Elizabeth Counsell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Elizabeth Counsell

British actress

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1942

Place of Birth: Windsor, England, United Kingdom

Profession: actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Elizabeth Counsell (born 7 June 1942) is an English actress, best known for starring in the BBC television series Brush Strokes, and for her work in classical theatre.
She played Lady Macbeth to Michael Gambon's Macbeth at the Forum Theatre in 1968, and was Michael Redgrave's leading lady in his anthology Shakespeare's People, 1976-77.
In 1983 she took the nominal part in Peter Hall's Jean Seberg at the Royal National Theatre.
Her film career includes roles in Hot Millions (1968), Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Doctor at Sea (1974), Under the Doctor (1976), Killer's Moon (1978), and Claudia (1985).
Her most recent film appearances include the 2012 film Song for Marion with Vanessa Redgrave, and the 2014 film Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman. Counsell is the daughter of actress Mary Kerridge and stage director John Counsell, who together ran the Theatre Royal, Windsor.
In the 1970s she married the actor David Simeon, and in 1979 gave birth to a son.