Geraldine James

Geraldine James OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an award-winning English actress. Theatre director Peter Hall has said that Geraldine James ranks among the great English classical actresses. James was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire to a cardiologist father. She was educated at Downe House, a girls' independent school in Newbury, Berkshire, and at Drama Centre London. On 30 May 2004 Geraldine James was a guest on the BBC radio programme Desert Island Dis... more

Geraldine James OBE (born 6 July 1950) is an award-winning English actress. Theatre director Peter Hall has said that Geraldine James ranks among the great English classical actresses. James was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire to a cardiologist father. She was educated at Downe House, a girls' independent school in Newbury, Berkshire, and at Drama Centre London. On 30 May 2004 Geraldine James was a guest on the BBC radio programme Desert Island Discs. She chose the following music to take with her if she was ever stranded on a desert island less