Deborah Norton (born 1944) is an English actress.

Personal life

Deborah Norton was born in Croydon, Surrey, in 1944. She attended a Quaker boarding school and later studied at the Drama Centre London. She worked in Britain until she toured America with The Beggar's Opera. She later returned to the UK.

Career

Stage work

Norton has taken part in productions of Six Degrees of Separation, Thérèse Raquin, The School for Scandal, and others in locations as diverse as the Royal Court, Bristol Old Vic, the Nottingham Playhouse, the National Theatre and others.

Television

She has acted roles in many television productions, including Marta Dorf in the television miniseries Holocaust and roles in A Bit of Fry & Laurie, although she is perhaps best known for her role as the PM's advisor Dorothy Wainwright in Yes, Prime Minister.

Selected filmography

Awards and nominations

Nominated for Best Actress for her work on Kennedy's Children by Plays and Players Magazine Nominated for Best Supporting Actress for School For Scandal by the Manchester Evening News