Elizabeth Garvie


Elizabeth Garvie is an English actress best known for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1980 BBC dramatisation of Pride and Prejudice. Her other screen roles include Nancy Rufford in The Good Soldier, Lady Elizabeth Montford in The House of Eliott, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall in ', and Diana Rivers in Jane Eyre. She has guest starred on the television series Alas Smith and Jones, Midsomer Murders, and Miss Marple.
Garvie has spent most of her career working as a stage actress; with notable performances including the roles of Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest and Sof~a in Wild Honey at the Royal National Theatre; Joanna in ' and Natalia in A Month in the Country at The Old Vic; Joy Davidman in Shadowlands in the United Kingdom national tour; Kitty in Charley's Aunt for the Cambridge Theatre; Mrs Manningham in Gaslight at Theatr Clwyd; Paulina Salas in Death and the Maiden at the Watermill Theatre; and Sheila in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg at the King's Head Theatre.

Personal life and family

Garvie studied drama at the University of Bristol. She was married to the actor Anton Rodgers until his death on 1 December 2007. She survives him with their three sons. They appeared together in the Thames Television serial 'Something In Disguise', written and dramatised by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Miss Garvie is a Trustee of The Actors' Children's Trust.

Filmography

Film

Television