Which UK actress gave an acclaimed performance as a ballet teacher in the film Billy Elliott?
"father, Jamie Draven as Billy's bullying older brother, and Julie Walters as his ballet teacher. The film was theatrically released on 29 September 2000 by Universal Pictures and Focus Features. It received positive reviews from critics and it earned £72,853,509 on a £3 million budget. In 2001, author Melvin Burgess was commissioned to write the novelisation of the film based on Lee Hall's screenplay. The story was adapted for the West End stage as ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" in 2005; it opened in Australia in 2007 and on Broadway in 2008. In 1984, Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old from the fictional"
"Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is a 2000 British dance drama film about a boy becoming a professional ballet dancer. It is set in North East England during the 1984–85 coal miners' strike. It was produced by Greg Brenman and Jon Finn, music composed by Stephen Warbeck, co-produced by BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Pictures and Working Title Films, distributed by Universal Pictures and Focus Features, written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. The film stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, an aspiring dancer dealing with the negative stereotype of the male ballet dancer, Gary Lewis as his coal miner"
"Royal Ballet is one of the world's foremost classical ballet companies, its reputation built on two prominent figures of 20th-century dance, ""prima ballerina"" Margot Fonteyn and choreographer Frederick Ashton. England (and the UK as a whole) has had a considerable influence on the history of the cinema, producing some of the greatest actors, directors and motion pictures of all time, including Alfred Hitchcock, Charlie Chaplin, David Lean, Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, John Gielgud, Peter Sellers, Julie Andrews, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet and Daniel Day-Lewis. Hitchcock and Lean are among the most critically acclaimed filmmakers. Hitchcock's first"
"and Stephen Mangan were also in final talks to join the film, and Patrick Malahide and Barbara Leigh-Hunt were added to the cast, playing the Royal Ballet School principals. On 17 June 1999, Neil North and Lee Williams joined the cast of the film, playing the Royal Ballet School tutors. ""Billy Elliot"" was originally released at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival under the title ""Dancer"". It was later decided to re-title the film ""Billy Elliot"" to avoid confusion with ""Dancer In The Dark"", another film at Cannes that year. ""Billy Elliot"" was theatrically released on 29 September 2000 by Universal"
"to that date. In 1977 she was also awarded the Jubilee Festival Medal. Barbara Jefford Mary Barbara Jefford, OBE (born 26 July 1930), is a British Shakespearean actress best known for her theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of James Joyce's ""Ulysses"". Mary Barbara Jefford was born in Plymstock, Devon, the daughter of Elizabeth Mary Ellen (née Laity) and Percival Francis Jefford. She was brought up in the West Country and attended Weirfield School in Taunton, Somerset. She attended the Hartly-Hodder School"
"Cate Blanchett Catherine Elise Blanchett, (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director. She has received international acclaim and many accolades for her work, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, six AACTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Blanchett came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in ""Elizabeth"" (1998), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in ""The Aviator"" (2004) brought her critical"
"(1968), and Nureyev's ""Romeo and Juliet"" (1977). She also played the Queen in the 1988 TV Movie ""Natalya Makarova's Swan Lake"". Elizabeth Anderton Elizabeth Anderton (born 28 May 1938 in London) is a retired British ballet dancer and director. After graduating from the Sadler's Wells School, in 1955 she joined the Sadler's Wells Opera Ballet. From 1957 to 1974 she worked at the Royal Ballet, becoming soloist in 1958 and principal in 1961. In 1976 she became involved with London Festival Ballet, first as teacher and guest dancer and later as assistant artistic director (1979–83 and 1984–90). She returned to"
"Su Elliot Sue Elliott (born 18 December 1950) is a British actress. She was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. Her film roles include Alice in ""The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood"" (1984), a nurse in ""The Girl in a Swing"" (1988), Marthe in ""Giorgino"" (1994), Mrs Brabin in ""Purely Belter"" (2000), a pub customer in ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" (2005), a Ministry of Magic witch in ""Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"" (2005), and Hannah in ""Jane Eyre"" (2011). Elliott has appeared in numerous British television productions, including ""The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole"", Travelling"
"ballet. Kargman was a first-time director who had studied dance herself. ""I ended up quitting my job to make this film, my first film, and I thought maybe by choosing a topic that was quite dear to me and that I had lived for a number of years growing up—maybe I’d be able to do this story justice."" The film features renowned dancers and choreographers from all over the world including Nadine Bommer, Denys Ganio, Élisabeth Platel, Raymond Lukens, and Youth America Grand Prix's founder Larissa Saveliev. The film garnered critical acclaim, receiving a rating of 93% on the website"
"Suzanne Danielle Suzanne Danielle (born Suzanne Morris; 14 January 1957) is an English film and television actress. Danielle trained as a dancer at the Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts in Romford, Essex, which was her home town, and also went to the Bedfords Park Community School in Straight Road, Harold Hill. At the age of 16, she appeared in the West End musical ""Billy"" (1974), starring Michael Crawford. As a result of that, she was invited to appear as a dancer on a Bruce Forsyth show called ""Bruce and More Girls"". An admirer of Cyd Charisse, after leaving school"
"the junior Royal Ballet School for some years. Fiona Chadwick Fiona Chadwick is a British ballerina and a former principal dancer with the Royal Ballet. She is now a ballet teacher. Fiona Chadwick was born in Morecambe, Lancashire. She began her training at the Sandham Fitchett school in Preston. Chadwick continued at the Royal Ballet School, and joined The Royal Ballet in 1978. She was promoted to Soloist in 1981 and Principal in 1984. Chadwick created the role of The Queen in Matthew Bourne’s production of ""Swan Lake"", playing the role in both the West End and in the film."
"and has had much work on television, mainly in guest character parts. Barbara Leigh-Hunt Barbara Leigh-Hunt (born 14 December 1935) is a British actress. Her numerous theate credits include Broadway productions of ""Hamlet"" (1958) and ""Sherlock Holmes"" (1974), and she won the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for the National Theatre production of ""An Inspector Calls"". Her film appearances include ""Frenzy"" (1972), ""Henry VIII and His Six Wives"" (1972), ""Bequest to the Nation"" (1973) and ""Billy Elliot"" (2000). Leigh-Hunt was born in Bath, Somerset. On stage, she has appeared in many productions as well those with the Bristol"
"Barbara Jefford Mary Barbara Jefford, OBE (born 26 July 1930), is a British Shakespearean actress best known for her theatrical performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Old Vic and the National Theatre and her role as Molly Bloom in the 1967 film of James Joyce's ""Ulysses"". Mary Barbara Jefford was born in Plymstock, Devon, the daughter of Elizabeth Mary Ellen (née Laity) and Percival Francis Jefford. She was brought up in the West Country and attended Weirfield School in Taunton, Somerset. She attended the Hartly-Hodder School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art before training at the Royal Academy of"
"Catriona MacColl Catriona MacColl (born 3 October 1954) is an English actress who has worked extensively in both film and television across Europe. MacColl was born in London on 3 October 1954. In her youth, she trained professionally as a ballerina from the age of five, attending the Royal Ballet School. As a young adult, MacColl suffered a foot injury that prevented her from continuing her career path in dancing. MacColl is recognised for her work on European television and film, mainly in Italy. She has gained somewhat of a cult status, by horror fans, because of her career as"
"Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. Her mother was of Mexican ancestry. Cynthia Harvey Cynthia Harvey (born May 17, 1957) is an American dance teacher and former ballet dancer. She was a principal dancer for the American Ballet Theatre. Harvey was born in California, and joined American Ballet Theatre in 1974. Her roles included Odette/Odile in ""Swan Lake"". While Mikhail Baryshnikov was the artistic director at ABT, he personally selected her to perform as the prima ballerina in Baryshnikov's filmed production of ""Don Quixote"". She was a principal of the Royal Ballet, and made guest appearances with other companies before"
"Emma Walton Hamilton Emma Katherine Walton Hamilton (née Walton; 27 November 1962) is a British actress, theatrical director and children's book author. She is currently an instructor in the MFA program at SUNY-Stony Brook Southampton, where she serves as Director of the Southampton Children's Literature Fellows program and YAWP, the Young Artists and Writers Project. Walton was born in London. Her parents are British actress and singer Julie Andrews and Tony Walton, a British set designer and costume designer. Her godmothers were actress Carol Burnett and Svetlana Beriosova, ""prima ballerina"" of The Royal Ballet; her godfather was British actor Vic"
"Ballet Shoes (film) Ballet Shoes is a 2007 British television film, adapted by Heidi Thomas from Noel Streatfeild's 1936 novel ""Ballet Shoes"". It was produced by Granada Productions (formerly Granada Television) and premiered on BBC One on 26 December 2007. It is directed by Sandra Goldbacher. A previous adaptation of ""Ballet Shoes"" was produced in serial format by the BBC in 1975 and directed by Timothy Combe. ""Ballet Shoes"" co-stars former ""Harry Potter"" stars Emma Watson as Pauline Fossil, Gemma Jones as Dr. Jakes, and Richard Griffiths as Gum. A practical young orphan, Sylvia Brown, and her stern nurse Nana"
"Jill Haworth Valerie Jill Haworth (15 August 1945 – 3 January 2011) was an English actress. She appeared in films throughout the 1960s, and started making guest appearances on television in 1963. She originated the role of Sally Bowles in the musical ""Cabaret"" on Broadway in 1966. Haworth was born in Hove, Sussex, to a textile magnate father and a mother who trained as a ballet dancer. She was named Valerie Jill in honour of the day she was born, Victory over Japan Day or V.J. Day. She took ballet lessons at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School to escape from"
"Belita Maria Belita Jepson-Turner (21 October 1923 – 18 December 2005), known professionally as Belita, was a British Olympic figure skater, dancer and film actress. Born at Nether Wallop, Hampshire, she skated (as Belita Jepson-Turner) for the United Kingdom in the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she was placed 16th in the singles, then her career turned towards Hollywood. She had classical Russian ballet training which carried over into her skating, and she was considered far superior to others skating at that time. As a young ballerina she was partner to Anton Dolin, appearing with the Dolin-Markova Ballet. She appeared in"
"Janet Henfrey Janet E. A. Henfrey (born 16 August 1935) is a British stage and television actress. She is best known for playing Mrs. Bale on ""As Time Goes By"", which is still rerun in the United States on PBS stations, and for her role as the schoolteacher in the BBC Dennis Potter serial ""The Singing Detective"" (1986). She had previously appeared in the Potter play ""Stand Up, Nigel Barton"" (1965), also as a schoolteacher. Before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she read English at St Anne's College, Oxford, and spent a graduate year at Smith College"
"1995, a surprise marriage that was arranged at Skibo Castle. She and Torrance have four children. Suzanne Danielle Suzanne Danielle (born Suzanne Morris; 14 January 1957) is an English film and television actress. Danielle trained as a dancer at the Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts in Romford, Essex, which was her home town, and also went to the Bedfords Park Community School in Straight Road, Harold Hill. At the age of 16, she appeared in the West End musical ""Billy"" (1974), starring Michael Crawford. As a result of that, she was invited to appear as a dancer on a"
"Boynton and Nicol. Brian Orndorf wrote that Emilia Fox as Sylvia ""forms the spine of the story"" and that Goldbacher ""is cautious to silently weave the performance throughout the film to undercut any saccharine temptations."" Betty Joe Tucker of ReelTalk Movie Reviews praised the way film evokes the 1930s. Gina Catanzarite, in a review for Parents' Choice, suggested that there may be too much plot material for the film's relatively short running time. Ballet Shoes (film) Ballet Shoes is a 2007 British television film, adapted by Heidi Thomas from Noel Streatfeild's 1936 novel ""Ballet Shoes"". It was produced by Granada"
"Sally Dexter Sally Julia Dexter is an English actress of stage and screen. She won the 1987 Olivier Award for Most Promising Newcomer for ""Dalliance"". Her other West End stage credits include the musicals ""Oliver!"" (1994), ""Sister Act"" (2010), and ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" (2013). Her television credits include the ITV soap opera's ""Night and Day"" from 2001 to 2003, and ""Emmerdale"" since 2017. Dexter was educated at Chiltern Edge School, King James's College (now Henley College) at Henley-on-Thames, and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Her many onscreen appearances have included ""A Touch of Frost"", ""Dalziel and"
"Marguerite Porter Marguerite Porter MBE (born 1948) is an English former principal ballet dancer, turned actress and choreographer. Born in Doncaster, Porter trained in Yorkshire and at the Royal Ballet School in London, where she was taught by Dame Ninette De Valois. After two years training she joined The Royal Ballet, where she is now a Governor, becoming Senior Principal Ballerina in 1978. In a 20-year association, she danced all the major roles, including Princess Aurora in ""The Sleeping Beauty,"" Odette/Odile in ""Swan Lake"" alongside Rudolf Nureyev, Juliet in ""Romeo and Juliet,"" Ophelia in ""Hamlet,"" and the title role in"
"Julie Walters Dame Julia Mary Walters (born 22 February 1950) is an English actress and writer. She is the recipient of four BAFTA TV Awards, two BAFTA Film Awards, a BAFTA Fellowship, and a Golden Globe. She has been nominated twice for an Academy Award, in the categories of Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Walters came to international prominence in 1983, for playing the title role in ""Educating Rita"". It was a role she had created on the West End stage and it earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. It also won her a BAFTA and"
"Ann Emery Ann Emery (12 March 1930 – 28 September 2016) was a British actress. She was the half-sister of actor and comedian Dick Emery. Educated at Mrs Smith's School for Young Ladies and the Cone Ripman School, she excelled in tap dancing, which led to her first stage role as a Babe in ""Babes In The Wood"" at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith. During her career she performed in various theatre roles, including Sir Trevor Nunn's production of ""My Fair Lady"" (Royal National Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane). She originated the role of Grandma in ""Billy Elliot the"
"Palmer film about Fonteyn, entitled ""Margot"". Wendy Ellis Somes Wendy Ellis Somes (born 6 December 1951) is a former principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet in London, and is now a worldwide producer of the Sir Frederick Ashton ballets Cinderella and Symphonic Variations. She was born Wendy Rose Ellis in Blackburn, and received her early training at the Carlotta School of Dance, later winning a British Ballet Organization scholarship. In 1963 she was selected to study at the Royal Ballet School, and moved to London with her parents to continue training. She started there in 1963 and joined the Royal"
"she also felt like she did deserve another chance to prove herself. Melissa Walton Melissa Wells (formerly Walton; born 27 January 1990) is a British actress best known for playing Loretta Jones in Channel 4 soap opera ""Hollyoaks"". Walton studied at Bablake School in Coundon, Coventry, then took a BTEC National Diploma in Performing Arts at Stratford-upon-Avon College, which she passed with three distinctions. As an amateur actress, Walton appeared in pantomime at Belgrade Theatre in Coventry, was a member of the Coventry youth group YOG and attended Three Spires Dance School. While at college, she appeared in the BBC"
"at the Victoria Palace Theatre on the West End. Many of the film's crew took part in the stage production, including director Stephen Daldry and choreographer Peter Darling. The musical received positive notices and ran for over 4,000 performances before closing in April 2016. Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is a 2000 British dance drama film about a boy becoming a professional ballet dancer. It is set in North East England during the 1984–85 coal miners' strike. It was produced by Greg Brenman and Jon Finn, music composed by Stephen Warbeck, co-produced by BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Pictures and Working Title"
"Elisabeth Schooling Elisabeth Schooling (1915 – 22 June 1998) was a British ballet dancer. Elisabeth Schooling was born in Hendon, London in 1915. From 1928, Schooling studied with Marie Rambert, and she danced in Ballet Club's (which later became Ballet Rambert) first seasons. Her first solo role was as the Bride in a 1934 ballet entitled ""Mermaid"", which was choreographed by Susan Salaman and Andrée Howard, using music by Ravel. Also in 1934, it was noticed that Schooling had a very similar appearance to the barmaid in Édouard Manet’s painting ""Un bar aux Folies Bergère"". Marie Rambert’s husband Ashley Dukes"
"Corey Snide Corey Snide (born December 19, 1993) is an American actor and dancer best known for his performance as Billy in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" based on the hit film ""Billy Elliot"". Snide is a graduate of Colonie Central High School (class of 2011), and of Juilliard (class of 2015). He began dancing at the age of three and was trained in ""Tap"", ""Jazz"", ""Ballet"", ""Street"" and ""Contemporary"" at ""Eleanor's School of the Dance"". Snide has competed in dance competitions across the United States and won many titles and awards in the category of 13 and under. He represented"
"close with dancers Julie Kent and Gelsey Kirkland, both of whom who thanked her and discussed working with her in their autobiographies. She died from complications of cancer. Georgina Parkinson Georgina Parkinson (20 August 1938 – 18 December 2009) was a British ballerina, ballet mistress and a coach at the American Ballet Theatre. Parkinson was born in Brighton, England. She was a ballet dancer for The Royal Ballet in the 1960s. Her breakthrough performance was in 1964 with ""Les Biches"", and she performed in narrative ballets like ""Swan Lake"" and ""Raymonda"". In 1978, she performed character roles at Ballet Theatre."
"Audrey Hepburn Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 192920 January 1993) was a British actress, model, dancer and humanitarian. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood, and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Born in Ixelles, Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England, and the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, she studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell, before moving to London in 1948, continuing her ballet training with Marie Rambert,"