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name: "Eleanor David"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 March 1956"
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:52:18.831646+00:00"
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# Eleanor David

Actor. Born 14 March 1956 in Lincolnshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 March 1956, Lincolnshire, England, UK

## Biography

Eleanor David is a British actress. Her screen credits include the role of Pink's wife in *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), Maddy in *Comfort and Joy* (1984), Cecily Farr in *84 Charing Cross Road* (1987) and Fanny Ronalds in Mike Leigh's *Topsy-Turvy* (1999). She also appeared in *White Hunter, Black Heart* (1990) and episodes of series including *Midsomer Murders* and *Casualty*.

David has worked in film, television and theatre in the UK, the United States and New Zealand. Her stage credits include productions at the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. She starred as Sylvia Ashton-Warner in the 1985 New Zealand biopic *Sylvia*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Topsy-Turvy* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Fanny Ronalds — [page](https://film.one/film/topsy-turvy.md)

## Also known for

- *Pink Floyd: The Wall* (1982), Pink's Wife
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), Georgina Canning
- *White Hunter, Black Heart* (1990), Dorshka
- *Sherlock Holmes* (1984), Mrs St Clair
- *84 Charing Cross Road* (1987), Cecily Farr
- *Casualty* (1986), Stephanie Freeman
- *Slipstream* (1989), Ariel
- *Comfort and Joy* (1984), Maddy

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