---
name: "Delia Lindsay"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/delia-lindsay"
fi1m_id: "delia-lindsay"
imdb_id: "nm0512205"
tmdb_id: 112468
wikidata_id: "Q23731512"
roles: []
born: "19 September 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T08:09:55.742116+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Delia Lindsay

## Identity

Delia Lindsay

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/delia-lindsay
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** delia-lindsay
- **IMDb ID:** nm0512205
- **TMDB ID:** 112468
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23731512
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Lindsay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23731512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512205/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112468

Actor. Born 19 September 1945 in Sudan.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 September 1945, Sudan
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Lindsay, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23731512, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0512205/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112468

## Streaming the US now

- **BritBox:** [*Mrs Brown*](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md) (75)

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## Biography

Delia Lindsay (born 19 September 1945) is an English film, stage and television actress. She was born in Sudan to a British expatriate family and trained in acting in England in the 1960s, beginning her career in regional repertory theatre.

Her stage work includes the original West End production of the musical *Canterbury Tales* (1968) and the original Broadway production of Alan Ayckbourn's *Bedroom Farce* (1979). On screen, she appeared in *Scars of Dracula* (1970), *Mrs Brown* (1997) as a society lady, *Hilary and Jackie* (1998), *An Ideal Husband* (1999) and *Piccadilly Jim* (2004), as well as television series including *Upstairs, Downstairs*, *Midsomer Murders* and *Daniel Deronda* (2002).

Lindsay was married to actor Jeremy Sinden from 1978 until his death in 1996.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mrs Brown* (1997), Fi1m 75, as Society Lady — [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *On Expenses* (2010), as Barbara
- *Piccadilly Jim* (2004), as Duchess of Arminster
- *Daniel Deronda* (2002), series, as Mrs Arrowpoint
- *Surrealissimo: The Trial of Salvador Dali* (2002), as Dowager
- *An Ideal Husband* (1999), as Miss Basilton
- *Hilary and Jackie* (1998), as Tweedy Woman
- *Berkeley Square* (1998), series, as Amelia Mansfield
- *Mrs Brown* (1997), as Society Lady — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/mrs-brown.md)
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Zelda Frasier — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Eskimo Day* (1996), as Carleton Warden
- *The Biz* (1995), series, as Gaby
- *Harnessing Peacocks* (1993), as Jennifer Reeves
- *The Mystery of Edwin Drood* (1993), as Nun's Maid
- *True Crimes* (1992), series, as Re-enactment
- *The Good Guys* (1992), series, as Producer
- *Clarissa* (1991), series, as The Real Lady Betty
- *Slinger's Day* (1986), series, as Woman
- *All at No 20* (1986), series, as Mrs Bagley
- *Bulman* (1985), series, as Lady Eggar
- *Three Up, Two Down* (1985), series, as Camilla
- *Screen Two* (1985), series, as Jessel's Secretary
- *The Bill* (1984), series, as Mrs Jenner
- *Fresh Fields* (1984), series, as Mrs. Highsmith
- *Take Three Women* (1982), series, as Jante
- *A Fine Romance* (1981), series, as Norma
- *The Cedar Tree* (1976), series, as Penelope Finch
- *Armchair Cinema* (1974), series, as Reporter
- *The Prison* (1974), as Reporter
- *Because of the Cats* (1973), as Ms. Maris
- *A Man without Friends* (1972), as Fiona
- *Crown Court* (1972), series, as Dr Claire Hennessey
- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), series, as Phyllis Kingman — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)
- *A Hole Lot of Trouble* (1971), as Hortense
- *The Ballad of Tam Lin* (1970), as Second Coven
- *Scars of Dracula* (1970), as Alice
- *The File of the Golden Goose* (1969), as Dancer at Party (uncredited)
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Elizabeth Kindley

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