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Deborah Makepeace (1957,
Buckrose
Buckrose was a wapentake of the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, England consisting of the north-west part of the county; its territory is now partly in the modern East Riding and partly in North Yorkshire. Established in medieval times, it ...
, Yorkshire, England – 2 February 1999,
Bromley, London, England) was a British television, theater, and voiceover actress.
Biography
Prior to her acting career, she originally aspired to become a ballerina and trained at
Elmhurst Ballet School
Elmhurst Ballet School is an independent school for professional classical ballet in the United Kingdom. It takes students aged 11–19 years who intend to pursue a career in professional classical ballet. Elmhurst provides a full academic day i ...
in Surrey. Before to her breakout in 1973, she also auditioned for the film ''
Nicholas and Alexandra
''Nicholas and Alexandra'' is a 1971 British epic historical drama film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, from a screenplay written by James Goldman and Edward Bond, based on Robert K. Massie's 1967 book of the same name, which is a partia ...
'' (1971) as one of the Grand Duchesses, as well as the title role of Alice in ''
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (commonly ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English novel by Lewis Carroll. It details the story of a young girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creature ...
'' (1972).
At 14, Makepeace's debut role was as Sara Crewe in the
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television remake of ''
A Little Princess
''A Little Princess'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905. It is an expanded version of the short story "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's", which was serialized in ''St. Nicholas Ma ...
'' (1973). She was selected out of over 200 girls for this part, which was originally played by
Shirley Temple in 1939. The following year she landed a minor role playing the younger
Janet Suzman
Dame Janet Suzman, (born 9 February 1939) is a South African-born British actress who enjoyed a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, later replaying many Shakespearean roles, among others, on TV. In her first film, ''Nichol ...
as
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (; 12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing. Nightingale came to prominence while serving as a manager and trainer of nurses during the Crimean War, i ...
in the television film ''Miss Nightingale'' (1974), which was followed by the leading role in the BBC six-part children's adventure series, ''
The Chinese Puzzle'' (1974).
By 1975, she was starring in bit parts and reoccurring roles in various television productions. She played
Nigel Davenport
Arthur Nigel Davenport (23 May 1928 – 25 October 2013) was an English stage, television and film actor, best known as the Duke of Norfolk and Lord Birkenhead in the Academy Award-winning films '' A Man for All Seasons'' and '' Chariots of F ...
’s daughter on an adaptation of the 1928 play ''
The Apple Cart
''The Apple Cart: A Political Extravaganza'' is a 1928 play by George Bernard Shaw. It is a satirical comedy about several political philosophies which are expounded by the characters, often in lengthy monologues. The plot follows the fictional ...
'' for
BBC Play of the Month
''Play of the Month'' is a BBC television anthology series, which ran from 1965 to 1983 featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays (or adaptations) which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different wo ...
, which also starred a young
Helen Mirren. Makepeace also landed a reoccurring role as a student nurse on the hit BBC television series, ''
Angels
In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles incl ...
''. She then starred as
Princess Helena of the United Kingdom
Princess Helena (Helena Augusta Victoria; 25 May 1846 – 9 June 1923), later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Helena was educated by private tutors chosen ...
on three episodes of the Emmy and BAFTA winning ATV costume drama series, ''
Edward the Seventh
''Edward the Seventh'' is a 1975 British historical drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes.
Based on the biography of King Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Timothy West as the elder Edward VII, w ...
'' (1975). Other television credits include ''
Just William
''Just William'' is the first book of children's short stories about the young school boy William Brown, written by Richmal Crompton, and published in 1922. The book was the first in the series of William Brown books which was the basis for ...
'' (1977), ''Penmarric'' (1979), ''Byron: A Personal Tour'' (1981), and ''
Sorry'' (1987).
She appeared in rep at
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
The Pitlochry Festival Theatre is large performing arts theatre located in the town and burgh of Pitlochry in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The idea of a performance space in the area was conceived in the late 1940s by John Stewart, a leading p ...
in the 1978 season
She had roles in ''The Tempest, While the Sun Shines'' and ''The Chalk Garden.'' In 1984, she received critical acclaim for her portrayal of Bianca in a stage production of ''The Taming of the Shrew''.
Makepeace made her
voice acting
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...
debut in 1986 (credited as Cynthia Meade) for the English dub of the
anime
is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
''
Rumic World: Fire Tripper,'' where she provided the voice of Suzuko. Her next voiceover credit was in 1991, dubbing the English version of ''
The Heroic Legend of Arislan'' as Elam''.'' Her final credit was in the 1993 English dub of ''Seiden RG Veda.''
She died from cancer on 2 February 1999. Her funeral services were held on Friday February 11, 1999 at South London Crematorium, and she was interred in Hailsham Cemetery in Hailsham, Wealden District, East Sussex, England.
Filmography
Theatre roles
External links
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1957 births
1999 deaths
Deaths from cancer in England
20th-century British actresses
British television actresses
People from the East Riding of Yorkshire
Actresses from Yorkshire
20th-century English women
20th-century English people
20th-century British businesspeople
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