Georgie Glen (born 20 April 1956) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles as Miss Higgins in the BBC One period drama series Call the Midwife from 2018 onwards, and as history teacher Audrey McFall in the BBC One school-based drama series Waterloo Road from 2012 to 2015.
Life and career
Glen is from Helensburgh in Dunbartonshire (now in Argyll and Bute), Scotland, and graduated from Glasgow School of Art with a degree in graphic design. She worked at Thames and Hudson publishers as an assistant book designer for five years before studying at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years. After graduating she worked for a year at Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich, England.
She has featured in the BBC One drama series Call the Midwife, Waterloo Road, and Les Misérables as Mother Abbess; in 2012, she appeared in the film Les Misérables as Madame Baptistine. Additional period performances include Hannah More in the 2006 film Amazing Grace, John Ruskin's mother in the drama Desperate Romantics about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, as well as lady-in-waiting to Judi Dench's characters in both Shakespeare in Love and Mrs. Brown.
Since 2018, she has been cast in the role of Millicent Higgins, a GP receptionist, in Call the Midwife.
Other notable performances include a recurring role in Heartbeat as Sgt Jennifer Noakes, and one of the eponymous Calendar Girls. Glen has also portrayed various characters in comedies including Little Britain and Harry Enfield and Chums, as well as a guest role in The Thick of It and one episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
She appeared in series four of Netflix drama The Crown in 2020 playing Ruth Roche, Lady Fermoy, the maternal grandmother of Lady Diana Spencer and lady-in-waiting to the Queen Mother.
Personal life
She has twin daughters called Holly and Nell.
Filmography Film YearFilmRoleNotes 1995 Blue Juice Hotel Receptionist1997 Mothertime Sister Louise Mrs Brown Lady Churchill 1998 What Rats Won't Do Woman with Dog Shakespeare in Love Lady in Waiting 2000 The Little Vampire Babysitter Lorna 2001 Lucky Break Audience Member 2003 Calendar Girls Kathy 2005 Dating Ray Renwick Marjorie Short film 2006 Amazing Grace Hannah More 2008 Easy Virtue Mrs. Landrigin 2009 Pigsy Doodle Mum Short film2011 Hysteria Mrs. Parsons My Week with Marilyn Rosamund Greenwood 2012 Les Misérables Madame Baptistine2015 Where Do We Go from Here? Woman at Bar A Lot Meant Short film 2016 Jackie Rose Kennedy 2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard ICC Lead Judge2019 Get Duked! The Duchess The Cure Heather Wood 2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard ICC Lead Judge 2026 Elsinore Jean
Television YearSeriesRoleNotes 1988 The Bell-Run Scottish Barmaid Television film1992 A Time to Dance Andrew's Secretary Miniseries Harry Enfield's Television Programme Social Worker Episode: "Series 2, Episode 1" 1994 Screen Two Margaret Summer Episode: "O Mary This London"1995 The Bill Sophie Mallin Episode: "Other Voices" Tears Before Bedtime Rival Couple Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1" London's Burning Mrs. Wickston Episode: "Series 8, Episode 2" Soldier Soldier Georgina Bennett Episode: "Far Away" The Great Kandinsky Vicar Shelley Television film1996 Doctor Finlay Rosemary Bain Episode: "Days of Grace" No Bananas Agnes Harding Episode: "Sitzkreig"1997 True Tilda Nurse Miniseries As Time Goes By Miss Wessel Episode: "The Psychotherapist" Screen Two Sister Louise Episode: "Mothertime" Peak Practice Myra Eburne Episode: "The Price" 1997–1998 Harry Enfield & Chums Various Recurring role; 6 episodes1998 Jonathan Creek Mrs. Kilby Episode: "The Problem at Gallows Gate" In the Red Assistant to D.G. Miniseries; 3 episodes Berkeley Square Lady Annabelle Wilton Miniseries; 3 episodes Big Cat Bank Customer Television film Alas Smith and Jones Various Recurring role; 3 episodes The Children of the New Forest Phoebe Miniseries1999 Tilly Trotter Mabel Price Miniseries; 2 episodes All Along the Watchtower Mrs. Mulvey Miniseries; 6 episodes Wives and Daughters Miss Hornblower Miniseries; 2 episodes2000 The Railway Children Aunt Emma Television film Hearts and Bones Pamela Episode: "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" Harry Enfield's Brand Spanking New Show Various Recurring role; 2 episodes 2000–2009 Heartbeat Sergeant Nokes Recurring role; 9 episodes2001 Holby City Anne Owen Episode: "Release" The Armando Iannucci Shows Nun Episode: "Time Passing"2002 The American Embassy Landlady Episode: "Driven" Always and Everyone Eleanor Smedley Episode: "Do Not Pass Go" Daniel Deronda Lady Mallinger Miniseries; 3 episodes Dalziel and Pascoe Headmistress Episode: "Dialogues of the Dead" 2003 My Family Mrs. Gleaves Episode: "They Shoot Harpers, Don't They?" 2003–2005 Little Britain Various Recurring role; 6 episodes2004 Nighty Night Sister May Episode: "Series 1, Episode 6" Doctors Chrissie Franklin Episode: "Rotten Eggs" Doc Martin Mrs. Willow Episode: "Shit Happens"2005 Taggart Mrs. Campbell Episode: "The Ties That Bind" Sea of Souls Consultant Episode: "Empty Promise" Angel of Death Nurse Kate Lock Television film The Thick of It Susan Dorling Episode: "Series 1, Episode 3" Housewife, 49 Mrs. Hockey Television film Cutting It Mrs. McClair Episode: "Series 4, Episode 3" Rome Poppaea Episode: "Egeria" Love Soup Woman in Store Episode: "Death and Nurses" Nighty Night Bluebell Recurring role; 3 episodes The Worst Week of My Life Moira Episode: "Tuesday"2006 Elizabeth David: A Life in Recipes Pamela Television film Thin Ice Sheen Episode #1.4 The Bill Mrs. Willis Episode: "The Green Eyed Monster" The Line of Beauty Eileen Episode: "The End of the Street" The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Anne Lister Episode: "Episode 4"2007 The Whistleblowers Tribunal Chief Episode: "Fit for Purpose" Holby City Rosemary Greaves Episode: "I Feel Pretty" After You've Gone Mrs. Grierson Episode: "Ride of the Valkyrie" To the Manor Born Panel Chairman Episode: "Christmas Special"2008 Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story Norah Buckland Television film The Long Walk to Finchley Miss Harris Television film The Wrong Door Various Episode: "The World's Most Annoying Creature" Agatha Christie's Poirot Mrs. Forbes Episode: "Cat Among the Pigeons" The Sarah Jane Adventures Mrs. King Episode: "The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith"2009 Doctors Dorothy Bakewell Recurring role; 5 episodes Genie in the House Colette Episode: "Flower Power" Desperate Romantics Mrs. Ruskin Miniseries; 4 episodes Doc Martin Barbara Episode: "Better the Devil" The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson Various Recurring role; 4 episodes2010 Foyle's War Mrs. Ramsay Episode: "The Hide" Holby City Edie O'Connor Episode: "The Last Day of Summer" Harry & Paul Various Recurring role; 2 episodes New Tricks Anne Hargreaves Episode: "The Fourth Man"2011 Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge Polly Maplin Recurring role; 2 episodes Twenty Twelve School Receptionist Episode: "Raising The Bar" Sirens Maureen Greenwick Episode: "King of the Jungle"2012 The Royal Bodyguard Miss Gifford Miniseries; 2 episodes Coming Up Sister Margaret Episode: "Ben and Lump" 2012–2015 Waterloo Road Audrey McFall Series regular; 69 episodes2014 Warren United Warren's Mother Recurring role Playhouse Presents Team Leader Episode: "Damned" Boomers Emma Episode: "Thurnemouth Day" Mount Pleasant Patty Episode: "Series 4, Episode 3" Bob Servant Sheriff Episode: "Court" 2014–2016 The Evermoor Chronicles Aunt Bridget Recurring role; 24 episodes2015 Hoff the Record Miss Dunwoody Episode: "The United Nations" Mountain Goats Irene Episode: "Liar"2016 Silent Witness Professor Belinda Roach Episode: "After the Fall" I Want My Wife Back Florence Episode: "Chapter Three" The Collection Mother Superior Recurring role; 3 episodes 2016–2018 Damned Denise Series regular; 12 episodes 2017 Quacks Mrs. Pope Episode: "The Duke's Tracheotomy" 2017-2025 Midsomer Murders Mary Oswood Episode: "Death by Persuasion" Moira Mayhew Episode: "Top of the Class"2018 Sally4Ever Pat Recurring role; 3 episodes Defending the Guilty Judge Minton Episode: "Pilot" Death on the Tyne Hilda Television film 2018–2020 Hetty Feather Lady Grenford Series regular; 20 episodes 2018–present Call the Midwife Millicent Higgins Series regular2019 Les Misérables Abbess Episode: "Episode 3" Pure Dr. Geary Episode: "Episode 1" The Victim Judge Miniseries; 4 episodes GameFace Pam Episode: "Pickle" Dial M for Middlesbrough Hilda Television film2020 Maxxx Sister Margaret Episode: "Death" The Crown Ruth, Lady Fermoy Recurring role; 4 episodes2021 Behind Her Eyes Sue Miniseries; 4 episodes The Cleaner Mrs. Gathernoid Episode: "The Writer" The Larkins Lady Bluff-Gore Recurring role; 3 episodes2022 Inside No. 9 Dinah Episode: "Wise Owl"2022–2024 Ridley Wendy Newstone 12 episodes 2022–2025 Am I Being Unreasonable? Clarissa Baggot Recurring role; 6 episodes 2023 Summer Camp Island Adult Mildred (voice) Recurring role; 2 episodes 2025 Juice Bertha Episode: "The Storm is Coming"
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