Selina Jane Cadell (born 12 August 1953) is an English actress. She is the younger sister of actor
Simon Cadell
Simon John Cadell (19 July 1950 – 6 March 1996) was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of Jeffrey Fairbrother in the first five series of the BBC situation comedy ''Hi-de-Hi!''.
Early life
Born in London, he was the son of theat ...
and granddaughter of actress
Jean Cadell
Jean Dunlop Cadell (13 September 1884 – 29 September 1967) was a Scottish character actress. Although her married name was Jean Dunlop Perceval-Clark she retained her maiden name in the context of acting.
Life and career
She was born at 4 ...
. She is the great niece of the Scottish artist
Francis Cadell.
Biography
Cadell was born in London. She has been appearing on British television, film and theatre over the last thirty years.
She has taken on a wide range of supporting and leading role
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s. In 1985, she appeared in Agatha Christie's ''Miss Marple
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'' 'A Pocket Full of Rye' as Mary Dove, also in the TV series ''Victoria Wood'' in 1989, ''Jeeves and Wooster
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'' in 1993, ''Pie in the Sky
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* ''Pie in the Sky'' (TV series), a UK television series about a police officer turned restaurateur
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'' (S2:E5 "Dead Right") in 1995, and Midsomer Murders
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'The Killings at Badger's Drift' in 1997.[ She played Caroline Sheppard in the 2000 '']Agatha Christie's Poirot
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'':''The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
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''.[ She also appeared as Phyllis Cadel and '']The Catherine Tate Show
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'' in 2006 and Eleanor Crouch in ''Midsomer Murders'' 'Midsomer Life' in 2008. Since then, she has played Dorothy Crowther in ''The Amazing Mrs Pritchard
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''; made regular appearances at Mrs Tishell in ''Doc Martin
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''; and the Dean Mieke Miedema in ''Lab Rats
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People and characters
* Dunash ben Labrat (920–990), medieval Jewish commentator ...
''.[ She appeared in ]Sam Mendes
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' BAM production of Anton Chekhov
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's ''The Cherry Orchard
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'', and played Maria in Mendes' highly acclaimed production of ''Twelfth Night
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'' for the Donmar Warehouse
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Sam Mendes, Michael Grandage and Josie Rourke have all served as artistic director, a post held since 2019 by Micha ...
(London and New York).[ She also lent her voice to Jemima Puddle Duck's sister-in-law, Rebecca Puddle Duck, in the British children's animated series '']The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
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'' for the BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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'', she played Professor Bernice "Bernie" Rutherford.