Annette Crosbie, OBE (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish character actress.
Crosbie was born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, to Presbyterian parents who disapproved of her becoming an actress. Nevertheless, she joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School while still in her teens. Her big break did not come until 1970 when she was cast as Catherine of Aragon in the major BBC television series, The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
A few years later, C...
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Annette Crosbie, OBE (born 12 February 1934) is a Scottish character actress.
Crosbie was born in Gorebridge, Midlothian, Scotland, to Presbyterian parents who disapproved of her becoming an actress. Nevertheless, she joined the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School while still in her teens. Her big break did not come until 1970 when she was cast as Catherine of Aragon in the major BBC television series, The Six Wives of Henry VIII.
A few years later, Crosbie made a similar impact as another Queen, Victoria, in the ITV period drama, Edward the Seventh (1975). She played Cinderella's fairy godmother in The Slipper and the Rose, which was chosen as the Royal Film Première for 1976. In that film, Crosbie sang the Sherman Brothers' song, "Suddenly It Happens". In Ralph Bakshi's animated movie The Lord of the Rings, filmed in 1978, Crosbie voiced the character of Galadriel, Lady of the Elves, and in 1980 she played the abbess in Hawk the Slayer. In 1986, she appeared as the vicar's wife in...
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