Lucy Gutteridge

Biography

Lucy Karima Gutteridge (born 28 November 1956) is an English actress.

Gutteridge was born in London, the eldest daughter of Bernard Hugh Gutteridge by his marriage to Nabila Farah Karima Halim, the daughter of Prince Muhammad Said Bey Halim of Egypt and his British second wife, Nabila Malika (née Morwena Bird). Gutteridge is a great-great-great-granddaughter of Muhammad Ali of Egypt, a Muslim subject of the Ottoman Empire (likely of Albanian ethnicity) who became the father of modern Egypt. As such, she is a distant cousin of Egypt's last king, Farouk.

Gutteridge was nominated for a Golden Globe in the "Actress In A Leading Role - Mini-Series Or Television Movie" for the 1982 television miniseries, Little Gloria... Happy at Last. In the series, she portrayed Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, the mother of the artist and writer Gloria Vanderbilt. She also has appeared in such films as Top Secret! and Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again.

Now retired, Gutteridge is divorced from the actor Andrew Hawkins and lives in Westbourne. She has one child, Alice Isabella Valentine Hawkins, born in 1979.

Known For

Grief 1994 ★ 4.6
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again 1989 ★ 7.0
Tusks 1988 ★ 3.7
The Woman He Loved 1988 ★ 10.0
The Secret Garden 1987 ★ 7.7
The Trouble with Spies 1987 ★ 4.7
Arthur the King 1985 ★ 3.5
Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil 1985 ★ 4.9
Top Secret! 1984 ★ 7.1
A Christmas Carol 1984 ★ 7.5
The Hitchhiker 1983 ★ 6.3
The Gay Lord Quex 1983 ★ 7.0
Little Gloria... Happy at Last 1982 ★ 5.8
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 1982 ★ 7.7
Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery 1981 ★ 6.9
Hammer House of Horror 1980 ★ 7.1
Love in a Cold Climate 1980 ★ 6.8
Tales of the Unexpected 1979 ★ 6.8
Sweet Wine of Youth 1979
The Greek Tycoon 1978 ★ 5.5
BBC2 Play of the Week 1977 ★ 7.0
Playhouse 1974 ★ 7.0
BBC Play of the Month 1965 ★ 5.3
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951 ★ 8.8