Elizabeth Heery is a British actress and writer. As an actress she works under the name Elizabeth Morton and is known for playing Madeline Bassett in seasons three and four of ITV series Jeeves and Wooster and for playing Lucinda Stoneway in seasons five, six, and seven of ITV's 90s sitcom Watching. Since 2016 she has been an ambassador for the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond. In 2018 she secured a two book deal with Ebury Press, part of penguin/Random House publishing. Her novel A Liverpool Girl was published in 2019.
Life and education
Heery was educated at Seafield Convent School in Liverpool. She studied at the Guildhall School of Drama. She is married to actor Peter Davison They have two sons, Louis Davison and Joel Davison. She also has a step daughter, actress Georgia Tennant.
Career
Television and film
Heery's first TV role under the name Morton was playing Papagena in BBC sci-fi series The Tripods. As well as playing a regular in ITV series Jeeves and Wooster and Watching, she starred in BBC's Rockliffe's Folly, playing Hester Goswell, and was in seasons four and five of London's Burning, playing Helen Field. She guest starred in British TV seriesSpender, The Brothers McGregor, Brookside, Capital City, and Dear John. In 1988 she starred in Philip Ridley's film The Universe of Dermot Finn, which was officially selected for The Cannes Film Festival. In 1995 she starred in Gurinder Chadha's BBC film Rich Deceiver, playing Gabriella de Courtney. On PBS America, she played Miss Jessel in the film The Haunting of Helen Walker. She was in Tobe Hooper's Life Force, Franc Roddam's Lords of Discipline, and Alan Clark's Billy the Kid and The Green Baize Vampire. She appeared as herself in the Doctor Who50th anniversary film, The Five Doctors Reboot.
Stage and Audio
She is also a voice actor known for the film Faeries, starring Kate Winslet and her work with Big Finishaudio drama. In 2016 she voiced Mary Westerna in Dracula, starring Mark Gatiss. In 2015 she voiced the role of Teldak in The Waters of Amsterdam, starring Peter Davison, and Stella Preston in The Avengers, the Lost Episodes. She was a member of Toby Robertson's company at Theatr Clwyd, alongside actors Ralph Fiennes and Nathaniel Parker. She was in the original casts of Howard Goodall's Girlfriends and The Hired Man. She played Linda in the second cast of Blood Brothers in the West End directed by Bill Kenwright.
Writing
Heery began using her birth name for writing after winning The London Writer's Competition sponsored by Time Out Group. She was a member of The Royal Court Young Writers Group and took up a bursary at ITV on the New Writer's Initiative scheme. She has written for BBC series Radio 4 drama seriesBrief Lives. and episodes of BBC Doctors, C4 Film Series Coming Up, BBC Brief Encounters mentored by Andrew Davies, and CBeebies Topsy and Tim. She is an award-winning short story writer, having been shortlisted and won prizes in 2016 Margery Allingham CWA writer's award, 2012 Bath Short story award, Exeter Short story award, Trisha Ashley Award, Fish short story award 2015. In 2012 she formed Twotreeisland films and won first prize in Southend-On-Sea film festival for the film Beached. She wrote the plays Feeding the Troll, which premiered at the Edinburgh festival, Clip which ran at Battersea Arts Centre, First Kiss and Lauren The Brave at the Landor Theatre, and Sophie in Wonderland, which was produced by Theatre 503.
