Eleanor David
Eleanor M. David is a British actress who has worked on projects in the UK, the US and New Zealand. She won positive reviews for her starring role in the biopic Sylvia, in which she played pioneering educator Sylvia Ashton-Warner.
Life and career
David has appeared in several films and television programmes. Her work includes BAFTA-nominated comedy Comfort and Joy directed by Bill Forsyth, mini-series Paradise Postponed, Mike Leigh's Topsy-Turvy and Alan Parker's film of Pink Floyd The Wall, in which she played the wife of the main character.
In 1984, David travelled to New Zealand to star as Sylvia Ashton-Warner in the biopic Sylvia. Reviewing her performance, Janet Maslin of The New York Times commented: "Miss David bears a striking resemblance to the real woman and gives an intelligent, compassionate performance, limited only by the uncomplicated reverence with which the film makers regard their heroine." Village Voice critic Andrew Sarris praised the four principal actors and named Sylvia one of the ten best films of 1985.
Filmography
The Scarlet Pimpernel – LouiseOliver Twist – Rose MayliePink Floyd The Wall – Pink's wifeComfort and Joy – MaddySylvia – Sylvia Ashton-Warner84 Charing Cross Road – Cecily FarrThe Wolves of Willoughby Chase – Lady WilloughbySlipstream – ArielLadder of Swords White Hunter Black Heart – Dorshka ZibelinskyThe King's Whore – La ReineTopsy-Turvy – Fanny RonaldsHouse of Boys – Emma
Television credits
The Professionals episode Fugitive, 1980.The Borgias – SanciaReilly: Ace of Spies – EugenieShroud for a Nightingale – Jo FallonThe Return of Sherlock Holmes – Mrs St Clair in "The Man with the Twisted Lip"Paradise Postponed – Agnes Simcox / Agnes SalterLovejoy – Katriona BrooksbyRumpole of the Bailey – Elizabeth CasteriniRuth Rendell Mysteries – Alice Fielding in "Vanity Dies Hard"Between the Lines – Penny ShawDrop the Dead Donkey – Lady CarolineThe Inspector Alleyn Mysteries – Margaret Ballantyne in "Dead Water"Midsomer Murders – Georgina Canning in "Tainted Fruit"The Last Detective – Tricia LloydThe Rotters Club – Ursula BoydSherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking – Mary PentneyPlayhouse Presents – Kathleen