Suzanne Burden

Suzanne Burden (born 1958) is a British actress.

A graduate of RADA, she has appeared on television, and occasionally in films, since the early 1980s. She gained attention as Esther Summerson in Bleak House (1985). In 1989, she played Patricia Matthews in Poirot (episode "The Third Floor Flat"), and Joyce Blount in Campion (episode "Police at the Funeral"). Her leading roles have included You, Me and It (1993), A Mind to Murder (1995),The Vet (1995–96), the children's series Microsoap (1998–2000). She played Rebecca Plunkett in Midsomer Murders "A Talent for Life" (2003) and Sarah in Fear, Stress and Anger (2007). She appeared in the series again in "The Great and the Good" (2009) as Zukie Richardson.

Burden has also appeared on stage. At the Chichester Festival Theatre, in the 2006 season, she played Lydia Cruttwell in Terence Rattigan's In Praise of Love and the following year, she was Maria in Twelfth Night and Lady Macduff in Macbeth.[1] At the Arcola Theatre, London, in 2009, she played Mrs Alving in Ibsen's Ghosts.[2] Burden appeared in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, released on Netflix on 28 December 2018.

Burden has also co-starred in several radio dramas for BBC, along with Bill Nighy, in Simon Brett's comedic murder mystery series Charles Paris.[3] She plays his "semi-detached" wife, Frances.

References

  1. ^ "Biography: Suzanne Burden". Chichester Festival Theatre. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011.
  2. ^ Kellaway, Kate (2 August 2009). "Ghosts, Arcola, London". The Observer. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Network Radio BBC Week 47: Monday 22 November 2010 : A Charles Paris Mystery – Murder In The Title". BBC.


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