Fiona Gaunt | |
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Born | Fiona Elizabeth Keet-Gaunt 25 May 1947 Beirut, Lebanon |
Fiona Elizabeth Keet-Gaunt (born 25 May 1947) is an English actress and the mother of actress Genevieve Gaunt.
According to a 1972 newspaper profile, Gaunt was born in Beirut to Scottish Presbyterian parents and lived in Uganda until she was 16.[1] In 1985 she met the Dutch actor Frederik de Groot. Their daughter, Genevieve, was born in January 1991.[2]
Fiona Gaunt trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, graduating in 1969.[3] She subsequently played opposite Anthony Hopkins - as Hélène Kuragina, wife of Pierre Bezukhov - in the BBC's 1972 production of War and Peace.[4] She then starred as psychiatrist Helen Smith in the 1973 science fiction series Moonbase 3.[5][6] To prepare for her role, Gaunt studied tapes of the Apollo missions.[7]
Gaunt appeared in a 1973 episode of the comedy series Sykes, playing an upper-class girl who tricks Eric Sykes' character into getting engaged. She had a handful of roles in The Two Ronnies, including as a stowaway in their spoof of The Onedin Line, and starred as Grace Lovell in the 1978 TV adaptation of A Horseman Riding By.[8] She was also in the first production of Tom Stoppard's 1979 play, Undiscovered Country.[9]
Year | Format | Title | Role |
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1978 | TV series | A Horseman Riding By | Grace Lovell.[8] |
1973 | TV series | Moonbase 3 | Dr. Helen Smith.[5] |
1973 | TV series | The Two Ronnies.[10] | Various roles. |
1973 | TV series | Sykes: An Engagement.[11] | |
1973 | TV series | Justice: Malicious Damage | Diana Blumenthal |
1972 | TV series | War and Peace.[12] | Hélène Kuragina.[13] |
1971 | Miniseries | Cousin Bette | Leonie.[14] |
1970 | Anthology Series | Tales of Unease | Girl |