British actress Susan Wooldridge is best known by American audiences for playing Daphne Manners on the acclaimed Masterpiece Theatre production The Jewel in the Crown (1984). The daughter of actress Margaretta Scott, Wooldridge made her film debut in Butley (1974). Her subsequent film career has been sporadic.
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- Filming The Jewel in the Crown in India attracted crowds of onlookers who applauded after each scene was filmed.
- After filming The Jewel in the Crown, had to wait a year for it to air; became a delivery driver to make ends meet.
- Payed a repo man not to take her TV away while her star performance in The Jewel in the Crown was first airing.
- Followed in her mother's footsteps by playing Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest, a role her mother received accolades for on two occasions.
- Roles were harder to come by in her 40's, so turned to writing instead; published first novel, The Hidden Dance, in 2009; it won Big Red Read's Best Debut Novel award.