Clare Higgins

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Clare Frances Elizabeth Higgins (born 10 November 1955) is an award-winning English actress.

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Known For

Ready Player One

Mrs. Gilmore

The Golden Compass

Ma Coster

Doctor Who

Ohila

Hellraiser

Julia

The Sandman

Mad Hettie

Hellbound: Hellraiser II

Julia Cotton

Downton Abbey

Mrs. Bartlett

Cassandra's Dream

Mother

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2026	Gone TV	Self
2025	Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies MOVIE	Self - (archive footage)
2022	Dangerous Liaisons TV	Madame Jericho
2022	The Sandman TV	Mad Hettie
2020	Trying TV	Bev
2018	The Convent MOVIE	Reverend Mother
2018	The Bisexual TV	Grace
2018	Ready Player One MOVIE	Mrs. Gilmore
2017	Liar TV	Felicity Cassidy
2017	The Worst Witch TV	Miss Ada Cackle
2015	Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellbound: Hellraiser II MOVIE	Self
2013	Doctor Who: The Night of the Doctor MOVIE	Ohila
2013	Rogue TV	Vivian
2013	I Give It a Year MOVIE	Elaine
2013	Father Brown TV	Dinah Fortescue
2012	A Fantastic Fear of Everything MOVIE	Clair De Grunwald
2011	Vera TV	Elaine Sidden
2010	Toast MOVIE	Mavis
2010	National Theatre Live: Hamlet MOVIE	Gertrude
2010	Downton Abbey TV	Mrs. Bartlett
2009	National Theatre Live: All's Well That Ends Well MOVIE	Countess of Rosillion
2009	Being Human TV	Josie
2008	The Curse of Steptoe MOVIE	Joan Littlewood
2007	The Golden Compass MOVIE	Ma Coster
2007	Cassandra's Dream MOVIE	Mother
2007	The Stronger MOVIE	Mrs. X
2007	Spring 1941 MOVIE	Clara Planck
2005	Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont MOVIE	Mrs. Meyer
2005	Doctor Who TV	Ohila
2005	Casanova TV	Cook
2005	Bigger Than the Sky MOVIE	Edwina Walters
2004	The Libertine MOVIE	Molly Luscombe
2004	Stage Beauty MOVIE	Mistress Revels
2004	Murder in Suburbia TV	Helen Whittle
2004	Shameless TV	Hazel
2004	New Tricks TV	Francis Kane
2003	Murder Investigation Team TV	Lesley Pattison
2003	Vincent in Brixton MOVIE	Ursula Loyer
2000	The House of Mirth MOVIE	Mrs. Bry
2000	The Secret TV	Maggie Hewitt
1999	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence MOVIE	Edith Wharton
1999	B. Monkey MOVIE	Ms. Cherry
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Gina Colby
1997	Midsomer Murders TV	Medea (voice)
1996	Small Faces MOVIE	Lorna Maclean
1996	Silent Witness TV	D.S. Farmer
1995	The Absence of War MOVIE	Lindsay Fontaine
1995	Kavanagh Q.C. TV	Susannah Dixon QC
1994	Fatherland MOVIE	Klara
1994	Men of the Month MOVIE	Fiona
1993	Circles of Deceit MOVIE	Eilish
1993	Bad Behavior MOVIE	Jessica Kennedy
1992	Heartbeat TV	Maureen Bristow
1989	After the War TV	Rachel Lucas
1988	Hellbound: Hellraiser II MOVIE	Julia Cotton
1988	The Fruit Machine MOVIE	Eve
1987	Hellraiser MOVIE	Julia
1987	Up Line MOVIE	Fizzy Targett
1986	Hideaway TV	Self
1985	Nineteen Nineteen MOVIE	Young Sophie
1985	Cover Her Face TV	Catherine Bowers
1985	Screen Two TV	Lindsey Fontaine
1984	The Bill TV	Self
1984	Mitch TV	Jo
1983	The Citadel TV	Christine Barlow
1981	Unity MOVIE	Annie MacFarlane
1980	Pride and Prejudice TV	Catherine 'Kitty' Bennet
1974	Playhouse TV	Annie MacFarlane
1956	Tony Awards TV	Self - Nominee

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