Susan Elizabeth Brown (born 6 May 1946) is an English actress of stage and screen.Profile, imdb.com; accessed 30 January 2016. She had roles in the film The Iron Lady (2011) and the first season of the television series Game of Thrones (2011).
Brown has been nominated for a Tony Award for her performance in the 2018 revival of the play Angels in America and a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in the 2018 play Home, I'm Darling.
Biography Brown was born in Bristol, England. Before starting her professional career, Brown trained at Rose Bruford College. She has appeared in such stage productions as The Wild Duck (Donmar Warehouse), Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, Playing with Fire, Cardiff East and The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (National Theatre), Easter, Romeo and Juliet, Richard III and Bad Weather (RSC), Road, Shirley, Downfall, Gibraltar Strait and Seagulls (Royal Court), Butterfly Kiss (Almeida), The House of Bernarda Alba and The Chairs (Gate Theatre), You Be Ted and I'll Be Sylvia (Hampstead), Playing Sinatra (Croydon Warehouse and Greenwich Theatre), The Beaux' Stratagem, Back to Methuselah, The Vortex, The Way of the World and A Woman of No Importance (Cambridge Theatre Company), Twelfth Night (English Touring Theatre), Small Change, Iphigenia (Sheffield Crucible) and Angels in America.
Brown played "Mrs Dimmock" a widow who comes across an oriental cannon, in an episode of Lovejoy, "The Peking Gun", in October 1993. To international audiences, Brown is perhaps best known for her role as Septa Mordane in the first series of Game of Thrones. Her character was killed off in the concluding episodes of the series. She had a supporting role as Margaret Thatcher's live-in carer June in The Iron Lady and has had small roles in BBC drama series Call the Midwife and Torchwood.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1960 The Road to Carey Street Rosemary TV film 1987 Hope and Glory Mrs. Evans 1989 Work Experience Mrs. Percival Short film 1998 Anorak of Fire Mrs. Gascoigne TV film 2002 A Matter of Taste (unknown) Short film 2003 The Brides in the Bath Mrs. Crossley TV film 2004 When Hitler Invaded Britain Clara Milburn TV film 2006 Pinochet in Suburbia Female Lawyer TV film 2008 Brideshead Revisited Nurse 2011 The Iron Lady June, Housekeeper 2012 Now Is Good Shirley 2013 Belle Baroness Vernon2017 National Theatre Live: Angels in America: PerestroikaHannah Pitt National Theatre Live: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches 2021 National Theatre Live: Under Milk Wood Various roles 2024 Mary Anna the Prophetess Rose Drake Suzanne Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes1959 Private Investigator Mary Episode: "A Shield for Caroline" Ask for King Billy Girl Episode: "Part 5" 1960 ITV Play of the Week Theresa Episode: "All Summer Long" 1971 Public Eye Girl in Garage Episode: "And When You've Paid the Bill, You're None the Wiser"1972 Man at the Top Mrs. Naughton Episode: "High Stakes" Armchair Theatre Naafi Girl Episode: "The Breaking of Colonel Keyser" New Scotland Yard Jean Gorton Episode: "Papa Charlie" 1973 Then and Now Annie Episode: "In Memoriam" 1973–1974 The Kids from 47A Miss Hayes Recurring role; 9 episodes 1974 Within These Walls Joan Harrison Episode: "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back" 1975 The Hanged Man Anna Kreidner Mini-series; episode: "The Bridge Maker" 1976 The Duchess of Duke Street Ivy 2 episodes: "A Present Sovereign" & "Honour and Obey" 1977 Rooms Pat Spooner 3 episodes: "The Artist", "Repairs" & "Portraits" 1979 The Other Side Joyce Episode: "Underdog" 1981 Fanny by Gaslight Mrs. Hopwood Mini-series; 4 episodes1985 Up the Elephant and Round the Castle Mrs. Fowler Episode: "The Pied Piper of Hamlet" Coronation Street Connie Clayton Series regular; 35 episodes1986 Kit Curran Wendy Lowe Episode: "Blind Date" Slinger's Day Gladys Slinger Episode: "Going Bananas" 1987 ScreenPlay Helen Episode: "Road"1988 Andy Capp Ruby Series regular; 6 episodes This Is David Lander Joan Trescot Episode: "The Rocketing Cast of Defence" 1989 ScreenPlay Tracy Episode: "Loving Hazel"1990 Chain Mrs. Elliott Mini-series; episode: "Vicky Elliott" Kappatoo Mrs. Cotton 3 episodes: "Tracey Times Two", "Time-Fuse" & "Out of Time" Alive from Off Center Helen Episode: "Road" The Paradise Club Audrey Episode: "Old Pals" 1990–1991 Making Out Avril Series regular; 8 episodes1991 The Bill Margaret Randle Episode: "Too Many Chiefs" Prime Suspect Linda Mini-series; episode: "Price to Pay: Part 2". Uncredited role The Sharp End Mrs. Swales Mini-series; episode 7 Screen One Mrs. Tribbly Episode: "Prince" Performance Bill / Maria Episode: "Absolute Hell" / Episode: "Nona"1992 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Brenda Harrison Episode: "Kissing the Gunner's Daughter: Part One" The Bill Mary Cox Episode: "A Friend in Need" Casualty Julie Episode: "Will You Still Love Me?"1993 Stay Lucky Barbara 2 episodes: "The Long Road... There" & "The Long Road... Back" Lovejoy Mrs. Dimmock Episode: "The Peking Gun" The Bill Janie Pickett Episode: "Outbreak" EastEnders Jackie 4 episodes 1993–1995 September Song Cilla Series regular; 11 episodes1994 Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie Glenda Toughbitch / Operator Episode: #2.4 / Episode: #2.5 A Pinch of Snuff Betsy Heppelwhite Mini-series; 2 episodes The Riff Raff Element Maggie Belcher Series regular; 6 episodes1995 A Touch of Frost Stella Boxley Episode: "No Refuge" Casualty Joan Hawley Episode: "Heartbreak Hotel"1997 Wokenwell Jacqui Clovis Episode #1.5 The Bill Cheryl Walker Episode: "Heartbreak Hotel" Knight School Marjorie Scrope Episode: "Opening Knight" 1998 Taggart Jan Dickson Episode: "Out of Bounds"1999 Where the Heart Is June Wrekin Episode: "Moving On" The Bill Jan Beckett Episode: "Cracked Up" Dangerfield Mrs. Bassett Episode: "Forbidden Fruit"2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Deirdre Hope Episode: "A Blast from the Past" Peak Practice Clare Bain Episode: "Walls of Jericho"2001 The Vice Brothel Madam Episode: "Out of Mind" Best of Both Worlds Annie Sullivan 3 episodes Holby City Avril Welbeck Episode: "Family Ties" 2002 Wire in the Blood Jean Lawson 2 episodes: "Justice Painted Blind: Parts 1 & 2" 2003 Blue Dove Sylvie Brennan Mini-series2004 Dalziel and Pascoe ACC Alex Lawrence Episode: "The Price of Fame" La Femme Musketeer Cecile D'Artagnan Mini-series Rose and Maloney Wendy Sillery Series 2 regular; 6 episodes 2006 Coronation Street Maureen Tully 2 episodes 2007 Holby City Nora Simpson Episode: "Paranoid Android" 2009 Torchwood Bridget Spears 5 episodes: "Torchwood: Children of Earth - Days One to Five"2010 Doctors Brenda Napier Episode: "Ghosts" Holby City Rachel Jacoby Episode: "Together Alone"2011 Waking the Dead Sue Myers 2 episodes: "Harbinger: Parts 1 & 2" Game of Thrones Septa Mordane 6 episodes Midsomer Murders Leticia Clifford Episode: "The Sleeper Under the Hill"2012 Stella Senior Magistrate Episode #1.9 Silent Witness Judge Royston Episode: "Paradise Lost: Part 1"2013 Call the Midwife Mrs. Peacock Episode #2.4 Broadchurch Liz Roper Series regular; 7 episodes2014 Father Brown Ethel Fernsley Episode: "The Shadow of the Scaffold" Casualty Pauline Heggarty Episode: "Who Cares?" Atlantis Pemphredo Episode: "The Grey Sisters" 2015 Partners in Crime Mrs. Harrison Mini-series; episode: "N or M?: Part 1" 2017 Holby City Mrs. Birdie Thompson 2 episodes: "I Do, I Do, I Do" & "Gold Star" 2019 Good Omens Mother Superior Episode: "In the Beginning" 2021 It's a Sin Mrs. Bowen Mini-series; 2 episodes 2022 The Crown Lady Dugdale Episode: "Gunpowder" 2024 Mr Bates vs The Post Office Min Howard Mini-series; 4 episodes2026 Bridgerton Mrs. Crabtree 2 episodes: "The Field Next to the Other Road" & "Dance in the Country" Falling Fiona Mini-series
Video games Year Title Role (voice) Notes 2012 The Secret World Dame Julia Beatrix Tyburn / Cucuvea / Olga Dimir / Additional voices2014 Dreamfall Chapters Queenie / The Mole / Lady Alvane LittleBigPlanet 3 Nana Pud 2015 Everybody's Gone to the Rapture Wendy Boyles 2018 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Isbel of Hagge 2021 It Takes Two Stargazer / Additional voices
Audio Year Title Role Notes2007Doctor Who: 100Midwife / MaryParts 1 & 32008Doctor Who: Return of the KrotonsEleanor Harvey2009Doctor Who: Castle of FearMaud the Withered / YokelDoctor Who: The Eternal SummerAlice Withers2010Doctor Who: The Song of MagapteraChief Engineer / ChanelDoctor Who: The Prison in SpaceChairman BabsDoctor Who: The Resurrection of MarsMargaretDoctor Who: Plague of the DaleksMrs. Withers / Mrs. Sowerby / Computer Voice2011GracelessJoySeries 22015Doctor Who: Death MatchKastrella
Theatre credits Year Play Role Venue Notes 1986 Road Brenda / Molly / Helen / Marion Royal Court Theatre, London 1987 Downfall Hettie Royal Court Theatre, London 1989 The Way of the World Millament Young Vic, The Cut, London with Cambridge Theatre Company 1990 Gibraltar Strait Mrs. Farrell / Carmen Proetta Royal Court Theatre, London1992 Playing Sinatra Sandra Greenwich Theatre, London The House of Bernarda Alba La Poncia Gate Theatre, London 1994 Butterfly Kiss Jenny Ross Almeida Theatre, London 1995 Easter Mrs. Heyst The Pit, London with Royal Shakespeare Company1996 Romeo and Juliet Nurse Barbican Theatre, London with Royal Shakespeare Company Richard III Queen Elizabeth Barbican Theatre, London with Royal Shakespeare Company 1997 Cardiff East Marge Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London 1998 Bad Weather Kay Tonnerre The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon with Royal Shakespeare Company 1999 You'll Be Ted and I'll Be Sylvia Stella Hampstead Theatre, South Hampstead, London 2002 Small Change Mrs. Harte Crucible Theatre, Sheffield2003 We Happy Few Hettie Oaks Malvern Theatres, Malvern Iphigenia Clytemnestra Crucible Theatre, Sheffield 2004 Twelfth Night Maria UK Tour with English Touring Theatre2005 The Wild Duck Mrs. Sorbie Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden, London Playing with Fire The Mayor Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London Henry IV, Part 1 & Part 2 Mistress Quickly Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London2008 The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other Ensemble Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London Harper Regan Alison Wooley Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London 2009 The Contingency Plan Tessa Bush Theatre, Shepherd's Bush, London 2011 Saved Mary Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London2012 Goodbye to All That Iris Royal Court Theatre, London part of "Royal Court Young Writers' Festival" Making Noise Quietly May Applewood Donmar Warehouse, Covent Garden, London2013 If You Don't Let Us Dream, We Won't Let You Sleep Joan Royal Court Theatre, London Julius Caesar Casca St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, New York City 2014 Good People Dotty Noël Coward Theatre, London2015 Image of an Unknown Young Woman Candace Gate Theatre, London Husbands & Sons Mrs. Gascoigne Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London 2017 Angels in America Hannah Pitt Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London & Neil Simon Theatre, Midtown Manhattan, New York City 2019 Home, I'm Darling Sylvia Duke of York's Theatre, London also UK tour 2021 Under Milk Wood Various roles Royal National Theatre, South Bank, London
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2018 Tony Awards Best Featured Actress in a Play Angels in America 2019 Laurence Olivier Awards Best Actress in a Supporting Role Home, I'm Darling
References
External links
Hamilton Hodell – Susan Brown's Agency page TV.com profile