). In 1994, she played the role of Louisa Gradgrind in the television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times. In 1995, she had a starring role in the Channel 4 sitcom Dressing For Breakfast. In 2012 she played Queen Charlotte in The Madness of King George III, in a revival at the Apollo Theatre.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.505 |
Birthday | 1962-10-23 |
Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
Also Known As | Beatrice Edney, Beattie Edney, |

1993

In the Name of the Father
7.907/1772
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He a...
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In the Name of the Father

1986

Highlander
6.9/2655
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is C...
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Highlander

1994

MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
5.9/59
A close friend of MacGyver is murdered. In searching for a reason for this assassination MacGyver discovers a secret nuclear weapons plant right in th...
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MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday

1988

A Handful of Dust
6.2/39
English aristocrat Tony Last welcomes tragedy into his life when he invites John Beaver to visit his vast estate. There Beaver makes the acquaintance...
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A Handful of Dust

2006

Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!
6/24
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his...
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Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa!

2022

Save the Cinema
6.2/24
The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre...
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Save the Cinema

1970

A Day at the Beach
4.9/9
Bernie is a silver tongued wanderer with a fondness for drink and no clear goal in life. What was supposed to be a day of fun at the seaside turns to...
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A Day at the Beach

1991

Mister Johnson
6.3/29
In 1923 British Colonial Nigeria, Mister Johnson is an oddity -- an educated black man who doesn't really fit in with the natives or the British. He w...
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Mister Johnson

1987

Diary of a Mad Old Man
4.5/3
In this erotic drama, Marcel (Ralph Michael) fantasizes about being with his daughter-in-law Simone (Beatie Edney) after the death of his wife. The wo...
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Diary of a Mad Old Man

1999

The Cyberstalking
5.625/8
Aspiring songstress Holly Moon admires the famous diva "Samantha" and attempts to sneak her own act on stage, in the same elite futuristic techno club...
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The Cyberstalking

2000

Highlander: Endgame
4.829/412
Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful imm...
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Highlander: Endgame

1994

Hard Times
7/2
Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life with an outstanding cast and brilliant cine...
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Hard Times

1988

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World
6.6/14
Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy...
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Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

2008

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
6.8/397
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile...
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

1994

Mesmer
6/17
A biography of the eighteenth century Viennese physician, Franz Anton Mesmer, who used unorthodox healing practices based on his theory of "animal mag...
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Mesmer

1989

Just Another Secret
0/0
An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place.
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Just Another Secret

1987

Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon
0/0
In this award-winning documentary, directors Masri and Chamoun focus on the women who played a crucial role in fighting the Israeli invasion of southe...
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Wild Flowers: Women of South Lebanon

1990

The Lilac Bus
7/1
The lives of seven friends who share a bus from their village to Dublin every day get complicated as the reasons for their discontent are revealed.
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The Lilac Bus

1995

The Affair
3.8/11
A black soldier in World War II England begins an affair with a white woman whose husband is a soldier currently overseas in battle and in doubts of h...
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The Affair

1990

Wild Flowers
0.5/1
At her daughter's funeral, a woman remembers her family's shame when she fell in love with another woman.
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Wild Flowers

2019

Nyet!
6/1
When Boris and Olga arrive at the port of Dover with precious cargo, the border authorities, headed by the formidable Mrs. Pyke, uncover truths hidden...
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Nyet!

1989

Trouble in Paradise
0/0
In the harbor of Rotterdam, an action group called "Redpeace" discovers illegal weapon transports. Those are executed by shipping-trade Kusters Shippi...
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Trouble in Paradise

2019

National Theatre Live: Small Island
8/3
Embark on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England. The...
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National Theatre Live: Small Island

2002

The Biographer
0/0
Dramatisation of the events leading to Andrew Morton writing his biography of Princess Diana.
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The Biographer

1998

Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord
5/1
Follows the discoveries of reporters after the disappearance of the 7th Earl of Lucan, Richard John Bingham after the murder of his children's nanny.
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Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord

1987

The Dark Angel
7.5/2
The Dark Angel is a sensual and stylish adaptation of Uncle Silas - Sheridan le Fanu’s influential Victorian literary masterpiece. Sheltered heiress M...
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The Dark Angel

1989

Bosses From Hell
0/0
John Cleese training video about bosses.
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