Of which TV series was Geraldine Granger the lead character?
"by Owen Newitt. Geraldine Granger Geraldine Kennedy (nee Granger) is a fictional female vicar, the central character to the successful British BBC sitcom ""The Vicar of Dibley"". She is portrayed by Dawn French (who is 8 years older than Granger), described by the British Comedy Guide as ""the jolly, down-to-earth female vicar of Dibley, a small country village inhabited by oddballs. After overcoming the town's initial shock at her gender Geraldine helps to improve the village."" Much of the source of comedy comes from the way French plays the female vicar with her extroverted and fun-loving nature, frequent colourful language,"
"her. She starred as Geraldine Granger, a vicar of a small village called Dibley. An audience of 12.3 million watched the final full-length episode to see her character's marriage ceremony. Her last appearance on ""The Vicar of Dibley"" was with Damian Lewis in a mini-episode made for Comic Relief in 2013. She was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Comedy Performance in the last episode of ""The Vicar of Dibley"". Repeats of the show on BBC One still attract millions of viewers and it also retains a following amongst PBS viewers in the United States. French played a major role"
"regain their trust. Her unusual first name Boadicea is revealed later in the series, much to David Horton's ongoing amusement, although in the final episode her full name is given as Geraldine Julie Andrews Dick van Dyke Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius Chim-Chiminey Chim-Chiminey Chim-Chim-Cheree Granger, the latter due to her mother's favourite book being ""Mary Poppins"" and the fact that the film was released in 1964, supposedly the year of Geraldine's birth. Geraldine celebrated her 40th birthday in an episode first broadcast on 1 January 2005. Dawn French was 48 at the time. Her best friend is Alice Tinker (Emma Chambers); at the"
"where Draper had been unjustly convicted of murder, escaping from the train accident. There was also a storyline in the mid-1970s involving a troubled woman (Nicole's cousin, Serena Faraday) who changed her personality to Josie as she donned a frizzy, black wig in perhaps a nod to ""One Life to Live""'s popular Victoria Lord/Niki Smith storyline. Another notable character was Charlotte ""Raven"" Alexander Jamison Swift Whitney (Juanin Clay, then Sharon Gabet), a duplicitous coquette who became more stable and faithful in the latter years. Whitney family matriarch, tough Geraldine Whitney (Lois Kibbee) suffered the misfortune of losing most of those"
"BBC TV drama ""Daphne"". She plays a leading role as fictional Louisa, Countess of Manton in the 2012 ITV mini-series ""Titanic"". In 2014, Somerville played Princess Antoinette of Monaco in the film ""Grace of Monaco"". In 2014, she played Sarah Griffin in the BBC One mini-series Quirke. Geraldine Somerville Geraldine Margaret Agnew-Somerville (born 19 May 1967) is an Irish born actress known for her role as Detective Sergeant Jane Penhaligon in ""Cracker"" (1993–95), for which she was nominated for the 1995 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, and for playing Lily Potter in the ""Harry Potter"" film series. Her other"
"Christine Willes Christine Willes is a Canadian television, theatre and film actress who is best known for her roles as Delores Herbig on the Showtime comedy-drama ""Dead Like Me"" and Gladys the DMV demon on the CW supernatural drama television series ""Reaper"". She is also known for her role as Granny Goodness on the CW series ""Smallville"". Willes played the recurring role of Agent Karen E. Kosseff, a government , on the TV show ""The X-Files"". She also appears in a minor recurring role on the show ""Reaper"" on The CW, as Gladys, a demon from Hell who works in"
"The Christmas Lunch Incident ""The Christmas Lunch Incident"" is the 1996 Christmas special episode of the British sitcom ""The Vicar of Dibley"". The episode was first broadcast on BBC1 in the United Kingdom on 25 December 1996. It was the eighth episode of ""The Vicar of Dibley"" to be produced and transmitted. Repeats are broadcast regularly around Christmas on both the original channel and more frequently on the UKTV comedy channel Gold. The episode was written by regular writers Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer. The episode depicts the show's central character, Vicar and parish council member Geraldine Granger (Dawn French),"
"as the third series) airing from 24 December 1999 to 1 January 2000, the two-episode ""A Very Dibley Christmas"" screening between 25 December 2004 and 1 January 2005, and the two-part finale, ""A Wholly Holy Happy Ending"", which was broadcast during Christmas 2006 and New Year 2007. The final 2006-2007 episode, in which Geraldine marries, was publicised as the ""last-ever"" episode, although there have been three Comic Relief charity specials since. On 15 March 2013, French reprised her role as Geraldine Granger as part of her French and Saunders marathon on BBC Radio 2. She was interviewed by Chris Evans"
"tasks within CID. Along with this, Granger has demonstrated a ""keen intelligence and diverse knowledge"" on literature, history and the arts. She has also been referred to as an ""lobotomised Essex girl"" by Gene Hunt. Following protagonist Alex Drake's arrival in the series, the two became friends. During episode two of the third series, Granger contemplates leaving the Metropolitan Police. However, after going undercover to catch a serial killer - during which she saves herself from an attempt on her life - and Hunt's promises to allow her into CID by Christmas, she decides to stay. On screen while considering"
"Dawn French Dawn Roma French (born 11 October 1957) is a British actress, writer, comedian and presenter from Holyhead, Wales. She is best known for starring in and writing for the BBC comedy sketch show ""French and Saunders"" with comedy partner Jennifer Saunders and for playing the lead role as Geraldine Granger in the BBC sitcom ""The Vicar of Dibley"". French has been nominated for seven BAFTA TV Awards and also won a BAFTA Fellowship with Jennifer Saunders. French was born in Holyhead, to English parents Denys Vernon French (5 August 1932 – 11 September 1977) and Felicity Roma French"
"in Ed's ex-wife Holly Norris Bauer (Maureen Garrett). Eventually, Ed got over his anger and he and Rita reconnected. He grew closer to Rita, during a period where she had to contend with an apparent stalker, who pushed Rita down a flight of stairs, tampered with her brakes and attempted to set her apartment on fire (trapping Rita's then blind sister Eve (Janet Grey) in the burning apartment). Ultimately, the stalker was revealed to be Georgene Granger (Delphi Harrington), Cyrus Granger's deranged daughter-in-law, who held Rita and Eve at gunpoint in their apartment building laundry room, during which time she"
"the world which needed to be maintained; but found Audrey Horne to be his favourite to work on as he considered the character—and actress Sherilyn Fenn—to be both sexy and smart, and to have developed substantially as the series progressed. The character of Madeline Ferguson was named for characters in Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film ""Vertigo""—Kim Novak's Madeleine Elster and James Stewart's Scottie Ferguson. Ferguson's cousin, the murdered schoolgirl Laura Palmer, was similarly named after the titular character in Otto Preminger's 1944 film ""Laura""; while other characters in the series would also be named for film noir characters. The popular ""cherry"
"Greg, she began to suspect Michael was also having an affair with Grace. Grace recommended her best friend Ellen Crozier (Robyn Malcolm) to take over as Head Nurse. Soon afterwards, viewers met Ellen's husband Johnny Marinovich (Stelios Yiakmis), and her 13-year-old daughter Minnie Crozier (Katrina Devine). Minnie was not Johnny's biological daughter, having been conceived when Ellen was still a teenager, but even so Johnny and Ellen had been married for the past 8 years and as such Minnie considered him her father because he had been in her life for so long. Stuart became jealous of Jo's friendship with"
"Garner, featuring Clint Eastwood as a trigger-happy villain. She starred in two episodes of ""Wagon Train"": ""The Jane Hawkins Story"" (1960) and ""The Melanie Craig Story"" (1964). Her image branched out in the 1960s, helped by ""House of Usher"" and a role on the Boris Karloff-hosted TV series ""Thriller"" that same year entitled ""Girl With A Secret."" Even her Western parts became ""darker."" After a rough love scene in ""Bonanza"" in which she cut her lip, the cast presented her with an award for ""Best Slapper in a Filmed Series."" Fahey's most sustained television work was a starring role in"
"""Colt .45"", ""Johnny Ringo"" as well as ""The Cowboys"", ""Little House on the Prairie"", ""Bonanza"", ""Gunsmoke"", ""The Adventures of Jim Bowie"", ""Lawman"", and ""The Iron Horse."" Tuttle was cast as Mrs. Grange in the 1963 episode ""The Risk"" on the NBC drama series ""Mr. Novak"", starring James Franciscus as an idealistic high school teacher. She later appeared on the popular 1960s sitcoms ""I Dream of Jeannie,"" ""The Munsters,"" and ""Petticoat Junction"". Tuttle's best-known role to the general public was in 32 episodes of the NBC series ""Julia"" (1968–1971) as the humorless but warm-hearted Hannah Yarby. In 1972, she appeared as"
"Gerri Granger Gerri Granger is an American actress and soul singer. Gerri Granger was a musical guest on the Johnny Carson show from 1962, in the 1969 series, 1973, 1974 and 1977 series. She also guested on The David Frost Show (1969), and ABC-TV's What's It All About World?. Granger released one album Add A Little Love and had a minor hit with a cover of the Frankie Valli standard ""Can't Take My Eyes Off You"" 1967. She also recorded an answer song to Return to Sender - ""Don't Want Your Letters"", arranged and conducted by Bert Keyes. Her song"
"Geraldine Fitzgerald (British actress) Geraldine Fitzgerald is a British actress who has appeared in many stage shows and television programmes. Having appeared in minor roles in various shows, her first major television role was as Janet Slatt in Steven Moffat's school sitcom ""Chalk"". Two series were broadcast in 1997. In 2008 she contributed to the audio commentary for the DVD release of the first series. In March 2006, she joined the cast of the West End production of ""Mamma Mia!"" as Tanya after appearing in the international touring production of the show. She has also appeared on ""The Bill"", and"
"many other television serials, including ""Wild, Wild Women"", ""Doctor Who"" (in a story-stealing turn in the serial ""Image of the Fendahl"" as white witch 'Granny' Tyler), the sitcom ""Don't Forget to Write!"" as Mrs Field the cleaner, ""Z-Cars"" and Nanny Webster in ""Upstairs, Downstairs"", series 2, episode 8, Out of the Everywhere. From its inception until her death in 1983 she played the part of Maud, the eccentric housekeeper, in the ""Hinge and Bracket"" radio series. In 1974 she played the part of Mrs. Froggitt in the pilot show of ""Oh No, It's Selwyn Froggitt!"". During the 1950s and 1960s"
"Susan Sullivan Susan Michaela Sullivan (born November 18, 1942) is an American actress. Sullivan is best known for her roles as Lenore Curtin Delaney on the daytime soap opera ""Another World"" (1971–76), as Dr. Elaina Marks in the television series pilot ""The Incredible Hulk"", as Lois Adams on the ABC sitcom ""It's a Living"" (1980–81), as Maggie Gioberti Channing on the primetime soap opera ""Falcon Crest"" (1981–89), as Kitty Montgomery on the ABC sitcom ""Dharma & Greg"" (1997–2002), and as Martha Rodgers on ""Castle"" (2009–2016). Sullivan was born in New York City, the daughter of Helen (née Rockett) and Brendan"
"as Ellen Grantham in ""Doctors"". Geraldine Fitzgerald (British actress) Geraldine Fitzgerald is a British actress who has appeared in many stage shows and television programmes. Having appeared in minor roles in various shows, her first major television role was as Janet Slatt in Steven Moffat's school sitcom ""Chalk"". Two series were broadcast in 1997. In 2008 she contributed to the audio commentary for the DVD release of the first series. In March 2006, she joined the cast of the West End production of ""Mamma Mia!"" as Tanya after appearing in the international touring production of the show. She has also"
"begins a relationship with one of his tenants, Margaret Walker (Susan George). Devious Janine doesn't like the fact that Terry's attention is diverted from her and she does everything she can to ruin their relationship. Margaret is not perturbed and vows to beat Janine at her own game, leading to numerous squabbles. When Janine discovers a photo of Margaret and another man, she immediately assumes the worst and informs Terry that Margaret is cheating on him. Margaret explains that the man in the photo was her brother, David (Michael Fenner) who is dying of cancer, and she is paying for"
"Slayer"" (1997–2003), which earned her five Teen Choice Awards and a Golden Globe Award nomination, and became recognized as one of the greatest female characters in U.S. television. Her most successful films, in terms of box office receipts, are ""I Know What You Did Last Summer"" (1997), ""Scream 2"" (1997), ""Cruel Intentions"" (1999), ""Scooby-Doo"" (2002), """" (2004), and ""The Grudge"" (2004). Other film roles include ""Harvard Man"" (2001), ""Southland Tales"" (2007) and ""The Air I Breathe"" (2008). She headlined the television series ""Ringer"" (2011–2012) and ""The Crazy Ones"" (2013–2014). In 2015, Gellar, along with Galit Laibow and Greg Fleishman, founded"
"on a recurring status. In between stints, Brown played Victoria Lane's mother, Janet, on ""Santa Barbara"" and businesswoman Adelaide Fitzgibbons (who was romantically involved with the much younger Kirk Anderson (Tom Wiggin) on ""As the World Turns""). When ""General Hospital""s spin-off series ""Port Charles"" began, the Baldwins were established as the core family, although once Kin Shriner (who played Scott Baldwin) returned to ""General Hospital"", their appearances were reduced. Brown, however, continued to be seen on occasion for special events on both shows. Along with Peter Hansen, she made her final appearance in 2004 in an episode honoring the late"
"appeared in several television series, including ""The Love Boat"" (1977), ""Happy Days"" (1977), ""Night Court"" (1984), ""Charlie's Angels"" (1978), ""Vega$"" (1978-1979), ""B. J. and the Bear"" (1979), ""The Jeffersons"", ""Buck Rogers in the 25th Century"" (1980), ""Madame's Place"" (1982–1983), ""L.A. Law"" (1986), ""The Fall Guy"" (1982), ""Murder She Wrote"" (1987) and ""ALF"". She appeared in two episodes of the original ""Knight Rider"" (as two characters), and two episodes of ""The A-Team"" (again as two characters). Landers has often worked with her sister Audrey, including collaborating with her on the children's show ""The Huggabug Club"" (1996), and ""The Treehouse Club"" (1997)."
"based on an old Chinese legend. The cast included Janice Rule as Granger's love interest and Alvin Ailey, Frances Sternhagen, Jerry Stiller and Sada Thompson in supporting roles. The play closed after only 24 performances, but shortly after its demise Rule moved in with Granger, and before long they were making wedding plans. They gradually realized the love their characters had felt on stage actually had not carried over into real life, and the two went their separate ways, although they remained friends until her death in 2003. With both his film and theatrical career foundering, Granger turned to television."
"of Paul Gardner, the student journalist investigating the murders. Mathews recalled that he was cast based on a ""dark"" quality he possessed that was at odds with his conventional appeal, and because he was already an established actor, known for his role on the teen drama series ""My So-Called Life"". Alicia Witt was cast as the female lead, Natalie, as the producers felt she was ""against type"" and also a strong actress, whose previous credits included David Lynch's ""Dune"" (1984) and the series ""Twin Peaks"" (1990). Witt said she was intrigued by the prospect of playing a survivor character who"
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"He starred in ""Beyond This Place"", an adaptation of the A.J. Cronin novel of the same title, with Shelley Winters and Peggy Ann Garner, and joined Julie Harris for a remake of ""The Heiress"". He also was featured in episodes of ""Climax Mystery Theater"", ""Ford Television Theatre"", ""The 20th Century Fox Hour"", ""Robert Montgomery Presents"", ""Playhouse 90"", ""Wagon Train"", ""Kraft Television Theatre"", ""The United States Steel Hour"", and ""The Bell Telephone Hour"", and in later years ""Get Smart"", ""Run for Your Life"", ""Ironside"", ""The Name of the Game"" and ""Hawaii Five-O"", among others. In 1959, Granger returned to Broadway as"
"of Communication of the University of the Arts London in 2001. Brabin is known for her roles as clumsy waitress Sandra playing opposite David Jason in ""A Bit of a Do"", Tricia Armstrong in ""Coronation Street"" from 1994 to 1997, and as Ginny in three series of Richard Harris's ""Outside Edge"". She appeared in ""EastEnders"" as Roxy Drake, ""The Ghost Hunter"" as Mrs Oliver, ""Love + Hate"" as Gaynor, and in an episode of ""Midsomer Murders"" (""Dead Letters"", 2006). In 2008, she appeared in a series of commercials for supermarket chain Sainsbury's playing ""Sarah"", a mother-of-two and Sainsbury's employee who"
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"a natural-looking brown tunic and pants. He has the ability to see in the dark, His love interest is Maggie, He has a little sister named Vilma. He appears in the show very often. Despite being relatively mature in terms of his personality, he shares the role of protagonist with Maggie and, occasionally, with Crystal. Each character has been the focus of a number of episodes, so the show has more of an ensemble cast. Maggie (performed by Jani Lauzon, Wende Welch and Trish Leeper) is the youngest tomboyish Groundling and one of the most commonly used characters. She is"
"Clarke Griffin Clarke Griffin is a fictional character from the American post-apocalyptic young adult science fiction novel series ""The 100"" by Kass Morgan, and the television series of the same name on The CW. She is the lead character in both the trilogy and the television series, where she is portrayed by Eliza Taylor. She first appears in Morgan's first novel, ""The 100"", and later in the pilot episode of the television series, as a prisoner on a space colony charged with treason. Clarke was one of the original hundred delinquents sent down to Earth to test if it was"
"She observes Sharon Granger, Chris Skelton, Ray Carling and Gene Hunt visit her in hospital and ask her for help in differing forms through television screens. She re-awakes in 1983, with Hunt slapping her to bring her out of her coma in order to help clear his name. Following her return to the 1980s, Hunt explains that after his accidental shooting of her he was accused of attempted murder and fled to the Isle of Wight and the Costa del Sol for a period of three months. During the series, Drake is haunted by visions of a police officer with"