Elizabeth Garvie

Elizabeth Garvie (born 1957) is an English actress 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 (1992), the later Queen Camilla in Diana: Her True Story (1993), and Diana Rivers in Jane Eyre (1997). She has guest starred on the television series The Agatha Christie Hour, 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 Sofya in Wild Honey at the Royal National Theatre; Joanna in Sweeney Todd 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 was born in Bristol, and studied drama at the University of Bristol. She was married to the actor Anton Rodgers from 1983 until his death on 1 December 2007. She survives him with their three sons. The couple appeared together in the Thames Television serial Something In Disguise, written and dramatised by Elizabeth Jane Howard. Garvie is a Trustee of The Actors' Children's Trust, which helps the children of actors.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1981 The Good Soldier Nancy Rufford TV movie 1992 Hostage Mary Rennie2008 Baghdad Express Interviewer

Television Year Title Role Notes 1980 Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth "Lizzy" Bennet 5 episodes 1982 Something in Disguise Liz 6 episodes The Agatha Christie Hour Jane Cleveland one episode 1991 Shrinks Beth Myers 7 episodes 1992 The House of Eliott Lady Elizabeth Montford 6 episodes The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side Ella Zeilinsky TV movie 1993 Diana: Her True Story Camilla Parker Bowles TV movie 1997 Jane Eyre Diana Rivers TV movie Alas Smith & Jones 1 episode 1998 Bloodlines: Legacy of a Lord Veronica Lucan 1999 Midsomer Murders Muriel Saxby 1 episode