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Thelma Holt
CBE
Born
(1932-01-04) 4 January 1932 (age 92)
Lancashire, England, UK
Occupation(s)
Producer, retired actress
Spouse(s)
Patrick Graucob (divorced, 1968) David Pressman (divorced, 1970) Patrick Graucob (remarried, 2011)
Thelma HoltCBE (born 4 January 1932) is a British theatre producer and former actress.[1]
After a successful career as an actress, in partnership with Charles Marowitz, Thelma founded the Open Space Theatre in Tottenham Court Road, London,[1] which became the forerunner of the London fringe. In 1977, joined The Round House in Chalk Farm as Artistic and Executive Director.[1] There she instigated a policy of bringing the best of regional theatre to London: Citizens Theatre (Glasgow), Royal Exchange Theatre Company (Manchester), Stephen Joseph Theatre Company, Scarborough.
She gave London the opportunity to see some of the successful productions initiated at the Edinburgh Festival. Other visiting companies included: Josef Szanja (Poland), The Pickle Family Circus (USA), Circus Oz (Australia), Antoine Vitez (France), Rustaveli Theatre Company (Georgia, CIS).[citation needed]
From 1977–83 Holt was artistic director at the Round House.[1] In 1983 The Round House closed and Thelma Holt joined the Theatre of Comedy as executive producer, where she produced Loot by Joe Orton, directed by Jonathan Lynn and starring Leonard Rossiter. (For further information on Holt at both the Open Space and at the Round House, see (Vaulting Ambitions by Jennie Schiele, published in 2004.)
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Year Title Role Notes 2004 Hamlet King ThelmaHolt Productions 2005 A Midsummer Night's Dream Demetrius/Moonshine Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment...
alphabetically by date of appointment Sir John Gielgud (1989) Cicely Berry (2018) ThelmaHolt (2018) Glenda Jackson (2018) Francine Watson Coleman (2019) Mona Hammond...
(1945) as Mattie (uncredited) Girls of the Big House (1945) as Mrs. ThelmaHolt Hold That Blonde (1945) as Flora Carteret The Green Years (1946) as Mrs...
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The Open Space Theatre was created by Charles Marowitz and ThelmaHolt in 1968. It began in a basement on Tottenham Court Road in London, then transferred...
Ian Holm (Acting Diploma 1953) Sean Holmes (MA Text and Performance) ThelmaHolt (Acting Diploma 1952) Ewan Hooper (Acting Diploma 1957) Anna Hope (Acting...
Benny Gallagher; Malcolm McLaren 2002: Stephen Bayley; Anthony Field; ThelmaHolt; Tony Wilson 2003: Barbara Dickson; Anthony Everitt; Nickolas Grace;...
the director Alice Hamilton, and worked in the theatre as assistant to ThelmaHolt, Michael Frayn, Peter Gill and Max Stafford-Clark, before becoming a...
Theatre and Tony Randall 1997 (51st) A Doll's House Bill Kenwright and ThelmaHolt London Assurance Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes and Ellen Richard...
Bartlett; Futures (Theatre 503); and Hamlet and The Tempest, both for ThelmaHolt and the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. On screen Baylis made his television...
2020 Special Award Don Black Ian McKellen Special Recognition Jo Hawes ThelmaHolt Stephen Jameson and Sarah Preece Peter Roberts 2021 Not presented due...
score to Thelma and Louise. He also performed on the Night of the Guitars tours, which included Holt on bass, keyboards and occasional vocals. Holt wrote...
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