Tricia Deighton
Biography
Tricia trained at London University. Theatre credits include: Annie in The House on Cold Hill (UK Tour), Shirley Landels in Rumpy Pumpy (Theatre Royal, Windsor & New Union Theatre), Mum in Astronaut (St James Studio, London), Rosa in Midnight Tango (UK Tour & West End), Miss Mitford/Miss Tesman in Recording Hedda (London), Jack's Mum in Into The Woods (London), Agnes in Gypsy (Leicester Haymarket and Coventry Belgrade), Grandma Rosie in The Wedding Singer (UK Tour), Noreen Biggs in Bad Girls (West Yorkshire Playhouse), u/s Grandma Gellman in Caroline Or Change (Royal National Theatre), Rowena in Salad Days (Leicester Haymarket), Molly McGregor u/s Jeanette in The Full Monty (West End & UK Tour), Old Sal/Mrs Sowerberry in Oliver! (London Palladium), Widow Corney in Oliver! (York), Mrs Sowerberry/Old Sal in Oliver! (Sheffield Crucible Theatre), Yente in Fiddler On The Roof (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Mrs Slater in Dear Departed (London), Therese in The Bakers Wife (West End), Hair Crone/1st u/s Madam Thenardier in Les Miserables (West End), Patient Griselda/Nell/Jeanine in Top Girls (Lancaster Dukes Playhouse), Jenny in Company (Lancaster Dukes Playhouse), Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd (Lancaster Dukes Playhouse), Mrs Kendall in The Elephant Man (UK Tour), Paulina in The Winters Tale (Lancaster Dukes Playhouse), Calamity Jane in Calamity Jane (UK Tour), Jimmy Williamson in Lil Jimmy Williamson (UK Tour), Diaphanta in The Changeling (Lancaster Dukes Playhouse), Old Woman in The Duchess of Malfi (Lancaster Dukes Playhouse) u/s Katisha in The Mikado (West End), Mrs Rose in Hello Dolly (Birmingham Rep & West End), Alison in Canterbury Tales (West End), Rose in Drakes Dream (West End), By My Side in Godspell (UK Tour & West End), Dulcie in The Boyfriend (Far & Middle East Tour) & Ensemble u/s Paquette in Candide (Edinburgh International Festival). Tricia has also appeared in numerous pantomimes and cabarets across the UK. Film/TV credits include: Elderly Lady in Whitsable Pearl (Acorn TV); Gran in Halfbreed (Channel 4); Pearl in Timewasters (ITV); Pam in Radio (Short Film); Irate woman in Blessed (ITV); Blind Woman/Ensemble in Les Miserables (Feature Film); Featured Ensemble in The Phantom of the Opera (Feature Film); Land Lady in The Bill (Thames TV); Seamstress in The House of Elliot (BBC); The Full Monty & Hello Dolly! in The Royal Variety Show (Television); Midnight Tango Performance on Strictly Come Dancing (BBC); Diamond Lil in Old Ivy (Soho, Bridewell & Radio 4), as well as other various Pantomimes, Concerts and Recordings.
Known For & Full Filmography7 Titles
Movie - 2012, 2h 15m • as Ensemble Factory Women
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France. Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as Second Woman
Two sisters who set up a London fashion house for society of the early 1920s.
Drama Series - 2021, 16 episodes • as Elderly Lady
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all manner of cases. But when an old friend dies suspiciously, Pearl finds herself in conflict with gruff new cop in town, DCI Mike McGuire.
Movie - 2004, 2h 15m • as Female Ensemble
A young soprano becomes the obsession of a disfigured and murderous musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House.
Drama Series - 2017, 16 episodes • as Pearl
A struggling four-piece South London jazz band find themselves transported back in time to the 1920s and 1950s via an elevator in a dilapidated block of flats. Met with stares and curiosity in the past, the group hilariously navigates the clash of cultures and social conventions all while exploring worlds that are both incredibly familiar and painfully foreign.
Drama Series - 2005, 16 episodes • Main Cast Role
Blessed is a BBC television sitcom written by Ben Elton and starring Ardal O'Hanlon as Gary, a record producer, who is struggling to bring up two small children. The series was broadcast on BBC One on Friday evenings at 9.00pm between October and December 2005. It featured the lullaby Morningtown Ride as its theme, sung by the cast band. No second series was commissioned.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • as Bar Worker
Tango World Champions Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace have dazzled TV and stage audiences for years with their stunning Tango routines. Now they have created their own live show - Midnight Tango - a breathtaking evening bringing all the drama, sensuality and elegance of this most exciting of dance forms to life. Midnight Tango has just played 80 sold-out dates in the UK, seen by some 180,000 people. The huge success of the tour has also led to a confirmed 10-week London West-End residency, to begin January 2012. The show is produced by award-winning choreographer, Arlene Phillips. Set in a late night bar in downtown Buenos Aires and featuring some of the finest Tango dancers in the world, Midnight Tango, takes you on a journey into a heart of this intoxicating city. As danger and excitement, joy and jealousy, pain and passion all combine - this is a spectacular and explosive evening not to be missed!