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Gerda Stevenson (born 10 April 1956 in Peeblesshire, Scotland) is a Scottish actress, director and writer, described by ''
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'' in 1999 as "Scotland's finest actress". She has played many parts in the theatre, including the title role in Edwin Morgan's English translation of
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'', and Lady Macbeth, and has appeared in many television dramas. She was Murron MacClannough's mother in the
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film '' Braveheart'', and her voice is familiar to listeners of British radio, as a reader of short stories and adaptations. In particular, she has performed several poems and songs by
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for the
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. Her play ''Federer Versus Murray'' toured to New York in 2012, and her poetry collection ''If This Were Real'' was published by Smokestack Books in 2013. In 2019, her poems illustrated the paintings of her one time neighbour, Scottish painter Christian Small, in the book ''Inside & Out - The Art of Christian Small,'' published by Scotland Street Press''.'' She has adapted a number of works for radio: ''
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in which Stevenson played the part of Laura Montreville; '' For the Love of Willie'' by Agnes Owens in which Stevenson played the part of Liza; ''
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, nominated for a Sony Award in 2008, in which Stevenson played the part of the heroine
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; and '' Sunset Song'' by
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. She has written
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including: ''Island Blue'', ''Secrets: The Punter's Tale'', ''Secrets: The Escort's Tale'' and ''The Apple Tree''. She directed the
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''The Price of a Fish Supper''. Stevenson's partner was the late
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poet
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. Her father was the musician and composer
Ronald Stevenson Ronald James Stevenson (6 March 1928 – 28 March 2015) was a Scottish composer, pianist, and writer about music. Biography The son of a Scottish father and Welsh mother, Stevenson was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, in 1928. He studied at the ...
. Her sister
Savourna Stevenson Savourna Stevenson (born 1961) is a Scottish clàrsach player and composer. Her father is the Scottish composer Ronald Stevenson. Actress Gerda Stevenson is her sister. Her musical career began in the late 1970s; at the age of 15, she was alr ...
(born 1961) has recorded works on the Scottish harp, the
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. She is a graduate of
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Gerda Stevenson's websiteGerda Stevenson – her agent's profile
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