Madeleine Potter


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.

Family

Potter is the only daughter of Philip B.K. Potter, an American diplomat who served in the OSS, and his wife, the former Madeleine Mulqueen Daly. 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, appeared as her character's niece in the 2005 movie The White Countess.

Filmography

Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes----
1983SvengaliAntoniaTV movie----
1986The EqualizerZenaEpisode: "Nightscape"----
1988The EqualizerSimone Peters / Susan PetersboroughEpisode: "A Dance on the Dark Side"----
2002State of PlayProfessor Tate2 episodes----
2006Midsomer MurdersCelia PatchettEpisode: "Country Matters"----
2013Holby CitySharon Kozinsky1 episode----
2015Foyle's WarEdith Del MarEpisode" "High Castle"----
2015“”Elizabeth ArdenSeason IV Episode 22023UnforgottenNiamh1 episode

Audio

London