Pandora Clifford (born 13 December 1972) is an English actress who has appeared in various roles on stage and screen including ''

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'' Born in 1972 in

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, brought up near

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, she read classics at

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before training at

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. She wrote for the Art Sales Page of ''The Daily Telegraph''. She is the daughter of Sir Timothy Clifford, former Director of the National Galleries of Scotland and Jane Clifford (née Paterson), previously the Principal Designer for

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and Zoffany.

Family

Pandora Jane Rosamund Clifford married Philip Mark Ivo Curwen (Ivo) in Scotland on 14 July 2001 but the marriage was void. A London marriage took place later that year.

Career

Clifford played Lady Emily Palmerston in series 3 of the PBS/ITV series ''

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'' as the wife of Lord Henry Palmerston (

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). She appeared on stage with

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in ''

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''. She has been seen on television as Vivienne Baxter in the BBC's ''

'' with

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and Anna Calder Marshall, and previously as Elizabeth Carlen in the BBC's ''

'' with

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, which won Best Drama BAFTA 2009; and on film as HRH The Duchess of Kent in ''

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'', starring

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and Con O'Neill.

TV

* ''

''... Vivienne Baxter (dir Kenny Glenaan, BBC) * ''

''... Elizabeth Carlen (dir Philip Martin, BBC) * ''

''... Penny Forsyth (dir Ian Madden, SMG) * ''

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''... TV Reporter (dir Gill Wilkinson, Thames TV) * ''

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''... Jenny Macloed (dir David Drury, LWT) * ''Chambers''... Barrister (dir Gareth Carrivick, BBC) * ''

''... Sheila Maitland (dir Tom Clegg) * ''

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''... Geraldine Hobart (dir Jo Johnson, Thames TV) * ''Dunroamin... Horsewoman (dir Edi Stark &

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, BBC) * ''The People are the Forest''... Ensemble Cast (dir Douglas Hodge, BBC) * ''

'', Lady Emily Palmerston * ''

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'', Prof. Tania van der Voort and Steph Ashdown * ''

Midsomer Murders ''Midsomer Murders'' is a British crime drama television series, adapted by Anthony Horowitz and Douglas Watkinson from the novels in the '' Chief Inspector Barnaby'' book series (created by Caroline Graham), and broadcast on two channels of I ...

''... Juliet Tilman (dir Nick Laughland, Bentley Productions Ltd)

Film

* ''

''... HRH The Duchess of Kent (dir Nick Moran) * ''2 Days, 9 Lives''... Annabelle (dir Simon Monjack) * ''Fortunes of War''... Lead (dir Hamish Barber, Pop Video for Marillion) * ''Sympathy with the Devil''... Sandra (dir Rodney Griffiths) * ''Superwoman''... Emma (dir Rory Gilmartin)

Stage includes

* ''

''... Mother (dir

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, Waterloo Station Theatre, London) * ''

Private Lives ''Private Lives'' is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward. It concerns a divorced couple who, while honeymooning with their new spouses, discover that they are staying in adjacent rooms at the same hotel. Despite a perpetuall ...

''... Amanda (dir Nick Green, Oxford Shakespeare Company, Oxford) * ''W for Banker''... Louise (dir Ray Kilby, New End Theatre, Hampstead, London) * ''The Ones That Flutter''... Rachel Brooks (dir Abbey Wright, Theatre 503, London) * ''

Romeo and Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...

''... Lady Capulet (dir Polly Findlay, Battersea Arts Centre, London) * ''The Good Woman of Nohant''... Solange (dir Chris McCullough, Royal National Theatre rehearsed reading) * ''

Noises Off ''Noises Off'' is a 1982 play by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of ''The Two of Us'', a farce that he had written for Lynn Redgrave. He said, "It was funnier f ...

''... Brooke Ashton (dir Jeremy Sams, Comedy Theatre, West End, London) * ''The Ecstatic Bible''... 15 year-old Boy (dir Howard Barker, Adelaide Festival) * ''Ride Down Mt Morgan''... Bessie (dir David Taylor, Derby Playhouse) * ''

Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ex ...

''... Elizabeth (dir Damien Cruden, York Theatre Royal) * ''

Look Back in Anger ''Look Back in Anger'' (1956) is a realist play written by John Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working-class origin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet i ...

''... Alison (David Lightbody, tour of Scotland, Stray Theatre Company)

Radio

* ''

Separate Tables ''Separate Tables'' is the collective name of two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, both taking place in the Beauregard Private Hotel, Bournemouth, on the south coast of England. The first play, titled ''Table by the Window'', focuses on the ...

''... Jean Stratton (BBC Radio 4) * ''Britannia's Wives''... 1930's Diplomat's Wife (BBC Radio 4)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Clifford, Pandora Living people British television actresses Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art Alumni of the University of Bristol 1972 births