---
name: "Emily Richard"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/emily-richard"
fi1m_id: "emily-richard"
imdb_id: "nm0723791"
tmdb_id: 1239914
wikidata_id: "Q3052384"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 January 1948"
died: "2 October 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:45:30.373393+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."
---

# Emily Richard

## Identity

Emily Richard

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/emily-richard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** emily-richard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0723791
- **TMDB ID:** 1239914
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3052384
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Richard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3052384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723791/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1239914

Actor. Born 25 January 1948 in London, England, UK. Died 2 October 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 January 1948, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 2 October 2024
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Richard, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3052384, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723791/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1239914

## Biography

Emily Richard (born Anne Richards) was a British actress. She trained at the Webber Douglas School of Singing and Dramatic Art and was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Her screen credits include the role of Jim's mother in Steven Spielberg's *Empire of the Sun* (1987) and Mother Maria in *Hansel and Gretel* (1988). On television she appeared in series such as *Enemy at the Door* (1978–1980) and *Oscar* (1985), in which she played Constance Wilde.

She was married to actor Edward Petherbridge, with whom she appeared in several stage productions including the Royal Shakespeare Company's *The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby* (1982).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), Fi1m 81, as Jim's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *Nightshade* (1995), as Petra Brady
- *Wycliffe* (1994), series, as Paula Tresize
- *The Strauss Dynasty* (1991), series, as Adele
- *Hansel and Gretel* (1988), as Mother Maria
- *Empire of the Sun* (1987), as Jim's Mother — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/empire-of-the-sun.md)
- *The Secret World of Polly Flint* (1987), series, as Alice Flint
- *The Secret World of Polly Flint* (1987), as Alice Flint
- *Oscar* (1985), series, as Constance Wilde
- *Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie* (1985), Actor
- *Natural World* (1983), series, as Narrator
- *The Dark Side of the Sun* (1983), series, Actor
- *The Cleopatras* (1983), series, as Cleopatra Tryphaena
- *The Three Sisters* (1981), as Irina
- *An Affinity with Dr. Still* (1979), as Penny
- *Enemy at the Door* (1978), series, as Clare Martel
- *Rough Justice* (1977), series, as Dorothy Brooke
- *Father Brown* (1974), series, as Joan Stacey
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Penny
- *Family Tree* (1973), as Pam
- *Late Night Theatre* (1972), series, as Pam
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Waitress

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