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Gerda Stevenson
Actor, DirectorBorn April 10, 1956 (68 years)
Gerda Stevenson is an award-winning Scottish actress, director and writer, described by The Scotsman in 1999 as "Scotland's finest actress". She has played many parts in the theatre, including the title role in Edwin Morgan's English translation of Racine's Phèdre, and Lady Macbeth, and has appeared in many television dramas. She was Murron MacClannough's mother in the Mel Gibson film Braveheart, and her voice is familiar to listeners of British radio, as a reader of short stories and adaptations. In particular, she has performed several poems and songs by Robert Burns for the BBC.
Filmography
| 2013 | Kiss the Water · as Cast |
| 2013 | Shetland (TV Series) · as Maria Markham |
| 1998 | The Boyhood of John Muir · as Cast |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Sandra Bradshaw |
| 1995 | Braveheart · as Mother Macclannough |
| 1994 | The High Life (TV Series) · as Avril |
| 1993 | Doctor Finlay (1993) (TV Series) · as Agnes Miller |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | Blue Black Permanent · as Greta Thorburn |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Anne Douglas |
| 1983 | Taggart (TV Series) · as Mary Imrie |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Rachel Galt |
| 1964 | Horizon (TV Series) · as Jane Bailey |