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Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 06, 1948 (77)
Birthplace Belfast, Northern Ireland
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

Frances Tomelty (born 6 Oct 1948 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish actress and the first wife of Sting. She is the daughter of Belfast actor Joseph Tomelty (5 March 1911 – 7 June 1995). She has featured in series including Bergerac, Inspector Morse, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, ... Strangers, Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street, Cracker, as well as films like Bellman and True, Monk Dawson, Bullshot and The Field. She was Lady Macbeth in the Old Vic's disastrous 1980 production of Macbeth, with Peter O'Toole in the title role. In 1976 she married Sting after knowing him for two years. They met on the set of a rock-musical called Rock Nativity. She was the Virgin Mary, he played in the band. They have two children, Joseph (born 23 November 1976) and Fuchsia Katherine (born 17 April 1982). The couple divorced in 1984. Tomelty's later work includes roles in the series Spooks, Casualty and The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frances Tomelty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

Accused

Accused

2023

as Mrs. Daly

Chéri

Chéri

2009

as Rose

Monk Dawson

Monk Dawson

1998

as Mrs. Carter

The Boxer

The Boxer

1997

as Mrs Maguire (uncredited)

Nobody's Children

Nobody's Children

1994

as Mme. Beziel

High Boot Benny

High Boot Benny

1993

as Matron

The Field

The Field

1990

as Widow

Star Trap

Star Trap

1988

as Hermione Bradstreet

Bellman and True

Bellman and True

1987

as Anna

Lamb

Lamb

1986

as Mrs. Kane

A State of Emergency

A State of Emergency

1986

as Jackie Hampton

Blue Money

Blue Money

1985

as Fidelma

Bullshot

Bullshot

1983

as Fräulein Lenya von Bruno

Under the Skin

Under the Skin

1982

as Polly

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

1978

as Nanny

Catchpenny Twist

Catchpenny Twist

1977

as Monagh

The Romantic Englishwoman

The Romantic Englishwoman

1975

as Airport Shop Assistant

The Changeling

The Changeling

1974

as Diaphanta

A Touch of the Victorians

A Touch of the Victorians

1972

as Caroline Young

Girl on the M1

Girl on the M1

1971

as Student

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Television Credits

The Woman in the Wall

as Sister Eileen

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Aug 27, 2023

Vanity Fair

as Mrs. O'Dowd

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Nov 01, 1998

Bonekickers

as Karen Magwilde

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Jul 08, 2008

The White Queen

as Margaret Beauchamp

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jun 16, 2013

Charlie

as Sarah Haughey

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Jan 04, 2015

The Nevers

as Phoenicia Elizabeth Hague

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 11, 2021

Cracker

as Mrs. Lang

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 27, 1993

Death in Paradise

as Olivia Reeves

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 25, 2011

Warrior Nun

as Sister Frances

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jul 02, 2020

Midsomer Murders

as Audrey Monday

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 23, 1997

Tales of the Unexpected

as Norma

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 1979

Atlantis

as Anysia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2013

Inspector Morse

as Grace Craven

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 06, 1987

Spooks

as Carmen Joyce

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 13, 2002

Survivors

as Mary Jean Mead

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 16, 1975

The Enigma Files

as Josepha

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 15, 1980

Spender

as Lorraine Hope

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 08, 1991

Perfect Scoundrels

as Patricia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 22, 1990

Oxbridge Blues

as Angela Lane

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 14, 1984

Waking the Dead

as Jane Hussey

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 18, 2001

Casualty

as Annie McGann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

The Royal

as Rosemary Briggs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 19, 2003

Casualty

as Morven Tasker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

Bergerac

as Bonnie Hawkesworth

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 18, 1981

Black Earth Rising

as Sorcha Beattie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 2018

Call the Midwife

as Dulcie Greenhalgh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 15, 2012

Peaky Blinders

as Bethany Boswell

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 12, 2013

The Nevers

as Phoenicia Elisabeth Hague

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 11, 2021

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

as Calphurnia (voice)

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 09, 1992

Play for Today

as Polly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Gangs of London

as Niamh

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 23, 2020

Merlin

as Niede

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 2008

Strangers

Episodes: 32

First Aired: Jun 05, 1978

The Amazing Mrs Pritchard

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 03, 2006

Testament of Youth

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Nov 04, 1979

Silent Witness

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 21, 1996

Trial & Retribution

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 19, 1997

Pebble Mill at One

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 09, 1972

Callan

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 08, 1967

New Tricks

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 2004

Play for Today

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 15, 1970

Life and Death of Penelope

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 07, 1976

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