Madeleine Daly Potter is an American actress who has played roles in over 20 films and TV shows, including four productions directed by James Ivory. She has also appeared in numerous stage productions in the United States and United Kingdom. She made her New York stage debut in Loves Labor's Lost at The Shakespeare Center, produced by the Riverside Shakespeare Company in 1981.Review by Mel Gussow, The New York Times, May 10, 1981, and "Shakespeare in New York City," by Maurice Charney and Arthur Ganz, The Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Summer, 1982), pp. 218–22.
Family Potter is the only daughter of Philip B.K. Potter (1927-1975), an American diplomat who served in the OSS,John Prados, Lost Crusader: The Secret Wars of CIA Director William Colby (Oxford University Press, 2003), page 65 and his wife, the former Madeleine Mulqueen Daly (1921-1985). She is a niece of Medal of Honor recipient Michael J. Daly and a great-great-granddaughter of New York Mayor Thomas Francis Gilroy. She is also a great-great-granddaughter of Episcopal bishop Alonzo Potter and a great-grand-niece of Episcopal bishop Henry Codman Potter.
Personal life She was married to Patrick Fitzgerald, an Irish-born American actor, whom she wed in 1990.
Potter's only child, Madeleine Daly (born June 4, 1995), appeared as her character's niece in the 2005 movie The White Countess.
Filmography Film + Year Title RoleNotes 1984 The Bostonians Verena Tarrant 1987 Hello Again Felicity Glick 1988 The Suicide Club Nancy 1989 Bloodhounds of Broadway Widow Mary 1989 Slaves of New York Daria 1990 Two Evil Eyes Annabel Segment "The Black Cat" 1995 Leapin' Leprechauns! Morgan de la Fey / Nula Uncredited 1996 Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns Morgan de la Fey / Nula 2000 The Golden Bowl Lady Castledean Merchant Ivory 2002 Refuge Sylvia Oakes 2005 The White Countess Greshenka 2012 Red Lights Sarah Sidgwick
Television
+ + Year Title Role Notes 1983 Svengali Antonia TV movie 1986 The Equalizer Zena Episode: "Nightscape" 1988 The Equalizer Simone Peters / Susan Petersborough Episode: "A Dance on the Dark Side" 2002 State of Play Professor Tate 2 episodes 2006 Midsomer Murders Celia Patchett Episode: "Country Matters" 2013 Holby City Sharon Kozinsky 1 episode 2015 Foyle's War Edith Del Mar Episode" "High Castle" 2015 “[(Mr. Selfridge)]” Elizabeth Arden Season IV Episode 2 2023 Unforgotten Niamh 1 episode
Audio
Doctor Who - Assassin in the Limelight (2008) - Lizzie Williams Doctor Who - The Cradle of the Snake (2010) - Yoanna Rayluss
Stage London
An Ideal Husband, directed by Peter Hall (1996) at Haymarket Theatre All My Sons, directed by Howard Davies (1999) on the Lyttelton stage of the Royal National Theatre Southwark Fair, directed by Nicholas Hytner (2006) on the Cottsloe stage at the Royal National Theatre After Mrs. Rochester, written and directed by Polly Teale (2003) at the Lyric Theatre and then the Duke of York's Broken Glass, directed by Iqbal Khan (2010) at the Tricycle Theatre
Broadway
Ibsen's Ghosts (1982) as Regina Engstrand, Mrs. Alving's maid Coastal Disturbances (1987) as Holly Dancer Metamorphosis (1989) as Greta, Gregor Samsa's sister The Crucible (1991) as Abigail Williams Getting Married (1991) as Leo The Master Builder (1992) as Hilde Wangel A Little Hotel on the Side (1992) as Victoire
References
External links
Madeleine Potter at ITDb Theatre Database