Carol Drinkwater

Carol Drinkwater

Known for

Acting

Born

April 22, 1948 (age 78)

Birthplace

London, England, UK

Biography

Carol Drinkwater (born 22 April 1948) is an Anglo-Irish actress, author and filmmaker. She portrayed Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books All Creatures Great and Small, which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985.

Drinkwater is the daughter of the bandleader and agent, Peter Regan (born Peter Albert Drinkwater) and Irish nurse, Phillis McCormack.

She was a member of the National Theatre Company under the leadership of Laurence Olivier and has acted in numerous television series and films including the highly successful Chocky, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Another Bouquet and Golden Pennies. Drinkwat...

Best known work

A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
1971
The Shout
The Shout
1978
Casualty
Casualty
1986
An Awfully Big Adventure
An Awfully Big Adventure
1995
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
All Creatures Great and Small
All Creatures Great and Small
1978
The Sweeney
The Sweeney
1975
Queen Kong
Queen Kong
1976
The Agatha Christie Hour
The Agatha Christie Hour
1982
Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
1977

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Dawnbreakers

  2. 2021

    A Year in Provence with Carol DrinkwaterTV

    as Self (6 episodes), Creator

  3. 2012

    The Olive RouteTV

    Writer

  4. 2009

    Heavy Metal

    as Narrator

  5. 1998

    Coming HomeTV

    as Aunt Biddy (2 episodes)

  6. 1998

    Coming Home

    as Aunt Biddy

  7. 1998

    Dead Clean

    as Self

  8. 1995

    An Awfully Big Adventure

    as Dawn Allenby

  9. 1994

    A Mind to KillTV

  10. 1993

    Peak PracticeTV

    as Helen Barton (1 episode)

  11. 1990

    Father

    as Anne Winton

  12. 1989

    A Master of the Marionettes

    as Maggie

  13. 1988

    Captain James CookTV

    as Elisabeth Cook (4 episodes)

  14. 1988

    The Play on OneTV

    as Maggie (1 episode)

  15. 1986

    CasualtyTV

    as Frances Lawson (1 episode)

  16. 1985

    Golden PenniesTV

    as Rebecca Greenwood (8 episodes)

  17. 1985

    Mask of Murder

  18. 1985

    Chocky's Children

    as Mary Gore

  19. 1984

    Chocky

    as Mary Gore

  20. 1984

    ChockyTV

    as Mary Gore (6 episodes)

  21. 1982

    The Agatha Christie HourTV

    as Violet Eversleigh (1 episode)

  22. 1980

    Lady KillersTV

    as Margaret Seddon (1 episode)

  23. 1979

    Tales of the UnexpectedTV

    as Linda Larch (1 episode)

  24. 1978

    The Shout

    as Cobbler's Wife

  25. 1978

    All Creatures Great and SmallTV

    as Helen Herriot (87 episodes)

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