Maureen Lipman: movies and TV shows
Maureen Lipman has 118 credits in the archive: 57 films and 61 TV series, from 1960 to 2026. Highest rated: The Pianist (8.4/10).
Career timeline
1960 – 2026 · busiest year: 1985 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Inside the Langham: Britain's First Grand Hotel | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | — | 80 |
| 2023 | Jewish Britain on Film | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2022 | Remembers… | Self | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 2021 | Rose | Rose | Film | — | 75 |
| 2020 | The Schnoz | Norma & Golda | Film | — | 74 |
| 2019 | Celebrity Gogglebox | Self | TV | 6.6 | 73 |
| 2018 | Angela Carter: Of Wolves & Women | Reader | Film | — | 72 |
| 2017 | Welcome to Hull!: City of Culture | Herself | Film | — | 71 |
| 2016 | British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves | Jane Lucas (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 70 |
| 2015 | Bull | Beverley | TV | 7.0 | 69 |
| 2013 | Father Brown | Mrs Patricia Parkinson | TV | 7.6 | 67 |
| 2013 | Plebs | Landlady | TV | 7.3 | 67 |
| 2013 | The Job Lot | Maggie Higgins | TV | 7.3 | 67 |
| 2012 | Run For Your Wife | Exercising Woman | Film | 4.4 | 66 |
| 2012 | Metamorphosis | Film | — | 66 | |
| 2011 | The Big Quiz | Self | TV | 7.5 | 65 |
| 2009 | Ladies of Letters | TV | 8.7 | 63 | |
| 2009 | The Agent | Charlie | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 2008 | Caught in the Act | Judith Herbst | Film | — | 62 |
| 2008 | He Kills Coppers | Lily Porter | TV | 5.0 | 62 |
| 2007 | Skins | Aunt Elizabeth | TV | 8.1 | 61 |
| 2007 | Would I Lie to You? | Self | TV | 7.8 | 61 |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show | Self | TV | 4.5 | 61 |
| 2007 | Comedy Map of Britain | TV | — | 61 | |
| 2007 | Veils | Judith | Film | — | 61 |
| 2007 | Comic Relief Does The Apprentice | TV | — | 61 | |
| 2006 | Legends | Self | TV | 5.0 | 60 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | TV | 7.6 | 59 | |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | The Wire | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who Confidential | TV | 8.1 | 59 | |
| 2005 | Sensitive Skin | Sue Shortstop | TV | 7.4 | 59 |
| 2005 | The Fugitives | Maggie Wych | TV | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2004 | Stories of Lost Souls | Larry's Wife | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 2004 | Lighthouse Hill | Audrey Davidson | Film | 9.5 | 58 |
| 2003 | The Sharon Osbourne Show | TV | 10.0 | 57 | |
| 2003 | Winter Solstice | Marcia | TV | 5.0 | 57 |
| 2003 | Winter Solstice | Marcia | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Mother | Film | 8.4 | 56 |
| 2002 | The King's Beard | (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 2002 | George Eliot: A Scandalous Life | Narrator | Film | 4.0 | 56 |
| 2002 | Richard Rodgers: Some Enchanted Evening | Performer | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 2001 | The Discovery of Heaven | Figure 1 | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1999 | Loose Women | Self | TV | 3.4 | 53 |
| 1999 | Solomon & Gaenor | Rezl | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1999 | Oklahoma! | Aunt Eller | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1999 | Captain Jack | Barbara Bostock | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1999 | The Making of 'Oklahoma!' | Self | Film | — | 53 |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 52 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Mags Dormer | TV | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Louise Bergman | TV | 7.6 | 51 |
| 1997 | Cold Enough for Snow | Shani Whittle | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1996 | Eskimo Day | Shani Whittle | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1995 | Agony Again | Jane Lucas | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1994 | Room 101 | Self | TV | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1992 | Carry On Columbus | Countess Esmeralda | Film | 3.9 | 46 |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self | TV | 4.1 | 45 |
| 1991 | Re:Joyce!: A Celebration of the Work of Joyce Grenfell | Joyce Grenfell | Film | — | 45 |
| 1990 | Have I Got News for You | Self | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1989 | About Face | TV | 7.0 | 43 | |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self | TV | 5.2 | 42 |
| 1988 | An Audience With Victoria Wood | Self | Film | 6.1 | 42 |
| 1987 | Daytime Live | TV | 3.5 | 41 | |
| 1987 | A Little Princess | Miss Maria Minchin | TV | 7.7 | 41 |
| 1987 | First Sight | Tamara | TV | — | 41 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Hannah 'Hayley' Liddell | TV | 6.2 | 40 |
| 1986 | ScreenPlay | Julie | TV | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1986 | Shift Work | Julie | Film | — | 40 |
| 1986 | All at No 20 | TV | 7.0 | 40 | |
| 1985 | National Lampoon's European Vacation | Lady in the Bed | Film | 6.2 | 39 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Marge | TV | — | 39 |
| 1985 | Water | Prime Minister | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1985 | Love's Labour's Lost | The Princess of France | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1985 | Absurd Person Singular | Jane | Film | 8.3 | 39 |
| 1985 | Absent Friends | Marge | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1985 | On Your Way, Riley! | Kitty McShane | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1983 | Educating Rita | Trish | Film | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1982 | Smiley's People | Stella Craven | TV | 7.7 | 36 |
| 1982 | Objects of Affection | Val | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1982 | P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang | Alan's Mother (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1982 | Outside Edge | Maggie | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1982 | Rolling Home | Val | Film | — | 36 |
| 1981 | Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective | Ena Lind | Film | 6.2 | 35 |
| 1981 | Last Night Another Dissident... | Zoya Krein | Film | — | 35 |
| 1980 | The Wildcats of St Trinian's | Miss Katy Higgs | Film | 4.3 | 34 |
| 1979 | The Cannon & Ball Show | Mrs Jane Page | TV | — | 33 |
| 1979 | Agony | Jane Lucas | TV | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1979 | Sam's Song | Ingrid | Film | — | 33 |
| 1979 | The Knowledge | Brenda Weller | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1978 | An Audience with... | Self | TV | 5.3 | 32 |
| 1978 | The BBC Television Shakespeare | The Princess of France | TV | 6.0 | 32 |
| 1978 | A Soft Touch | Alison Holmes | TV | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1978 | Dinner at the Sporting Club | Sharon Benson | Film | 5.0 | 32 |
| 1976 | Rogue Male | Freda | Film | 6.5 | 30 |
| 1975 | The Sweeney | Mrs. Smedley | TV | 8.1 | 29 |
| 1975 | The Evacuees | Sarah Miller | Film | 7.0 | 29 |
| 1975 | Three Comedies of Marriage | Rachel | TV | — | 29 |
| 1974 | Armchair Cinema | Annie | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1974 | Regan | Annie | Film | 8.7 | 28 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Liz Morris | TV | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1973 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Cathleen | Film | 7.0 | 27 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 26 | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Sarah Lewis | TV | 5.7 | 26 |
| 1971 | Gumshoe | Naomi | Film | 6.2 | 25 |
| 1970 | Codename | Lisa | TV | 8.0 | 24 |
| 1970 | The People’s Jack | Little Satin Bottom | Film | — | 24 |
| 1970 | The Gingham Dog | Barbara | Film | — | 24 |
| 1969 | ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Cathleen | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1969 | Battle of Britain | Radar Operator (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1969 | Don't Ask Us - We're New Here | TV | — | 23 | |
| 1969 | The Smashing Bird I Used to Know | Sarah | Film | 4.9 | 23 |
| 1969 | It's Called the Sugar Plum | Joanna Dibble | Film | — | 23 |
| 1968 | Up the Junction | Sylvie | Film | 6.2 | 22 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Liz | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Little Satin Bottom | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse | Zoya Krein | TV | 7.0 | 21 |
| 1960 | Coronation Street | Evelyn Plummer | TV | 5.3 | 14 |
| Have I Got a Bit More News for You | Self - Panellist | TV | 7.1 | — | |
| The Dog That Couldn't Bark | Rebecca | Film | — | — |