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BridgetArmstrong

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Dunedin-born Bridget Armstrong has found success in a range of British and Kiwi stage and screen roles. At 18 she joined the touring NZ Players, where she recreated characters as diverse as Anne Frank and Elizabeth I. Later in London, Armstrong showed her comedic talents and played Katherine Mansfield for the BBC. Back in New Zealand she acted on TV's Gather Your Dreams and Roger Hall film Middle Age Spread.

Screenography

2000 As: Philly Douglas Film
1995 Subject Television
1993 As: Mary Anne Film
1993 As: Alice Warner Television
1993 As: Typing Teacher Film

Biography

Bridget Armstrong’s acting CV spans TV, film and theatre in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Born in Dunedin in 1937, Armstrong had a Catholic upbringing and attended Otago University. There she first dabbled in acting at the Otago Dramatic Society under the larger than life John V Trevor.

“In England I achieved most of my goals. The West End, television — the major movie.”

Bridget Armstrong, in a 1979 interview with magazine Art New Zealand